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Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Specialist, well established Ice Cream company producing small batch dairy, non-dairy ice cream and sorbets in hand filled tubs for food service via Bidfood (parent company).• Project managed gluten free status on 6 products, negotiating and driving changes toprocesses, suppliers, raw materials and internal culture to ensure GF status was achievedand retained in line with Coeliac UK and legislation.• Full technical review of all raw materials, product specifications and labels and update of allinformation to legislative compliance• Complete review and improvement to Internal Audit Schedule to cover all aspects of theHACCP Plan, New CCP (Metal Detector), BRC Food Safety Issue 7 and company issuedprocedures and processes. This streamlined the Internal Audits to cover Manufacture fromraw material selection and goods in, via manufacture and storage of the ice cream & sorbetto their frozen distribution, a Records Audit to cover manufacturing records not directlyrelated to production (e.g. customer complaints) and Document Audit to ensure alldocuments were reviewed within a 12 month period.• Implemented a Quality Standards Manual in the factory to set standards for hand filling anddecorating products.

Bodmin, England, United Kingdom

Well established company providing confectionery, cones, packaging and ingredients to the ice cream industry in the UK and abroad (EU and Middle East). Certified to BRC Storage andDistribution, a subsidiary of Orkla ASA, a very large Norwegian food company.> Recruited a new team member and trained him from scratch, working from a mentoringapproach, he is now a territory Technical Sales Manager.> Part of the wider Quality Team for all companies within Orkla, working with colleagues andsuppliers from all over Northern Europe and the world to achieve high levels of complianceto food safety, health and safety and chosen standards across the group. >Quality consultant to contractors during the the design and build of a clean packaging suite and a new warehouse ensuring all materials, design and construction was fit for purpose and food safe. > Audit lead for internal, external and third party audits including BRC, head office, customer and RSPO certifications. Managed customer complaints, CAPAs, Gap analyses, CCP audit and maintenance, food safety training lead for all personnel, approval of suppliers, specification creation for Caterlink / Orkla and customers.> Daily negotiation with all levels of the company, and parent company to ensure food safety standards were met in all activities.> Industry legislation

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

My primary responsibility was to achieve successful initial HACCP audit at the head officeproduction site, which was achieved during my contract. My secondary responsibility was toprepare the new satellite production site for future audits. By creating and implementing a QualityManagement System, which was compliant with Australian legislation, Industry Best Practise andchosen Third Party Standard I put the new site in an excellent position to achieve accreditation,which they did 3 months after my contract ended

Townsville, Queensland, Australia

From a relatively novice diver to fully responsible for planning dive trips, guiding dives and trainingnew divers. The weekend, residential dive trips took place on a remote tropical island on the InnerGreat Barrier Reef – a 45 minute full-throttle boat trip from the mainland and 2 hours from thenearest hospital – so careful and efficient planning was paramount for the safety and enjoyment ofcustomers and crew. My responsibilities as Dive Master included: planning logistics for remotetrips, emergency procedure creation, managing kit inventories; prioritisation of tasks based on theinformation available at the time; Solving problems both In-water and out-of-water; Introducing divesites to the boat; Teaching and Supervising student divers to PADI Standards and leading dives forcertified divers

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

This is where my career began. I was mentored by a very experienced Quality Professional who taught me the basics and allowed me to develop my own approach. I quickly realised that product safety and quality is my passion.Instrumental in setup of Quality system to chosen Third Party Standards, and assisted with theinstallation of the clean room in collaboration with senior management. Responsible for signingoff products as safe after reviewing the production data and assisting in the rectification ofproblems with Production Staff. Liaised with suppliers to ensure raw materials arrived on timeand to the best price possible.

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