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Leading compliance business-wide across a 120,000 Tonnes capacity winery. From vineyards, to winery operations, to dispatch, labelling, and domestic and international market exports. Overseeing compliance to food safety (BRC, HACCP, food defence, VACCP, TACCP), WHS, NATA, Sustainability, EPA, Social & Ethical, customer requirements, security and more.

South Australia, Australia

Compliance:BRC v9 transition and application (AA+ on first unannounced audit)HACCP leadGaining and maintaining ISO 17025 accreditationImplementation and maintenance of certification to Freshcare Australian Wine Industry Standard of Sustainable Practice for Wineries (Sustainable Winegrowing Australia)Maintaining EPA licence compliance Maintaining EPA data monitoring and trending and NPI uploads Label and market approvalSales contract negotiation and approval Implementation of Sustainable Winegrowing Australia (SWA) standardsQuality:Implementation, training and communication of new Quality Assurance software across the businessLeadership of the Quality Assurance and Laboratory teamsReview of content, system and training for Internal AuditsOverhaul of the Quality Incident reporting and trending system Overhaul of the WHS reporting and trending systemCustomer visits including tours, Q&A and customer audits including personalised traceability exercisesAccomplishments:Finalist for the ASVO Wine Science and Technology award 2023

South Australian chapter

IWAG includes over 200 members from every winemaking region in Australia plus wineries and laboratories from New Zealand, South Africa, the United States and France, making it the largest proficiency testing organisation of its type in the world.As Chairperson annual AGMs and seminars are hosted and lead. Meetings are chairedContract management and negotiationQuality assurance backup for the QA Manager, assisting with audit preparation, internal audit and external audit facilitation for ISO 17043 Leading a team of professionals from around the country

This Sub-Committee oversees the adherence and continuous improvement to ISO17043 standards. including audit preparation, gap analysis and management of internal and external audits.

Leading Sub-Committee to transition to a new website. Including scoping, cost analysis, vendor selection, information transfer, accessibility and capability testing. Website is accessed by 200+ users.

Australia

Nuriootpa, South Australia, Australia

 Quality focus –o Provide support to the winery teams, to ensure quality improvements and troubleshooting are effectively managedo Driving quality loss reduction, product loss reduction and continuous improvement at site and floor levelo Assisting in monitoring quality trends for siteo Monitoring quality trends for the laboratoryo Writing and approving and documents within the laboratoryo Assisting reviewing and approving winery documents and processeso Leading Practical Problem-Solving sessionso Overseeing 5S continuous improvement sessions within the laboratory and siteo Inculcating quality focus to all levels of staff by leading through example, regular audits and quality discussions with a range of teamso Designing internal quality audits to cover a range of external audit requirements o Purchasing supplies and consumables – Managing a budget, developing good relationships with suppliers and vendors People focus –o Directly leading a team of 8-15 laboratory technicianso Leading recruitment, scheduling, leave approval, training and assessmentso Influencing a large team of cellar team leaders, shift managers, winemakers and cellar-handso Driving successful completion of Key Project Objectives in one of the largest wine laboratories in Australiao Collaborating with a wide range of internal and external teams including: Winery operations, winemakers, Continuous Improvement leads, training leads, audit leads, packaging facilities, external laboratory leaders, sustainability experts, innovation teams and industry expertso Embedding and displaying company behaviours and expectationso Leads regular one on one performance discussions and career development discussionso Presenting to large and diverse groups Safety focus – o Leading safety investigations within laboratoryo Driving a reporting cultureo Leading Emergency Response Team (ERT) meetings and scenarioso Conducting and participating in risk assessments and risk mitigation reviews

Position/Title: Technical Officer (2010-2019)Responsibilities/Duties:  Quality focus -o Laboratory Authorised Representative for ISO17025 – Taking lead in ensuring standards are adopted and adhered too Drive capability with FSQ, HACCP, GLP and ACO management for siteo Taking the lead in representing Winery in FSQM, HACCP, NATA (ISO 17025) and GLP auditso Conducting internal audits for laboratory and siteo Maintaining document control within the laboratory and supporting other departments when requiredo Maintaining calibration and maintenance schedule for laboratory and site equipmento Pest control monitoring for site People management – o Supervising a team of 8-15 staff including performance management, recruitment, scheduling, training and assessmentso Managing customer demand with laboratory capability Continuous Improvement – o Instrument trouble-shooting for multiple TWE laboratories and cellaro Trial/validation work o Research and development of new methodso Driving Continuous Improvement attitude within laboratory and siteo Process development under time pressure eg critical trials, replacement equipment set-up/validation, troubleshooting guides Networking/People focus – o Working closely with winemakers, cellar team leaders, internal and external laboratory management teams, export teams, technical teams, CI leads, maintenance departments, despatch coordinators, contractor managers, etco Purchasing supplies and consumables – Managing a budget, developing good relationships with suppliers and vendorso Training and assessing Safety focus – o Participating in QHSE auditso Completing risk assessmentso Fire wardeno Communication Officer/Deputy Chief Wardeno First-aid officero Contact officer (former)

Position/Title: Quality ManagerResponsibilities/Duties:  Quality focus –o Leading Quality investigations for a site of 150 peopleo Driving quality loss reduction, product loss reduction and continuous improvement at site and floor levelo Monitoring quality trends for siteo Writing and approving and documents within the laboratoryo Reviewing and approving winery documents and processeso Leading Practical Problem-Solving sessionso Leading 5S continuous improvement sessions within the laboratory and siteo Inculcating quality focus to all levels of staff by leading through example, regular audits and quality discussions with a range of teamso Designing internal quality audits to cover a range of external audit requirements  People focus –o Directly leading a team of 8-15 laboratory technicianso Influencing a large team of cellar team leaders, shift managers, winemakers and cellar-handso Driving successful completion of Key Project Objectives in one of the largest wine laboratories in Australiao Collaborating with a wide range of internal and external teams including: Winery operations, winemakers, Continuous Improvement leads, training leads, audit leads, packaging facilities, external laboratory leaders, sustainability experts, innovation teams and industry expertso Embedding and displaying company behaviours and expectationso Leads regular one on one performance discussions and career development discussionso Presenting to large and diverse groups Safety focus – o Leading safety investigations within laboratory and siteo Driving a reporting cultureo Leading Emergency Response Team (ERT) meetings and scenarioso Conducting and participating in risk assessments and risk mitigation reviews

Undertaking small batch winemaking to identify wines with the potential to show smoke taint after bushfire events. Running and coordinating samples, winemaking and sensory. Including supervising a small cellar team.Vineyard assessments, crushing, pressing, adds, fermentation, QA monitoring, sensory evaluation.

Working alongside Group Chemist to develop a new method to analyse Free and Total Sulfur Dioxide by discreet analyser. Trials, sample and solution preparation, validation, cross-checks, report writing.Customer interaction to present the changeChange management.

Run a small batch winery with up to 30 products.Vineyard visits. Trial understandingsFruit tastingsVineyard assessmentsCrush, press, ferment, stabilize, QA monitoring, additions, bottle fruit to wine.Run sensory panels.Liaise with Viticulture, Winemaking, Sensory team.

Position/Title: Laboratory Technician (2005-2010) Training and Assessing Shift leading hand Assisting Chemist and Technical Officer with projects Assisting Technical Officer with calibration and maintenance Completing assigned laboratory tasks including manual and automated methods Solution preparation Data entry Instrument trouble-shooting Communication with customers Sample collection and preparation.

Position/Title: Laboratory TechnicianResponsibilities/Duties:  Completing assigned laboratory tasks including manual and automated methods Solution preparation Data entry Instrument trouble-shooting Communication with customers Sample collection and preparation