Neil Webster Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Australia

Asia Pacific

Completely focused on efficiency and quality improvement programmes within the food manufacturing sector South East Asia. Committed to strengthening internal compliances to eliminate variation and improve consistency.Hands on and dedicated to engage at all levels of your business.

Seven Hills

Cerebos Foods manufactures and distributes a wide range of Australia’s iconic grocery products including Fountains sauces / Gravox dry and liquid gravies and Saxa products to name a few.Key performance requirements and Achievements include:• Improvement on past budgeted performances.• Closure of 3PL Warehouse WA.• Changed the 4 day 36 hr working arrangement back to 5 day event!• Reduced 2nd shift to a Day only operation.• Successful instigation and implementation of a 7500 pallet Warehouse refurbishment Capex valued at $8 M.o This included the expansion up to 9500 pallets adopting new double deep pallet racking.• Successful implementation of a new Warehouse Management System WMS (Paperless)• Managed the transition of the warehouse rebuild while operating on site. This proceeded at the same time as the WMS implementation. Up to 70% of goods stored offsite, requiring the transfer and further handling.• Achieve Compliance against all customer quality programmes during refurbishment.• Achieved minimal variation across both RM and FG annual stock takes approx. $10K without a WMS.• All Warehouse Maintenance.• Distribution output of 2500 pallets per week.• Liaise with Sales regarding necessary support required to service accounts.

2 Dawson St Naremburn 2065 (0457045757)

Galston/Strathfield

 Make company compliant to WQA system. Develop 2 sets of specifications (Raw Material and Finished products). Pass an independent Audit by the NCSI certification body. The full implementation of single line, average speed tray lid sealing system to pack approx up to 20 ton a week. Manage and Train staff. Successfully implement the delivery into 4 Woolworth distribution centres.( Wyong , Minchinbury, Larapinta and Laverton).and so far 1 Coles DC in Sydney. Manage both forecasting of raw material demand and liaise with supplier.  Arrange appropriate packaging Material. Ensure site is fully compliant to the NSWFA. Install a KPI dashboard to monitor productivity going forward. Educate in regards MAP technology going forward. 100% compliance with Workplace Health and Safety Policy Manage Distribution Control Inventory

Sydney / National

 National compliance to all regulatory authorities and Bartter Quality Systems covering 7 sites. Implement SQF2000 as the desired Quality Management System for Coles Nationally Develop and maintain a national electronic auditing system. Maintain the National Specifications Register. Create a National QA KPI register and maintain. Implement 1st MAP packaging system. Conduct Shelf life benefit trials in conjunction with Dr Rod Coogan CSIRO North Ryde. Engage with national client account managers to resolve both quality and product development issues. Report directly to the CEO any concerns regarding risks and public health issues. Maintain complaints register Support Regional Directors in maintaining operational efficiencies at each site. Set up and maintain a national operations KPI register. Keep the organisation up to date with the latest Technological advances in Poultry Processing Liaise with Sales regarding necessary support required to service accounts. Sign off on National Operations Budgets. Review all packaging systems currently employed to make more robust and cost effective. Work with procurement and facilitate nationalise supply arrangements to reduce costs. Promote new products buy using my experience in liaising with national product development team. National Planning. The full implementation of 3 high speed tray packing lines supplying product for NSW, VIC, SA and QLD markets. Sydney plant packed up to 180,000 kilos or $1.0 million of fresh chicken tray sales a week, in both Mapped and Oxygen Permeable lid seal trays over 2 shifts.(Achieved a great outcome of reducing labour costs by 60%) Distribution of 700,000kgs poultry products, primarily around Sydney and NSW with a fleet of 24 vehicles. Fully maintaining a Site spanning 30 acres. Two regional distribution centres in Canberra and Wagga. 150 employees. $20 Million Budget.

Hanwood

 Enlist and engage the willingness of approx 700 employees in the process, fresh value add and further process poultry products.(When started only approx 120 employees). Process Up to 150,000 broiler chickens per day, 700,000 per week.( When started only processing 38,000/day) Process up to 50,000 boiler/mixed species chicken per week. Process 2 mega litres of effluent per day. Process 450 ton of Poultry offal per week. Live Bird and Supply Chain Planning. Manage the Deboning of approx 200 ton of filleted products per week. Further process 50 ton of Freezer to fryer fillets into nuggets and burgers for KFC and McDonalds. Fully maintain the processing facility. Maintain 99% DIFOT into 6 distribution centres. Maintain and improve on budgeted costs. Improve Quality Reduce Costs Elevate Morale

Applied Science Food Technology, Food Science, Credit

Activities and Societies: Golf ,AFL,Rugby.

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