Technical Consultant & Auditor in the food industry.Working with small, medium and large businesses has given me the skill of adapting my approach to suit the individual sites and people I work with.Retailer standards, COP’s, BRC Food, Storage & Distribution, Agents & Brokers, SALSA, or understanding food legislation for the first time as a new business, I have the knowledge and experience to help you and your teams. I have a high level of HACCP writing experience for any food category.Driving improvement, knowledge and understanding in food safety compliance through simple systems and training.

Supplier & Raw Material Technical Approval Consultant

As Quality Manager and Technical Consultant at Tehcni-K, I meet many clients working towards different standards, to meeting and understanding legislation standards, SALSA, BRC Food, Agents & Brokers, Storage & Distribution and retailer requirements or COP’s. Projects worked on have massively varied from initial site set up through to gap analysis to uplift the site to meet retailer COP’s. I have written HACCP’s for most food categories and trained site teams on HACCP methodology and awareness, or running HACCP reviews for teams. I have a great deal of allergen knowledge and can produce risk assessments to meet every standard.I have provided training for corrective and preventive action including root cause methods.I have completed many internal systems and practical audits leaving usable action plans for team to take and use, or actioning the non-conformances through to close out with the teams.I have designed and implemented module 11 meat supply chain assurance system which is now widely used across the meat industry.I provide advice on the legality of labels and calculate nutritional information for back of pack.I have trained on raw material threats and vulnerabilities, carrying out the assessment and implementing preventive measures both for the supply chain and on site threats.I have high risk / high care experience.Food categories I have worked in are as follows:Raw meatCooked meat including curingBakeryDry ingredient kitsWholesale storage and distributionReady to eatHalal sandwichesButchery and farms shopsAgents and brokersFrozen storage and distributionCatering kitchenNursery and nursing home kitchens Raw Fish Cordial drinksI have great strength in building relationships with teams on all levels; operational to higher management, and have trained personnel at these levels with success.

Account Manager for BSkyB and other clients, providing promotional space solutions in town centres and shopping centres nationwide.

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General Manager of a very successful, Latin American restuarant. Trained fully as a chef, bar tender, and front of house Manager. Freshly prepared authentic Latin American cuisine and drinks. Year on year growth of sales and profit.