Product - Value added fresh poultry.Duties - Manage manufacturing and product operations to budget. Lead product and manufacturing teams to deliver on company strategic direction. Manage company compliance obligations (Facility, WHS, QA), identify and implement margin opportunities, identify and implement product shelf life and manufacturing efficiency improvements, oversee customer feedback channels.

Product - Hot fill, post pack pasteurised, pH controlled - sauces, dressings, stock/broths, meal components, finished meals (chilled, frozen, bags, trays, bulk, child care, aged care, fitness and weight loss), Duties - Collate and confirm orders, plan manufacturing, coordinate operations & staff, manage inventory (live weekly stocktake – raw materials, work in progress, finished goods), customer liaison, supplier liaison, reactive product development, technical advice – food functionality, systems management (specs, labels, QA documentation), machine troubleshooting/maintenance, machine installations, plant installation. Hot fill, post pack pasteurised, pH controlled - sauces, dressings, stock/broths, meal components, finished meals (chilled, frozen, bags, trays, bulk, child care, aged care, fitness and weight loss), (Sunshine Foods)

Duties - Generate, coordinate and launch new product range into the delivered family meals sector. Offshoot from this included a macro-nutritionally adherent mini meals range for the aged care sector (QLD MOW), and child care sector.

Product - Leafy Salads, Wet Salads, Soups, Risottos, Mash (Hot fill)Duties - Total management and accountability of assigned private label & food service NPD projects from concept through to launch. National role encompassing five manufacturing facilities (QLD - Brisbane, VIC – Laverton, Broadmeadows, Footscray, WA - Perth).

Key Responsibilities:Total management of assigned NPD projects from concept through to launch. National role encompassing three manufacturing sites (QLD - Brisbane, VIC - Bairnsdale, WA - Perth).Management of two food technologists.Coordination and implementation of the NPD process (Gate system).Timeline management and project activity reporting.Ensuring business adherence to high level food manufacturing standards including WQA and BRC.Plan and facilitate cross-functional meetings. Product specification and artwork sign off.Working with sensitive fresh raw materials to maximise shelf life.Private label customers including Woolworths, Coles, IGA and Aldi.Achievements:Development of robust prelaunch process.Fast track 6 new bagged salad lines to hit Christmas sales (4 week turn around).Facilitated the transfer of products from decommissioned flow wrap line into vertical form fill seal.Margin and process improvement in companywide cost cutting phase. Team development and training (concept process, MSO project).

Key Responsibilities:Concept department management, National role encompassing three manufacturing sites (QLD - Brisbane, VIC - Bairnsdale, WA - Perth).Designing new products that satisfy customer requirements, marketing strategies, and company margin targets.Develop and maintain relationships with various internal and external customers.Involvement in strategic direction forums.Product sample & document preparation for customer presentations.Review and improve existing recipes.New ingredient development and current ingredient improvement.Ensuring new products are accurately costed and signed off by key stakeholders.Concept budget & test kitchen management.Assisting and mentoring staff.Achievements:Food concept development and design to achieve customer approval of 75+ new lines including large scale fresh ready meal project.New business acquisition through high quality, realistic product development.Enhancement of Product Development/ Supply interface and communication loop.NPD process gate keeping and amendments, including process mapping and internal service level agreement development.Timeline development and maintenance of NPD activity reporting improvements.Margin improvements through product renovations.Training completed - presentation skills, negotiation skills, financials for non-financials, MSO project, various in house management tool boxes.

Key Responsibilities:Develop products and implement process improvements through the NPD gate process.Coordinate projects and undertake factory trials in response to stringent customer requirements. Provide technical advice and support to internal & external customers. Develop products with adherence to high level food manufacturing standards including WQA and BRC.Achievements:Successful launch of 4 new private label products (2 bag salads; 2 layered ready meal salads).

Duties include:1 of 2 selected from biochemistry class to assist research.Paid scholarship.Report writing, Data collection, Problem solving.

Duties and skills include:Administration - cataloguing, formatting, HACCP/Food Legislation/SOP administration throughout plant.Quality checking and verification - receivables, outgoing, in-line and finished product.Audit verification - internal, customer and government.ISO, GMP and TQM protocol exposure.Some scale-up product development.

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