Experience

Henderson Foodservice Ltd.
• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Group Quality Assurance Manager

  • Mar 2020 - Present

Finnebrogue
• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Technical Manager

  • Oct 2015 - Mar 2020


AUS-MEAT Limited

• Australia
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Compliance / Food Safety Auditor

  • Jun 2013 - Sep 2015

  AUS-QUAL is a certification body accredited by JAS-ANZ, providing conformity assessment services for Quality Management Systems Quality Compliance Role;  Document Control; procedure implementation, updating, review and issuing.  Internal Audits of systems in place against, ISO17065, ISO 17021, IAF Mandatory Documents, JAZ-ANZ requirement and program specific requirements.  Compliant register and review.  Process Improvement Notes process and review.  Design and Development coordinator.  Presentations of Paper/ KPI for board meetings, SMM and Impartiality Committee. Food Safety Auditors Role (External Auditor); Independent auditor completing Food Safety Audits against the following standards.  HACCP  WQA (Woolworths Quality Assurance)  Social Accountability - Animal Welfare Show less



VEGCO

• Australia
• Food Production

• Quality Assurance

  • Nov 2012 - Dec 2012

  One Harvest Group are leaders in fresh produce across Australia and supply a range of fresh produce to supermarkets and greengrocers around the country. These products include pre-packed salads and stir-fry vegetables, prepared deli salads, fresh chilled meals as well as avocados and mangoes Employed by the company as a Food Safety Advisor  Ensure the site meets BRC V6, WQA and Coles Requirements  Develop the skills of the team and site steering team to where requirements needs them to be  Training of team members on Internal Auditing/ HACCP and Allergens  Compiling and reporting evidence for BRC and WQA non – conformance's  I was on board for the re-audit against the standard, where a large improvement in Grade was awarded  Scheduling and organisation of Coles site visits  Along with the Factory manager my role was to reiterate to the team their weaknesses and areas which need to be improved, steering the management team on how to achieve targeted goals within the next year.  Gap analysis against current practices in place against Customer standards and current standards in the UK. Show less



Kettyle Irish Foods

• United Kingdom
• Food Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Assurance Manager

  • May 2009 - Sep 2012

  Kettyle Irish foods have the only purpose built dry aging facility in Europe. They specialise and pride themselves in superior meats. From Dry aged Beef, Lough Erne Lamb, Fermanagh Free Range Chicken, Fermanagh Bacon and Rose Veal and added value products My role as a Quality Manager consists of the following duties;  Overseeing quality day to day issues within the factory,  New Product Development (Marks and Spencer and Tesco site Product Development Rep)  Environmental Management,  Health and Safety Representative,  Internal Auditing,  Taste Panels & Benchmarking,  Customer Complaints,  Packaging development,  Supplier and Specification Approval,  Costing & Efficiencies, Planning, Business improvement  Sales account management.  Label design and bar-code set up.  Inducting and training staff Working in this role has allowed me to gain invaluable experience in a Quality Management role, and I am continuously building on my knowledge of everyday systems and processes used in this field whilst working alongside major company’s such as Marks & Spencer’s and Tesco. Show less



Moy Park Limited

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Assurance Supervisor/ Production Supervisor (Retail packing)

  • Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  Moy Park is a leading provider of fresh, locally farmed poultry in the UK and Ireland and is recognised as one of the largest producers of organic, free range and corn fed poultry in Europe. They supply leading retailers and food service providers throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe with a range of high-quality, fresh, coated and added value poultry products Production Supervisor (Retail packing) –  Ensuring effective and efficient running of three production lines  Overseeing of line leaders, process controllers and line general service.  This role involved effective communication between managers and operatives.  Ensuring good Health and Safety and hygiene practices were followed within the production environment. Completing line yields and efficiencies and appropriate production records. January 2007 – April 2008 - Moy Park Limited, Poultry manufacture, Dungannon, Co Tyrone Quality Assurance Supervisor  Completing internal audits,  Monitoring CCP’s, QCP and Process checks were carried out,  Staff training and Monitoring,  Ensuring Good Manufacturing Practices, Standard Operating Procedures and work instructions were followed correctly.  Micro sample collection  Liaison between production and customer account managers. Show less



Carton Brothers (Manor Farm) Poultry

• Laboratory Technician/ Quality Control Auditor

  • May 2005 - Sep 2008

  Carton Brothers is a leading provider of fresh, locally farmed poultry in Ireland. They supply leading retailers and food service providers throughout Ireland and Europe with a range of high-quality, fresh and added value poultry products Laboratory Technician  Testing Microbiological quality of poultry,  Shelf life tests,  Swab testing,  Water Chemical tests and effluent monitoring  Microbiological trending. Quality Control Auditor  Monitoring CCP’s,  Product quality checks,  Process control checks,  Intake and dispatch checks,  Internal and GMP Audits. Show less