Compliance Executive

• May 2021 - Present

Technical Executive - Dairy, Beef & Lamb (Fixed Term)

• Mar 2021 - May 2021

Technical Manager

• Jul 2017 - Feb 2021

Based at Dunbia Cumbria in the South Lakes. Responsible for product quality, traceability, HACCP, training, microbiology, internal audits, SOP writing, animal welfare, food defence, BRC v8, pest control, customer audits, adherence to regulation and legislation and management of the hygiene team. Also as part of the role, I am responsible for the coordination of the cattle bookings for the site and also the supplier database for the Dawn Meats group in the UK. Based at Dunbia Cumbria in the South Lakes. Responsible for product quality, traceability, HACCP, training, microbiology, internal audits, SOP writing, animal welfare, food defence, BRC v8, pest control, customer audits, adherence to regulation and legislation and management of the hygiene team. Also as part of the role, I am responsible for the coordination of the cattle bookings for the site and also the supplier database for the Dawn Meats group in the UK.

Livestock Procurement Coordinator

• Jun 2015 - Jul 2017

Coordinating the livestock bookings for the site in Cardington and also the site in Cumbria, cattle pricing, select farm auditing, organisation and participation at producer group meetings, answering farmer queries, responding to customer queries when related to sourcing, participating in site animal welfare meetings, checking and ensuring farm assurance status of animals and providing knowledge around agriculture and agriculture assurance standards. Coordinating the livestock bookings for the site in Cardington and also the site in Cumbria, cattle pricing, select farm auditing, organisation and participation at producer group meetings, answering farmer queries, responding to customer queries when related to sourcing, participating in site animal welfare meetings, checking and ensuring farm assurance status of animals and providing knowledge around agriculture and agriculture assurance standards.

Graduate Trainee Manager

• Jul 2013 - Jun 2015

Progressing through Dawn Meat's graduate training scheme, gaining experience in all areas of the business including abattoir and butchery environments. On completion of the graduate program, I aspire to have a role within the Livestock team and would like to build relationships with the farmer supply base. I have already taken on responsibility for auditing select beef and lamb farms for a major retailer supplied by Dawn Meats UK. Progressing through Dawn Meat's graduate training scheme, gaining experience in all areas of the business including abattoir and butchery environments. On completion of the graduate program, I aspire to have a role within the Livestock team and would like to build relationships with the farmer supply base. I have already taken on responsibility for auditing select beef and lamb farms for a major retailer supplied by Dawn Meats UK.

Agriculture Assurance Coordinator

• Jun 2011 - Aug 2012

Working on specific agricultural related projects, assisting in the basic day-to-day running and co-ordination of the Agriculture Assurance function within the Quality Assurance Department.Responsibilities included: department administration and support, collecting and collating the food facts document, coordinating and facilitating employee visits to the Food Animal Initiative, laying hen producer visits, fortnightly newsletter and answering general food sourcing questions.Skills developed: communication, both verbal and written, time management, numerical skills, problem solving, initiative, team work and support, presentation skills, working to deadlines, organisation, following instruction and the use of Microsoft.Food Animal Initiative: coordinating and facilitating to the Food Animal Initiative, allowed me to develop my communication, organisation and presentation skills. Each of the visits that were carried out required a presentation about the McDonald’s business and food sourcing.Food Facts: thus allowed me to improve my numerical skills, as McDonald’s have a number of suppliers for the products. Therefore all the suppliers’ data needed to be added together to get the figure for the usage in the previous, thus improved my numerical skills and use of Microsoft.Laying hen producer visits: this allowed me to improve my numerical skills as I was collecting farm production data and percentages needed to be calculated.Working closely with McDonald's internal communications and marketing departments on advertisements and internal presentations regarding agriculture and food provenance.

Trainee Packhouse Manager and Quality Controller

• Jun 2010 - Sep 2010

Responsibilities included: temperature checks of the cold store on arrival in the morning;produce stock, both raw material and packed produce; shelf life tests of produce that hasbeen sent to the customer; quality checks of raw material and recording the inspectionresults; supervising the packing of produce ensuring specification standards were met; labelprinting.Skills developed: communication, both verbal and written; following instruction; problemsolving; initiative; team work; being cheery and showing a ‘can do’ attitude.