Experience

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  Yealands Wine Group

  • New Zealand
  • Wine & Spirits
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Sustainability Manager

    • Aug 2022 - Present

  • Quality and Environmental Systems Specialist

    • Mar 2020 - Aug 2022

    Integration of Quality, Environmental and Health &Safety Systems into one business management system - ISO 14001, FSSC 22000, ISO45001Waste management reduction initiativesQA lead across the business

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  Workflow Ltd

  • Nelson, Marlborough & Tasman, New Zealand

  • Quality Assurance Specialist

    • Jun 2018 - Jun 2020
    • Nelson, Marlborough & Tasman, New Zealand

    Quality and compliance support in the food industry. I can help with the implementation and maintenance of GFSI standards such as BRC, IFS, and ISO. I can also support your WSMP (wine industry) and national programmes needs. In addition to global and national standards I can help with the quality and compliance needs of your company.

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  Giesen Group Limited

  • Blenheim

  • Quality and Compliance Manager

    • Jul 2014 - Mar 2018
    • Blenheim

    Responsible for BRC, SWNZ, WSMP and Biogro compliance Internal auditing of company quality programmes, GMP and GHP auditsDevelopment and Maintenance of the company procedures and documentation system Development, validation and verification of the company’s HACCP plansVerification of wine labels to meet country requirements

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  Seafood Industry Training Organisation (SITO)

  • Training Manager

    • Aug 2010 - Feb 2013

    • Point of contact for Seafood companies in the Top of the South• Setting up training programmes and liaison with company’s on trainee progress• Liaison with training providers to meet company needs• Ensuring companies gain available funding • Training analysis for companies• Compliance with Tertiary Education Commission funding rules• Training to unit standards and or national qualifications• Writing of learning resources for unit standards– to meet trainees with low literacy needs• Qualification and unit standard writing

  • Contractor / industry Liaison Officer

    • Aug 2006 - Dec 2010

    • Point of contact for Seafood companies in the Top of the South• Seafood company training needs analysis• Writing learning resources for unit standards• Qualification and unit standard writing

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  Kono Seafoods

  • Projects

    • Aug 2005 - Aug 2006

    Part Time• Overseeing the health and safety programme for company maintaining tertiary status for ACC WSMP)• Staff training to National Certificate level

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  Kono Seafoods

  • Quality Manager

    • Jan 2001 - Dec 2004

    • Implementation and gaining BRC Global Standards for Food Safety• Continuous improvement of Quality and Food Safety systems• Management of HACCP programme• Compliance audits – NZSFA (MPI now) gaining Performance Based Verification (PBV) level 6, • Set up and day to day running of Health and Safety programme (Gaining tertiary status for ACC Workplace Safety Management Practices –WSMP)• Set up and day to day running of the training programme (training to National Certificate level)

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  Imagefarm

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Quality Manager

    • Aug 1998 - Aug 2000
    • London, United Kingdom

    Developing, implementing and maintaining the quality assurance program Implementation of HACCPAchieved GMO and dioxin free status for all products