Experience

Bubs Australia (ASX : BUB)

• Australia
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager Operations

  • Mar 2022 - Present

• Business Development Manager

  • Jul 2019 - Mar 2022



Burra Foods Ltd

• United Kingdom

• Product Manager - Nutritional Powders

  • Oct 2014 - Jan 2019

  • Providing leadership and drive the development of Burra Food’s Nutritional product portfolio to achieve volume and profit targets through the identification of the customer base, building relationships and finding opportunities for new value-add products • To manage the sales process in conjunction with the sales team for all Nutritional products through the sales and product delivery process • New product development for Nutritionals, including new customer product requirements, product trials, customer issues, sample requirements and emerging technologies • Working closely with both Process Department Managers and Quality& Technical functions to implement continuous technical improvement to processes and products to meet customer and market requirements • Prepare annual sales forecasts, budgets, sales programs and critically examine performance against targets for the nutritional division



Burra Foods Australia

• Australia
• Dairy Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Manager Nutritional Powders

  • Oct 2014 - Jan 2017



New Image Group

• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2014

  • Project manage the New Image Group goat infant formula project which involved key strategic decisions around ingredient procurement, formulation development, market identification and commercial analysis, profit and loss. • Development of the New Image goat formula brand “Baby Steps” and it’s successful launch into both local and international markets • Work with the current customer base and assessing their needs to help progress and grow their business • Indentifying current and future business opportunities that fall within the New Image Group operational capabilities • Target, manage and respond to new potential customers • Work with both R&D and technical departments to identify and development new product and market opportunities. • Develop strategy and marketing which support the corresponding company business plan



Chemiplas

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Manager - Food and Nutritional Products

  • Feb 2006 - Oct 2012

  • Manage and form relationships with key customers and perform related functions which involve supply terms and pricing of existing and new ingredients. • Identify future trends within the nutritional products sector and develop new business opportunities with customers around these trends • To form key relationships within the industry to ensure Chemiplas is up to date with the current developments and customer expectations so as to adapt our business practices accordingly. • Continue to expand the customer base within the nutritional sector by targeting and identify new customers and actively approaching these customers at both a technical and commercial level • Respond to individual customer needs by ensuring required quality expectations and lead times are meet, and to deal with any customer concerns. • Actively sourcing new ingredients and suppliers with the intent to commercialise these in the New Zealand market and ensure these meet Chemiplas and customer expectations in regards to quality and suitability. • Liaise with customers technical and product development teams to help commercialise new products • Manage current stock levels to ensure we carry adequate stocks to meet customer usage and peak demand.



Fonterra

• New Zealand
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Work

  • Feb 2004 - Feb 2005

  • Screening of commercial Fonterra ingredients and their application within a nutritional food bar system. • Development of evaluation techniques. • Determining and solving shelf life limiting issues using accelerated storage trials and reaction kinetics • Presentation of project results to management with suggested areas of further development • Screening of commercial Fonterra ingredients and their application within a nutritional food bar system. • Development of evaluation techniques. • Determining and solving shelf life limiting issues using accelerated storage trials and reaction kinetics • Presentation of project results to management with suggested areas of further development



Richmond Pacific Ltd

• Project Work/Quality Assurance

  • 2002 - 2004

  1. Responsible for completing a number of projects which included: - Improving the edible tripe yields: This involved evaluating the current process and liaising with production, supervisors and engineering staff. Ability to identify areas of concern and recommend improvements to the current process - Edible blood serum process approval: Involved hygiene process index trials to verify the process to specific standards; and updating the current task instruction manuals. - Slaughter Floor Yield Improvements: Surveyed the current levels of defects throughout the slaughter process and recommended improvements to the current process to improve yield. 2. Quality assurance auditing for the plant involving investigating the current process practices and auditing them to specific standards. 3. Quality Control in the boning room which involved routine quality checks on products and processes in the boning room and training of new quality control staff. 4. Updating of Task Instruction Manuals through investigating and documenting the current process used in the offal and slaughter-floor departments and adjusting accordingly.



AsureQuality

• New Zealand
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Microbiologist

  • 2001 - 2002

  • Microbiological analysis of a range of food products including meat and dairy. • Administrator of the National Microbiological Database (NMD) for Affco NZ. This involved liaising between specific Affco plants, MAF, and the Agriquality staff to ensure MAF standards were upheld. • Training of Microbiology Technicians. • Microbiological analysis of a range of food products including meat and dairy. • Administrator of the National Microbiological Database (NMD) for Affco NZ. This involved liaising between specific Affco plants, MAF, and the Agriquality staff to ensure MAF standards were upheld. • Training of Microbiology Technicians.



Affco NZ Ltd

• Laboratory Analyst, QA

  • 1996 - 1999

  • Management of microbiological and chemistry laboratory. • Recruitment, training and management of all new laboratory and QA staff. • Updating, implementing and auditing of Quality Systems and Quality Control procedures and documentation. • Production of daily microbiological reports and liaising with technical management to discuss quality improvements. • HACCP implementation • Routine analysis of all microbiological and chemistry samples. • Management of microbiological and chemistry laboratory. • Recruitment, training and management of all new laboratory and QA staff. • Updating, implementing and auditing of Quality Systems and Quality Control procedures and documentation. • Production of daily microbiological reports and liaising with technical management to discuss quality improvements. • HACCP implementation • Routine analysis of all microbiological and chemistry samples.