Experience

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  Dominion Salt Ltd

  • Mount Maunganui

  • Quality Manager

    • May 2022 - Apr 2024
    • Mount Maunganui

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  Ballance Agri-nutrients

  • Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

  • National Quality Manager

    • Aug 2020 - Jun 2022
    • Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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  Champion Flour

  • Mt Maunganui

  • National Quality Manager

    • Dec 2011 - Aug 2020
    • Mt Maunganui

    Report to the National Operations Manager and responsible for Quality Management for three flour mills. Lead a team of 12. Responsible for Quality Assurance Systems (GMP), Food Safety Systems (HACCP) and Grain Import Systems (GIS).Maintain ISO 22000 standards, ensure customer requirements are met, manage complaints, oversee process review and improvements, manage relationships with MPI and lead training programmes and planning for both quality staff and the wider team.Oversee and review all internal and third party audits.• Have successfully led a range of initiatives to improve overall quality management

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  Independent Fisheries Limited

  • Christchurch

  • Quality Manager

    • Apr 2009 - Dec 2011
    • Christchurch

    Reported to the CEO and responsible for quality management and the risk management programme.Led training for the wider team of 380+ staff and a wider range of stakeholders at all levels to ensure there was a strong understanding of quality requirements and standards.Develop and maintain systems to enable the company compliance with supplier standards and requirements. Led process review and improvements to ensure required quality standards were achieved, maintained and lifted where possible.• Converted entire IFL paper Quality Systems to Promapp online and developed staff movement and listeria management programme• Developed business continuity plan• Improved quality performance across a range of measures

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  Talley's

  • Ashburton

  • Coolstore and Distribution Manager

    • Nov 2008 - Apr 2010
    • Ashburton

    Responsible for leading a team of 25 and for managing the cool store operation that produced packaged, frozen vegetables for export. Oversaw storage, order picking, stock location, transportation coordination, loading of containers and 3rd party warehousing and managed a fleet of forklifts.Responsible for maintaining knowledge of overseas market access requirements and for implementing these in the operation. Led recruitment and training of staff and responsible for driving a turnaround in staff performance.Implemented an efficient warehouse management system for the Cool Store operation.• Wrote, developed and implemented SOP’s and quality systems for Cool Store and Distribution operation.• Developed KPI’s for measuring performance of the cool store for reporting back to the Directors.

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  Inghams NZ

  • Cambridge, NZ

  • Senior Quality Technician

    • Jan 2002 - Nov 2008
    • Cambridge, NZ

    Notable Accomplishments:* Wrote and implemented a grain importation programme nationally for the Feed Mill division.• Developed and implemented a risk management program for the National Distribution centre.• Responsible for commissioning a deep chill facility in the South Island and the continual management of the poultry deep chill programme.• Writing, developing and implementing a successful drivers training programme to meet the Yum brand specification.• Member of the quality team that wrote and developed the risk management programme at the Further Processing plant.• Member of the team involved in commissioning a fully cooked value added further processing line at Ingham’s Enterprises.I managed the reconciliation of the cashbook, preparation of financial accounts and budget preparation. In this role I implemented a new accounting system tailored for the trucking industry and successfully managed all issues in regard to the transition to the new system.• Developed and implemented quality systems and production processes for operating the fully cooked line and further processing plant including a listeria magement programme.