Experience

Status Staffing

• South Africa
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Recruitment Consultant

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Co-owner Co-owner



Libstar Montagu Foods

• Cape Town Area, South Africa

• R&D | NPD Food Scientist

  • Mar 2018 - Feb 2023

  • Woolworths brand product developer • Internal Auditing of FSMS • Supervision and training of R&D Assistant. • canned soups, DOY-pouch sauces, DOY- pouch soups, glass soups, glass condiments, glass mustards, glass jellies, DOY- pouch glazes, bottled sauces and glass packed honey. • Responsible for multiple development projects from concept to launch. • Ensuring tight CPA deadlines are adhered to. • Setting up recipe costings for development projects and ensuring that costings are up to date. • Compiling all Woolworths documentation for development. • Compiling and completing of all internal technical documentation. • Sourcing of new raw materials and ensuring that the supplier meets all necessary food safety requirements. • Management of cost saving projects. • Compiling new product formulations. • Producing concept samples in the kitchen lab. • Presenting products to clients and ensuring client satisfaction. • Compiling food labelling information according to relevant legislation. • Ensure that preliminary nutritional calculations and/or nutritional analysis is done by an accredited laboratory. • Ensuring that microbial shelf life testing is conducted. • Conducting shelf life studies • Ensure all paperwork are drawn up and correct before factory trials. • Process development for factory scale up and ensuring successful factory trials are conducted. • Analysing of thermal data gathered and recommending the correct thermal process for factory scale up. • Resolve any complications related to the production of new products. • Sensory evaluation of samples, co-ordination of tastings and benchmarking sessions. • Researching new product trends. • knowledge and understanding of the FSSC 22000 and HACCP food safety system. • Experience in developing products for various customers and industry leaders • Creating, improving and updating the NPD procedures to ensure readiness for FSSC audits and ensuring traceability and compliance Show less



Firesafe Fire Engineering

• 83 George street, Strand, Western Cape

• Sales Manager

  • Nov 2015 - Oct 2017

  • Manage sales personnel. • Doing monthly salaries on Pastel payroll. • Assisting with interviews • Training of new sales staff. • Strategic implementation of better structure among sales staff and ensuring that company policy is implemented at all times. • Compiling weekly sales report and monitoring the work efficiency of sales staff. • Building strong customer relationships and ensuring customer satisfaction. • Managing and resolving customer complaints • Liaising with suppliers to keep up with new product ranges and price changes. • Daily responsibilities: invoicing, quotations, credit notes and job cards • Experience with: supplier invoices and purchase orders and cashing up. • Creating customers, suppliers and new products on pastel Accounting. • Managing markup, discount and ensuring that all prices on pastel are up to date. • Allocation of payments and receipts to cashbook on Pastel Accounting. • Arrange all Marketing activities such as Brochures, Web design, Radio adverts and Roadshows. • Project manager of the Stellenbosch university and ABSA account. Show less



In2food, (Lombardi foods)

• 237 Broadlands Rd, Broadlands, STRAND, 7140

• Student Industry Training

  • Nov 2014 - Dec 2014

  • Hygiene Swabs and testing thereof. • Microbiological and Chemical tests. • Research and experimenting to improve product consistency. • Research and experimenting to improve product microbiological results. • Daily inventory checks. • Scheduling of allergen cleaning program. • Equal Ingredients distribution and weight control checks on final products. • Tray washer sanitizer efficiency testing (both chemical and microbiological). • Sensory evaluation training of a range of ready to eat products. Show less



In2food, (Lombardi Foods)

• 237 Broadlands Rd, Broadlands, STRAND, 7140

• Student Industry Training

  • Nov 2013 - Dec 2013

  • Comparing COA's (Certificate of analysis) with the Woolworth specification and in2food specifications for all raw ingredients. • UV knife sterilization trials (Microbiological). • Updating supplier database details via telephonic communication. • Received Internal Health and safety training. • Shelf life testing of individual components and finished product (Microbiological). • Comparing COA's (Certificate of analysis) with the Woolworth specification and in2food specifications for all raw ingredients. • UV knife sterilization trials (Microbiological). • Updating supplier database details via telephonic communication. • Received Internal Health and safety training. • Shelf life testing of individual components and finished product (Microbiological).



Firesafe Fire Engineering

• 83 George Street, Strand, 7139

• Holiday work

  • Nov 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Filing of invoices and job cards • Printing of statements • Preparing and posting of statements • Filing of invoices and job cards • Printing of statements • Preparing and posting of statements