Experience

Hovis Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Manager - Baking & Milling

  • Sep 2012 - Present



Premier Foods

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• National Quality Manager

  • Sep 2009 - Sep 2011

  Reporting into the Technical Director for Premier Foods, I was responsible for implementing quality and food safety systems across 9 sites to ensure we met the requirements of internal, BRC and retailer audits. My role also involved monitoring final product quality and consistency, setting specifications and dealing with customer complaints.

• Laboratory Manager

  • Feb 2006 - Sep 2009

  Reporting into the Technical Controller for Rank Hovis, I managed a team of 20 to provide technical support to the Flour Mills and Premier Foods business. My role involved the day-to-day running of a UKAS accredited laboratory along with overseeing the quality functions in our Flour Mills to ensure that the technical teams based at sites were testing raw materials against agreed standards and final product quality to the correct specification.



RHM Technology

• Technical Development Manager

  • Nov 2003 - Feb 2006

  Provided consultancy and ingredient expertise across the Bread Bakeries Division finding, implementing and supporting a variety of work streams, from product development to issue resolution.

• Section Manager: Food and Bakery Science

  • Sep 1997 - Oct 2003

  As a manager reporting into the Head of Technology, I successfully lead and managed a team of 8 to deliver various bakery and food science projects including new product development and problem solving projects from concept to launch. This involved interacting at all levels within RHM including Manufacturing, Technical, and Marketing departments to ensure a smooth delivery.Involved with the commissioning of new plant bakery to assist in overcoming various issues with new equipment and training of bakery staff.Inspired a “can-do” culture within the bakery team, encouraging self and team development through challenging current practices and attitudes, delivering a high performance team who continually challenged and improved the way they worked. Implemented Health and Safety system for the Bakery team maintaining a 0% accident rate for 6 years and achieving 86% external audit score in the first year with ongoing improvements in subsequent years. Show less