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Quality Assurance Manager - Food

My primary skill areas are: • Technical problem solving; • Team leadership & membership; • Staff management; • Computer hardware and networking; • Developing procedures (for HACCP, ISO 9001, BRC, WQA, etc.); • Documentation & document management; • Communication at all levels of the organisation;

Work Preferences

Desired Salary
85,000 - 100,000 per year  
Availability
4 Weeks  
Desired Job Type
Full Time  
Can Travel for Work
Moderately  
Highest Education Level
Diploma/Certificate  
Current Location
VIC Other  
Willing to relocate?
No
Residency / Visa
Authorised to work in Australia

Skills and Experience

Category Yrs. Exp. Last Used
Customer Support 5 2007  
Food Processing General Operations 5 2007  
IT, Hardware Engineer 12 2002  
IT, IT Manager 12 2002  
IT, IT Professional 17 2007  
IT, Software Engineer 6 2002  
Operations, Production Manager 2 2004  
Operations, Quality Control 5 2007  
Other Industrial Jobs 5 2007  
Specialist, Food Processing 5 2007  

Employment History

Job Title
Quality Assurance Manager
Industry
Food, Beverage and Tobacco
06/2002 to Current

· Developed, implemented and maintained a full HACCP based Food Safety Plan for a food manufacturing facility, achieving HACCP accreditation with NCSI, Woolworths WQA accreditation and an approved export registred dairy processing facility status with AQIS & DFSV.
· Developed and implemented an Internal Audit programme covering all processes and supporting systems of the organisation (26 processes), conducted Internal Audits and managed corrective actions.
· Managed all External Audits from NCSI, DFSV, AQIS, ACO and customers, and managed the implementation of corrective actions.

· Developed, implemented and maintained AQIS Quarantine Approved Premises procedures, achieving approval status for the only QAP outside a metropolitan area.
· Managed a production team within the food industry, achieving production quotas, quality criteria, and minimal customer complaints.

· Documented the production process, thus enhancing and ensuring production standards, and training requirements of staff were achieved and maintained.

· Provided technical and problem solving skills for production processes and quick problem resolution, ensuring minimal downtime.

· Managed staff issues and conflict resolution in the production team, ensuring staff motivation was maintained and minimal absenteeism of staff.
Job Title
IT Manager
Industry
Computing - Software
12/1994 to 05/2002

· Designed and implemented baseline management procedures for a multi-national software development facility, achieving and maintaining ISO9001 status, and meeting all software release deadlines and requirements.

· Managed & maintained a software and document configuration management facility to ISO9001 standards for the above company.

· Managed & maintained computing infrastructure for an ISO9001 multi-national software development company, achieving 99% network and resource availability, and no data losses.

· Managed, implemented & maintained a software development and version control environment, with no loss of data or downtime for the above company.

· Documented the production process, thus enhancing and ensuring production standards, and training requirements of staff were achieved and maintained.

· Provided technical and problem solving skills on network, hardware and software with quick problem resolution, ensuring minimal infrastructure downtime.

Qualifications

Completed Institution Degree / Qualification
1984 Technikon Witwatersrand (RSA) Higher National Diploma Industrial Engineering  
1991 Univ. of Bophuthatswana (RSA) Certificate in Business Management  
2005 Advancing Food Safety Diploma in Quality Assurance (Food)  

Work Related Training & Certification

Completed Institution Training / Certification
2004 Advancing Food Safety WQA & HACCP  
2004 Advancing Food Safety Internal Auditor  
2006 QAP for Accredited Persons AQIS  
2006 South Eastern Training First Aid Level 2