Manager Quality Control
Resume:
Thomas McKenna
Address: *A Thomas Ashe House,
Anne Street,
Wexford,
Ireland.
Telephone No: +353-***-******
Email Address: ***********@*****.**.**
Personal Profile:
A positive highly motivated manager with extensive food production knowledge, gained from
over 30 years’ experience within various food production environments internationally.
Excellent man management qualities coupled with a proactive management style have proven
to be vital in the development of teams and of new systems giving enhanced factory
efficiencies. Energetic and enthusiastic, hands on manager of change focused on delivering
profit.
Work Experience:
February 2010 – Present Allana Sons,
Mumbai,
India.
Director of Production & Operations
• Production & performance improvements in multiple sites.
• Packaging development.
• Presentation quality and overall control of product quality.
• Control of production line’s, and any packing problems and taking corrective and
preventative action.
• Organizing daily meetings including Production, Quality Control, Shift Handover and
Health and Safety.
• Liaise directly with team members to achieve targets within identified time-frame.
• Preventing gaps in production.
• Updating production flow specifications and adaptation of HACCP system.
• Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction.
• Working with personnel on staff issues like disciplinary, organising, identifying training,
appraisals for team leaders, absence.
• Overseeing up to 350 people on 1 shift, this includes 10 Managers who each run their
own Production Line on AM and PM shifts.
• Predominantly working 7 days a week.
• Arranging seasonal/temporary workers when necessary.
• Preparing production plans to meet customer requirements, and updating these plans
as new client orders come in.
• Training staff for Health and Safety, Risk Assessments and Stock takes.
January 2008 - October 2009 Abbeyfields Foods,
Stillorgan Road,
Co. Dublin,
Ireland.
Director of Production & Quality
• Director of all Production & Quality in multiple sites globally.
• Specification for all products.
• Following up on all production multiple sites daily and customer relations.
• Create and execute development plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing
needs and requirements.
• BRC Global Standards for food safety, HACCP system, ISO9001, KPI’s.
• (GOEIC) General Organization for Export and Import Control of the Ministry of Trade
and Industry Egypt.
• Knowledge of FDA and USDA regulations.
• Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction.
• Working and training a team of people for inspections in multiple sites, with reports to
me daily.
• Preparing production plans to meet customer requirements, including updating these
plans as new orders come in.
February 1999 - December 2007 AICO GMBH
Karl Friedreich Strasse 98,
D-79312 Emmendingen,
Germany.
General Manager:
• General Manager of Production & Quality in multiple sites.
• Products fresh & frozen / Meat / Fish / Vegetables & Fruits, in multiple sites globally.
• Specifications, packaging, quality control of fresh and frozen products.
• Expanding existing customer relationship management strategies.
• Development of quality management system.
• Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion.
• Production forecasting. HACCP, ISO9000, GOEIC.
• Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction.
February 1999 - December 2007 Egymar B.V., Deventerseweg 10,
2994 LD, Barendrecht,
Netherlands.
Manager of Production:
• Manager of Production & Quality Controller (Consultancy Role)
• Multiple sites in different countries.
• Specification of products, Inspection, quality control, transhipments of products,
stowage plans, stocktaking, develops customer relations, reports.
• Health & Safety Standards.
• Fish Inspections, labelling, wrapping and packing of products fresh & frozen.
• Vessels inspections e.g. (Trawlers & Freezer Vessels).
January 1994 - January 1999
Self-employed Meat Inspections: Avondale Q.C.Services.
• During this period I was an independently contracted to several companies.
• Companies names: Agra Trading now part of the Kepak group, Q.K Meats, Meadow
Meats, Slaney Meats, BlanchVac
• Quality Control and specifications of products for international markets.
• Production and Customer Relations.
Other Employment:
• 1991 - 1994 Qualtrol International Inspector / Quality Control
• 1984 - 1991 Goudhurst Ltd. Beef Packers Supervisor / Manager
• 1980 - 1984 Smith brothers Butchers Master Butcher
Education:
Ringsend Technical Institute
Cambridge Rd,
Ringsend,
Dublin 4.
From 1974 - 1980
Other Skills:
• Management Skills – multiple sites management.
• Acknowledges and appreciates each team member’s contributions.
• Introducing overseas customers to factories on behalf of the various companies.
• Specifications created on behalf of overseas customers.
• Thorough knowledge of the principles of lean manufacturing.
• I took and passed a forklift truck course.
• BRC Global Standards for food safety, HACCP system, ISO9000, KPI’s.
• Knowledge of (GOEIC) General Organization for Export and Import Control from the
Ministry of Trade and Industry in Egypt.
• Knowledge of FDA and USDA regulations.
• Excellent decision-maker. Confident and pragmatic.
• I am computer literate, I work with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power point)
• Clear-cut communication skills.
• Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction.
• Fastidiously manages the process of innovative change effectively.
• Motivates coaches, mentor and encourage others within a team.
• Strong business and technical skills in processing, packaging and logistics.
• Easily recognizes system deficiencies and implements effective solutions.
• Able to interact effectively with people in all divisions of the company.
• Develop lasting relationships with client personnel that foster client ties.
• I have a full clean driving license.
• I am hardworking, willing, and eager, motivated and work on my own initiative. I am a
fast learner and I enjoy meeting new people and learning new skills. I want a career
that challenges me and gives me the opportunity to improve myself and the company.
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