Thomas McKenna
Curriculum Vitae
Address: *a Thomas Ashe House,
Anne Street,
Wexford,
Rep. of Ireland
Telephone No: +353-***-******
Email Address: ***********@*****.**.**
Date of Birth: 28th June 1962
Education:
Ringsend Technical Institute
Cambridge Rd,
Ringsend,
Dublin 4.
From 1974 - 1980
Employment Record:
February 2010 – to – Present
Allana Sons
Mumbai,
India.
Position Held: Director of Production & Operations.
Core Responsibilities: Production and performance improvements.
Packaging development. Presentation quality and overall control of product quality. Control of line packing problems and taking corrective and preventative action. Liaise directly with team members to achieve targets within identified time-frame. Preventing gaps in production. Updating production flow specifications.
January 2008 - October 2009
Abbeyfields Foods
1 Priory Hall,
Stillorgan Road,
Co. Dublin,
Ireland.
Position Held: Director of Production & Quality Control.
Core Responsibilities: Specification of products, following up on all production and customer relations. Create and execute development plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
February 1999 - December 2007
AICO GMBH
Karl Friedreich Strasse 98,
D-79312 Emmendingen,
Germany.
Position Held: General Manager / Production Manager
Core Responsibilities: Specifications, packaging, quality control of fresh and frozen products. Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion. Expanding existing customer relationship management strategies. Development of quality management system. Production forecasting.
February 1999 - December 2007
Egymar B.V
Deventerseweg 10,
2994 LD Barendrecht
Netherlands.
Position Held: Manager of Production & Quality Controller (Consultancy Role)
Core Responsibilities: Specification of products, Inspection of food products, quality control, transhipments of products, stocktaking, develop customer relations, line manager, health and safety, reports.
January 1994 - January 1999
During this period I was an independent contractor working for several companies such as Agra Trading, Kepak, Q.K Meats, Meadow Meats, Slaney Meats, BlanchVac in the area of Quality Control, 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
Skills Profile:
• Management Skills - able to motivate and encourage others within a team environment.
• Acknowledges and appreciates each team members contributions.
• Introducing overseas customers to factories on behalf of the various companies.
• Specifications created on behalf of both visiting customers and companies.
• Thorough and expert knowledge of the principles of lean manufacturing.
• Excellent decision-maker. Confident and pragmatic.
• Clear-cut communication skills.
• Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction.
• Fastidiously manages the process of innovative change effectively.
• Keeps track of lessons learned and shares those lessons with team members.
• Strong business and technical skills in processing, packaging and logistics.
• Effective developer of people. Teacher, coach and mentor.
• 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.
Hobbies and Interests:
Listening to music, swimming, cooking, reading and weight training
References:
Ger Van der Dyle
Egymar B.V
Deventerseweg 10
2994 LD Barendrecht
The Netherlands
+31 (0-180******
John McGuiness
Killybegs Seafood Ltd
Pelagic Fish Processors & Exporters
Conlin Rd, Killybegs
Co. Donegal
Daniel Koltonski
Av. Libertador 7820
C1429BMY - Bs As
Argentina
John Ward
Donegal Fisheries Board
Ron Christy
Operations Manager
Finney County, KS
USA 620-***-****