Andrew Tasker
York
Summary
An experienced Manager in the Food and Beverage industry with a broad range of industry expertise in High and Low risk areas, Brewing, Cooking sauces and Ice-cream covering procurement, production, Packaging, quality control, warehousing and logistics. I'm able to provide a broad skill set that has enabled planned production outputs in a fast-paced environment to meet customer demand. I am health and safety trained to IOSH standard and work to ensure all safety requirements are adhered to with no incidents/accidents. I am a detailed oriented analyst with expertise in the smooth running of the lines and operation, quality control, auditing skills in material specifications and testing of products at various stages. I manage a team and work with them to build on their skills, knowledge and experience and review performance. I have excellent customer service skills and promote the company and what services we offer to new and existing customers to build and maintain relationships and support business growth. I carry out risk assessments, seeking to identify the root cause, apply corrective solutions and look at ways to mitigate in the future. I am a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Operations/ Health and Safety Manager
Yorktest Laboratories
10.2018 - Current
- Manage a team of six team member within the Dispatch department
- Managing two Dispatch team members based in the USA
- Managing Kit building team
- Arranging temperature-controlled products shipped throughout Europe and the rest of the world
- Performing internal and external audits to ISO standards
- Maintaining stock levels
- Ordering materials
- Managed comprehensive site inductions, imparting clear, detailed information for optimal safety and compliance.
- Introduced new safety initiatives.
- Performed ongoing review of safety procedures and policies, implementing changes when necessary.
Zone Manager
Greencore
Selby
- As Zone Manager I was responsible for the Sauce Cooking department on one of the four shifts
- Responsible for a team of twenty-nine consisting of three-line leaders and twenty-six team members
- Managing the team
- Performing safety interventions
- Applying food safety principles
- Investigation to find root causes of non-conformances
- Data capture of KPIs.
- Attending management meetings
- Managing the departmental Manning levels.
- Training team members to SOP standard
- Performing personal development reviews
- Decision making through sensory analysis
- Monitoring performance versus plan
- Reducing waste through materials management
- Reducing CIP times by prioritizing the order in which plants area scheduled
- Project management within the department to drive improvements and waste reduction.
Production Supervisor
Yorvale Ice, Cream
- Managing a team of eleven across three departments Ice-Cream plant, Kefir Bottling line and Warehouse
- Planning the weekly rota and production plans for both Kefir and Ice-cream plants
- Managing and planning of required raw materials and full goods
- Performing quality related activities such as internal audits
- Preforming preventative and reactive maintenance
- Liaising with contractors dealing with equipment upgrades and advanced engineering works
- Working to maintain the companies BRCGS AA standard
- Training out and updating Work Procedures against the training matrix
- Responsible for engineering issues
- Repairing where possible or sourcing third party contractors when required.
Packaging Manager
Bad Co Brewing and Distilling
- Ensuring the smooth day to day running of the lines and operation
- Introduction of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Design and maintain Training Matrix
- Leading Continuous improvement groups across Brewing, Packaging and Logistics
- Including TPM, 5s, 5 Whys, Root Cause analysis)
- Develop relevant KPIs to track the department's performance
- Liaising with potential customers, explaining processes and what we have to offer
- Maintaining our Safe and local supplier approval (Salsa) accreditation
- Supplier liaison for packing, materials and quality related questions within the business
- Manage and monitor weekly staff rota to meet the demands of our own and contract brands
- Creating a safe environment, upskilling team members to buy into my philosophy of safety being a priority
- Introduction of HACCP and COSHH including the upskilling of my team
- Dealing with all HR related issues such as hiring, appraisals and disciplinary matters
- Resolving Engineering/ break downs issues through trouble shooting or employing external contractors
Quality Analyst
Heineken UK
01.2003 - 01.2018
- Central Lab, Canning and Bottling)
- Project work covering installation, commissioning and training out to team members
- Carried out analysis in the testing of liquids at various stages through the production process
- Micro sampling at different stages of the brewing process
- Plating, incubating and reading results
- Auditing skills in material specifications and final packaging
- Auditing to ISO 9001 standards
- Identification using GCs and various analytical methods of raw materials and finished products
- Collecting analytical data, interpreting, and presenting
- Development of SOPs and OPLs for new and current procedures
- Method development and validation analysis
- Practiced in instrument monitoring and analytical method performance
- Manual Handling Trainer
- Leading quality related TPM projects employing 5s, Root cause failure analysis (RCFAs) 5 why
- Commissioning and training of new equipment to the operators on site
- Lead continuous improvement groups on site and in the Laboratory
- Quality assurance Initiative to work independently
- Stand in team leader for 5 years
- Using LIMs, Achiever, SAP and many other software packages
Warehouse Operative
Coors Brewery
01.2002 - 01.2003
- Loading and unloading trailers
- Stock taking
- Maintaining FLT fleet
- Completing received and outgoing goods
- Loading and unloading kegs from the production line
- Yard duties including loading shunter trailers to be used within the packaging department
Canning and Cask Team Member
John Smith Brewery, Tadcaster
01.2000 - 01.2002
Administration Assistant
The British Library
Boston Spa
01.1995 - 01.2000
Skills
- TPM
- COSHH
- SAP training
- Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Power Point skills
- Lims database
- Several CRM systems including SAP, Brewman, Xero and ZOHO
- QMS auditing skills with experience in ISO, BRCGS and SALSA
- Teamwork skills
- Ability to effectively plan
- Site inductions
- IOSH-qualified
- Root cause analysis
Accomplishments
- Implementation of change management in various roles increasing efficiencies through production output in manufacturing and logistics functions.
- Implementation of a training program and competency matrix based on SOPs and OPLs.
- Introducing quality parameters focusing on KPI driven targets.
- Maintaining ISO9001, BRCGS AA and SALSA accreditations.
- Raised awareness of health and safety and implemented procedures for correct use of Personal protection equipment (PPE).
Certification
Institute of Brewing and Distilling - Certificate in Packaging
HACCP Level 3
Food Safety Level 3
IOSH trained
Internal Auditors course (BRCGS recognized)
Manual handling Trainer
Health and Safety
TPM
COSHH
SAP training
Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Power Point skills
Lims database
Several CRM systems including SAP, Brewman, Xero and ZOHO.
QMS auditing skills with experience in ISO, BRCGS and SALSA.
Timeline
Operations/ Health and Safety Manager
Yorktest Laboratories
10.2018 - Current
Quality Analyst
Heineken UK
01.2003 - 01.2018
Warehouse Operative
Coors Brewery
01.2002 - 01.2003
Canning and Cask Team Member
John Smith Brewery, Tadcaster
01.2000 - 01.2002
Administration Assistant
The British Library
01.1995 - 01.2000
Zone Manager
Greencore
Production Supervisor
Yorvale Ice, Cream
Packaging Manager
Bad Co Brewing and Distilling
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