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Sinéad Ryan

Cork

Summary

I am a passionate, motivated, and results driven individual with over ten years’ experience working both independently and as part of a team in pressurized environments.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

R&D Co-Ordinator

Britvic Ireland
Dublin
05.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for the review and approval of all artwork within Britvic Ireland, ensuring all technical requirements are met
  • Lead technologist for all DRS Artwork approvals
  • Providing support to both liquid and packaging development with day to day activities including batch make up, raw material approval, formulation approvals
  • Organisation of lab activities including sensory lab panels, stability testing, ingredients log and analytical equipment maintenance
  • Leading and delivering Value Engineering projects
  • Owner of department purchasing and management of materials and services including the raising, communicating and maintaining of purchase orders
  • Maintaining relevant budget tracker and preparing reports if required
  • Created effective partnerships with Marketing, Technical, Supply Chain and Finance to enable flawless project delivery of key objectives

R&D Sr Technician

Tropicana Brands Group
Cork
08.2022 - 03.2024
  • Creating specifications and qualifying raw material ingredients
  • Reviewing supplier documentation for analytical testing, food safety chemical hazards and microbiological testing in alignment with AIJN standards and inherited PepsiCo values.
  • Working closely with the Product Developer, Regulatory Team, Food Safety Team and Global Procurement in qualifying new raw material.
  • Participation in descriptive sensory panels on trial products, comparative sensory in crop samples and bench marking competing products in the European market.
  • Collation and organisation of all active and inactive specifications in Specification

Quality Assurance Officer

Co Operative Society Ltd
Cork
02.2019 - 07.2022
  • Analysis of chemical and microbiological composition for finished product and reporting results to site team daily.
  • Ownership of on-line grading for finished product for top level reporting.
  • Managing both conforming and non-conforming product with customer allocation and certification.
  • Positive release for finished products.
  • Working closely with Lead grader of Specialty cheese in grading finished product in both Ireland and the UK.
  • Owner of Right First Time reporting for Cheddar Cheese site and circulating the metric weekly to senior stakeholders.
  • Developed and implemented the master tracker for product release.
  • Training and monitoring development of deputy Quality Officer

Quality Assurance Officer

E. Flahavan's And Sons Ltd
12.2015 - 02.2019
  • Supported the Quality Assurance Lead for BRC, FSSC 22000, FEMAS, Organic Trust, IGAS, Customer and ISO 9001 audits.
  • Managing the daily QC testing schedule.
  • Sensory evaluation and inspection on all raw ingredients, in-process samples and finished products.
  • Organization and host of sensory panels and circulating the documented report.
  • Induction HACCP training for milling and bakery operators.
  • Managed, reviewed and trended process control documentation.
  • Product traceability from farm to finished product.
  • Internal auditing on site for Foreign Body control, Pest Control, Housekeeping and Hygiene

Education

B Sc Food Science And Innovation -

Waterford Institute Of Technology
Waterford
05.2015

B Sc Food Science With Business -

Waterford Institute Of Technology
Waterford
05.2014

Skills

  • Project Management Skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Team building
  • Independent self starter

Certification

  • MANAGEMENT OF NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, TEAGASC
  • CERTIFIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT DIPLOMA , INSTITUTE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Timeline

R&D Co-Ordinator

Britvic Ireland
05.2023 - Current

R&D Sr Technician

Tropicana Brands Group
08.2022 - 03.2024

Quality Assurance Officer

Co Operative Society Ltd
02.2019 - 07.2022

Quality Assurance Officer

E. Flahavan's And Sons Ltd
12.2015 - 02.2019

B Sc Food Science And Innovation -

Waterford Institute Of Technology

B Sc Food Science With Business -

Waterford Institute Of Technology

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