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Susan Abbott

Profile

Immediately available following redundancy

Responsible for 4 factories on site to include high risk areas, recipe meals and frozen fish
Maintaining a budget in excess of £1 million and managing a team of 60
Has established and implemented systems from scratch

Qualifications / Training

Intermediate Food Hygiene

HACCP
COSHH
Various Management Courses

Living In

Looking to relocate to Gwent

Salary Required

Circa £35000

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Regus House, Falcon Drive, Cardiff Bay, CF10 4RU

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Susan Abbott

Site Hygiene Manager

PERSONAL STATEMENT

I’m very goal orientated, my main strengths would be to build and develop very strong self
operating teams, not afraid to challenge “the norm”
I introduced production onto the nightshift with a minimum amount of upheaval and made into the
most efficient shift in factory, saving £60,000 in waste/ giveaway, £20,000 on reject levels approx.
Introduced the Behave and think safety system throughout the whole site – with a reduction in
accidents by 40%. Would like to think my passion enthusiasm, and commitment are instilled in my
team.
Introduced most of the site hygiene systems/procedures, such as training detail forms, Risk
assessments, SSOW, hygiene schedules, comprehensive audit sheets, analytical data sheets,
(kpi’s) to suit the business needs, client needs and also to prove due diligence to the clients
customers.

EDUCATION
Wintringham School ’73 – 77
O levels & Gcse, s in Geography, Typing, Sewing, Maths, English, Biology

TECHINICAL EXPERTISE
 Haccap Auditing
 Coshh Management courses
 Intermediate food hygiene

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Regus House, Falcon Drive, Cardiff Bay, CF10 4RU

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Susan Abbott

WORK EXPERIENCES ISS food Hygiene/Partners in Hygiene

Site Hygiene Manager Youngs Bluecrest 2005 - Present

 Ensuring that all daily, periodic and deep cleaning is carried out according to the cleaning
schedules and that schedules are available for new equipment. /and format as and when
required. (whether it be office cleaners, or food manufacturing kit, yard duties ect)
 Reviewing the cleaning schedules on a regular basis to ensure adequate ongoing hygiene of
equipment.
 To ensure the positive release of equipment at the end of cleaning, using an ATP system in
designated areas.
 Raise the awareness of hygiene throughout the site.
 Ensure that Health and Safety rules (including COSHH) are complied with and that staff are fully
trained to ensure that Food Handling and Hygiene rules are complied with at all times.
 Carry out appropriate disciplinary procedures in line with the Company policy and procedures.
 Carry out all hygiene on site within safety, hygiene, quantity, quality, and cost parameters.
 Evaluate and recommend the training requirements within the Hygiene department and to arrange
such training when authorised and appropriate to do so.
 Responsible for the documenting and signing off of all cleaning.
 Report any non-conformances in hygiene procedures or schedules to the Factory Manager.
 Manage the hygiene budget and make recommendations for cost reductions as necessary. (up to
60 personnel on site)
 Prepare the site for audits, ensuring that all documentation is available and up to date.
 Carry out investigation work when microbiological results fall out side of the specifications.
 Conduct trials of new chemicals and equipment, in conjunction with suppliers.
 Ensure the payroll system works efficiently.
 To operate a proactive approach to the reduction/elimination of accidents
 To manage absences.

Youngsbluecrest Technical/Hygiene auditor 1988-2005

Responsible for :

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Regus House, Falcon Drive, Cardiff Bay, CF10 4RU

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Susan Abbott

The running of the technical department and to ensure quality procedures and systems are
adhered to on nightshift, covering such things as verifying hygiene procedures, swabs, audits,
protecting the product.
Analyzing micro results and taking any corrective actions.
Ensuring haccap procedures and customer specification are followed,
Last 14 months overseeing, new third party hygiene contractors, putting all systems in
Place

Nightshift Production Manager/Hygiene 1998 – 2000

– Responsible for
Smooth efficient running of the recipe meals factory on nightshift, within safety,
Hygiene, quality, quantity and cost parameters
Also managing a small hygiene crew
Covering such things as the writing of safe systems of work, analyzing safety
Statistics and taking a proactive approach (introduced the BATS team)
Maintaining “housekeeping standards”
Managing staff, attendance, absence, discipline, performance issues
Ensuring customer specifications are met
Production targets are met with the minimum of downtime waste labour costs ECT

Production Co – ordinator 1990 – 1998

– Responsible for
As above, but a smaller area of the factory

Production Team Leader 1988 – 1990

– Responsible for
To lead a small production team on line to operate with in safety, hygiene, quality, quantity,
And cost parameters

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