Thomas R.
Project Manager for Animal Husbandry and Feed
Experience
Jan 2023 - Dec 2024
2 yearsProject Manager for Animal Husbandry and Feed
- Conducting benchmarks and revising documents
- Supporting QA system partners with system-related questions
- Managing database entries related to feed monitoring
- Drafting circulars for system partners and certification bodies
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
1 yearHead of Quality Assurance
Jan 2015 - Dec 2021
7 yearsQuality Management Representative and Head of Product Development
- Actively further develop and optimize the QMS according to current standards with a focus on
- Efficiency and overall quality
- Responsible for certification audits (e.g. IFS, MSC-ASC, V-Label) and customer audits
- Conducting training sessions
- Member of the crisis management team
- Managing projects from development to market launch, including integrating new products into operational processes; coordinating interfaces with purchasing, production, engineering, and quality assurance
- Point of contact for suppliers and customers
- Technical, organizational, and disciplinary leadership of the product development team of up to 6 employees
- Managing projects from development to market launch, including integrating new products into operational processes; coordinating interfaces with purchasing, production, engineering, and quality assurance
- Optimizing existing products based on quality, technology, and cost considerations
- Point of contact for suppliers and specified customer groups during project tracking
- Presenting new developments internally and to customers
- Reviewing and approving label declarations
Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
3 yearsQuality Assurance Specialist
- Food defense coordination
- Internal auditor; preparing, conducting, and defining corrective actions for internal and external audits
- Creating and reviewing specifications, layout checks
- Creating and maintaining QA documents, product specifications
- Developing and conducting trainings, supporting external audits
- Reviewing and approving label declarations
- Handling complaints
- Implementing and monitoring documentation processes, control functions, and specification creation
- Conducting training sessions
- Handling complaints, assisting with audits
Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
1 yearLaboratory Technician in Quality Assurance
- Conducting microbiological tests and documentation
- Calibrating and maintaining test equipment
Jan 2005 - Present
20 years 11 monthsSenior Consultant, Freelance Auditor
QM-Beratung Thomas Roßner
- Freelance Auditor for AGRIZERT GmbH
- Interim management
- Quality management consulting and support for certification of product safety standards
- GAP analysis / planning / document structure / on-site implementation
- Project management and project realization
- Conducting internal audits and supplier audits
- Conducting training sessions
Jan 2005 - Dec 2015
11 yearsHead of Quality Management
- Responsible for setting internal standards and maintaining quality-related measures company-wide
- Responsible for compliance with food law regulations, ordinances and standard norms (IFS, HACCP, Organic, ISO 9001) and ensuring annual audits by external bodies
- Conducting external audits at suppliers and co-packers for approval of raw materials and finished products and maintaining quality standards
- Proactive contact with authorities, associations and external experts
- Planning and conducting training sessions
- Member of the crisis management team
Jan 2001 - Dec 2020
20 yearsSchwerte, Germany
Quality Management Representative
FELIX GmbH & Co. KG (Part of Intersnack Group)
- Maintenance and development of the quality management system I helped build, following principles of nationally and internationally recognized standards (BRC, IFS, AIB, OHSAS 18001, QS Feed, Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, UTZ)
- Conducting internal system audits for the above standards and preparing and supporting customer and certification audits
- Coordinating and conducting internal system audits at Intersnack Germany and supplier audits domestically and abroad
- Monitoring corrective and improvement actions from all audits and site inspections
- Maintenance and verification of the HACCP system, HACCP team leader
- Coordinating and contributing to the development, update and improvement of QM guiding documents, work instructions and procedural instructions
- Planning and conducting training sessions, especially in hygiene and product safety
- Managing the pest monitoring system at both production sites
- Informing and supporting staff and management on changes in standards and optimizing systems to meet requirements
- Member of the Sustainability Team
- Participating in the site certification according to the ETI Ethical Trade Initiative in 2011
- Supporting the planning of a newly built production building for extruded products in 2015, implementing the existing QM system and preparing for successful initial certification according to IFS/BRC/AIB standards
- Registering production sites with the US Food and Drug Administration, including reviewing and implementing food law requirements for the HACCP system and ensuring annual audits by external bodies
Jan 2001 - Dec 2001
1 yearAssistant to Plant Management
- Preparing production statistics
- Preparing personnel statistics
- Preparing weekly performance reports
- Preparing product presentations
- Assisting in product development
- Acting as deputy for the Quality Assurance department
Jan 1999 - Dec 2001
3 yearsShift Supervisor, Deputy Product Group Leader
- Supervising a production line
- Assisting with product development
- Conducting test runs
- Supporting the Quality Assurance department
Jan 1995 - Dec 2005
11 yearsHead of Quality Assurance
- Implementation, execution and monitoring of quality assurance measures across the entire production area
- Leading the laboratory team: planning and evaluation of microbiological, physical and chemical tests in the in-house lab as well as collaborating with external laboratories
- Conducting internal audits to verify the quality management system / IFS / HACCP concept
- Preparation and support for the annual surveillance audits as well as customer audits
- Regular supplier evaluations / supplier visits
- Implementation of the HACCP concept in the company
- Implementation of the quality management system according to ISO 9000:1994 in the company
- Implementation of the IFS Food standard in the company
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedRussian
AdvancedEducation
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Dipl. Ing. Food Technology (FH) · Food Technology
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B. Eng. Food Technology · Food Technology
Certifications & licenses
Green Claims: Communicating Food Sustainability Accurately
QS-Akademie
Internal Quality Auditor Certificate
AIB
Internal Auditor
Nutrition C License
Academy of Sports
Participation in Food Defense Course
FSPCA Certificate
FSPCA
Training as PCQI
In-house Training as Internal Auditor
In-house Advanced Training in Food Law
Certification Bodies
GRS SIGNUM Software – Basic Course II: General Handling, Nutrition Calculation, Ingredient List Creation, QUID, Specification Creation
GRS SIGNUM Software
GRS SIGNUM Software – Basic Course I: General Handling, Raw Material Maintenance (Ingredients, Allergens, GMO, Nutritional Values)
GRS SIGNUM Software
Crisis Management in the Frozen Food Industry
dti Bonn
DNV Info Day – New Requirements of IFS/AIB
DNV
Introduction to Sensory Testing According to DIN 10961: Training of Sensory Testers
Certified Quality Management Representative
TÜV SÜD
BRCGS Food Auditor
BRCGS
Certified Quality Management Specialist
TÜV SÜD
Occupational Safety Management Representative
BRCGS Packaging Auditor
BRCGS
European Food Law: Current Developments
Systematic Leadership Management
TÜV Seminar "The New ISO 9000:2000"
TÜV
Modern Standard and Rapid Methods in Food Microbiology
Introduction to the Practice of Enzymatic Analytics
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