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
- Preparing 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 developing and optimizing the QMS according to applicable 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
- Main contact for suppliers and customers
- Technical, organizational and disciplinary management of the product development team of up to 6 members
- 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 in terms of quality, technology, and cost
- Main contact for suppliers and defined customer groups during project tracking
- Presenting new developments internally and to customers
- Reviewing and approving product labels
Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
3 yearsQuality Assurance Officer
- Coordinating food defense
- Internal auditor; preparing, conducting and defining corrective actions for internal and external audits
- Creating and reviewing specifications, checking layouts
- Creating and maintaining QMS documents and product specifications
- Developing and delivering training, supporting external audits
- Reviewing and approving product labels
- Handling complaints
- Implementing and overseeing documentation, control functions, and creating specifications
- Conducting training sessions
- Handling complaints and assisting with audits
Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
1 yearLaboratory Technician in Quality Assurance
- Performing microbiological tests and documentation
- Calibrating and maintaining testing equipment
Jan 2005 - Present
20 years 8 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 / practical implementation
- Project management and project implementation
- 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 measures across the company
- Responsible for compliance with food law regulations, ordinances, and standard norms (IFS, HACCP, organic, ISO 9001) ensuring annual audits by external bodies
- Conducting external audits at suppliers and co-packers to approve raw materials/finished products and maintain quality standards
- Proactive contact with authorities, associations and external experts
- Planning and conducting training sessions
- Role in the crisis management team
Jan 2001 - Dec 2020
20 yearsSchwerte, Germany
Quality Management Officer
FELIX GmbH & Co. KG (Part of Intersnack Group)
- Maintaining and further developing the quality management system, which was largely built under my leadership, according to the 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 corresponding customer and certification audits
- Coordinating and conducting internal system audits at Intersnack Germany and supplier audits at home and abroad
- Monitoring corrective and preventive actions from all audits and site inspections
- Maintaining and verifying the HACCP system, HACCP team leader
- Coordinating and assisting in developing, updating, and improving QM guideline documents, work instructions, and procedural manuals
- Planning and conducting training sessions, especially in hygiene and product safety
- Managing the pest monitoring system at both production sites
- Informing and supporting professional and managerial staff about changes to standards and optimizing systems to meet requirements
- Member of the sustainability team
- Contributing to the ETI Ethical Trade Initiative certification of the sites in 2011
- Involvement in planning a new extrusion production building in 2015 and implementing the existing QMS and preparing for a successful first certification according to IFS/BRC/AIB standards
- Registering the 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 with product development
- Acting as back-up 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 trials
- Supporting the quality assurance department
Jan 1995 - Dec 2005
11 yearsHead of Quality Assurance
- Implementing, conducting and monitoring quality assurance measures across the entire production area
- Leading the lab team: planning and evaluating microbiological, physical, and chemical tests in the internal lab and collaborating with external labs
- Conducting internal audits to verify the QMS/ IFS/ HACCP concept
- Preparing and supporting annual surveillance audits and customer audits
- Regular supplier assessments and supplier visits
- Introducing the HACCP concept in the company
- Introducing the quality management system according to ISO 9000:1994 in the company
- Introducing the IFS Food standard in the company
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedRussian
AdvancedEducation
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Diploma Engineer in Food Technology (FH) · Food Technology
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B. Eng. in Food Technology · Food Technology
Certifications & licenses
Green Claims: Clearly Communicating Food Sustainability
QS-Akademie
Certificate Internal Quality Auditor
AIB
Internal Auditor
Nutrition C-License
Academy of Sports
Completed Food Defense Course
FSPCA Certificate
FSPCA
PCQI Training
In-house Training as Internal Auditor
In-house Advanced Training in Food Law
Zertifizierungsstellen
GRS SIGNUM Software – Basic Course II: General Handling, Nutritional Calculation, Ingredient List Creation, QUID, Specification Writing
GRS SIGNUM Software
GRS SIGNUM Software – Basic Course I: General Handling, Raw Material Management (Ingredients, Allergens, GMO, Nutritional Values)
GRS SIGNUM Software
Crisis Management in the Frozen Food Industry
dti Bonn
DNV Info Day – New IFS / AIB Requirements
DNV
Introduction to Sensory Testing According to DIN 10961: Training Testers for Sensory Testing
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 Analysis
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