Technical & Sourcing Manager
Tesco
Total years of experience :22 years, 3 Months
Covering most food categories supply from Greece, Turkey, Cyprus & Egypt.
-Identifying suppliers who can deliver long term competitive advantage
-Developing strategic relationships with suppliers and growers
-Manage effectively and building relations with key stakeholders
- Assist in developing quality, safe, legal and innovative products
- Achieving cost reductions by identifying the best possible supply model and quality improvements in the products supplied.
-Consultant in implementing Quality Management Systems in Agriculture and in Food sector in general.
Responsible for Certification of these QMS.
-Technical advisor for fruit & vegetable growers.
Supervised their plans in plant nutrition & crop protection
-Technical Manager & Auditor. SET was the inspection body of FoodCert B.V. (today its name is ISACert - based in Netherlands) in Greece.
-Supervised a team of auditors.
-Worked as GlobalGap Scheme manager and was responsible for the final approval of the audits.
-Responsible for the accreditation of SET according ISO17020 by the Greek Acceditation Council.
Consultancy Company for Quality Management Systems in Agriculture.
My role was:
- To prepare the companies/ growers in order to be audited and certified according Globalgap, ISO 14000, ISO 22000, ISO 9001.
- Follow up corrective actions.
- Administration on the application process.
Production Packhouse (Fresh Produce) Manager.
My role was:
- To supervise the quality controllers on line, packing for 8 different customers in every shift.
- To be responsible on quality & traceability.
- To supervise the QC procedure on final product before loading.
Line Quality Controller reporting to the Production Packhouse (Fresh Produce) Manager.
My role was:
- To be responsible on quality & traceability on the production line.
