Lorin Sole, Director

Lorin Sole

Director

Consultant

Location
Australia
Education
Master's degree,
Experience
8 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 2 Months

Director at Consultant
  • Australia
  • September 2009 to February 2011

Consultant to the Manufacturing and process industry, mainly for Food (Dairy, FMCG) and Petrochemical (Bio-Fuels).

• Reviewing quality issues, identifying cause and installing systems to remove cause and overcome repeat issues.
• Reviewed process issues and bottlenecks, proposed modifications with removal of the issues and bottleneck.
• Reviewed negative cash flow, highlighted cause, recommended stop gap requirements and restructure of costings and sales.
• Preformed Gaps analysis on Environmental issues making recommendations what Third Party Supplier offered the best and most cost effective system to meet the company’s objective.
• Evaluated HACCP and food safety systems making recommendations for improvement and involved in handling Customer Quality audit of same.
• Reviewed, proposed and initiated Occupational Health and Safety System to meet that regulatory and customer requirements.
• Product, Process and Manufacturing reviews, proposing improvements and installing recommendations.
• Provided staff training in process, manufacturing, food safety and Health and Safety.
• Seconded to production scheduling whilst manager was on holiday

National Operations Manager at Australian Renewable Fuels
  • Other
  • December 2005 to September 2009
Operations Manager at Colltech Australia
  • Australia
  • September 2004 to December 2005

• Negotiated supply agreements with feedstock and utility suppliers.
• Employed, trained, coached and mentored staff. Maintained a culture of safe and healthy work environment and continuous improvement.
• Develop systematic technical systems to improve and prove the existing operational systems
• Key figurehead in incorporating Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) and food safety systems driving toward ISO 9001.
• Developed operations costing and budget with full P&L responsibility.
• Set up the logistic systems for whole operation including export and third party logistics.

Process Manager CCP1 at Almarai
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2003 to August 2004

Employed to manage CCP1 in the Process area also as acting Site Duty Manager during weekends. Managed the Process during a prolific growth period taking the CCP1 process area beyond its design capacity.

• Key player in scheduling milk and juice production in the process area and down line packing.
• Proposed and project managed the implementation of capital project to increase production capacity by over 30% allowing the company to exceed its 2003 Ramadan requirements.
• Achieving new production records of plus 2 million liters per day on a 1.4 million liter designed plant.
• Trained, coached and mentored staff. Maintained a culture of safe and healthy work environment and continuous improvement.
• Reviewed plant modifications, product development and waste management providing recommendations of same

Education

Master's degree,
  • at Operations Industry
  • January 2012

Expert Operations Management ongoing learning.

Specialties & Skills

Manufacturing
Production
operations
Operation
Process and manufacturing
Computer, IT, PLC, operation systems
HACCP, Processed Food Safety, Quality system and GMP
Technical and R&D Management
Team Building, Leadership, Negotiation, Logistics, Analytical Thinking & Creative Problem Solving
Inspection of Production &Processing Facilities, Formulating & Implementing Health & Safety Standard
Customer and supplier liaison
Staff, training, mentoring, coaching
Logistics and Warehousing
Operation Management

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Chamber Commerce & Industry
  • Member
  • January 2010