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A passionate food safety and Environmental sustainability expert

An experienced professional with vast experience in the Environmental Sustainability space.
Over 10 years as a Food Safety, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety auditor.
Skilled in auditing and management of niche and Main stream standards in the Agriculture and food manufacturing industry such as GLOBALG.A.P, GRASP, Rainforest Alliance, UTZ Certified, Ethical Tea Partnership, and Common Code for the Coffee Community.
An experienced trainer and consultant in niche and mainstream sustainability standards.
Experienced in formulation and implementation of Quality Management System (QMS) and Standard Operation Procedures (SOP’s).
Trained in ISO 9001, SA 8000, HACCP and Internal Social Systems Audits.

Experience

Freelance Auditor and Quality Management Consultant

  •  Alphadon Consultant's
  •  Jul 2020 - Present

Hand-holding companies in the trading, manufacturing and agriculture space in setting up Quality Management Systems to ensure adherence to Good Manufacturing, Production and Agricultural practices.

Support in compliance with niche and mainstream food safety, occupational health and safety as well as environmental standards and codes of conduct.

Operations Coordinator and Certification Schemes Manager

  •  DNV Kenya
  •  Oct 2014 - Mar 2020

Audit planning, monthly reporting, unit profitability, charge-ability, people engagement and customer satisfaction.

Managing and developing technical resources and liaison with other clusters to ensure optimum utilization of the same.

Internal and external audit planning, people engagement and customer satisfaction.

Delivery and management of food safety, Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental audits for different niche and mainstream standards such as; GLOBALGAP, GRASP, BRC, IFS, ISO 22000, UTZ Certified, Café Practices and Common Code for the Coffee Community (4C).

Assistant Training and UTZ Scheme Manager

  •  AfriCert Limited
  •  Jan 2014 - Dec 2013

In charge of reports quality control and management of the
certification body enterprise resource planning system.

Evaluating staff training needs. Developing training plans for staff and partner organizations. 

Supporting the training manager in the coordination of trainings.

Planning audits and managing audit teams.

Training and Scheme Manager.

  •  AfriCert Limited
  •  Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

Responsibilities as Scheme Manager

Ensuring healthy relationship and accreditation maintenance of the
certification body. Managing the certification body accreditation audits. 
Preparation and timely delivery of the Certification Body annual
report as required by the scheme owner. 

Responsibilities as Training Manager/ Lead auditor

Ensuring continuous professional training of auditors as per the
requirements of schemes owners and internal auditor
competence program(ACP). Managing training and retraining plans for staff and partner
organizations.
Planning audits and managing audit teams. Reviewing Corrective Actions and audit reports.

Responsibilities as Sustainable Agriculture Network Technical
Operations Committee Member.

Defining the scope of certification policies and accreditation
requirements for certification bodies and the competence program
for Sustainable Agriculture Network Auditors. Advice on systems and implementation rules that accompany standards and Sustainable Agriculture Network main policies to ensure their successful adaptation by certification bodies,

Education

BSc Agrculture and Human Ecoloy Extension

  •  Egerton University
  •  Sep 1999 - Sep 2005