Wendy Walker

Experience

• 

  Sealord

  Jan 1986 - Aug 1996

  Sales Rep for Chilled Products, Factory Supervisor

  I managed trimming lines, filleting lines, the chiller, the freezers, and then was asked to go into sales to sell the by catch and chilled hoki into the supermarkets. I was responsible then for organising with the plant supervisors the processing of the fish i had sold.

• 

  New Zealand Kingsalmon.co

  Oct 1996 - May 2013

  Production Manager

  I managed the ready to eat Smoked plant where there was 7 teams to manage. Up to 120 staff. The main tasks I was responsible for we're the whole fish coming into the plant, filleting, then the brine and smoking of the fish, then into the slice and pack room where the fillets got sliced and then weighed and packed for sale. Planning, Budgeting for the plant. Health & Safety, Food Safety, Quality and the management of the staff.

• 

  WW Consulting Services - Manaufacturing and Lean

  Jul 2013 - Jun 2015

  General Manager

  At WW Consulting Services we had 25 years experience in the Manufacturing, Operations, Lean Manufacturing and Leadership.We delivered training in Lean, Management,Quality, Seafood industry Units up to level 4We offered consultancy services to Company's wanting to become more efficient, need an extra resource for a project we can help.Mentoring, coaching services to new Team leaders, Supervisor.Having been working with an operations Manager coaching and mentoring through a Lean Manufacturing Level 4 Qualification.Have been doing some project work with companies on workflows, and new factory layouts to maximize efficiencies. Show less

• 

  Sealord Group Ltd

  Jul 2015 - now

  Working with a team of people in the coated products factory, making the Sealord range of battered and crumbed products. Helping to drive and sustain the company's 5S initiative. Enjoying learning new skills around the coating process, the many machines used in this process and working with staff on continuous improvement. Have just worked with all coated staff day and night shifts and have got them through their Nation Certificate seafood food processing L2 and we just completed L3. It's been exciting to see the coated area throughput improve by 10%. Improving workflows and changing the culture in the plant. I have worked on projects which have seen great improvements in production KPIs. Currently I have been running the new nightshift team started in November 2017. This has gone well and the Team is now starting to achieve KPI targets and develop good skills. Show less

  • Factory Manager

    Jul 2015 - now

  • Production Lead

    Jul 2015 - now