Vladislav Danchev

Experience

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  Grampian Country Food Group

  Dec 2006 - Mar 2011

  Production Supervisor

  • Working as a supervisor of a team of 24 staff;• Ensuring that the production is cost effective;• Making sure that products are produced in time manner and of high quality;• Assessing and organising human and material resources needed;• Scheduling daily operational tasks;• Estimating costs and setting the quality standards;• Monitoring the production processes and adjusting schedules as needed;• Being responsible for the selection and maintenance of equipment;• Monitoring product standards and implementing quality-control programmes;• Liaising among different departments, e.g. suppliers, managers;• Working with managers to implement the company's policies and goals;• Ensuring that health and safety guidelines are followed;• Supervising and motivating a team of workers;• Reviewing the performance of team members and identifying training needs. Show less

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  First Milk Ltd

  Mar 2011 - Apr 2014

  Senior Hygiene Supervisor

  • Effectively direct the activities of the hygiene department in order to maintain cleaning standards throughout the factory and the site;• Raising hygiene standards across all aspects of the factory and work closely with other departments to promote a high level of awareness of the importance of the Hygiene function;• Developing hygiene standards within a fast paced production environment;• Excellent people management skills and knowledge of BRC standards and manufacturing principles. • Constantly seek ways in which efficiency and yields can be increased and labor costs can be reduced;• Collating all plant and fabric issues as reported by hygiene staff and report to engineering/maintenance as necessary;• Applying problem solving techniques to resolve hygiene problems and recommend improvements in order to maintain hygiene at planned levels;• Knowledge of HACCP and Sanitation principles;• Knowledge and experience with sanitising applications. Show less

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  Myprotein

  Jun 2014 - Nov 2015

  • Effectively manage large team in a fast paced food manufacturing facility with proven track record of strong leadership and coaching / mentoring approach by team engagement in daily activities as well as improvement projects;• Manage temporary agency staff flow, turnaround and cost;• Constantly seek ways in which efficiency and yields can be increased and labour costs can be reduced;• Responsible for factory performance across KPI`s such as OEE, Waste, Quality, Health & Safety and Hygiene with specific commitment to safety in all aspects as member of the Safety committee as well as HACCP;• Strong continuous improvement objectives for maximising efficiencies and equipment effectiveness whilst reducing waste with specialist knowledge of Lean Six Sigma improvement techniques and 5S;• Develop and implement sustainable processes within the Operations function in line with the key business objective of a high-class service to the consumer market;• Applying problem solving techniques to resolve operational challenges, recommend and implement improvements in order to maintain effective production capacities;• Skilled trained auditor responsible for GMP and Quality Systems audits;• Responsible for managing staff in terms of HR policies and procedures, including but not limited to recruitment & selection, training, coaching and developing others, managing performance reviews and addressing under-performance directly with colleagues, hearing first grievances, managing absence and labour turnover, conducting return to work interviews.• Lead and coordinate various projects including implementing new production lines, systems, equipment and processes; • Providing cover for senior management as and when required. Show less • Ensure the overall functions of the Hygiene Department are monitored, measured and improved ensuring that product and process are correctly defined, documented and validated across sites and are available at the appropriate Control Points;• Managing a high risk area of powdered products with allergen base;• Responsible for the verification and validation of the cleaning procedures and processes;• Ensure cleaning chemical stocks are maintained and ordered in a timely manner;• Excellent people management skills and knowledge of BRC standards and manufacturing principles with first time full implementation of BRC standards across site;• Ensure COSHH information is in place for all chemicals on sites;• Ensure the team is adequately trained against the Standard Operation Procedures and updated as required;• Contribute to the provision of effective development of all staff within the department, identifying development needs, monitoring development delivery and assessing individuals against targets and objectives;• Conduct return to work interviews and absence management in line with company procedures as well as recruitment and selection;• Liaise with Chemicals providers to ensure the best service is provided in relation to service support;• Develop Working instructions, Standard Operating Procedures, Cleaning records and schedules, and Risk assessments with regular reviews when required;• Ensure all paper work relating to Hygiene is correctly filled in and monitored;• Monitor / Audit the finished cleaning at the end of each shift and complete the necessary paper work to demonstrate the standard of clean;• Responsible for Allergen and ATP swabbing;• Applying problem solving techniques to resolve hygiene problems and recommend improvements in order to maintain hygiene at planned levels;• Member of HACCP team; Show less

  • Production Manager

    Jul 2015 - Nov 2015

  • Group Hygiene Manager

    Jun 2014 - Jul 2015
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  THE PROTEIN WORKS™

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

  Production Manager
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  CNP Professional Sports Nutrition

  Sept 2017 - Aug 2019

  Operations Manager
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  County Food Ingredients

  Aug 2019 - now

  Director