Welcome

My name is Lee Bladon, I am 42 years old and I live in Ripon, North Yorkshire. I am a self-employed Interim Manager and Technical Consultant to the food industry.

I have a first class honours degree in Food Quality Management, Postgraduate Certificates in HACCP and Coaching, 16 years experience and a proven track record as an interim manager in the food industry.

Please take your time to explore my website to discover how I can help your business.

Key Skills

• An experienced Interim Technical Manager, Quality Manager, QA Manager, Specifications Manager, Project Manager and Food Technologist.
• A hands-on manager with a pro-active, solution-focussed approach to food safety and quality management systems improvement.
• An expert in developing effective HACCP, BRC v6 & EFSIS quality systems.
• Excellent knowledge of retailer specifications and associated websites and software, including: Aspect, TTL, Inspire, Enterprise, FIND, WRSpec & SKSPP.
• A versatile, efficient and focussed team player with good people and project management skills.
• A natural leader who likes to bring out the best in others and help develop their abilities.
• A strong work ethic with a passion for providing first class service.
• Excellent project management and change management skills.
• Available for full-time interim roles or part-time consultancy.

Services

• Interim Technical and Quality Management Support.
• Food Safety & Quality Management Systems Design and Development.
• Retailer Specification Writing.
• BRC, EFSIS, HACCP, ISO, TFMS, GFSI & FSSC Consultancy.
• Project Management.

Clients

I have worked for a diverse range of food manufacturers and have experience of many different food groups including: fresh cream cakes, sandwiches, salads, meat, seafood, ready meals, dairy, bakery, sauces, food ingredients, ready-to-eat, ambient, chilled and frozen.

Clients include: Vale of Mowbray, Laurens Patisseries (Bakkavor), Daily Bread (Hain Celestial), Cumbrian Seafoods, Apetito, Grampian Country Foods (Vion),  Rich Complements, Cavaghan & Gray (Northern Foods), R&R Ice Cream, Pro-Pak, Uniq Prepared Foods, Agentrics, RF Brookes, RWI Catering, Hazlewood Foods (Greencore), Merck, MH Foods, Avance Bakeries (Primebake), Manor Bakeries, Esso Petroleum & Ryvita.

Operational Area

My operational area includes: Yorkshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Lancashire,   Cheshire, Greater Manchester,    Cumbria and County Durham.

Typical Rates

Interim management and consultancy services from £300 to £400 per day (plus expenses), depending on the type of work and contract length. Short-term BRC, EFSIS & HACCP consulting and auditing services from £50 per hour (plus expenses).

Contracting my services directly saves you the additional 20% commission that you would typically pay when sourcing an interim manager or consultant through an interim management or recruitment agency.