Food industry

Food production foreman CV: example and template

This example is for production foremen at dairies, industrial bakeries, meat plants and drinks and confectionery factories, and for technologists and team leaders who want to run a shift or department.

The employer wants to know which department you run, how many people you have, how you keep to recipes, hygiene and food safety and how audits go. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: food production foreman

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Iwona Baran

Food production foreman

Lowicz +48 123 456 789 iwona.baran@example.com

Professional profile

Food production foreman with 11 years in the dairy industry, the last 5 running a shift in the yoghurt and dessert department. I head a team of 24 operators and am responsible for the plan, recipes, hygiene, cleaning in place, batch traceability and allergens. Raw material losses fell by 1.8 percentage points, and the department passed 3 retail customer audits with no major non-conformities.

Work experience

Production foreman, yoghurt and dessert department

02.2021 - present

Dairy cooperative, Lowicz

  • Running a shift of 24 operators on fermentation, filling and packing lines.
  • Delivering the plan and recipes, product changeovers with allergen control.
  • Cleaning in place, hygiene and HACCP critical control points with the quality department.
  • Raw material losses down 1.8 percentage points after changing the production sequence.
  • Batch traceability, shift records and 3 customer audits with no major non-conformities.

Production technologist

07.2013 - 01.2021

Dairy plant, Lodz

  • Checking process parameters and recipes.
  • Trials of new products.
  • HACCP documentation.

Education

Master's degree, food technology and human nutrition

2008 - 2013

Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Skills

  • Running a shift at a food plant
  • Production plan and recipes
  • Hygiene and HACCP
  • Cleaning in place
  • Batch traceability and allergens
  • Preparing for audits

Training

  • HACCP system training, 2019
  • IFS and BRCGS standards training, 2022
  • Sanitary and epidemiological health certificate

Languages

  • English: B1

Additional information

  • 3-shift work

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How to write a food production foreman CV

Professional summary

Write which part of the food industry you work in, which department you run, how many people you have and what you are responsible for. Add results, for example raw material losses and audits. The employer is looking for someone who will deliver the plan and never let a food safety problem happen.

Production technologist with 7 years of experience at a dairy plant. I check process parameters and recipes, run trials of new products and keep HACCP documentation. I am looking for work as a production foreman.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the department, lines, people, plan, recipes, hygiene, cleaning, batches and audits. Show results in numbers. Add your work with the laboratory and the quality department.

Weaker: Running the shift.

Better: Running a shift of 24 operators on fermentation, filling and packing lines.

Weaker: Losses.

Better: Raw material losses down 1.8 percentage points after changing the production sequence.

Weaker: Audits.

Better: Batch traceability, shift records and 3 customer audits with no major non-conformities.

Skills worth listing

List running a shift, the plan, recipes, hygiene, cleaning, batches and audits. In your soft skills show accuracy, consistency and calm.

Professional skills

  • Production shift
  • Recipes
  • HACCP
  • Cleaning in place
  • Batches and allergens
  • Audits

Personal skills

  • Accuracy
  • Consistency
  • Calm
  • Leadership
  • Communication

Training

List training in HACCP and the standards retail chains require, for example IFS and BRCGS, and your sanitary and epidemiological health certificate.

How to become a food production foreman

Most people move from technologist or move up from team leader. On your CV show the department and processes you already know.

Add hygiene, cleaning and audits. At a food plant a foreman is also responsible for product safety.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A dairy looks for fermentation and cleaning in place, an industrial bakery for ovens and output, and a meat plant for the cold chain and hygiene. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

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Questions and answers

What should a food production foreman put on a CV?

The department, lines, people, plan, recipes, hygiene, cleaning, batches, allergens, audits and training.

Is a food technology degree needed?

Not always, but it helps, especially at dairies and plants with many recipes.

Which results are worth giving?

Plan completion, raw material losses, complaints, audit results and changeover time.

Is a sanitary and epidemiological health certificate needed?

For work in food production it usually is. Say that you have one.

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