Gillian Wernich
Laboratory Manager
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About
I am a coloured female who has spent the last 10+ years helping my husband with his business, did soldering, book keeping, invoicing and general assistance.
Before that I had 20 years laboratory experience, 10 years of which were as a laboratory manager in rubber tyre manufacture.
Experience
Bridgestone SA Brits
November 2010 to September 2011
Laboratory Manager (Production)
Managed a 24/7 production compound testing laboratory, a raw material testing laboratory, a tyre testing facility and cement production.
Total number of reports: 18-20
Achievements
Rewrote all procedures to comply with Technical Center Europe (TCE).
Simplified the operation of the cement room.
Commissioned equipment which had not been used after 2 years on site.
Taught personnel how to use other idle equipment.
Trained personnel on TCE procedures and GLP.
Duties included
Liaised with TCE wrt results, queries, cross checks, supplier complaints.
Maintain Laboratory supplies.
Maintained ISO Standards
Prepare monthly reports and supplier rating
Assist with factory problems
Maintain compound production records
Reason for leaving
Career: major restructuring of the company, with an additional reporting level for the laboratory manager.
Personal: My mother needed a back operation and care in Durban.
Apollo Tyres SA, (Dunlop), Durban
1 April 2001 – 16 October 2009
Laboratory Manager
Managed a technical, non routine laboratory
Assisted with all testing and trained personnel
Managed raw material quality
Ensured compliance to standards: ISO 9000, ISO 14000, ISO TS16949,
OHAS 18000
Programmed and maintained instruments
Managed maintenance contracts
Managed supplier corrective action requests
Participated in factory and supplier audits
Prepared batch documents for trial batches
Wrote standard operating procedures
Motivated for new equipment
Maintained laboratory supplies
Controlled the consumables budget
Reason for leaving: lack of advancement, management structure
Feralloys (Foundry in Cato Ridge)
2 May 1997- 31 March 2000
Chemist
Supervision and training of staff and unionized operators (Shifts)
Preparation of monthly reports, consignment certification
Testing non-routine samples
Total SA , Island View (Petrochemical Industry)
15 February 1996 - 30 April 1997
Laboratory Technician
Testing of Blends, additives, petrol and diesel
Adjustment of failed batches
UDW, Dept of Pharmacology
1 June 1994 – 14 February 1996
Drug Studies Unit Technician
Research and HPLC method development,
Method validation and testing of drugs in plasma
1993: Traveled abroad
Adcock Ingram Self Medication (Pharmaceutical Industry)
16 August 1989-28 February 1993
Senior stability Analyst
Co-ordinate the relocation of a stability test and storage facility.
Storage, testing, and record results of stability test samples
Supervising Laboratory analysts and testing of samples
Achievement: Promoted from laboratory analyst to senior analyst, then to stability analyst E J Adcock (Pharmaceutical Industry)
1988 - 1989
Analyst
Raw material/finished product testing
Microbiological water testing
Education
University of Stellenbosch,
2008: Dunlop senior management development program. Obtained Best Student Award
Durban University of Technology 2007: BTech in Management (NQF 7)
Pretoria Technikon, 2002: Diploma of the Plastics and Rubber institute (DPRI)
Natal Technikon,
1993: National Higher Diploma: Analytical Chemistry (NQF 7)
1991: National Diploma: Analytical Chemistry (NQF 6)
(7 Distinctions)
