As part of a global initiative, a FMCG company were looking for all their companies to have an accreditation in line with their C-TPAT. I was responsible to Project Manage the application in UK and helped co-ordinate the application in Europe. Both the accreditations were complete, audited and passed within four months. With the UK being the most difficult as it has 24 manufacturing sites. I had to manage and co-ordinate all 9 audits with the factories, staff and HMRC which was a great challenge as the factories are distributed far and wide around the UK.
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- FMCG: Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
- C-TPAT: (Customs–Trade Partnership Against Terrorism) is a voluntary, joint government-business partnership to help add to supply chain and increase border security.