Kartik Consultants Ltd

Kartik Consultants Ltd is a well-established independent consultancy based in the East of Scotland, but no stranger to turning up either in Lochgelly in Fife or in Panama. The owner and Director is Karen MacKenzie (CQP, MCQI, MASQ, FCIPD, IRCA Principal Auditor), a highly respected business and quality consultant.  With 25+ years of experience of International and other standards, of auditing against them, of training auditors in them, and problem solving hundreds of different ways to implement them that make them work for you, save you money and make you money.

Karen will go to the nth degree, to find a solution to a problem that does not involve creating unnecessary paperwork, she involves the people who carry out the jobs, she works with them, always keeping in mind the big picture of where your company wants to go strategically. She can magically balance these two things and bring them together.

Karen works for Diageo, Campion Homes, Calnex, Deutsche Wind Technik, Kelvin Nano Technology, Optoscribe, and has successfully implemented ISO management systems in DPS, The Furnishing Service, Thomas Menzies (Builders), Pisys Marine and many more.

Karen’s knowledge of International Standards has been described as “mesmerizing” knowing the clause references, what they mean, how they can be applied to the maximum benefit of each client's business.

Karen MacKenzie - CQP; MCQI; MASQ' FCIPD; IRCA Principal Auditor. Never failed to secure certification of all 3 main standards at the first audit. Winner of 3 training awards.

Qualifications

1990   Trainer of Trainers Award

1991   Adult and Youth Trainers Award

1992   Staff Assessors Award

1993   ITD 1st and 2nd Line Assessors Award

1994   ITD Internal Verifiers Award

1995   SVQ Level 1V Training and Development Award

1996   Scottish Quality Management System External Auditor

1997   SVQ Level 4 Training & Development (Learning & Development)

1997 SVQ Level 4 Training & Development (Human Resource Development)

1999   Internal Auditor (BS EN ISO 9000) Award

2000   Business Marketing

2001   ISO 9000: 2000 Transition Quality Auditor

2002   IRCA 2145 Quality Management Systems – Auditor/Lead Auditor ISO 9001: 2000

2000   NLP (Licensed Business Practitioner)

2001   NLP Seminar with Richard Bandler – developer of NLP

2000 - 01 Business Process Reengineering

2003    Business Improvement Network – Process Mapping

2003    Business Improvement Network, in association with Orange and – facilitated a workshop on ‘Changing the Auditing experience from negative to positive’.  

2003    Associate with SQMC – IRCA registered/approved centre for   the delivery of   IRCA    ISO qualifications.  

2003   ISO 14001 Environmental Auditing qualification.

2004   Licensed Practitioner of Neuro Hypnotic Repatterning

2004   Marketing for Results (Scottish Enterprise Fife)

2006 NVQ Level 5 in Management (wip)

2008 Took part in the review of the 16001 Energy Conservation Draft Standards

2010 Became– Head of Consultancy and Training for SQMC (Scottish Quality Management Centre)

2013 Director of Programmes/ Head of Training and Development (IRCA courses) for SQMC

2014 Lead Auditor for Centre of Assessment

2014 CfA in house training on assessment of BS EN 1090

2014 SQMC in house training on DIS 9001 & 14001

2014-2015 Learning Hungarian, with difficulty!

2015 November ISO 2008 – 2015 Transition Course

2016 Appointed Business Risk/International Management Systems Advisor to Hungarian Language and Tour Company – Fungarian (www.fungarian.hu)

2017 ISO 9001:2008 transition to 2015 + Annex SL Certification with QCS

2018 SQMC in house training on ISO 45001:2018

At Kartik, you meet with those who live in the solutions not in the problems. Years of experience and learning coupled with high levels of qualifications, come together in Kartik personnel to take the stress away from you. Whether it be implementation for certification of ISO management systems, training of internal auditors, system audits, coaching and mentoring QA or HSEQ Managers, or ongoing support for any of these, you will have the calming influence of those with successful track records and glowing references by your side throughout.

IMPLEMENTATION OF ISO MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THROUGH TO CERTIFICATION – ISO 9001:2015 (Quality), ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental) AND ISO 45001:2018 (Occupational Health & Safety). The top 3 International Management Systems in the world. Tried and tested consultants who have never failed to assist their clients to be certificated first time.