K athleen K. Ledezma
Williamsburg, M I 49690
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Education:
Aug 09 Attending N MC, and Ferris State University to finish a
- p resent Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, In ternational
B usiness Certification & Excel Certification
Aug 10 Associates in Science and Ar ts with Business focus
1982-1985 Paramedic L icense with Emergency Medical Services Business
M anagement courses, Davenport University, Grand Rapids, M I
Experiences:
The experience from high school to now include: nurse’s aide, park ranger, National
S ki Patrol, volunteer fi refighter/EMT for East Bay Volunteer Fire Department,
Paramedic for 10 years, hydro seeder, bar tender, server for two private clubs,
i ndependent sales representative for Tupperware, Party L i te, and Ki tchen Craft
Waterless Cookware. All of these experiences have strengthened work abilities,
positive customer relationships, professionalism, organizational skills, and
i ndependent work skills.
T he gap of employment was the t ime being a stay-home mother, while home
schooling four girls for 5 years of those years, which added to the experiences with
t ime management, consistency, and focus.
Certifications:
Certified HACCP Manager from Prometric – 2007
Food Defense for Management, Michigan Department of Agriculture from AIB –
2005
An In t roduction to Food Security Awareness (FD251) from the FDA - 2005
Employment:
Oct. 2007 to Present, H i llshire Brands (Sara Lee Bakery), Traverse City as QC
Technician
Responsible for:
Quality functions within the department
Raw Materials Analysis, developed a program to improve t racking of raw
materials
Consumer Complaint In ternal Investigator
Part of I NVOLVE for Traverse City Plant – packaging approval process
LEAN / Standardize Work (STW) team member
A ug. 2003 to Sept. 2007, Cherry Growers, Inc., as Food Safety Coordinator
Responsible for:
HACCP Coordinator; plan up-dating, development and auditing
Food Safety, Food Defense/Security Plan, and Safety Committee Coordinator
Quality Control duties in the lab
Re-wrote the Recall & Customer Complaint book
Help achieve and maintain FDA regulatory compliance
Up dated and developed forms for compliance purposes, and data entry
Filing and data entry, with working knowledge using As400, Excel, Power
Point, MS Works and Word
Performed Quality Managers position for a period of t ime
2 0 02-2003 Independent Sales Representative for Ki tchen Craft Waterless
Cookware
Being a sales representative for this company required t raveling all over the
G reat Lakes Region to different shows, such a t rade shows and fairs. Setting
u p a display, organizing the needed materials, and performing a
demonstration for an audience were part of the job. In the period doing this
( less than 9 months) personal sales were over $200,000.