Manager Quality Assurance

Scott A. Pence

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815-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Objective

To obtain a position in which I can utilize my prior experience as a Corporate Food Safety

Manager, Plant Sanitarian, Quality Assurance Manager, and Food Safety Auditor with many years

of experience with national food manufacturing facilities and distribution facilities. Also, with my

managerial skills to increase the efficiency and cost effectiveness of food processing facilities and

distribution facilities to bring them into compliance with corporate food safety requirements. I am

also seeking a company that offers several avenues of advancement.

Experience

United Baking Company, Shirley, New York

Quality Assurance Manager/SQF Practitioner

June 2009 to Present

Achievements:

Wrote SQF program for entire facility.

Development of full Quality Assurance Department.

Training employees of new testing methods for quality, research & development, and production

to meet corporate quality demands.

Key contact for Corporate Quality & Regulatory Manager.

Development of new product parameters and testing methods.

Verification audits for allergen program, environmental program, metal detection program, hold

program, mock recall program and traceability program.

Sara Lee Corporation, Downers Grove, Illinois

Corporate Food Safety Manager

October 2006 to February 2009

Achievements:

Corporate Food Safety Auditor for all food distribution centers across the continental United

States, 653 facilities.

Issued all Corrective Actions for processing facilities and distribution centers.

Auditing of facilities prior to AIB, Silliker, SQF, etc. audits to bring facilities into compliance for

the auditing firms.

All iCiX input for corporate accounts.

Responsible for all customer inquires requesting 3rd party audits and corrective actions.

Training of Food Safety Corporate Policy requirements to Regional Vice Presidents, Zone Vice

Presidents, and District Managers for all facilities.

Developed Food Safety policies for processing facilities and distribution facilities.

Worked with the ZVP’s and DM’s on improvements and recommendations to bring facilities into

compliance for FDA, OSHA, and Corporate Food Safety Policies.

SQF Certified.

Kellogg’s Snack Division, Chicago Bakery Chicago, Illinois

Sanitation Manager

June 2004 to August 2006

Achievements:

Manager of Sanitation Department with two Supervisors and thirty sanitors.

Wrote all Standard Operating Procedures for facility (Kellogg Best Practice)

Management of sanitation budget and maintaining the department within budget.

Facilitate training programs on safety, chemicals, GMP’s, Lock Out/Tag Out, & HACCP.

Developed programs to meet corporate QMP standards.

Member of the HACCP team with Best Practices in Sanitation, Pest Control, and Chemical

Control.

Purchased all sanitation chemicals and supplies for both sanitation and production with large cost

savings.

Time analysis for labor vs. task program for labor budget control. (Kellogg Best Practice)

Manage and perform SSOP verification audits.

Sanitation Training Matrix Capabilities tasks developed for budget planning.

Fumigation Service & Supply Inc. Westfield, Indiana

Food Safety Specialists – Chicago Regional Manager

June 2001 to February 2004

Achievements:

Manager of the Chicago Regional office and all service technicians.

Manage national food manufacturing accounts for service business of $2,000,000 annually.

Worked with Corporate and Plant level management on requirements for Food Safety issues.

Conducted audits to raise levels of Food Safety and awareness to plant management.

In plant quarterly and annual Food Safety Audits.

Safety training of employees of corporate accounts on pesticide and fumigant safety.

Certified for Food Processing, Insect and Rodent, Bird Control & Fumigation in Illinois and

reciprocal for Wisconsin and Iowa.

To help food plants with national account contracts to meet their sanitation and pest control

requirements.

Responsible for national accounts in a four state region.

Brownie Products Company, Gardner, Illinois

Quality Assurance/Sanitation Manager

August 1998 to June 2001

Achievements:

Management and training of QA personnel for all shifts of production.

Management of all sanitation personnel for all three shifts of production.

Management of three sanitation supervisors for all three shifts of sanitation.

Setting parameters and product specifications for national accounts.

Inspection of all incoming raw materials.

Purchasing of all QA and sanitation equipment and supplies.

Writing and documentation of HACCP program.

In plant safety training for Lock Out/Tag Out, chemical safety, PPE, GMP, OSHA, and FDA

requirements.

Chairman of the Food Safety Committee.

Key contact for all in plant inspections, corporate account audits, and third party audits.

Key contact for AIB and FDA inspections.

Wrote Master Sanitation Program and all SOP for sanitation.

Management of Pest Control Program.

Trainer for plant employees to meet GMP, SOP, AIB, FDA, IDPH, and OSHA regulations.

Education:

Kankakee Community College Major: Business

Watseka Community High School

AIB certified Quality Control Sanitarian

AIB Principles of Quality Assurance

AIB Advanced HACCP workshop

Certified Illinois Dept. of Public Health for Pesticides and Fumigation

OSHA 10 hour training course

Lauhoff Executive Good Manufacturing Practices Graduate

Criticism and Discipline Skills for Manager Seminar

Diversey-Lever Chemical Customer Training Institute

3-Day Boot Camp – Tom Hopkins International

SQF Certified Practitioner

HACCP Manager Certified

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