Manager Quality Assurance

Brenda Y. Brookshire

**** ** **** ******, *** ***, Oklahoma City, OK 73135 405-***-**** ************@*****.*** Objective

To utilize my skills and knowledge for the benefit of a company that I can grow with. Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE MAY 1999 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

Major: Chemistry

Minor: Biology

Skills & Certifications/Training

SOFTWARE AND SKILLS

SAP B1 Software

Report Launcher/Crystal Reports

NetSuite

Great Plains

Genesis Nutritional Software

Label View Software

Nice Label Software

Microsoft Office: Excel (spreadsheets, formulations, pivot tables, links and queries, charts/graphs, etc.), Word, Power Point, OneNote, Outlook, Access, Publisher

FSE

ICIX

Tracegains

PROGRAM CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR TRAINING

GMP

HACCP (USDA, FDA, & Seafood)

SQF (Levels 2 & 3)

SOP, SSOP

Labeling

USDA Approvals

Various Customer and Vendor Portals

Experience

TECHNICAL SERVICES MANAGER FRESH CREATIVE FOODS (DIVISION OF RESER’S FINE FOODS) MARCH 2016-PRESENT

ERP Conversion from NetSuite to SAP B1

Setup information for all new raw materials, manufactured items (formulations) and finished goods

Project timelines and product launches

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USDA approvals

Developed formulations and production procedures

Packaging and label verification and design, box labels

UPC Code assignments

Shelf life reviews

Worked with customers / sales on launching new items

Product information in customer and vendor portals

Weekly product audits

Ingredient & nutritional specifications

Ingredient substitutions during shortages

RESERCH & DEVELOPMENT MANAGER VAUGHAN FOODS/ALLISON’S GOURMET KITCHENS (DIVISION OF RESER’S FINE FOODS) SEPTEMBER 2011-MARCH 2016

ERP Conversion from Great Plains to NetSuite

Setup and input new raw materials, WIP, manufactured items, finished goods, etc in ERP system

Project timelines and product launches

USDA approvals

Developed formulations and production procedures

Packaging label verification and design, box labels

UPC Code assignments

Microbiology and shelf life reviews

Product recalls, audits, etc.

Worked with customers / sales on developing and launching new items

Product information in customer and vendor portals PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER ALLISON’S GOURMET KITCHENS (DIVISION OF VAUGHAN FOODS) AUGUST 2004-SEPTEMBER 2011

USDA approvals

Developed formulations and production procedures

Project timelines and product launches

Yearly/monthly budgeting, P/L

Monthly inventory

Helped with procurement issues

Total Variable Costing, Pricing of products for customers, rebates, samples

Assigned production scheduling, logistics, truck palletization

Build production schedules, run time/run rate sheets, etc

Packaging label verification and design, box labels

UPC Code assignments

Microbiology and shelf life reviews

Product recalls, audits, etc.

ERP Conversion to Great Plains

Product information in customer and vendor portals Page 3

QUALITY ASSURANCE DIRECTOR VAUGHAN FOODS (NOW FRESH CREATIVE FOODS) AUGUST 2002-AUGUST 2004

Managed, scheduled and trained Quality Assurance technicians

Wrote SOP’s, SSOP’s, HACCP, GMP’s and QA testing procedures and forms

Managed all internal and external third party facility audits

Customer complaints and follow-up

Reviewed and approved all microbiology testing

Setup new facility (Allison’s Gourmet Kitchens) for USDA processing

Managed plant recalls

Department budgeting

Product information in customer and vendor portals CHEMIST/MICROBIOLOGIST CLEMENTS FOOD COMPANY JANUARY 1999-AUGUST 2002

Microbiology testing

Mixed chemicals

Free fatty acid tests

pH testing

Brix/Viscosity

Spectrophotometry color testing

Evaluation of incoming raw materials

Development of new formulations

Quality Assurance

Plant Audits

CHEMIST/MICROBIOLOGIST OKLABS FEBRUARY 1998-DECEMBER 1999

Microbiology testing

Mixed micro media and created micro plates

Chemistry testing using GC, etc.

Dilutions, titrations, etc.

Internal cook testing

Nutritional testing

Shelf life testing

Spoilage testing

Food Forensics

Business References

Brian Rooney 405-***-**** *****.******@******************.***

Meghan Mullinax 405-***-**** ******.********@******************.***

Herb Grimes 817-***-**** ****.******@***.***

Duane Smith 405-***-**** *********@****.***

April Sosa 405-***-**** **********@*****.***

Victor Gramillo 405-***-**** ******.********@******************.***

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