Manager Food Safety

JEFFREY KING

Phone: 910-***-**** email: **********@***.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Quality Control Manager/Regulatory Affairs/Analytical Chemist

Strong skills in Specialty Chemicals, Food Processing, Pharmaceutical, and FDA Controlled Environment

20+ years of experience in a lab environment, including 14+ years of QC/QA management.

Exceptional leadership, teambuilding and training capabilities, with experience supervising up to 45 technicians .

Working knowledge of FDA, USP, Food Codex, 21 CFR 110, 21 CFR 211, ISO 9001:2008, FSSC 22000, SQF, Safe Feed Safe Food, HACCP, Codex Alimentarius, CAPAs, and cGMP standards and regulations.

Working knowledge with various types of instrumentation and tools, including spectroscopy (e.g. Uv-Vis, FT-IR, AAS, ICP, etc…), chromatography (e.g. HPLC, GC-MS, LC, etc…), wet chemistry, particle size analyzers and auto titrators.

Accomplishments include improvements to yield, cost control, customer satisfaction and profitability.

Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with innovative approach to problem-solving.

Process development, method validation, raw materials release, product release, instrument/calibration maintenance, troubleshooting, quality audits, cGMP, quality standard compliance training, yield improvement, and cost control profit management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

PotashCorp of Saskatuawan, Aurora, NC 2008-2013

Plant Process Chemist/Food Safety and Regulatory Specialist- Technical Services Department

Manage the FSMS, HACCP plans, Halal certification, Kosher certification, NSF certification, SFSF certification, and GMP issues including audits (both internal and external).

Ensure the food grade phosphoric acid process is FDA compliant at all times including the revisions to the CFRs.

Responsible for approval of all new raw materials, and vendors for food grade phosphoric acid and the feed facility.

Responsible for revising all the facility’s products MSDSs.

Provide expertise for chemical process issues.

Complete customer questionnaires and provide product information for customers or whoever has questions concerning the products.

Perform site vendor audits and host FDA, North Carolina department of Agriculture, NSF, Halal, customer, and Kosher audits.

As the FSTL, achieved and maintained FSSC 22000 certification for the food grade phosphoric acid process.

Resolve customer complaints and provide information to technical questions concerning the product.

Ensure SFSF certification compliance for the Defluorinated Phosphate (DFP) plant.

Perform safety and quality investigations using the TapRoot incident investigation program.

Provide approval for all truck washing facilities for trailer cleaning which are used to ship DFP.

Supply Free Sale certification to foreign customers for products shipped there.

Create the training and ensure all affected employees received the training for FSSC 22000 certification, Halal certification, Kosher certification, and SFSF/ SQF certification.

Provide research studies for the purpose of resolving EPA issues.

Issue and resolve CAPAs.

American Skins Inc. LLC, Burgaw, NC 2008-2008

Food/Plant Safety Director- USDA Regulated Pork Rendering Facility

Manage all food safety and plant safety aspects of an USDA regulated facility.

Respond to all USDA audit findings.

Respond to customer complaints and initiated complaints to raw material vendors.

Create product traceability, LIMS system, food safety plan, and process SOPs.

Create safety policy and include training in both English and Spanish languages.

John B. Sanfilippo and Son Inc., Garysburg, NC 2007-2008

Quality Systems Manager- Peanut Packaging Facility

Manage the production of a safe and clean finished product and approval of all raw materials.

Ensure compliance with all GMP, HACCP, regulatory, and customer specifications.

Conduct GMP and Food Safety training for all plant employees.

Update and write quality SOPs as needed.

Manage lab personnel and all lab aspects.

Hire and discipline lab personnel.

Host all regulatory, customer, and third party audit.

Constantly improve the system.

Respond to all customer complaints.

Ensure compliance to the AIB standard.

Issue and resolve CAPAs.

Ann’s House of Nuts, Robersonville, NC 2006-2007

Quality Control Supervisor-Nut and Trail Mix Packaging Facility

Supervise the release and production of finished product; ensure compliance with all GMP, HACCP, regulatory, and customer specifications.

Conduct GMP and Food Safety training for QC, production, and warehouse employees.

Update and write SOPs as needed.

Research, procured, set up, and train personnel on all new instrumentation.

Provide analytical leadership and expertise for experimental projects which are associated with production.

Responsible for the development of SPC for product package weights.

Conduct monthly Food Safety / GMP plant audits and follow up to ensure non-compliant issues are addressed Responsible for all maintenance and up keep of lab equipment.

Responsible for hiring and disciplinary actions concerning QC employees.

Archer Daniel Midland (ADM), Southport, NC 1996-2006

Supervisor of Quality Control and Process Development- Food Additive and API Facility

Complete oversight of product quality system (ISO 9001) and regulatory compliance in a lab environment

Process and method development.

Performance evaluation of process and reporting.

Development and delivery of regulatory training.

Release of raw materials and finished products.

Vendor qualification and selection.

Supervision of quality control technicians.

Maintenance of quality standard (ISO 9001), food safety/HACCP, issue and resolve CAPAs and sanitarian programs.

Calculation and reporting of yield losses.

Procurement and maintenance of lab instrumentation.

Quality Control Technician 1990-1999

Raw material analysis.

Finished product analysis.

In-process analysis.

Equipment troubleshooting.

Calibration and maintenance.

Method development.

Troubleshooting of process issues.

SELECTED PROJECTS and ACHIEVEMENTS:

Food Safety Team Leader (FSTL) for the Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000 certification (a GFSI approved scheme).

Created and implemented the Food Safety Management System (FSMS) which included FSSC 22000 certification.

Maintained Safe Feed Safe Food (SFSF / SQF) certification for a feed processing facility.

Instrumental in obtaining a multi-million dollar customer for food grade phosphoric acid.

Developed and delivered staff training for cGMP regulations, HACCP, Kosher, Halal, performing audits and Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000.

Developed a quality and safety program for a meat processing facility which included complete traceability of the product and raw materials.

Developed a food safety inspection plan for meat processing, tripotassium phosphate and phosphoric acid facilities.

Achieved 5% reduction in raw material by developing new method for optimizing pH for calcium citrate production used to extract citric acid from fermentation broth.

Reduced filtration costs by 5% and significantly enhanced productivity by implementing use of a polymer in a food grade product.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Food Safety Team Leader for FSSC 22000 certification

Certified FSSC 22000 Auditor

SQF Standard

Excelling as a Manager

HACCP training Certified

TapRoot Incident Investigation Program

ISO Quality Auditing/Interpretation

21 CFRs 58, 110, 210, 211

Monthly Food Safety Audits

Kosher and Halal Compliance

Intense Short course for ICH-Q7A Requirements

Lean Manufacturing Concepts

Sensory Analysis 101

EDUCATION:

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Master of Science- Chemistry

Bachelors of Arts- Chemistry

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