Customer Support Product Development
Resume:
Peter Schofield
*************@*****.***
http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterfschofield
Chemist will lead internal audits, product R&D, ISO-9001 documentation, OOS investigations & continuous improvements, enhancing quality, GMP compliance, and beverage safety.
Expertise:
●Recommended by Tech Manager, by multitasking, leadership attributes, teamwork, problem solving/communication skills, positive attitude and ‘Thinking out of the Box.’
●Experienced in food chemistry, product testing, formulation development, technical transfers, customer support, complaint, and workflow management, according to GLP/GMP.
●Doubled the transfer & scale-up of cosmetic colorants; into marketable Personal Care products, by cost effective & proactive formula optimizations and resolving process problems.
● Saved $500.000 through formula improvements; while recovering $60,000 of OOS material, by driving technical innovations, third party management and anticipating formulation problems.
●Instigated the use of Excel, MS Office, SAP & SPC for: researching market developments, Interpreting experimental data, ensuring regulatory compliance and statistical analysis
Accomplishments:
●Administered the Lab as ‘Chemical Hygiene Officer’: inventory control, RM evaluations, regulatory adherence & safety audits, by MSDS documentation and process optimizations.
●Led teams in troubleshooting issues, recognizing problems as opportunities for process enhancements, reducing customer complaints 500% and NC products 75%.
●Familiar with calibrating, operating, maintaining & troubleshooting analytical instruments including GC, HPLC UV-vis & FT-IR Spectrophotometers, XRF, ICP and analytical support.
●Developed a novel latex/acrylic coating system, responding to business priorities, while reformulating color/performance attributes, increasing profits by 25% and clients by 20%.
●Enhanced company profits, by implementing complaint resolution, formula innovations, CAPA management and process verifications for ISO 9001:2004 certification/FDA compliance.
● Executed as ‘In Process Quality Assurance,’ GMP/GLP documentation, process audits, risk management, regulatory compliance, CAPA investigations and continuous improvements.
● Achieved a perfect safety record as Supervisor, developing an EHS culture, while improving quality & efficiency, using floor presence, technical leadership, and conflict resolutions skills.
Experience:
L&R Manufacturing Kearney, NJ
Chemist 10/2018-01/2020
Developed and managed Ultrasonic formulas for a leading manufacturer in the industry. Performed customer support, Stability Studies, QC testing, QA optimizations, formula development, non-conformance investigations, OSHA compliance and SDS improvements.
Garden State Laboratories Hillside, NJ
Extraction Chemist 8/2011-09/2018
Managed Lab, while performing organic extraction, for a NELAC Certified, contract environmental testing establishment. Specialized in EPA methods, workload scheduling, instrument calibrations, QA/QC protocols, cleaning validations, inventory, and resource controls.
International Micro Industry Cherry Hill, NJ
Chemist/Consultant 09/2010-11/2010
Executed troubleshooting and maintenance procedures on an Agilent HPLC, conducted analysis under clean room conditions and wrote the SOP on safe chromatic methods
Sun Chemical Corporation Staten Island, New York
QA Chemist/Process Control Specialist/Chemical Hygiene Officer 05/1987-01/2008
Produced outstanding synthetic/cosmetic pigments, in a fast-paced Laboratory and Unionized manufacturing environment. Utilized technical prowess to plan, revises & issue intricate batch work orders, while conducting all in-process testing. Used diplomatic talents to verify formula adherence, confirming that all records were: accurate, complete and ISO/GMP compliant. Used professional skills to investigate process problems, develop time/cost effective solutions. Instituted Corrective/Preventative Actions for the team and conduct equipment qualifications. Facilitated the development of new products from bench experiments to pilot plant scale ups, while calculating product prices. Managed: chemical & physical inventory, computer databases & sample receipt protocols, while administering: MSDS, hazardous waste disposal and emergency response. This was a promotion over my three-year position as Process Control Chemist. Also, managed union personnel as Shift Supervisor, increased production, while implementing OSHA procedures, EPA compliance safety program and training protocols.
Education:
Cook College, Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry
Graduate Courses: 1. Fairleigh Dickinson University Florham Park, NJ
Lecture & Lab in Analytical Chemical Instrumentation 2008
2. Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
Advanced Organic Chemistry 1&2, plus Advanced Computer Modeling
Training: :
●Statistical Process Control seminar, 5S, Six Sigma and SAP training
●Management skills seminar, plus Performance and Leadership Workshop
●Sigma-Aldrich’s Innovative Technologies of Chromatography and Sample Prep
●NJACS Chromatograph Group’s/Waters Corp-Protein Purification/UPLC seminar
●NJASCCG/S-Matrix Corp- Applying Quality-by-Design to Analytical Methods
●NJACS New Jersey Regulatory Symposium: Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls- The application of Quality by Design and Process Analytical Technology
●NJASCCG/Perkin Elmer- VOC Investigations using Headspace-GC/MS
Thermo-Scientifics seminars:
1.Lab productivity/GC-MS/UPLC
2.LC-MS Separation Solutions & LC-MS Users Meeting
3.Lab Productivity/Trace Metal Analysis seminar
4.2010 & 2013 Spectroscopic Solutions Workshops
5.New applications in Supercritical Chromatography
6.3 Track 2011 Workshop: LC, GC/MS and elemental analysis
7.2011- 20th Anniversary Spectroscopic Solutions Series
Certifications:
Class A/B Underground Storage Tank Operator, from the State of New Jersey
•Incident Commander Level V (40 hr. Hazwoper); compliant with 29 CFR 1910.120
•Fitness for a C-14 laboratory NYCFD, plus training in CPR, firefighting and SCBA
Memberships: American Chemical Society, Rutgers University Alumni
Mailing address: 1568 Macy Ln, Lawrenceville, GA, 30043
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