Tyrone Bethea www.linkedin.com/in/tyronebethea****

Willow Spring, NC 27592 - 919-***-****- ad3c1z@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To utilize my vast array of acquired job knowledge and comprehensive training along with my wide-ranging skillsets to obtain a management position within a dynamic and growing company that meets and exceeds the expectations of the organization.

Qualifications

Summary

A diversified cross functional manager with over 20 years of pharmaceutical, leadership, manufacturing, auditing, quality, and food safety experience. I am highly skilled at lean six sigma principles, SOP writing, documentation, cGMP, CAPA, GLP, and root cause analysis.

Education

Capella University (CU), Minneapolis, MN

Master of Science (MS), Organization and Management, 2010

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), Greensboro, NC

Bachelor of Science, Double Major in Business Administration and Economics

Minor in Sociology, 2006

Central Carolina Community College (CCCC), Sanford, NC

Associates in Art, 2000

Associates in Science, Operations Management, 2004

Relevant

Experience

Nitta Gelatin USA, Fayetteville North Carolina (75 Salary and Hourly Employees)

Food Safety and Quality Manager/ ISO Lead Auditor and FSSC Practitioner, 2022-Plant

Closing March 22nd, 2024

• Review and maintain the quality management system, HACCP, cGMPs, ISO 9001, and FSSC 22000 procedures for pharmaceutical, nutritional, and food grade gelatin and collagen peptide operation for domestic and international markets.

• Responsible for all laboratory test results and product batch release as well as maintaining laboratory equipment and calibration schedules.

• Leads all major audits to include but not limited to ISO, FSSC 22000, and other third parties.

• Timely and direct communication to customers regarding product complaints related to gelatin, collagen peptide, and agglomerated collagen peptide products.

• A subject matter expert and liaison for all technical and quality issues between operations, sales, and marketing.

• Actively involved with co-manufacturers to ensure food safety program compliance, through audits and surveillance.

• Audits production procedures, records and activities for conformity and accuracy to ensure product meets specification.

• Review new production processes, equipment, and capital projects to ensure compliance with the quality management system.

• Champion a cross functional team to investigate root causes for customer nonconformances and implement corrective actions.

Refresco Beverages, Wilson North Carolina (150 Salary and Hourly Employees)

Complex Food Safety and Quality Manager/ SQF Practitioner, 2020- 2022

• Direct management of all Food Safety and Quality Assurance associates ensuring that daily inspections are conducted and products are meeting compliance.

• Appointed as the interim Plant Manager with authority over the plant day to day activities, meetings, and supply planning.

• Responsible for direct management and utilization of laboratory (analytical and microbiology), water treatment, syrup blending, sanitation, microbiological equipment, raw materials, and all quality processes.

• Write, update, and maintain SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures) for the Quality Assurance Program.

• Responsible for departmental non-conformances and implementation of corrective action ensuring all corrective actions are documented and outstanding actions closed in timely manner.

Responsible for coordinating and validating new production trial runs before launching the production of new products.

Mountaire Farms Inc, Siler City North Carolina (1,800 Salary and Hourly Employees)

Complex Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager/BRC External and Internal Auditor,

2017-2020

• Successfully developed and maintained the HACCP Plan and the Quality Management System for a brand-new startup facility processing 1.4 million birds per week.

• Conducted BRC internal audits at all facilities to ensure the sites were readily prepared for annual third-party audits.

• Managed the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), Food Safety Audits (FSA), Animal Welfare, and all Customer audits at the facility.

• Networking and leading collaborative efforts within a cross functional team toward common goals.

• Managed the internal lab ensuring micro data are being sampled and analyzed timely and ensuring that the Lab SOPs were being followed daily.

Smithfield Foods, Smithfield Virginia (2,600 Salary and Hourly Employees)

Senior Plant Quality Manager/Safe Quality Foods Practitioner (SQF), 2015- 2017

Smithfield Packing Company, Wilson NC (682 Salary and Hourly Employees)

Quality Assurance Manager/Safe Quality Foods Practitioner (SQF), 2011-2015

Smithfield Packing Company, Tar Heel NC (5,115 Salary and Hourly Employees)

Quality Assurance Supervisor, 2010-2011

• Leading and Developing a Quality Assurance team of thirty employees to ensure that over 1.7 billion pounds of fresh and packaged meats product produced meets the customer specification.

• Responsibility to provide senior leadership over multiple facilities performing internal/external audits, process capability, root cause analysis, GFSI gap analysis, coaching and mentoring as well as adherence to the plant QMS Program.

• The ability to apply focus on the continuous improvement of processes and product quality utilizing lean six sigma methodologies and the improvement of the quality and food safety plans.

• Facilitating the annual SQF Certification Audit and communicating to relevant personnel all information essential to ensure the effective implementation and maintenance of the SQF System.

• The ability to investigate a product/process failure, determine the root cause and take prompt corrective actions, while minimizing production downtime quickly and thoroughly.

• Performing Preoperational Inspection guaranteeing the cleanliness of plant equipment before plant startup with the aid of trained preoperational inspectors.

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, Sanford North Carolina (1,050 Salary and Hourly Employees)

Quality Assurance Supervisor/Assistant HACCP Coordinator, 2006-2010

• Ensured that all Food Safety & Quality Assurance systems and standards for personnel, facilities, equipment, and food production processes were implemented.

• Oversee the kill schedule of JBS/PPC which consist of 186,000 chickens per day (93,000 chickens per shift) and ensure that the chickens are slaughtered according to the company’s Good Commercial Practices standards by conducting monthly animal welfare audits.

• Use process improvement tools and analysis of statistical process control data to provide on-going training to production personnel and management who are responsible for the production of quality control functions.

• Ensuring the cleanliness of the facility and making sure that it meets the requirements of the Preoperational Sanitation Program.

• Supervise the daily function of HACCP, SSOP, and Prerequisite Programs while managing regulatory compliance issues, and/or USDA/FSIS concerns that affect plant performances.

Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel

• SAP Super User

• Auditing (Internal/External)-BRC, FDA, SQF, FSSC 22000, ISO 9001, AIB, Organic, Halal, Gluten Free, Non-GMO

• Lean Six Sigma Methodologies

• Total Quality Management

• ISO 9001:2015

Supply Planning

CAPA and Root Cause Analysis

• Project Management/CAPEx

Training

• Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Points Principles for Meat and Poultry (HACCP Principles)

Code of Federal Regulation Title 21

• Safe Quality Foods Practitioner (SQF)

• British Retail Consortium Internal/External Auditor (BRC)

Food Safety System Certification 22000 v6

• ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor Training

• Good Manufacturing Practices/Good Laboratory Practices /Current Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs/GLPs/cGMPs)

• Six Sigma Lean Black Belt Professional Certified

• Internal Adulteration

• Preventative Control Qualified Individual (PCQI)

• Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

• Supply Planning/Logistics

Managerial Achievements

Nitta-Gelatin USA

• Utilized 5s principles to organize the facility maximizing productivity and output by 15 percent.

• Improved internal processes and procedures by developing a cross-functional training program that decreased lost time due to changeovers.

Refresco Beverages

• Lowered consumer and customer complaints to the goal of .26 concerns per million cases sold by effectively implementing lean six sigma methodologies and SPC to drive continuous improvement.

• Successfully completed a 200K SSOP Capex to improve overall sanitation of the facility.

Mountaire Farms Inc

• Kept customer complaints below the established goal .14 percent per million pounds.

• Implemented a Less Than Daily SOP to save 240,000 gallons of water per week.

Smithfield Foods

• Reduced the number of customer complaints by 60% by sustaining quality initiatives and continuous improvement principles.

• Helped the Facility increase sales by 21%.

JBS/Pilgrim’s Pride

• Significantly improved product quality by increasing QA technicians’ moral and motivating them to obtain company goals and by aiding in changing the organizational culture.

• Substantially reduced the number of Noncompliance Records (NRs) on 3rd shift by 15%

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