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Food Safety Quality

Location:
Haslet, TX
Posted:
May 25, 2020

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Quality professional with diverse experience in all aspects of the manufacturing process. Creative thinker committed to improving departmental organization and enhancing productivity. Quick learner with the ability to adapt to rapidly changing business acumen while solving problems promptly and effectively. Report quality performance to corporate office with the ability to interact with personnel on all levels.

Expertise includes:

Pre-Requisite, BRC, SQF, FSSC22000, GFSI Audits

USDA and FDA Regulatory Guidelines, Verification and Validation

HACCP risk assessment, development and implementation

Air Quality, Pest Control, Sanitation Audits, Third Party Vendor Internal and External Audits

Hazardous waste disposal

HACCP, HARPC, FSMA, PCQI, Organic, Kosher, HALAL, GMO trained and certified.

Management Systems - AS400/SAP/Canopy Systems

Root Cause Analysis / CAPA Resolutions/ 5’s

Maintain Internal database systems

Train and develop independent thinkers

Identify and mentor successors

Work Experience

Audit Specialist

Food Safety Net Services – San Antonio, TX

November 2018 to Present

Responsibly

Conduct food safety and quality inspections of the client’s facility inspecting their application of GFSI audit schemes (BRC, SQF & FSSC2200).

Provide technical assistance to facility, regarding the satisfactoriness of the food safety agenda, operational methods pest control, cleaning practices, personnel practices, and maintenance for food safety.

Prepare and administer audit reports

The auditor conducts the inspection using the AIB Standards and Procedure Manual directions. He must write down the report after the inspection and mail it to AIB within 2 working days. He fills expense vouchers for the client and sends them to the AIB every week.

Conduct Animal Welfare Audits, McDonalds, Costco and Kroger Addendums, inspect sites culture and application of quality, food safety management systems.

Continued education in Microbiology, HACCP, FSMA, PCQI, PACCO and Supplier Systems auditing.

Conduct technical review of audit reports.

Food Safety, Quality, Regulatory Manager

SAM HAUSMAN FOODS - Corpus Christi, TX

July 2016 to November 2018

Responsibly

Cultivates a culture of quality, food safety and attention to detail.

Ensure new products, materials and processes are properly reviewed and comply with their standards and practices.

Develop and execute a systems approach to quality assurance and food safety.

Lead critical reviews of specifications with regular frequency

Maintain documentation of and monitor adherence to specifications

Standardization of product and food safety procedures across facilities

Support plant quality departments by writing guidance documents, policies, procedures and outlining processes

Provide QA related documents requested by customers

Identify continuous improvement projects from complaints and other data sources

Assist with mentoring and developing personnel in plant Quality departments

Facilitate the adoption of best practices across facilities

Conduct weekly company-wide product review

Experience working with state health departments and third-party auditors

Preventative Controls for Human Food Qualified Individual

SQF Practitioner and HACCP certification

Drive plant improvement by providing proactive solutions to issues that will support facility operations staff in achieving Quality and Safety goals.

Maintain contact between Sales and Operations in order to communicate customer/consumer issues and resolutions that arise with customers.

Maintain effective working relationship with Corp QA, R&D, Sales, Marketing, Distribution, and Operations.

Provide timely, accurate, and relevant data and analysis to enable them to effectively manage the business.

Maintain a professional working relationship with USDA/FSIS. *Monitor industry and regulatory news to identify new trends that could be utilized for continuous improvement within the facility and company. Leads all Quality Assurance systems including Process Evaluation and Product Protection Programs,

Process Specifications and Standards, CIP/Sanitation Programs and Verifications, HACCP, GMP’s, SQF,

Positive Release, Pest Control, In-line Sampling, Product Labeling Compliance, and Product Storage and Distribution.

Leads Quality Control systems to optimize detection or failures in the manufacturing process to include Hold Programs and Product Traceability, Lab Proficiency and Procedures, Product Testing and Review, Product Functionality Evaluation, Process Verification Programs, Internal and External Audits,

Environmental Microbiological Monitoring Programs, and Supplier complaints.

Leads and manages the completion of all quality/food safety training to include GMP, HACCP,

Allergen, Food Defense, Pre-requisite, and Sanitation

Serves as the SQF/PCQI/Quality Practitioner for the facility.

Maintains overall responsibility for adherence to current SQF/BRC and other GFSI guidelines.

Identify and implement SQF audit corrective actions.

Reviews and provides SQF updates to personnel responsible for maintaining raw material specification and certificate of analysis documentation.

Provides technical support to plant management, service groups and sales regarding process/product improvement through analysis of product composition, quality and function ability.

Conducts internal plant audits and ensures follow up of identified issues.

Prepares the operations team for and leads efforts in 3rd party customer/plant audits. Acts as a liaison for regulatory compliance agencies/audits.

Develop in House personnel into independent thinkers to help side the effective exertion of safety and quality into the processing environment

Food Safety/ Sanitation Manager

IFF - Carrollton, TX

February 2014 to September 2016

Responsibilities

Prepare facility to excel in customer Audits (AIB, USDA, FDA, Department of Health and Human)

Services and third-party Retail and Distribution Audits.

Keep Organic Program, FDA & USDA HACCP Manuals auditable at all times.

Direct Interactions with customers to address Quality, Production and Food Safety concerns.

Oversee environmental sampling which includes analyzing and developing standards to address non-compliant allergen, ATP, pH, biological, physical, and chemical hazards.

On board QAI Organic program for IFF Carrollton location.

On board and Train 3rd Party Sanitation Team and managed and engaged in day to day operation, which include developing training, LOTO, equipment sanitary design, chemical usage).

Develop training and education matrixes for FSSC 22000 and 22002 Certification.

Create and Implement Food Safety Culture by developing and implementing Food Safety identification initiatives.

Train and educated new hire stakeholders, contractors and visitors on GMP, Food Safety, Food

Defense, Communicable diseases, Critical Care Areas, and Personal Safety.

Manage, develop, audit and create standards of operations for internal and external customers (Diversey & Chem-Station) Master Chemical List - chemical performance, Neogen, Internal Audit team, third party Pest Management, CBM Sanitation, and Cintas contractors.

Review, test, educate, and monitor stakeholder’s knowledge and application of Food Defense,

HACCP, GMP’s, SOP, OPR’s, PRP’s & SSOP’s.

Preform mock recalls and traceability exercises.

Track and trend microbial analytical data for environmental sampling, finished product/raw material testing, allergen (USDA and Canadian) and sanitation performance.

Provide support in completing Global Initiates from IFF Corporate and Executive Production and Food Safety management.

Accomplishments

Managed crew, labor and attendance of Sanitation Team.

Achieved on time satisfaction by developing mutual beneficial cost saving incentives between IFF and CBM.

Certifications: FSMA trained, HACCP Trained, PCQI (Preventive Controls Qualified individual) Certified

Quality Control Supervisor/ FSQR Supervisor (Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory)

Texas American Foodservice, AFA/Cargill - Fort Worth, TX 2003 to 2014

Responsibilities

Conduct SSOP, GMP, and HACCP training for all personnel.

Effectively supervise and drive continues improvement for FSQR stake holders.

Assist and Lead EAIO Audits.

Respond to NR notifications from auditing and /or in-house USDA Inspectors.

Ensure the safe production and product integrity of 2,400,000 pounds of product per week.

Ensure that all non-conforming product complies with USDA/FSIS and company standards.

Review and resolve issues of non-conforming data and initiate corrective actions within established guidelines to prevent reoccurrence.

Maintain company micro-logs, investigate and conclude microbial events through tracking/trending • Wrote and implemented company Allergen program and accessed product cross contamination risk of other process (pork, seasoning, and beef).

Validate Attribute, Product Specification, and Formulation process records.

Track and validate Test and Hold product for release and shipment.

Evaluate raw materials for product integrity.

Engage in Mock Recalls to identify all affected components.

Assist in product labeling approvals and box tracking validation.

Conduct Facility, Sanitation, Product, Pest Management, and Operational Audits.

Service internal and external customers with needed information concluding Consumer Affairs and

Customer Compliant investigations in a timely manner.

Perform other vital tasks as instructed by the Manger and/or Superintendent of FSQR.

Lead the validation and test study of new product research and development.

Lead and conduct external regulatory inspections engage and assess external suppliers.

Instrumentation: Calipers, Thermometers, Fat Analyzer, Scales, Force Gauge, 5-WHY, Canopy, Helix, PFS, Swab Analyzer, PFS, Aspen, Alchemy Programming, Kronos, OPEX- Engagement, Microsoft Office & Safe-Start.

Quality Assurance Technician

McCormick & Company - Irving, TX

2002 to 2003

Responsibilities

Perform chemical analysis on products for Major Food Corporation, testing chemical salinity, acidity, protein content, fat, bulk density, granulation's flow, color, moisture, brix, bixin, lactose, glucose, and ash, wet chemistry analysis, Liquid and Gas Chromatography. • Perform quality and sanitation audits according to HACCP Policies.

Ensure that both the plant and product is in compliance with customer and corporate regulations.

Perform air quality checks.

Perform proper Hazardous Waste disposal. • Maintain product consistency and integrity.

Knowledge of AS400 Systems.

Clinical Research Technician

RCTS INC - Irving, TX

2001 to 2002

Responsibilities

Analyzed products such as cosmetics, soaps, perfumes, tissues, lotions, and body washes on a small population of people to determine how the product would react under a controlled environment.

Quality Assurance Technician

Boar's Head - Forrest City, AR

2000 to 2001

Responsibilities

Monitored plant processes SSOP, HACCP plan, GMP's and regulatory requirements.

Performed analytical and microbiological tasks on equipment, water and product.

Performed quality and sanitation audits, net verification and cook shrink test. • Performed sanitation audits on cooked and ready to eat equipment.

Back up HACCP Coordinator.

Science Instructor

Faith Family Academy - Dallas, TX

1999 to 2000

Responsibilities

Instructed students on science's principles, theories and scientific information.

Evaluated Elementary Teacher's science applications in the classroom. • Relayed student progress to parents and administrators.

Organized Science Fair.

Education

Bachelor of Science

University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff, AR

Specialized Training

-HACCP training April 2019

-PCQI training August 5, 2019

-BRC Lead Auditor training May 2019

-SQF Lead Auditor Training June 2019

-Auditor Training SQF 2006

-SQF Pre-Farm and Post-Farm June 2019

-PACCO-Training August 2019



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