Control Supervisor Management Director

JoAnn Braun

Menomonee Falls, WI ************@*****.***

262-***-**** linkedin.com/in/joannbraun

● Internal Auditing

● HACCP, SOP’s, SQF, FSQA, CAPA’s, ISO 9001-2015, IS0 13485, CFR820

● Laboratory Practices, Microbial Sampling

● FDA/USDA, EPA/OSHA Certified

● Best Practice, GMP, GDP, cGMP

● Empowerment/Team Management Director: Coach, Develop Staff

● Familiar with LMS, Quality, and SAP Systems

● Budget Organizer, Procurement/Inventory Controller (SAP, BO)

● Continuous Process Improvement, Lean Six Sigma Methodology/Kaizen

Events, Risk Assessment, SPC, Green Belt Certified

● Microsoft Office Applications, Camstar

EXPERIENCE

Sientra, Franklin, WI Medical device company. 03/2020 - 04/2022 Manufacturing Supervisor II, Support 12 cells

•Creatively managed PPE during COVID.

•Experience dealing with suppliers.

•Participated in daily leadership meeting and represent associate concerns, policies, and guidelines.

•Meeting director. Active participant of associate concerns, policies and guidelines. Company advocate.

•Supported investigation and corrective actions.

•Controls and compliance with FDA regulatory standards.

•Participated in audits: customer, market and regulatory agencies

•Work closely with sales, operations, research, QC, and engineering with inspections coordination and testing requirements of new and existing produces

•Continuous improvement project to ask for buy-n from plant staff, promote project aims and help to drive change management. Supply strategic overview ensuring both short and long-term goals.

•Interacted with 3rd party regulatory audits and inspections.

•Hourly walk through to build staff accountable to production expectation.

•Track material usage ensuring all materials are consumed at the time of use.

•Maintain a culture of Safety and Quality for compliance with all SOPs for safety, quality & procedures. Leadership of team to communicate job expectation. Enforce policies & procedures.

•Investigate safety, risk assessment, escalated issues.

Chr. Hansen, Milwaukee, WI Cultures fermentation company. 03/2018 – 10/2019, Fermentation / Packaging Manager, 25 employees, 2 leads.

•Developed quality plans, process controls, attentions to process detail and specifications plus training.

•Facilitated and championed continuous improvement processes, using Lean Six Sigma methodologies.

•12-week packaging project decreased overtime from 20/week to zero.

•Facilitated Kaizen ideas.

•Controlled GMP’s/GDP’s

•Verification, validations, effectiveness of sanitation controls of CCP system (operational/pre-operational with micro sampling), ensured instruments calibration, and allergen controls practices of facility.

•Performs food quality and food safety checks throughout the plant including pre-operational operational sanitation inspections, and various Labe measurements including pH viscosity, and sugar content. Organize records and files perform hold procedures. Ensure all business standards, demands, and any regulatory (local, state, and/or federal regulations and /or guidelines are followed. .

•Designed safety and quality policies and controls.

•Support manufacturing as needed on problem resolution involving customers complaints and root cause identification.

•Audited ingredient inspections and pre-shipment reviews

•Internal consultant with 3 rd. party consultations.

•Participated in monthly kaizen meeting.

•Participate in preparation of and ensure team readiness for crisis management responses including product withdrawal, recalls and potential food borne illness.

•Assess equipment for sanitary design including OEM and facility capital improvement.

•Ability to use lab equipment and other instruments to create cultures, and biological plates.

Sellars Absorbent Materials, Milwaukee, WI Specialty absorbent wipes company. 06/2013 – 02/2018 Converting Manager, 4 – 8 Business Units, 25 to 36 employees, one lead

Served as a principal member of the leadership team for a family-owned manufacturer of multi-use, disposable wiping, and absorbent materials.

•Managed five multi-cultural divisions of up to 24 employees and two supervisors dedicated to converting raw assets / materials into new products in a safe and efficient manner.

•Employed Lean “move to the work” processes, arranging production stations and equipment in a sequence that supported the smooth flow of materials and components through the production process, cutting process bottle necks and perfecting time-to-market.

•Ensured maintenance of quality standards, championing BRC global standards and certification to harmonize safety standards across the supply chain.

Cargill Meat Solutions, Milwaukee, WI Processor of live to box beef. 09/2006 – 10/2012, 3 Promotional Positions

2nd Shift Fabrication Packaging/Production Supervisor, 05/2011 – 10/2012, 52 stakeholders, 2 leads.

•Developed departmental performance standards and expectations.

•Achieved a greater than 80% engagement score, less than 16% employee turnover, and developed a Spanish only speaking lead.

•Supplied solutions to three projects, increasing productivity by more than $5K per project.

2nd Shift Fabrication Shipping Supervisor, 09/2009 – 05/2011, 7 stakeholders, 1 lead.

•Monitored inventory and streamlined loading process to increase efficiency by 2%.

•Green Belt trained, only person achieving a rating over 90%.

2nd Shift Quality Control Supervisor, 09/2006 – 09/2009 16 stakeholder in 4 facilities with 3 leads.

•Prepared, executed, and reviewed validation activities for sterile and non-sterile sampling for equipment and product.

•Evaluate and approve quality reports. Reviewed quality control issues and performance measures.

•Managed corrective action for procedural product or process deficiencies.

•Manage data collection to support Sanitation and FSQA departments, communicating effectively with cross functional teams to manage business growth projects.

•Guided and auditor of biological sampling of product.

•Represent sanitation team during annual SQF audits.

•Ensure operational and pre-operational sanitation is acceptable. Implemented and developed verification activities, micro sampling, and visual inspections.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Bachelor of Science – Food Systems Management / Dietetics/Business,

University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI

Basic Statistics and Quality Engineering Methods, Quantitative

Techniques for Six Sigma Programs, ISO 9000:2000, Connect-U Program, SAP Courses.

UW Milwaukee Continuing Education Using Data for Business Strategies.

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