Quality Assurance Managerial Sanitation
Resume:
DARREL L. PATTERSON
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Arlington, Tennessee
***************@*****.***
Professional, experienced, and positive results generating managerial leader. Successfully lead multiple teams in industry focused projects, expansive task completions, fiscal management, departmental innovations, and dutiful daily work partnerships within complex enterprises.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sanitation Manager
05/2013 to Present
Rich Products Company-Arlington, TN Plant
Arlington, Shelby County, Tennessee 38002
Sanitation Manager:
Plans, manages and directs plant sanitation procedures, programs and regulatory requirements, ensuring all plant equipment is clean and safe for production and daily uses. Ensures compliance with all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Update and/or develops new and targeted SOPs to address countermeasures and drive improvement within the enterprise and direct reports Develops, implements and communicates short-term and mid-term (30/60/90 up to 2 years) business plans for the Sanitation operations, ensuring associates understand the link to the department, organization and enterprise. Lead the department's implementation of the enterprise s business plans and coach all direct reports to understand their role in accomplishing these plans Communicates performance standards to associates, recognizing and rewarding individual and team accomplishments and counseling performance problems. Ensures all associates have the resources and capabilities to effectively accomplish their responsibilities Monitors rodent and insect control program, including periodically checking weekly rodent reports and traps. Monitors microbiological reports from the plant to determine whether cleaning procedures are being followed. Implements corrective action as necessary. Participates in regular meetings with plant management to discuss quality and sanitation improvements. Facilitates problem resolution related to sanitation and quality issues. Develops, maintains and reports required operational information to management. Ensures that all GMP and Safety standards are in compliance. Develops, coach and provide countermeasures to drive Sanitation training, cross-functional learnings, and industry updates to Sanitation Team members Participates in weekly GMP, sanitation and safety inspections throughout the production departments and corrects, or issues work orders to correct, any identified deficiencies. Follows up on work orders, with the appropriate Associates to ensure expeditious performance of the requested work.
Keeps abreast of latest manufacturing technologies, systems, and sanitation practices. Performs other related responsibilities, as needed, to support Rich Products Corporation's business objectives Quality and Sanitation Manager
01/2008 to 05/2013
Blues City Brewery/Hardy Bottling Company
5151 E. Raines Road Memphis Tennessee 38115
Manage a staff of exempt/non-exempt personnel to ensure a cost effective allocation of departmental labor. Develop and manage a program to monitor output of the various stages of the production process, including record keeping and timely communication of results. Codify, update, and communicate internal and customer quality specifications in a comprehensive and readily accessible form.
Assist production departments in troubleshooting causes for deviations from specifications. Communicate directly with customers regarding quality issues and help ensure that customer expectations regarding samples and record keeping are met.
Effectively provide departments with results of regular monitoring microbiological results and GMP compliance. Communicate effectively with other Department Heads regarding the quality of their output. Lead the QA/Sanitation Team in the establishment of specifications, customer parameters and governmental reporting services.
Assist other department heads in meeting requirements of Continuous Improvement and standards of Good Manufacturing Practice.
Ensure that departmental practice meets Occupational Health and Safety requirements. Provide for staff and personal training as needed in a learning organization, and assist in meeting the quality training demands of other departments.
Prepare and monitor departmental capital projects
Quality Assurance (QA) Supervisor
03/1993 to 06/2007
Coors Brewing Company-aka Molson Coors
5151 E. Raines Road Memphis Tennessee 38115
QA Supervisor plans and supervises food safety programs and processes to meet all company, federal, state, provincial, and local required standards.
Develops easy-to-understand content and delivers training for safety procedures. QA Supervisor maintains plant quality standards and processes to reduce food safety risks. Conducts food safety audits and testing protocols to identify deviations from standards and specifications. QA Supervisor documents and follows up on corrective actions. Collects data and compiles reports that reflect trends and that identify potential problems. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to instill a safety culture in the organization. Utilizes HACCP, GMP, and other industry standards, principles, and methods. QA Supervisor maintains certification in Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP). QA Supervisor oversees subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs. Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets. Has full authority for personnel actions.
SKILLS
Sanitation Essentials Management - 5 years
Hygienic Design - 4 years
Kleanz -Sanitation Management Software End User - 7 years OSHA- 10 - 2 years
Preventive Controls Qualified Individual-FSMA - 4 years HAACP- AIB - 8 years
GMP-AIB - 5 years
GFSI-AIB - 8 years
EDUCATION
LeMoyne-Owen College
Bachelor's
Chemistry/Natural Science/Biology
807 Walker Ave. Memphis, TN 38126
09/1982 to 05/2000
GW Carver High School
High school or equivalent
Science
1591 Pennsylvania St. Memphis, TN 38109
09/1979 to 09/1982
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