Supply Chain Food Safety

Roger Bruce

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Career Summary:

oI am a very qualified Executive with a wide range of knowledge related to the Protein Industry during my over 30-year career. During my tenure, I have held various titles, including Owner/Shareholder, Chief Operations Officer, Director of Operations, Supply Chain/Protein Specialist, Purchasing, Plant Management, Production, and Food Safety

Objective:

oSeeking a full-time upper management position related to my qualifications outlined in this Resume

oLooking to secure a position for a 5–7-year term in either the local or WI, in which I live, or a desired Remote Position from my home office

oRelocation is a consideration

oOpen to an Independent Contractor position

oOpen to Travel up to 30%- 40% Domestically or Internationally

Protein Specialist

FIVE GUYS Burgers and Fries, Alexandra, VA. Aug 2011 – September 2025· 14 yrs 3 months

oCompany Protein Specialist 1- Direct Report

oManaged all aspects of the Five Guys Fresh Meat Program in accordance with the Five Guys Supply Chain Department

oInstrumental in expanding the Five Guys International ventures in Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East

During my tenure with Five Guys, the company has grown from 838 stores when I started to over 1,900 stores, with annual sales exceeding $ 3 billion.

oExtensive Protein knowledge, at the Manufacturing, Wholesale, Retail, and Distribution levels, with over 30 years of experience internationally and domestically

oDirectly responsible for providing savings of $4.5 million a year from 2016 through 2022, equal to $27 million through technical advances, plus an additional $17 million from 2012 through 2020 from Cost reductions in Freight, Overage, and Inbound Freight

oKey Duties:

oSource Raw Materials, Cost Analysis, Forecasting, Pricing, Purchasing, Credits, Accounting Measures, Freight (Refrigerated tracking), Inventory Management, Monitor Distribution Product Movement, and Purchase Orders

Vendor Manufacturing, Plant Visits, Production Line Setup, Equipment Review, Packaging, and required Labeling approval in accordance with the USDA Guidelines

oTechnical writing of Quality measures, Specifications, Processing Standards, to include procedures, traceback checkpoints, timing, cold chain, forming and mixing regarding RTC products, as well as Meat smoking about RTE products.

oOther duties include searching out other Vendor Opportunities that can produce the same quality standards but with the focus on regionalizing the company's Meat Program to reduce costs of finished products regarding Overage, Inbounds, and Freight

oSkills:

oBusiness Management, Operations, Production Protocols, USDA Rules and Regulations, HACCP Certified, Quality Control, Food Safety Management · Analytical Skills, Accounting, Cost Analysis, Forecasting, Account Management, Raw Material Sourcing, Position Risks, Freight Analysis, Production Line Development, Packaging, Labeling to Federal Guidelines

(Remote) Director – Co-Packer Production and Quality Management

Mainland Group Holdings Cocoa, FL July2009 - Aug 2011 · 1 yr 1 month

oDirector – Part-Time Co-Packer Plant Review, 5-Plant Review as needed

Adherence to Production Scheduling, Quality Assurance, and Raw Material Review, Cost Analysis, Pricing on RTC and RTE Protein Products

Meat/Seafood Operations Management -Continuous Improvement Retail

Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc., Milwaukee, WI. Aug 2010 - Aug 2011 · 1 yr 1 month

oMeat Management – Continuous Improvement Store Operations Management

oManaged 9 -11 Employees per store

oTrained Meat Department Meat Cutters, Product Display, Marketing Techniques

oPurchase Orders, Pricing

oKey Duties: Trained and Managed Fresh Meat/Seafood Counters, Weekly

oDisplay reach-in-end Caps, and RTE Self-Serve Showcases

Director of Operations - Manufacturing

Mainland Foods, Cocoa, FL. February. 2002 – April 2009

oMainland Foods merged with The Butcher Block Inc. in February 2002

oDaily Operations - "Hands On" with 4 direct Reports - 4 Internal Reports

oDirected all facets of the company's Florida Operations, which include its Meat/Food Manufacturing Facilities as well as Retail Store Locations

oProducts are manufactured in a USDA-inspected facility under Federal Guidelines and in compliance with regulations and laws governing consumer Food Safety Programs in perishable food products.

Key Responsibilities:

oManagement Skills and Duties: - Skill set involves day-to-day operational leadership responsibilities as well as departmental support guidance and Direct Report encompassing Budgets, Profit Margins, P&L Statements, Capital Expenditures, Credit Review, HR Staffing and Employee Relations, Sales, Purchasing, R&D, Quality Assurance, Production, Food Safety, and Equipment/Maintenance Departments.

oDaily Operations - "Hands On" with 4 direct Reports - 4 Internal Reports - Directed all facets of the company's Florida Operations that included its Meat/Food manufacturing facilities and Retail holdings. Products are manufactured in a Federally Inspected USDA facility, under Federal Guidelines, and in compliance with regulations and laws governing consumer Food Safety Programs in perishable food products.

oKey Responsibilities: Management Skills and Duties: - Skill set involves day-to-day operational leadership responsibilities as well as departmental support guidance and Direct Report encompassing Budgets, Profit Margins, P&L Statements, Capital Expenditures, Credit Review, HR Staffing and Employee Relations, Sales, Purchasing, R&D, Quality Assurance, Production, Food Safety, and Equipment/Maintenance Departments.

Plant Operations Officer – Startup Shareholder Owner Plant Management

Butcher Block Inc., Rockledge, FL. June 1995 - Sep 2002 · 7 yrs 4 months

oOperations Officer:

oDaily manufacturing and distribution, Meat Food Products to H.R.I. Industry. Private label manufacturers for some of the most prominent food service distributors across the nation.

oHeavily involved in military procurement, prisons, schools, and foreign country distribution, surrounding container load sales. strong presence in Maritime distribution.

oQuality product development, at the federal level. Expert U.S.D.A. Policies and Procedures. Lean Discipline practices.

oMy knowledge base is very broad and needs to be discussed in person. Also not mentioned is the Multi-Unit Retail experience.

oOperations Officer, daily manufacturing and distribution.

Education:

oBBA – Operations Management – Finished Degree Online

oHACCP – Certified – Experienced HACCP Program Writer

oServe Safe – Certified

o5s Disciplines

oAdditional College Study, University of Florida

oAgricultural Program in accordance with the University of Florida -Educational Television

Hobbies:

oGolf

oFootball - Baseball

oHunting

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