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Summary
This Food Safety, Quality Assurance Consultant and Regulatory Compliance Professional offers a 15-year career of consistent success in achieving food safety, quality, regulatory, and continuous improvement goals. They are a well-rounded leader with experience in the food and beverage industry in people development, regulatory compliance, GFSI implementation, training, and project management. They are a self-motivated and disciplined problem solver, going above and beyond to ensure the satisfaction of all internal and external stakeholders.
Highlights
- FSSC 22000 Lead Auditor
- Project Management
- Technical Writing
- HACCP Certified
Relevant Accomplishments
- Leads the development of brand and product quality brand standards for all product categories:flower and flower products; oils, extracts and medicinals; infused edibles and beverages
- Leading product quality expert throughout the product innovation process and product commercialization including monitoring, investigations and technical CAPA in relations to quality and safety complaints of new products.
- Leads the quality aspect of new products’ line extensions to Cresco sites
- Ensures facilities launching new products are fully equipped with all quality documentation and quality personnel are properly trained to guarantee a successful integration.
- Manages new product trial assessments from a quality perspective and an active approver of all new products prior to launch.
- Ensures process capability/consistency of new and existing equipment during line trials in conjunction with being able to meet product specifications.
- Subject matter expert for site quality personnel in relations to new products and launches.
- Assesses all new equipment and manufacturing processes for products safety and quality risks to ensure equipment is suitable for the intended process and products
- Serve as an escalation point for product quality specification issues that span across multiple sites, products.
- Strategic FSQA leader for Potbelly Corporate and Franchise locations that worked with cross functional teams to drive a culture of continuous improvement for all food safety related activities and programs.
- Managed 3rd Party Audit Program and Health Department Inspection Data to ensure compliance with company and regulatory requirements for all Potbelly Corporate and Franchise locations.
- Managed pest control program and analyze service reports data for trends and opportunities for improvement for all company locations.
- Crisis Management Team Leader responsible for facilitating product withdrawal, recall and evaluating locations for potential food borne illness outbreaks.
- Partnered with Procurement Team to manage supplier relationships by creating and implementing a FSQA scorecard that identifies risk and drives accountability.
- Managed product non-compliance and shop product complaint processes for root cause analysis and resolution.
- Drive results through accountability to key performance metrics including customer complaints and internal quality measures.
- Ensured compliance of North American conversion sites to Diageo food safety requirements in alignment with FSSC 22000, ISO 9001, regulatory and statutory requirements.
- Responsible for managing the relationship between ISO certification body and Diageo North American sites in relation to ISO 9001 and FSSC 22000 contracts, invoices, and training.
- Quality SME for Diageo North America Internal Assurance Audit team.
- Manage market mitigation, quality assurance and corrective action plans for North American conversion sites.
- Drive Continuous Improvement by sharing best practices and promoting standardization.
- Assessed Food Safety and Quality risks for all Innovation and Renovations projects for North America which included working with North American bottling sites to conduct risk assessments for new processes and/or raw materials.
- Developed and lead the Wash Station and Bulk Optimization Quality Assurance program.
- Lead continuous improvements initiatives and Consumer / Customer concerns to drive enhancements in Quality.
- Worked with wholly owned sites and contract manufacturers to develop action plans against identified continuous improvement opportunities.
- Conducted Diageo North American internal audits for potential Co-manufacturing facilities and new raw material suppliers.
- Supported Ciroc, Crown Royal, Captain Morgan, and Smirnoff brand teams to get product to market.
- Applied knowledge and experience of TTB and CFIA regulations, nutrition, claims, and ingredients to support the innovation and renovation of product lines resulting in label compliance.
- Provided information and assistance to global counterparts and other internal stakeholders regarding North America market regulations and activities.
- Ensured regulatory compliance of raw materials and finished products as well as adherence to Kraft policies.
- Applied knowledge and experience of FDA regulations, nutrition, claims, and ingredients to support the Meals and Desserts innovation and renovation of products for label compliance.
- Reviewed and approved label graphics for regulatory compliance and technical accuracy.
- Executed against project timelines while working cross functionally with Marketing, R&D, and Project Management.
- Applied knowledge and experience of FDA regulations, nutrition, claims, and ingredients to support the Saralee Bakery innovation and renovation of products for label compliance.
- Reviewed and approved label graphics for regulatory compliance and technical accuracy
- Provided timely response to internal and external customer inquiries and requests for Regulatory/QA/FS documentation.
- Updated Quality and Food Safety documentation in ICIX to maintain supplier compliance.
- Managed and developed a 19-member Quality Assurance team.
- Developed and implemented food safety and quality programs for new state of the art sugar refinery.
- Implemented the BRC Standards for Food Safety at facility and successfully lead plant to BRC Certification.
- Lead customer audits and ensured gaps identified during audits were corrected in a timely manner.
Roles
- Director Product Quality Assurance
- Quality Assurance Manager
- Regulatory Food Safety Specialist
- Scientist Nutrition & Regulatory
- Technical Excellence and Assurance Manager
- Conversion Quality Manager
- Director Food Safety & Quality
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