Andrew Sova, Mph Email & Phone Number

United States

Developed and maintained databases to track various KPIs for the Prepared Foods and Poultry business units to improve performance and reduce operational costs in our production facilities nationwide.• Weekly travel for sustained 16week CI roll-outs at various Prepared Foods plants to implement the LeanMOS program

Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

Created and actively maintained Power BI dataflows and reports that display financial and production data from all Poultry Plants, resulting in daily / weekly use by Poultry VPs and Complex Managers to address production shortfalls.• Utilized Microsoft Lists, Power Apps and SharePoint to develop forms and applications for data collection by all plant personnel to track small- and large-scale cost-saving efforts, generating $100MM in savings for FY23.• Migrated and modernized departmental SharePoint Website, improving cross-functional communication and ensuring respective teams had quick access to pertinent information and data.• Participated in monthly governance meetings with senior leadership team, discussing direction of department and advising future TPS Rollouts.

Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

Developed Supplier Management workbooks to compile information on suppliers (i.e., Financial Data, Risk Assessments, SWOT Analysis, Feedback / Surveys), alerting to increased risk and enabling management to work strategically and more proactively.• Facilitated supplier conference calls, building company profiles for Category Manager workbooks. Led meetings with Category Managers and Associate Directors, determining suppliers needed to receive and schedule annual business reviews.• Conducted data analysis on suppliers by pulling internal spend data from Zycus and ranking suppliers against category and commodity expense, helping CMs determine opportunity to cut costs in upcoming RFPs.• Used FoodLogiQ to monitor and close out SCAR investigations with external suppliers, ensuring appropriate claim reimbursement.

Noel, Missouri

Managed team of thirteen (13) FSQA technicians, conducting weekly and monthly safety and food safety training. Improvised and implemented food safety decisions as day-to-day challenges arose.• Earned multiple accolades performing as lead supervisor driving change-over of new product codes and increasing quality and quantity of sold products. Improved dialogue between management and USDA, elevating transparency and collaboration.• Met daily with USDA to report on plant activities or issues, inform and investigate complaints from affiliate plants and consumers by attaining supplier deviation reports and detailed preventative measures within 48hrs

Springdale, Ar

Scheduled weekly new hire drug screens and DOT-certified physicals, communicating sensitive medical information between private medical providers, drivers and DOT physicians. Kept all drivers medically compliant with all DOT regulations.• Influenced significant change by enabling terminal nurse to address and educate drivers proactively on preventative health measures by modifying MS Office Access Database to accept chronic health data of drivers. • Relayed urgent medical requests between drivers and dispatchers, expediting acute / emergent care of ill drivers.

Fayetteville, Ar

Traveled across 19 counties in NWA, serving as ambassador representing Agency and local health unit administrators, county judges, emergency managers, and sheriffs.• Initiated logistic response to 2016 Mumps outbreak in Northwest Arkansas (NWA) by assuming leadership in transporting vaccines, establishing mobile points of dispensing (PODs), activating volunteer nurses, and reducing disease transmission.• Drafted State Preparedness plan, supporting CDC PHEP Capability Section 8: Medical Countermeasure Dispensing and collaborated with Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) coordinator extending to offline access.

Saint Louis, Mo

Established worker immunization criteria in accordance with CDC and ACIP guidelines for the dispensing of the anthrax vaccine to first responders

Saint Louis, Mo

Planned a Disaster Education Fair for the hospital staff under direction of Dr. Rachel Charney

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Public Health

Activities and Societies: Student Government Association - Graduate Student Body Representative University Press - Opinion Writer

Graduate Certificate, Clinical Health Care Ethics

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology, General