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Woodinville, Wa, Us

Woodinville, Wa, Us

Rochester, Ny, Us

Provide direct technical sales and technical service with cleaning/sanitation chemicals to food & beverage customers as a B2B supplier & distributor:• Cultivated relationships with customer management to generate and maintain product solutions for sales prospects.• Provided high level of customer communication as it relates to cleaning, sanitation, and product solutions.• Scheduled monthly local and regional account sales services to discussed product applications and order planning with management.• Developed and provided customer group training on cleaning principles, general chemical safety handling and product use.• Maintained customer service records with account inventory maintenance (ordering/cost tracking and company database).• Placed and tracked orders to coordinate deliveries with 3rd party suppliers. • Communicated with internal sales management regarding current customer status and prospective sales opportunities. • Used technical proficiency in the food and beverage industries to support colleagues and the overall company.• Maintained a $1.5 M territory while onboarding new customers with additional customer sales offerings and solutions.• Independently pursued further sales training with Korn Ferry’s “Strategic Selling® with Perspective” advanced selling program.

Starbucks, Aqua Star, Charlie's Produce, Real Foods, Marel, Safefood360, Philips Healthcare, Swinomish Fish Company, Ocean Beauty, Icicle Seafoods, Silver Bay Seafoods, Celaeno Winery, CO2 Pharmasutics, Green Vault Systems. ~ Seasonal Contracting ~Quality Assurance Manager - Food Safety and Quality Management: o As a HACCP Leader:- Low acid thermal processing, fresh and frozen seafood products, pet food, 801e exports.- Trained and mentored QA leads & techs in 200-260 personnel food manufacturing facilities.- Maintained facility adherence 3rd Party audit standard, client, FDA, state and military inspections.- Direct liaison to 3rd party GFSI (BRC), client and government audit officials.- Facilitated inter-department coordination for food safety, quality and process improvements.- Relationships building with trade association, laboratories & auditors ~ Term Contracting ~3rd Party Audit Consulting: o Develop working policy and operation practices in manufacturing facility supporting scheme compliance:- Interpret code to identify gaps- Audit review tracking: weekly progress meetings (quantitative & qualitative), hurdles and action items.- Meeting presentations to inform senior management of regulatory and audit concerns & trends.Supply Chain Solutions: o Supplier Vetting & Approval:- GFSI benchmarked audit standard evaluation- Ethical/social accountability audit standards- Supplier Specifications & CAPA Management ~ Consulting ~International (GFSI) Audit Benchmarking: o GFSI benchmark & BRC schemes gap evaluation of 2nd party audit o On-site internal auditingMedical Cannabis:o Processing, compliance research & compoundingo European Medicines Agency Pharma GMP (EudraLex Code) processing equipment qualification & validation.Wine Processing & Sales/Boutique business management: o Raw material procurement, processing/sanitation, in-house lab testing, bottling, direct customer sales.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

(Position and facility eliminated due to downsizing, enrolled in professional degree program)o Supervised, trained, coached, evaluated and developed work procedures, protocols, methods and evaluation metrics of 24 QC Inspection associates to managed inspection schedules in the areas of: - Purchase Order Receiving, Quality Assurance/Control Jewelry Inspection, Company Warehouse Dock Receiving/Delivery and Six Sigma Fulfillment Quality Audits o Corroborated with IT to design volume reports; analyze to predict future incoming volume in order to plan weekly inspection manpower schedules accordingly.- Designed and deployed a SharePoint purchase order inspection tracking/work queue prioritization system.- 57% reduction of inspection time by applying Lean Manufacturing flow principles to QA operations.o Lead with QC team and multi-departments to identify change needed to help facilitate productivity and warehouse safety. Reviewed employee work for adequacy, resolved personnel problems and applied appropriate disciplinary measures.o Facilitated clear interdepartmental communication and developed Best Practices with managers, supervisors, and employees. o Toured international vendor factories and advised on company QC receiving and inspection SOPs.

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

o Contributed to the formation of a new internal quality assurance department.- Developed systems of tracking and presenting progress of QA internal audits and SOPs.- Analyzed daily reports for communicating training and system problems.

o Supervised/Managed in domestic and international joint venture facility in the oversight of HACCP, sanitation, and safety with manufacturing of low acid thermal food processing.

Master Certificate, Master Certificate Studies In Lean Six Sigma

Bs, Business Economics

Conversational Russian, Russian

Economics And Russian