Christopher Lendved Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Hørsholm, Dk, Dk

­- HACCP/ Food Safety Team Leader for two sites: West Allis and New Berlin.­- Oversee the maintenance and improvement of Food Safety Plans and HACCP programs, including a complete overhaul of the Animal Health Hazard Analysis in New Berlin.­- Representative on multiple global teams, including the Quality and Product Safety Team, Food Fraud Assessment Team, Audit Load Management Team, and the FSSC 22000 version 6 upgrade team.­- Management of the FSVP, including on-site assessments at affiliate sites who export to the US.­- Primary point of contact for all regulatory, 3rd party, and customer audits.­- Maintenance of Food Defense Plans for both sites using the FDA’s Food Defense Plan Builder 2.0, along with annual reviews as the leader of the Food Defense Team.­- Key contributor in special projects, including the FDA readiness assessment at the HMO Site Rheinbreitbach and FSPCA PCQI training courses at various sites throughout the organization.­- Leader of GMP and Internal Audit teams for both FSSC 22000 and FAMI-QS, ensuring audit completion and effectiveness while also serving as one of the auditors.­- Creator and curator of QA compliance and systems training as e-Learnings in the training management system.­- Champion and admin for all modules of C-One, the global system for training management, document control, audits/inspections, non-conformance reporting, and EHS reporting.­- QA resource in the management of CMOs, including conducting approval and re-approval audits.­- Primary QA representative for the THOR plant expansion project in West Allis.­- Serve as a resource and backup for the local Site QA Managers in West Allis and New Berlin.

Hørsholm, Dk, Dk

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES1. Approves HACCP analysis of the production process and food/feed safety plans and acts as Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) for the facility2. Approves change control forms impacting product quality, HACCP analysis, cleaning efficiency3. Approves new products and site shifts if they include new or changed raw materials, production processes, impact existing production4. Develops and maintains framework for environmental monitoring program and approves summary reports5. Implements and maintains HACCP and GMP procedures, pest control system, and conduct verification activities6. Implements and maintains framework for managing corrective and preventive actions.7. Defines and implements requirements for raw material handling, segregation, labelling and receiving inspection8. Approves allergen cleaning validation and verification results9. Performs training in quality, HACCP, GMP, corrective and preventive actions system.10. Approves URS’s for new equipment, approves qualification program and results and releases for production11. Evaluates, audits and approves toll manufacturers and service providers12. Performs audits of local raw material manufacturers13. Responsible for external certification audits and customer audits of the area in relation to quality, food safety, Kosher and Halal14. Provides input to global audit plan for local audits15. Conducts internal audits according to global audit plan16. Authorization (feed, food, pharma, kosher/halal) of the production facilities17. Supports customer complaint handling, challenge (and approve) root cause analysis and preventive actions18. Identifies preventive actions and improvement opportunities based on incidents, complaints, audits, corrective actions trends19. Reports on local and global KPIs to Site management and Product Quality Manager20. Plans, reports and conducts management review21. Backup for other local QA manager

St. Francis, Wi, Us

Responsible for assisting with the implementation, maintenance and improvement of Wixon's Food Safety Systems including PRP's, HACCP and GFSI certification initiatives, as well as continuous improvement activities.1. Assists with all aspects of the quality systems including the corrective action, preventive action, document management, internal audits, and the process improvement process, as well as other processes affiliated with a GFSI-based food safety system.2. Coordinates the internal audit process and schedule to meet all applicable FSSC 22000 standards.3. Coordinates the completion of food safety and quality portions of Customer questionnaires.4. Coordinates and completes evaluations of new and differently-sourced raw materials against food safety parameters.5. Assists in performing regularly scheduled mock recalls.6. Coordinates HACCP and PRP validation and verification processes.7. Chair or backup the Chairperson to direct the activities of the Food Safety team members.8. Assists in the development, implementation, and management of effective food safety and security programs.9. Aids in analysis of food safety and/or quality system problems.10. Works directly with production employees to troubleshoot, solve food safety issues, and implement corrective actions based on solid root cause analysis.11. Works directly with production employees and warehousing in gathering data and implementing food safety programs.12. Assists in the implementation of HACCP and prerequisite program action items.13. Performs training on topics as needed to meet company requirements such as cGMP, allergen, HACCP, food safety, and EHS.14. Performs as Wixon's contact for customer audits, regulatory audits, and third-party food safety and quality systems audits.15. Assists in performing on-site (and bench) food safety and quality system audits of vendors.16. Writes new and edits existing food safety and quality system audits of vendors.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Primarily responsible for ensuring that finished products, such as ice cream toppings, confections, and savory sauces, conform to customer specifications through proper testing.• As a member of the lower level management staff, I have experience delegating and supervising, in addition to overseeing interns and temporary workers. • As a PCQI, I am on the Masterson Food Safety Team, which is responsible for revising HACCPs into Food Safety Plans, and ensuring compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).• Management of the environmental monitoring program to ensure manufacturing areas obey the guidelines set by customers as well as state and federal regulators.• Responsible for writing new Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and revising old ones.• R&D training in a food manufacturing facility has given me an understanding of how food products are developed and regulated.• Leader of weekly GMP audits of the facility that consists of all the department heads, and occasional audits of other departments when preparing for outside auditors.• Work closely with customers to ensure they receive suitable Certificates of Analysis, and with vendors to ensure that raw materials match our own specifications.

Waunakee, Wisconsin, Us

Primarily performed quality control microbiological testing at various stages of production in a GLP, cGMP and FDA regulated pharmaceutical plant. • Duties included pathogen testing, sample preparation, media preparation and QC, bacterial identifications, gram staining, bio-hazardous waste disposal, and PCR. • Other key roles involved the environmental monitoring program, microbial risk assessments, sample logging, and execution of cleaning validations and protocols.