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United States

Decatur, Illinois

Directed third-party facilities within North American supply chain.Oversaw dry warehouse network and managed third-party bulk transloading network. Ensured food safety compliance by coordinating and participating in routine FSMA audits. Thorough understanding of HACCP and GFSI standards. Addressed customer complaints, participated in RCCAs, and followed up on corrective actions. Oversaw group's complaint tracking, analysis, and reporting, resulting in weekly dashboard for supply chain executives. Managed inventory control and handled ordering, counting, reporting, and reconciliation. Performed daily invoice approval, tracking, and disputing for all locations and provided monthly accrual report to accounting group. Worked regularly on cost-saving and efficiency projects with Black Belts.Partnered with commercial team to source and open new facilities to accommodate new sales opportunities. Collaborated with procurement team on new contracts, renewals, and occasionally new material supplier changes.

Decatur, Il

Oversaw all aspects of bench scale fermentation in BSL-1 laboratory.Directed experiment prep, management, data collection, and product sampling. Worked regularly with equipment, such as autoclaves, centrifuges, mass spectrometers, bioreactors, enzyme analysisequipment, and refractometers, among many others. Conducted SOP writing, inventory control, and reporting. Chaired responsibility for lab maintenance tasks, including preventative maintenance, troubleshooting and repairing such lab equipment as bioreactors and bench equipment, and replacing agitator motor bearings. Served as lead technician in lab; involved in new hire process and training of new technicians. Performed JSA reviews for new equipment or process start-ups and also performed high volume of various permit writing and jobsite evaluations for area.

Decatur, Illinois Area

Ran 10L fermentationsPrepared media, collected data and ran basic analysis