• Responsible for leading the site Quality Management System; food safety programs, HARPC, PCQI, ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2015• Responsible for ensuring the Quality Management System meets government compliance and customer requirements• Manage the Food Safety Representative and the daily responsibility• Manage the sites Quality Control Lab Supervisor and provide the supervisor guidance and support in decision making while managing the QC Lab team. • Oversee quality and food safety complaints by initiating the investigations with production to implement corrective actions• Coordinate weekly complaint meetings and provide our corrective actions to regional quality• Provide quality and food safety monthly complaint reports to the Plant Manager and to Global Food Safety & Quality. • Interact with the regional quality and the business to collaborate on quality issues related to customers• Review new products and specifications with the QC Lab Supervisor to ensure we can meet the requirements• Collaborate with R&D on new products and customer requirements.• Work with our raw material suppliers and packaging suppliers to meet our internal requirements• Oversee the auditing program by scheduling internal audits and reviewing the ISO and Food Safety audit reports• Entering all non-conformances from customer audits, government audits, quality complaints, and internal audits into EtQ, the corrective and preventive database

• Managed 6 QC Technicians and 1 QA Coordinator• Supervised the day-to-day activities in the lab• Trained, coached, and mentored technicians to ensure a smooth transition of new programs• Addressed all personal issues promptly and professionally• Provided technical guidance for product dispositions• Partnered successfully with production, warehouse, maintenance, and engineers to produce a product that consistently meets our customer’s needs• Reviewed and updated ISO procedures that directly affected the QC lab technicians• Responsible for investigating, implementing corrective actions, and closing quality and logistics complaints in an efficient manner• Promote personal safety and lab safety daily by one-on-one meetings with each QC Technician

•Define the qualities of raw materials required to provide technical guidance to purchasing and quality control•Formulate new products and revise old formulas to better meet our customers changing needs.•Implement specifications into our SAP computer systsem•Work with Quality Control with product dispositions•An active participate on the Food Safety Committee and instrumental in the implementation of HACCP •Negotiate specifications with our customers and the production facility•Investigate customer complaints and corrective actions•Answer technical inquiries from production, quality control, purchasing and customers in regards to the adequacy of the company’s products•Participate as an ISO Auditor to obtain ISO 9002 certification

Monitor and facilitate raw production of red meat manufacturing for the stuffing (for deli meats), frankfurter and sausage departments•Spot check product specimens for correct formulations, size and weights according to specifications. Run fat and salt analysis and numerous other tests.•Responsible for independent decision-making and formulations are incorrect and critical judgments to the production levels are required. Interact with production supervisors and halt production lines if necessary for corrective actions.