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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

• Partnered with restaurant management personnel to ensure adherence to health codes and in preparation for detailed and required health inspections.• Coached employees on proper health codes. Implemented cleaning schedules and pertinent job functions, ensuring they were inspection-ready so that inspections were passed at 100%.

Oklahoma

• Provide specific and specialized expertise in the food safety areas, including advising, educating, and coaching clients on rules, regulations, and safety requirements.• Demonstrate a high-degree of specialization in sanitation solutions.

Houston, Texas Area

• Ensured the safety and quality of 35 million meals annually, verifying food safety and quality assurance, process implementations, and procedural improvements.• Led and mentored department staff, trained team members, and evaluated performance. • Cultivated beneficial working relationships with inspectors and auditors, participated in regulatory customer audits, and coordinated multi-unit audits. • Worked with internal departments to train in quality assurance and safety initiatives.

Waco, Texas Area

• Led processes and personnel in production, maintenance, warehousing, sales, and operations. • Implemented continuous quality improvement initiatives throughout the facility, ensuring all objectives aligned with organizational strategies and goals. • Oversaw plant operations, financial allocations, and obligations. Managed team members, including hiring, scheduling, training, and evaluation of performance competencies.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

• Managed daily production of processing an average of 500,000 pounds of pork and beef from the receiving raw materials stage throughout the finishing and packaging. • Implemented modifications related to product weights, temperatures, size, and code dates.• Created safety and hygiene precautions for USDA, FDA, OSHA, and local agencies.