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Houston, Texas, United States

• Direct all QA and food safety strategic and cost planning with Canadian/Domestic CoMan production. Initiated identity-preserved programs with NOP certification launch, and gluten-free. Provide analytical interpretation.
• Obtained USDA NOP certification for both domestic and international shipping.
• Streamlined micro hold and release programs at manufacturing level expediting shipping by 40%.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Directed food safety, sanitation, and micro activities with high volume raw and RTE production at multi facility capacity. Led regional activities with management related to vendor sourcing identifying critical.
• Reduced supplier food safety foreign object complaints by 26% using SPC trends, risk assessments and FMEA projects.
• Developed electronic auditing and inspections to improve SQF scores by 12% and 100% customer audit compliance.
• Established in house quality focus reviews and product on hold programs resulting in 23% product waste reduction.

Freeport, Texas, United States

• Managed high-capacity plants at a regional level using SPC and food safety methods for high production of rice and pasta products. Collaborated with senior leaders to design and implement supply chain strategies to.
• Collaborated with corporate leaders and critical vendors to improve supplier quality with imported ingredients by 12%.
• Standardized SQF process methodology at both facilities to orchestrate audit team deployment leading to a 10% improvement.
• Improved service delivery by 5% through periodic consumer complaint review using continuous improvement methods.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Expanded a new corporate level food safety program including strategies, policies, and pre-requisite programs to facilitate the operation of 500 employees. Conceptualized food safety and process improvement.
• Created relationships with regulatory authorities, suppliers, and stakeholders to improve food safety performance.
• Performed customer onsite mock inspections to support advanced product quality planning (APQP).
• Initiated food safety meetings and training methods to drive GFSI practices leading to BRC score of 96.4 % improvement

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

• Managed a diverse team of 15 comprised of quality engineers, supervisors, and QC techs for high producing facility. Led AIB/GFSI audits constructing planning and training to initiate readiness for all food safety, GMP.
• Led diverse teams toward initial GFSI audit resulting in an AIB/GFSI audit score of 94%.
• Initiated product improvements in partnership with high end customers to raise customer satisfaction by 10%.
• Evaluated SPC trending and FMEA to decide accuracy of quality measuring techniques for weight and quality variations.

Arlington, Texas

• Managed all aspects of the quality systems for liquid concentrates division in adherence to AIB and PepsiCo standards. Spearheaded site quality improvements to amplify liquid concentrate product yields applying.
• Led AIB audit readiness and planning which resulted in highest plant score (94.5%).
• Directed all management meetings to review continuous improvements, new equipment projects and food safety performance.
• Provided cross-functional department training to benchmark and drive quality scorecard initiatives.

Greer, South Carolina

• Managed the process for all finished products, product batch release and developed statistical metrics for endotoxin testing. Initiated all formal documentation (IQ, OQ & PQ) for all system and equipment validations in.
• Successfully managed all customer complaints, return products investigations, and plant CAPA project.
• Developed root cause analysis investigations and initiated corrective and preventative strategies.
• Achieved zero findings from FDA audit results.

Katy, Texas, United States

• Directed the QA department in a high-volume bottled water operation. Developed SOPs, specification libraries, sanitation, and QA records to maintain compliance with FDA and food safety standards. Managed.
• Maintained a rating of “Excellence” through NSF audits over a span of 10 years.
• Executed all in-house product micro-testing laboratory accreditation reducing third party costs by 15%.
• Partnered with CM to incorporate supplier quality management tools to reduce deficiencies by 17%.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business: Project Management And Process Improvement, 3.4

Certified, Six Sigma Green Belt

National Seafood Haccp Alliance, Food Safety

HACCP Seafood and Food Safety

Pcqi Certified

Decision-Making Strategies

Pmpi Certified, Project Management And Process Improvement Professional, 3.96