· Manage and train all personnel related to the manufacture of product within the framework of established policies and objectives of the company· Supervise and coordinate the activities of employees relating to the production lines, sanitation, and quality specifications· Held accountable for production aspects which includes appropriate weights, controlling scrap, controlling labor, and insisting on the appropriate maintenance of production equipment.· Maintain quality standards in accordance with established specifications.· Oversees new procedures or new product lines.· Determine the work procedures, standards, work schedules, and expedite workflow and startup of manufacturing operation.· Implement and enforce compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Safe Quality Food (SQF) guidelines, and Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regulations.· Communicate with other shift supervisors to effectively run production lines· Set up production lines for next shift· Responsible for all operations, actions, and events that occur on H&V property or in the building during their shift.

Gift Shop Sales Associate creating personalized customer shopping experience while maintaining gift shop (i.e. dusting, cleaning, rubbish removal) to ensure a safe and aesthetic environment.  Basic tasks and responsibilities include tending Bar (Basset Certified in the State of Illinois), inventory, updating and adding new products to website, receiving incoming merchandise, verifying invoices, unpacking and assisting with pricing, and setting up store displays. creating and printing personalized stationery orders. Skills : Graphic design, POS operator, Creative Design/Displays, Leadership, Organisation.

House/Pet Sitting, Airbnb and vacation rental hosting, consulting, and management. Ideal Brand-Ambassador representing in a positive light, raising brand awareness and provide consumers with memorable face-to-face experiencees Additional consulting services offered.

Temporary work assignments. Assignments included Enterprise Car Rental, and Hawaii Sea Spirits LLC./Ocean Vodka

Provide food industry leaders with expert world-class consulting and training on sanitation practices, hygienic design, food safety and quality programs. Interface and maintain relationships with global food processors or their suppliers who are seeking knowledge and support with quality programs and food safety standards. Provide input and recommendations on new sanitary design, best practices, cleaning methods, pathogen controls, allergen management programs and unique food safety challenges.

Provide leadership and training directly for approximately 60 sanitation employees and indirectly approximately 900 hourly employees. Support production lines (18 RTE/21RAW) and facility sanitation ensuring compliance to the master sanitation schedule. Work as a liaison between Sanitation, Operations, Maintenance, and Quality ensuring compliance to the master sanitation program while supporting food safety, personal safety and productivity goals.

Assumed additional responsibility providing functional quality leadership for distribution and production activities including ingredient and material receiving, finished product shipping and storage, and satellite thermoforming production. Collaborated with Kraft procurement to identify opportunities in reducing raw material and component variation. Fostered partnerships with vendors, driving cost savings initiatives for suppliers and internal operations. Achieved “Green Belt” certification completing individual projects and supporting plant black belt continuous improvement efforts.

Administered internal audit program including training and oversight of 20 salaried auditors assuring compliance to HACCP, SSOP, company specifications, and related food safety programs. Managed plant QCMS program for document control including training and oversight of 25 facility hourly and salaried employees assuring compliance to QCMS and corporate quality policies. Championed SAP best practices within my facility while assisting corporate SAP master data team aligning other plants within the network.

Review of government regulated FAW & PFF reports. Ensure compliance with TQC sampling program. Assist Quality Supervisors with the data necessary to produce high quality products for consumers. Ensure compliance with the USDA standards and policies. Notified the Quality Supervisor trends that identified a need for change to the product to meet desired specifications. Delegated tasks and work lists to lab staff. ISO 9001:2008 and ISO14001 internal auditor; auditing Corporate policies, plant procedures and processes. Became the catalyst key user/master data steward for Quality department. Assisted in the maintance and updating all master data in the SAP system relevant to the Quality Department. Attended monthly multi-plant and bi-weekly lab specific meeting net meetings to share ideas and concepts regarding the Catalyst program. Verification of scales, thermometers, Mocons, Leco protein analyzer, Soxtec fat extractor, NIR food scan, Food Scan meat analyzer, ovens, refrigeration units, and coolers to ensure that they are within the specified range to perform accurate tests. Performed stability study evaluations weekly and entered results into SAP.

Responsibilities include auditing all HACCP documents, performing pre-operational checks of production equipment, audit GMP’s, collecting product samples to ensure compliance with USDA requirements, and auditing the SSOP (Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures) documents in every RAW and RTE area of the plant. Monthly meetings with Business Unit Mangers to help relations between Auditing team and Operations. Internal Auditor, performing quarterly audits corporate policies, plant procedres and plant processe to the ISO 9001:2008 and ISO14001 standard. Assigned to special project during the implementation of the Catalyst SAP system. Responsible for training users in the quality department, updating the specification in the SAP system, Created user aides, and identified as back up for catalyst key user/master data steward for Quality department.

Ensured production lines and equipment were swabbed according to USDA regulations and Corporate defined program. Created a sampling schedule for sites; promoting consistent sampling of all sites. Recorded swab results, and ran reports utilizing an Access database. Worked with the sanitation supervisors in pre-oping the production lines, equipment and peripheral areas for operation. Made auger, swabbed sites, plated swab, and recorded results in an access database daily. Assisted in set up, scheduling, and reporting of projects; allowing the facility to run 44 hours in between sanitation cycles. High bacteria counts Communicated to the appropriate quality, sanitation and production supervisors. Performed shelf life evaluation weekly and occasionally assisted in the entry into Unilab.

Tested products produced at the plant according to the FAW & PFF sampling program. Daily responsibilities included, but were not limited to monitoring FAW & PFF reports and ensuring compliance. Identified trends on the PFF and FAW reports and notified Quality Supervisor of area; to help meet desired specifications. Verification of scales, thermometers, Mocons, Leco protein analyzer, Soxtec fat extractor, NIR food scan, ovens, refrigeration units, and coolers to ensure that they are within the specified range to perform accurate tests. Performed shelf life evaluation weekly and entered results into Unilab.

Responsible for the set up, tear down of production line, crew schedule, package testing with Fyrite CO2 Testing Gas Analyzer, Mocon burst tank, Mocon CO2 and O2 gas analyzer, net content weight checks, and line utilization. Lead a production crew of 8 people that worked together as a team to produce utilizations in the 80-100% range. Performed minor maintenance on equipment, ensured the crew worked efficiently and safely while keeping a good relationship amongst all. Responsible for filling out critical control point paperwork documenting that all product produced met all necessary requirements.

Promoted to implement GFSI standards, programs and training at the C.J. Foods, Inc. Bern facility. Responsible for leading a team of 15-18 quality, food safety and sanitation employees to deliver against quality and cost metrics. Focused on developing a professional and skilled team capable of implementing systems surpassing ISO, BRC, GFSI and internal expectations.

Selected to fill a new role driving systems implementation at three C.J. Foods production facilities to prepare for and succeed in BRC certification efforts. Implemented and enhanced the Quality Management Systems at both facilities. Implemented strong and sustainable programs including internal audits and document control to support the Quality Management System.

Performed tasks as required. Complied to plant rules, regulations and work instructions. Worked in Ready to eat production area placing product into packaging.