Keri Johnson Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

January 2023 - Current:Field Support Manager for Downtown Chicago and southwest suburbs of ChicagoJuly 2021 - December 2022Avendra field support representative for our full-service hotel and club customers in the Illinois suburbs, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Indiana. I act as a supply chain consultant for our customers and work to help them realize the value of our program by encouraging the use of our over 900 supplier relationships.

Greater Chicago Area

Avendra is the largest professional supply chain, hotel purchasing and hospitality procurement services company in North America. Our more than $19 billion of hospitality purchasing power and contracting expertise can help you save money on everything from landscaping to linens, while keeping your customer experience top of mind.- Conduct "Meet the Truck" Audits to ensure food suppliers are delivering products to our food safety and quality standards- Administrator of the database… Show more Avendra is the largest professional supply chain, hotel purchasing and hospitality procurement services company in North America. Our more than $19 billion of hospitality purchasing power and contracting expertise can help you save money on everything from landscaping to linens, while keeping your customer experience top of mind.- Conduct "Meet the Truck" Audits to ensure food suppliers are delivering products to our food safety and quality standards- Administrator of the database system used by QA Managers across the US- Conduct supplier audits Show less

St. Charles, Il

• Manage HACCP Program including pre-shipment record review, supporting documentation/ validation data and pre-requisite programs.• Manage and Validate SSOP Program• Utilize problem solving skills to facilitate resolution of food safety issues• Validate all cook systems annually or when needed.• Train new employees on basic HACCP and quality issues• Coordinate annual required training programs• Coordinate facility auditing and corrective action… Show more • Manage HACCP Program including pre-shipment record review, supporting documentation/ validation data and pre-requisite programs.• Manage and Validate SSOP Program• Utilize problem solving skills to facilitate resolution of food safety issues• Validate all cook systems annually or when needed.• Train new employees on basic HACCP and quality issues• Coordinate annual required training programs• Coordinate facility auditing and corrective action tasks• Coordinate Mock Trace exercises, debriefing sessions and corrective action tasks• Manage pathogen sampling program• Manage Sanitation Monitoring Program, and conduct meetings with sanitation as needed• Participate in FSIS weekly meetings and respond to Non-compliance records• Assist in 3rd party, customer, and FSIS audits and act as SQF practitioner during SQF Level 3 Recertification Audits• Assist in evaluating maintenance construction project as they pertain to Food Safety• Communicate to the relevant personnel all information essential to ensure the maintenance of the SQF System. Take appropriate action to ensure the integrity of the SQF System. • Coordinate all tests in the facility including corporate R&D tests and in-plant tests to ensure product is tracked and evaulated as necessary Show less

St. Charles, Il

Responsible for many food safety/ quality tasks in a dry sausage manufacturing facility that produces 95+ million pounds annually including- Managing the HACCP program and maintaining all HACCP supporting documents and validations- Managing the SSOP program and monitoring the practices- Ensuring compliance with SQF requirements, verification and certification and acting as SQF practitioner. - Managing the facilities Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP)- Resolving all food… Show more Responsible for many food safety/ quality tasks in a dry sausage manufacturing facility that produces 95+ million pounds annually including- Managing the HACCP program and maintaining all HACCP supporting documents and validations- Managing the SSOP program and monitoring the practices- Ensuring compliance with SQF requirements, verification and certification and acting as SQF practitioner. - Managing the facilities Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP)- Resolving all food safety issues - Ensuring the facility is following all corporate FSQA policies- Responsible for monthly safety training of the entire QA department Show less

Dubuque, Iowa

- Spent time learning about the production process of canned chicken and shelf stable meals- Took over as a supervisor when the full time employee was on vacation - Assisted in the process improvement strategies on implementing new retort technology - Revised old standard operating procedures related to the shelf stable meal product line - Created new standard operating procedures for a brand new shelf stable meal product line.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Food Safety

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Food Science And Human Nutrition

Activities and Societies: Phi Sigma Pi - National Honor's Society, Association of Food Technologists (AFT)