Mirah Khalid Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

Serve as the packaging point of contact to two factories. Provide ongoing support in the reduction of unplanned stops, resolution of packaging material issues, ensure supply situations, advocating for the factory’s needs, and consumer complaint reductions. - Manage unplanned stoppage investigation causing the factory 180hrs of downtime through material and equipment supplier management, fishbone investigations, developing and tracking completion of action plans and milestones, and on-site support. - Led optimization of a project by bridging factory’s needs with ongoing project to save $18K.Led and managed the packaging development for the flexible bag transition in Beverage Powders. - Achieved sustainability goals through a fully recyclable structure, with an estimated reduction of 77% in virgin plastic, and $10M cost savings spanning 4 brands.- Scoped varying flexible bag formats, conducted focus group testing, developed bags with necessary features, and managed stakeholders to complete project within the timeline.Led the technical design, qualification, and implementation of a new creamer bottle, paired with the integration of a new cap, to enable the brand’s pricing strategy within 7 months. Saved the business ~$800K/yr by integrating the flat caps and avoided $100K of additional costs through bottle design strategy.

Project Manager- Increased hygienic functionality and maintenance of beverage batching by 80% through sanitation standard creation and execution. - Reduced downtime due to missing print by 60 hours and $174,000 through equipment management.- Developed a HACCP plan for new product integration. - Built and executed plan for verifying 300 CIP circuits. Microbiology and Sensory Labs Supervisor- Manage performance, create growth plans, provide direction, and facilitate training and education activities for a team of 8 specialists.- Lead, plan, and execute microbiology investigations and product holds over $1M.- Organize and execute sensory failure investigations through tracking internal traceability systems.Packaging Quality Specialist- Created product standards and documentation to manage finished product expectations. - Reduced downtime of a line by 30% through vendor management and investigation analysis. - Managed supplier relationships to maintain high quality of incoming material.- Integrated new packaging materials through development of standards and collaboration with production.- Investigated packaging deviations with the production team and performed root cause analysis via 4M and Fishbone analysisInternal Auditing and Compliance- Lead internal auditing in various departments to identify improvement opportunities, create action plans, and implement solutions.

Blacksburg, Va

• Evaluated the safety and quality of various food products through series testing, including extractions, titrations, pH, water activity and other related tasks.• Created nutrition labels and facts to align with FDA and USDA standards.

Blacksburg, Virginia

• Edit and correct library catalogue data and codes• Manage cataloguing system discards of outdated materials • Assist metadata team with miscellaneous projects

Port Angeles, Wa

Sustainable High-Value Horticulture and Food Processing Systems• Pending co-authorship, Washington State University Extension “Gleaning Fact-Sheet” on planning, organizing, and executing a rural gleaning program• Coded data on program structure and the impacts of the program on recipients, produce providers, and volunteers from gleaning surveys• Researched and developed fact sheet on gleaning safety and liability policies to alleviate farmers’ concerns about participating in the program • Khalid, M., Lewis ,L., Rome, C., Sharkey, J. “Gleaning Network and Its Impacts in Two Rural Counties.” Pullman, WA: Washington State University, 2018. Poster.

Blacksburg, Va

• Assisted a federally granted project to increase consumer knowledge and safety information on mechanically tenderized beef • Created verbatim transcripts of focus group sessions from audio recordings• Coded and analyzed data from transcripts into broad themes• Developed subthemes and coded broad themes into refined categoriesYang, L.L., Khalid, M., Duong, M., Phillips, J., Ong, B., Wallner, W., Drape, T., Williams, R.C., Archibald, T., Chapman, B.J., Boyer, R.R. In review. Consumer awareness, attitudes, and behaviors towards mechanically tenderized beef products.Yang, L.L., Khalid, Cope, S. M. Duong, Luchansky, J., Porto Fett, A.C., M., Gallagher, D., Drape, T., Williams, R.C., Archibald, T., Chapman, B.J., Boyer, R.R. In preparation. A mixed-methods approach to assess consumer’s risky food safety behaviors regarding beef and kitchen through the Theory of Planned Behavior.Yang, L.L., Duong, M., Khalid, M., Drape, T., Archibald, T.G., Williams, R.C., Chapman, B.J., Boyer, R.R. In preparation. A mixed-methods approach to assessing United States consumer’s beef purchasing attitudes and behaviors.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Food Science And Technology

Minor in Business

Honor'S College: Presidential Global Scholars Program

Spent my Spring 2018 studying abroad Riva San Vitale, Switzerland. I completed a research paper comparing the food wastage policies.

Education record

I attended the Virginia Governor's School for Humanities. I took courses in design, journalism, and ethno-demographics. This was a program.