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Long Island, New York

United States

United States

Bohemia, New York, United States

 Assisting the Chief Technical Operations + Supply Chain Officer to identify strategic priorities for the business and implement processes to ignite growth, fuel innovation, and drive efficiencies within the organization. Serving as a liaison and conduit between the Chief and the Supply Chain organization. Owning the project management of key.

 Oversaw key Operational focused Quality systems, Quality KPIs along with the Supply Chain operational efficiency improvement.  Lead the PSD Project for Supply Chain, through the project reduced the 12 month PSD inventory risk from all time high at $34M, down to all time low of $13M for the same period  Lead the Packaging Overfill project that delivered.

 Acted as a change agent who actively identifies projects across all business units to implement continuous improvement projects. Ensure end-to-end (E2E) oversight and effectiveness of the Quality systems that are operational in nature. These includes but not limited to Non Conformity Management, Destruction, Product Safety, Internal Audits, Training and.

Bohemia, New York

 Established and monitored Quality KPIs, support sites developing gap plans, ensure timely action through tracking, dashboards, alerts and escalation. Provide visibility to the senior leadership team ensuring a zero surprise environment. Acted as a change agent who actively identifies projects across all business units to implement continuous improvement.

Bayport, New York

 Responsible for Quality Team of 22  Built factory food safety and quality plans  Provided guidance, coaching and training to the factory team in the areas of Quality and Product Safety  Created procedures to ensure compliance with current regulations and best practices  Responsible for the management and oversight of contracted facility food safety.

Jackson, Michigan Area

- Provide support and leadership to plant in QA program development and implementation. - Be the primary contact of support for respective plants to assist in projects and problem solving when quality issues arise at the facility. - Join the plants in Quality KPI (Key Performance Indicators) improvement efforts and help compile monthly reports that will.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

• Conduct capability studies
• Develop a plan to increase the yield, decrease the variation to the acceptable level, validate changeswere effective
• Perform plant trials
• Support production

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

• Root Cause Analysis
• Lead PBED events (Plan-Brief-Execute-Debrief)
• Work closely with all levels of team members
• Facilitate special projects on an as needed basis
• Assist with employee training
• Prepare OPLs (One Point Lesson) as needed

• HACCP program updates (flowcharts, ingredient hazard analyzes) and implementation
• Enforcement of GMP, Food Safety, and Work Safety
• Material and ingredient verification (CofA, alternative/outdated/out of specification)
• Customer reporting (customer complaints, CofAs)
• Supporting daily production
• Responsible for QC Lab activities (calibrations, customer sampling, etc)

Main activities and responsibilities · Project management· New bar formulations, product optimizations in the laboratory, ·Preparation of ingredient statements and nutrition labels in `Genesis' ·Preparation of mix tickets for the production, ·Raw material evaluations (ingredient substitutions, new ingredients, etc) ·Supporting the production ·Performing.

• Received training on R&D laboratory
• Prepared new bar formulations in ‘Genesis’,
• Performed new bar formulations, product optimizations in the laboratory,
• Prepared mix tickets,
• Participated Quality Control activities

·Received training in quality control laboratory,·Performed Quality control tests (including microbiological tests) to raw material and finished goods to assure the raw materials and finished goods meet specifications,·Participated HACCP seminar of the company.

Bachelor, Food Enginering

Activities and Societies: FISEC (Food Industry Students European Council), EFFoST (European Federation of Food Science and Technology).

Erasmus Student, Food Technology

During my study at Technical University of Munich I attended a project group, which works with milk proteins. My research was about.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Girls' Volleyball Team (7 years), Girls' Basketball Team (4 years), Gymnastics Team (2 years)