Sarah Boland Email & Phone Number

Duncan, SC, US

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area

• Senior R&D Process Engineer (multisite) for Coffee Processing and Manufacturing Implementation
• Conduct process engineering activities and develop manufacturing implementation strategies for Keurig Dr Pepper’s coffee business unit.
• Serve as a liaison between beverage product development and manufacturing business groups.
• Created and implemented new process for centralized management of master coffee roasting profiles.

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Same job description as Commercialization Leader, with new title.

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area

• Hired as a greenfield project start-up team member for the new Spartanburg k-cup production facility.
• Lead all strategic and execution aspects of new product introduction and change management projects for the new Spartanburg coffee roasting manufacturing facility.
• Worked closely with marketing, commercialization, technical and finance teams to support new product introduction, reformulations and any supply chain improvement projects.
• Received network-wide award in August 2021 for demonstrating the Deliver Big company value. Award was given to recognize leadership, planning, and execution of product qualification and commercialization activities..
• Systematically revamped the planning and execution of integrated systems testing by developing new processes and planning methods to test first-of-a-kind, highly automated manufacturing equipment.
• Instrumental in the development of an IT security matrix to identify IT system access requirements for each role at the Spartanburg site.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Responsible for production planning, scheduling, personnel management, and purchasing of raw materials for fragrance compounding area.
• Successfully led team of 9 department members through the most severe aroma chemical shortage in 40 years.
• Sourced and negotiated all aroma chemicals for fragrance compounding operation and lab use.
• Cultivated strong relationships with suppliers.
• Weekly production planning/scheduling of fragrance oil manufacturing area.
• Department liaison for new process development.

Spartanburg, South Carolina

• This was a newly created role for this company. Initiated and established chemical and product labeling regulatory compliance processes for the fragrance and gift companies of Votivo, Greenleaf, Bridgewater Candle.
• IFRA, GHS, CARB, EU CLP, FDA, and CPSC product/packaging labeling compliance.
• Authored SDS sheets for all brands and for multiple countries.
• Ensured compliance with FDA and EU Cosmetics Regulations for new personal care product line.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Provided insight into the food and beverage market.
• Trend analysis
• Consumer insight
• Technical ingredient advice

Greater Atlanta Area

• R&D benchtop product development of sparkling soft drinks, sparkling water, frozen carbonated beverages, milkshake syrups, energy drinks, and Freestyle machine offerings for North America.
• Developed award-winning products such as Seagram’s Sparkling Seltzer Water, winner of the Cooking Light 2013 Taste Test Awards for lime-flavored sparkling water.
• Wrote master formulas for new and reformulated products.
• Worked with sensory and marketing departments to plan focus groups, taste panels, and surveys.
• Conducted flavor, color, and vitamin stability testing.
• Worked with a variety of ingredients, including flavors, sweeteners, vitamins, minerals, nutraceuticals, foaming agents, gums, starches, emulsifiers, acidulants, buffers, chelators, antioxidants, and preservatives..

Gaffney, SC

• Ensured the successful commercialization of new and reformulated products for the Stouffer’s foodservice and retail product lines. Developed cost-effective manufacturing processes, technical instructions, and training.
• Managed the implementation of process and yield improvements on existing products and saved the company $500,000 during my tenure.
• Conducted testing on compatibility of new ingredients and manufacturing equipment.
• Coordinated testing and product evaluations with taste panels to ensure that quality and flavor standards were met. Prepared written documentation of results.
• Served as facilitator for two Continuous Improvement teams.

M.S., Food Science And Technology

Thesis Topic: Effect of Gaseous Ozone on Antioxidant Content and Color of Sliced Tomatoes

B.S., Nutrition