Experience

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  Nestlé purina north america

  Apr 1986 - Jul 2022

  Lead personnel to successfully achieve quality objectives and performance measures. Provide direction for Company-wide Product Quality programs and Food Safety systems. Work directly with factory operations management to assure implementation and adherence to standards. Responsible for development, implementation and revision of quality policies and procedures necessary to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations (FSMA). Responsibly for assigning personnel to conduct internal and external quality audits and working with them to close gaps. Formal release authority for dispositions. Monitor consumer complaints for trends that need action. Oversee factory laboratories and assist in lab audit gap closures. Show less Performance Measures: Work with a cross-functional team to assess the business training needs across the Division as they pertain to the business goals and KPIs. Technical Training Development: Plan, design, develop, and deliver sustainable strategic training and instructional programs, using instructor-led, train-the trainer, electronic/web-based, and/or multimedia training methods and formats. Develop training materials to include training handbooks, facilitation and participant guides, job aids, models, multimedia visual aids, computer and web-based tutorials, and standard operating proceduresProject Management: Provides strategic consulting in all aspects related to training and/or technical training for organization-wide initiatives and projects. Participates in the design, development and implementation of training programs of a broad organizational scope.Factory Training - Conduct train-the-trainer sessions on training content and delivery. Manage and monitor 4 Kirkpatrick Levels. Evaluate effectiveness of training and development programs, utilizing appropriate data collection instruments and proceduresLearning Management System (LMS) - manage corporate training tracking tool. Show less Responsibilities included but not limited to:• Lead, developed and implemented food safety and quality programs and policies that meet company standards and regulatory requirements. • Wrote, implemented, and managed the pathogen monitoring program for the division, which included being the final release authority for disposition of product failing to meet food safety standards.• Provided technical microbiology and food safety expertise for product development and for factory root cause investigations.• Member of cross-functional team managing product removal and recalls.• Member of cross-functional factory audit team focused on food safety, HACCP and laboratory compliance. • Member of cross-functional team designing equipment that adheres to hygienic design guidelines.• Developed policy defining the microbiology standards for co-manufacturer and co-packer processes, including conducting HACCP validation studies.• Communicated, consulted, trained and directed factory microbiologists on food safety policy and laboratory practices and procedures. • Managed and negotiated laboratory vendor contracts. Show less

  • Division QA Senior Manager, Food Safety-Microbiology

    Jan 2017 - Jul 2022

  • Project Manager - Technical Learning & Development

    Jun 2013 - Jul 2022

  • Quality Assurance Microbiology Program Manager

    Sept 2006 - Jun 2013

  • Microbiology Project Leader

    Apr 1986 - Sept 2006
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  Jul 2022 - now

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  Jul 2022 - Jul 2022

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