Theron R. Henry

Experience

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  Snyder's-Lance, Inc.

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  • Responsible for overseeing day-to-day quality and food safety initiatives.• Managed team of 15 quality leads and technicians for all plant business units for all shifts.• Executed Safe Quality Foods (SQF) programs.• Developed site Quality committee responsible for employee engagement and communication of QA Food Safety principles• Helped pilot Company Sensory enhancement program by partnering with VP of Research and Development and setting of case studies using 45 volunteers to trial products in blind study. • Reassessment and implementation of the HACCP plan. Show less

  • QA Food Safety SR-Supervisor

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  • Production Supervisor

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
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  Hostess Brands

  Jul 2014 - now

  • Develops, manages, and qualifies 200+ suppliers for ingredients and packaging material that are sourced via Procurement to Hostess Brands and Superior-On-Main manufacturing facilities and co-manufacturers.• Establishes comprehensive database with active raw materials (ingredients and packaging) that identifies HB and SOM manufacturing and co-manufacturing usage.• Manages and oversees Hostess Brands, LLC supplier qualification program by developing and implementing supplier risk assessment program, creating and executing comprehensive audit schedule that can include, but is not limited to: suppliers, warehouses, and contract laboratories, conducting for cause and follow up visits to educate and develop critical suppliers to Hostess expectations, and executing and managing conditional approval and approval process.• Builds template for raw material ingredient specification (RMIS) that consists of all relevant supplier quality information; audits, approvals, specifications, COA, etc.• Drives prioritization of raw material investigations via establishing sensitive vs non-sensitive, driven by food safety risk-management protocols• Ensures completion and compliance of technical RMIS for existing and new products working with the Technical Specification Specialist to coordinate revisions and updates.• Assists Downstream Procurement in developing a non-conformance reporting process.• Develops relationship and audits all sensitive ingredients raw material supplier manufacturing sites. Establishes schedule, scoring criteria based on quality, food safety, and additional measures with Procurement Show less • Direct all plant QA activities, through hiring and oversight non-exempt QA technicians.• Manage plant audit programs and successfully obtaining an A rating for 5 years from BRC auditing body.• Lead initiatives to decrease product complaints over 70% YOY from year one to year three.• Assist IT with development and implementation of automated quality programs designed to streamline real-time tracking and reporting of controls and processes.• Developed an Environmental monitoring program responsible for weekly pathogenic testing and monthly finished product testing mandated by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. • Guide and direct all GFSI Compliance Standards for operating departments including training and implementation.• Manage consumer complaint trends. Use CPM reports and perform analysis of trends with potential corrective actions.• Manage all controlled documents on site including formulas, processing records, and data used to track regulatory requirements and status.• Support Company QA Food Safety Management by serving as alternate contact available to travel to perform 3rd party audits of suppliers and co-packers usually on short notice. Show less

  • Associate Director FS, Ingredient Supplier Quality

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Corporate Supplier Quality Management

    Jan 2018 - Oct 2021

  • Quality Assurance Manager

    Jul 2014 - Jan 2018