Megan Hermsmeier

Experience

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  Leprino Foods

  Jun 2011 - Jun 2015

  Developed further experience in effectively training employees on newly integrated SAP and FLEX systems Strengthened my ability to identify areas of improvement within the production environment through a quality lens, and enforce proper procedure.Delved deeper into federal and company regulations for food safety standards, as well as enforced these procedures in multiple production environments.Gained creditability as the Hold and Release subject expert within the QM SSI team. Show less

  • QM Associate Scientist- Quality Management Analyst

    Mar 2013 - Jun 2015

  • Quality Execution Supervisor

    Oct 2011 - Mar 2013

  • Quality Management Trainee

    Jun 2011 - Oct 2011
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  Danone

  Jun 2015 - now

  Ensure Quality Management System (QMS) compliance by developing, writing, and identifying quality and food safety standards applicable to all White Wave Foods facilities.Develop Implementation Requirement Documents (IRDs) and QMS related documentation such as implementation plans, assessment tool, guidance documents and readiness/gap reviews.Maintain up-to-date QMS standards to align with corporate policies and procedures and current regulatory and food industry standards such as FDA, GFSI, and ISO standards.Lead QMS annual internal assessments with corporate and facility teams to evaluate and ensure compliance to QMS standards.Improve QMS compliance by recommending and following up on implementation plans and corrective actions.Analyze assessment data to identify trends and improvements of quality and food safety programs.Build and manage the Supply Chain/QMS IT tool that serves as the central location for corporate & facility documentation, change control, internal auditing, non-conformance, risk assessment & CAPA tools. Leverage continuous improvement tools and industry best practices to improve the White Wave Foods QMS and achieve alignment across the WWF enterprise.Ensure plant level compliance to GFSI (SQF, BRC & FSSC) and internal QMS compliance.Represent Quality Systems to all business teams and serve as a conduit for QMS information. Show less

  • Director QFS Industrialization

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Quality & Food Safety Process Improvement Sr Manager

    Sept 2021 - Apr 2023

  • Quality & Food Safety Systems Senior Manager

    May 2017 - Sept 2021

  • Quality Systems Manager

    Jun 2015 - May 2017