Experience

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  NuRelish Foods

  • Costa mesa, California

  • Co Founder

    • Feb 2014 - Present
    • Costa mesa, California

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  Aryzta

  • Production Supervisor

    • Jul 2012 - Jan 2014

    Include, Provide leadership to staff of 50+ on a rotating 7 day work week. Maintain process, packaging, and plant cleanliness to ensure a safe and sanitary food of the manufacturing facility. Maintain program of inventory. Create and review work daily run schedule. Monitor equipment and replacement parts through scheduled food safety preventive maintenance. Implemented training and cross training programs for manufacturing employees. Conduct routine daily post cleaning inspections and microbiological sampling. Review Sanitation records, CIP charts, CIP flow rates and chemical concentrations for accuracy. Conduct and document monthly meetings on subjects such as, safety, good housekeeping and Company policies. Update department SOP’s. Train and certify employees to manufacturing processes/documentation and regulatory requirements of OSHA, FDA, AIB and EPA. Certified Forklift Trainer/Operator

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  Horizon Foods

  • Production Supervisor

    • 2008 - 2010

    Duties include, overseeing of a full line bakery manufacturing plant, supervising a team of 125 employees and 3 Production Supervisors. Taking disciplinary action as needed. Oversee internal and external audits including daily review of documentation. Maintain safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures. Train and certifies employees to manufacturing processes/documentation and regulatory requirements of AIB, OSHA, GMP, FDA and EPA. Manage ingredients using Citrix ERP system. Work closely with Maintenance Management in trouble shooting equipment as well as, oversee all maintenance request are completed and on time so it does not interfere with daily production. Shipping/Receiving, inventory management.

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  Mellace’s Family Brands

  • Production/Warehouse Supervisor

    • 2007 - 2008

    Duties include, oversee of confectionary manufacturing plant and 20 full time employees. Maintain a safe, clean workplace and direct personnel on the use of all control points, equipment and resources while maintaining compliance of established procedures. Train and certify use of forklift. Shipping/receiving, materials management, inventory management.

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  Nationwide Beverage

  • Sanitation Supervisor

    • 2004 - 2007

    Duties include, overseeing daily Sanitation of water bottling plant, supervising a team of 10 employees, disciplinary action as needed. Oversee sanitation line audits, daily review of documentation. CIP and tear down, perform pre-operational testing of lab surfaces and equipment. Maintain safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures. Train and certifies employees to Sanitation processes/documentation and regulatory requirements GMP, FDA. EPA.

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  PepsiCo

  • Batcher/QA Lab Tech

    • 1996 - 2004

    Duties include, production line audits including internal and external, documentation of all quality tests, daily water checks, daily sanitation of batching tanks, perform quality checks of raw materials and finished products, i.e. (pH, Brix, Micro) according to product specification, full understanding of lab equipment and maintenance. HPLC, ordering of raw product, handling and disposing of chemicals, MSDS, SOPs, GMPs, 10 yrs. of leading a team of 6 employees in batching area insuring process and documentation were followed according to FDA and ISO 9000 standards while working closely with venders. Other duties incl. Preventive maintenance and operations of filler bowl and full Knowledge of high speed packaging equipment and bottling line operations, assisted in the start up of two Aquafina water lines, Inventory management of ingredients using APS ERP system.

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  Sunkist Growers

  • Filler Bowl Operator

    • 1985 - 1996

    Duties include daily operations of packaging machine, filler bowl and batching equipment. Operate and clean multiple high speed filling machines in a sanitary, efficient, and effective manner. Forklift cert., MSDS, SOP, GMP, and sanitation. Daily work duties include preventive maintenance of production line equipment and troubleshooting of equipment. Inventory, shipping and receiving. Forklift, opening and closing of invoices.