Sanitation Department Manager - Martin Bakery - Valdosta, Georgia
(2023-01)
- Created a culture of high expectations by offering the utmost level of cleaning and sanitation. Create a team of professionalism and have employees to lead by example.
- Respected for successfully leading technical teams to resolve complex problems of cleaning and sanitizing in fast-moving environments and embracing continuous improvement in maintenance skills for disassemble of equipment for delivering long-term positive outcomes.
- Drove positive employee relations to provide an optimal work environment for all staff members.
- Enforced adherence to all safety compliances and PPE for cleaning chemicals, cleaning equipment besides ensuring conformance to quality control policies, SOPs., and chemical usage.
- Fostered clear communication lines within the team and other stakeholders to facilitate seamless processes.
- Develop an "agile" mindset in the way of leadership to increase operational efficiency within the organization.
- Develop a self-manage work group with the decision making at the lowest level.
Senior Process Leader - Miller Coors - Albany, GA
(2018-01 - 2020-09)
- Created a culture of high expectations by offering the utmost level of professionalism and leading by example.
- Respected for successfully leading technical teams to resolve complex problems in fast-moving environments and embracing continuous improvement in delivering long-term positive outcomes.
- Drove positive employee relations to provide an optimal work environment for all staff members.
- Enforced adherence to all safety compliances besides ensuring conformance to quality control policies, SOPs.
- Fostered clear communication lines within the team and other stakeholders to facilitate seamless processes.
- Demonstrated an "agile" mindset in the way of leadership to increase operational efficiency within the organization.
- Utilized extensive knowhow of quality, sanitation, micro, analytical, sensory, cleaning, and production guidelines.
- Effectively managed the allotted budget of $2-5 million each year by implementing industry best practices.
Technical Brewer - Miller Coors - Albany, GA
(2016-01 - 2018-12)
- Commended throughout career for divisional direction, strategic management, and performance enhancement.
- Served as a seasoned strategist distinguished for proven judgment in prioritizing duties and minimizing or diffusing stressful situations through effective conflict resolution techniques.
- Supervised the brewing process and resolved issues that arose during brewing to ensure high-quality products.
- Established performance benchmarks in relevant processes to sustain and support continuous improvement.
- Utilized cross-functional coordination skills to drive successful collaborations and enhance brand value – assisted cross-functional task teams with valuable inputs.
- Operated as a liaison to corporate brewing to recommend changes to processes, new equipment and products.
- Reviewed lab data and made adjustments to re-center the process for optimal product development.
Plant Sanitation Manager - Conagra Brands - Peter Pan Plant in Sylvester, GA
(2015-01 - 2016-12)
- Respected as an approachable team manager, leveraging extensive leadership experience and education to transition into a position where enthusiasm to support others can be fully utilized.
- Oversaw the plant's $2 million a year sanitation and pest control programs to ensure operational efficiency.
- Leveraged domain expertise to train a 25-member sanitation team, including union hourly and salaried employees.
- Established a reputation for approaching issues creatively and acting with urgency and professionalism at all times.
- Participated in all plant audits and maintain the sanitation, pest control, and outside contractors for SQF Level 3 certification.
- Served on multi-disciplinary committees as sanitation leader, to ensure sanitary regulation adherence of new equipment and address any sanitation issues within the plant.
- Engaged effectively with multiple stakeholders, winning trust on transparency, fostering confidence at all levels to enhance mutual business focus and achieve shared goals.
- Worked seamlessly with others to complete a task or achieve a common objective and demonstrated the ability to cooperate in interpersonal and team relationships to maintain mutual trust, honesty, and respect for others.
Process Quality Lab Unit Manager - MillerCoors - Albany, GA
(2002-01 - 2013-12)
- Responsible for all aspects of quality in the processing of beer from raw materials to the finish product in a can, bottle, or keg.
- Monitors the quality program for energy drinks and flavored malt beverages.
- Manages the plant micro program to insure greater than 95% compliance to the micro program.
- Serves as a subject matter expert for operational departments in coordinating and/or implementing action plans to bring the non-compliance area back into compliance.
- Works closely with the corporate research group in implementing trials and new products into the brewery.
- Render dispositions for product not meeting the established quality parameters.
- Manage a cross-functional unit composed of chemists, microbiologists, food technologists, and biologists.
- Oversees the analytical analysis, micro analysis, and sensory program provided by the lab personnel for the brewing process.
- Serves on cross functional task teams within the brewery such as the Chemical Review Board, 5-why and formal failure task teams, and brewery process improvement teams.
- Facilitated the training of the operators and lab personnel on the operation of in-line instrumentation. A system which adjusts the aging beer to finish beer specs by monitoring the minute by minute analysis of the finish beer as it fills a tank. This greatly reduces the reprocessing of a finish beer tank.
- Cross trained in all functional areas of quality including these processes: brewing, packaging, and distribution.
- Served as the Packaging Quality Manager for a six month period. Obtained some developmental training in brewing on the yeast propagator, brewing operator's roles and team leaders.
- Served as one of two SQF Practitioners in establishing SQF level III program and certification for the Albany Brewery.
Quality Services Engineer - Grade 7, 8, and 9 - MillerCoors - Albany, GA
(1988-01 - 2002-12)
Lab Supervisor - Firestone Tire Rubber Company - Albany, GA
(1980-01 - 1986-12)
