BEN OLSON
Food Safety, Quality and Operations
Ponca City,OK
Summary
Dynamic and self-motivated professional with a proven record of generating and building relationships, managing projects from concept to completion, designing educational strategies, and coaching individuals to success. Skilled in building cross-functional teams, demonstrating exceptional communication skills and making critical decisions during challenges. Adaptable and transformational leader with an ability to work independently, creatively, and effectively. Presentations, and developing opportunities that further establish organizational goals.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Plant Operation Supervisor
Log10 LLC
10.2024 - Current
- Planning and scheduling fermentation, blending and shipment of probiotics for biofilm and pathogen elimination
- Recognizing KPI’s and OEE for company attainment goals
- Production weekly meeting (every Monday) with COO
- Ensure schedule attainment to production to shipment
- Take part of Research & Development and management strategies
- Continue to practice and stay up to date with the following certifications:
- Preventive Controls for Animal Food (PCQI training)
- HACCP Training (recognized by HACCP Alliance)
- Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Training
- FSMA Preparedness
- Sanitation SOP Development
- Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP) Development
- Food Fraud Program Development
- Payroll, employee time approval and schedules
- Help develop SOP, SSOP’s and documentation reviews and stay current with plant safety, food safety and quality trainings
HACCP Coordinator / Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager/ Assit. Complex Safety
OWS Foods (Old world spice), LLC
02.2024 - 10.2024
- Directs activities in OWS Foods manufacturing facility to ensure compliance in accordance with FDA (US Dept of Ag), SSOP (Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures), HACCP (Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Points), Preventive Controls (FSMA compliance), FDA (Food & Drug Administration), and overall good manufacturing practices associates including general approach, application of standards, criteria, and policies
- Assist Plant manager with all mandatory Safety trainings for the plant
- Ensuring facility is compliance within OSHA requirements and Audit readiness
- Serves as Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) coordinator and SQF Practitioner for the facility best practices, new applications, etc
- Overseeing 3 Food safety quality assurance Technicians
- Data analysis for Micro, costumer complaints, First pass quality deficiencies, new item and new test runs
- Overseeing the plant as Plant Manager when the plant manager is not available
- Facilitated the Plant HACCP and regulatory program under FDA guidelines for the Quality Assurance department
- Weekly environmental swabbing and tracking providing RCA and PVM
Food Safety Quality System Superintendent
Dorada/ Lopez Foods, LLC
06.2018 - 02.2024
- Demonstrate ability to promote food and employee safety
- Create, track and promote Food safety /Quality culture within the facility
- Responsible for maintaining plant monthly and annual FSQS/ Safety meetings for the facility along with the safety team
- Demonstrate ability to work with Operations, USDA, and other departments for the purpose of promoting current FSQS procedures and programs, implementing guidance, and advancing emerging activities
- Assists in providing technical assistance and direction in the development of FSQS
- Participate in Human Resource functions with managers and associates by identifying best practices, new applications, etc
- Overseeing 4 FSQS Supervisors and 32 Quality Assurance Technicians
- Providing C.O.A export, slaughter letter and MOCK Recall
Production Supervisor
Bar-S Foods Co. / A Sigma Company
06.2017 - 03.2018
- Supervisor for the Armor Inox thermal cooking, chilling, ham stuffing, massage room, ham injection, brine room
- 48 +/- hourly employees reporting to me
Plant Operation Supervisor
Sadler Smokehouse
03.2014 - 06.2017
- Overseeing manufacturing throughout the plant
- Profit variance (direct vs
- Non-direct labor)
- Sales and plant turnovers
- Plant walk-through on various stage of departments, ensuring product is at its best
- SQF, GMP’s adhered to by the plant
- Responsible for training all production leads and supervisors
- Lean manufacturing, 5S, CCP, SSOP and SOP, Ergonomics, OEE/KPI, product standards
- Verifying label printing, audit finished product
- Boxing/Final packaging production by controlling resources (machines, personnel, and exceptions) to ensure efficient productivity, work quality, and documentation (SQF) completeness and accuracy
- Continuous improvement
Production Supervisor / FSQA Supervisor / Safety Consultant
Tyson Foods
05.2007 - 03.2014
- Facilitated the Quality Assurance department
- Ensure compliance with GMP, plant policies and HACCP plans
- Worked with all departments to develop and enhance a culture of consistent safe sanitary behavior, ensured compliance with GMP and Safety & Health standards
- Observed, tracked, and completed activities with employees, to reduce deficiencies and eliminate work related injuries and accidents to support safety and sustainability goals
- Set the company cultural ways
- The driver to attain company key goals
- Oversaw and coached employees
- Ensured the safe use of equipment and scheduled regular maintenance (PPM)
- Checked production inputs and output yield variance
Education
Fabrication/ Welding
Iowa Central Community College
01.2009
Culinary/Business & Management
Iowa State University
01.2007
Skills
- Operational efficiency
- Standard operating procedures
- Safety management
- Work order management
Hazardous materials handling
Manufacturing best practices
OSHA regulations
Waste reduction
ISO standards
Production scheduling
Documentation management
Six sigma methodologies
Labor relations
Team building and development
Plant and warehouse operations
Operations management
Scheduling
Continuous improvement
Work delegation
Facility management
Production planning
Performance improvements
Cost reporting
Lean manufacturing principles
Training programs
Compliance
Lean manufacturing processes
Regulatory compliance
Production equipment maintenance
Production and processing management
Operational auditing
Teamwork
Teamwork and collaboration
Problem-solving abilities
Reliability
Excellent communication
Computer skills
Organizational skills
Team collaboration
Machine operation
Effective communication
Adaptability and flexibility
Verbal and written communication
Decision-making
Team collaboration and leadership
Relationship building
Safety procedures
Training and mentoring
Delegation skills
Coordinating daily operations
Team building
Safety protocols
Forklift operation
Task prioritization
Work Planning and Prioritization
Worker training
Equipment operation
Self motivation
Coaching and mentoring
Interpersonal skills
Accomplishments
As the Operations Supervisor, my first task, along with my team, is to learn the inventory software and implement an inventory bin location identification system. We are conducting a hard count of all plant products and equipment inventory. Additionally, I am collaborating with the FSQA Manager to write SSOPs and SOPs. We are also identifying a more accurate process for product yield accountability, exploring methods from water thawing concentrate cultures of probiotics to the idea of cryogenic encapsulation after the fermentation of our concentrated cultures.
Certification
- Hazmat Certified
- Food Defense & Food Fraud certification – Oklahoma State University
- Internal Auditor certification – Oklahoma State University
- Leadership & Reputation Academy - Schnake Turnbo Frank, Tulsa Oklahoma
- CPFM Food Safety Manager (HACCP) - Professional Food Safety Ltd.
- SQF Practitioner- Texas State University
- Effective business writing- Oklahoma State University
- CRP Certified
- Forklift & Pallet Jack Certified
- Poultry 101 & 201
- High Pressure Pasteurization Certified
- Armor Inox (Certified Thermal Cooking & Chilling processing)
- McDonald Sensory Certification
- PQI certified
Affiliations
- International HACCP Alliance
Languages
English
Full Professional
tagalog
Native or Bilingual
Interests
I enjoy spending time with my wife and kids I love hunting, fishing, kayaking, boating, freehand drawing, and wood sculpting, and I am also interested in learning handyman skills Additionally, I love visiting my family in Arkansas and the Philippines during my scheduled vacations
Timeline
Plant Operation Supervisor
Log10 LLC
10.2024 - Current
HACCP Coordinator / Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager/ Assit. Complex Safety
OWS Foods (Old world spice), LLC
02.2024 - 10.2024
Food Safety Quality System Superintendent
Dorada/ Lopez Foods, LLC
06.2018 - 02.2024
Production Supervisor
Bar-S Foods Co. / A Sigma Company
06.2017 - 03.2018
Plant Operation Supervisor
Sadler Smokehouse
03.2014 - 06.2017
Production Supervisor / FSQA Supervisor / Safety Consultant
Tyson Foods
05.2007 - 03.2014
Culinary/Business & Management
Iowa State University
Fabrication/ Welding
Iowa Central Community College
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