Brittany Tomlin
Delano,PA
Summary
Results-driven Food Safety, Quality, Regulatory professional with focus on leadership and achieving organizational goals and KPIs. Known for enhancing team collaboration and delivering consistent, high-quality results. Adaptable to evolving demands and changing regulations. Skilled in strategic decision-making and conflict management.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
FSQR Leader
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
08.2023 - Current
- Responsible for management of plant food safety and quality production.
- Department manager of 9 FSQR professionals as well as 13 contractors. Responsible for growth and development; talent talks; annual assessments; determination of overall performance of team.
- KPI identification and development
- Responsible for annual FSQR Budget of 1.2M
- Top down approach for site goals
- ACI Experience
- Continuous improvement of Food Safety and Quality of overall process including focus around food waste, training,first pass quality, and Food Safety and Quality Culture.
- Regional collaboration with other FSQR Leaders for unified approach to Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory
Food Safety Specialist
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
04.2018 - 08.2023
- Food Safety Team and HACCP Team leader; escalated food safety issues to the management team for visibility and drove accountability.
- Led compliance on customer requirements, regulations, FSSC and Cargill policies by planning and directing FSQR programs and FSMS.
- Lead audit contact/PCQI/FDQI for the site including customer, regulatory, FSSC 22000, and corporate internal audits
- Managed the identification of internal non-conformances, root causes, corrections/corrective actions, preventive actions; Executed closure of external audit findings.
- Responsible for implementation and execution of food safety, quality and regulatory culture at the facility
- Actively participated in the development of FSQR initiatives to continuously improve the FSMS
- Led implementation of BU and FSQR strategy/tactical plans at the facility for ACI projects
- Led investigation and root cause identification while working with production and FSQR partners
- Coach, mentor and developed a food safety culture in FSQR PLSCs as well as operations
- Led troubleshooting FSQR issues and tracking/trending within Enablon and Salesforce
- Drove relationship and business partnership between FSQR and operations to ensure product being manufactured meets or exceeds food safety and quality standards while meeting production numbers
- Responsible for food safety onboarding as well as developing training material for monthly food safety training
- Implementation and execution of warehouse fogging initiative which resulted in a cost avoidance of about $500,000.
Interim Lab Supervisor
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
06.2019 - 08.2019
- Collected information from other stakeholders and facilitated year end reviews for laboratory team members.
- Responsible for ensuring lab was operating in accordance with specified standards.
- Experience with delivering coaching due to substandard work performance.
- Data entry and management of Kronos.
FSQR Specialist I
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
04.2017 - 04.2018
- Assisted in aligning BU under one Food Safety Manual by working with facility FSQR leaders to integrate FSSC 22000 and Cargill Corporate food safety manual in developing Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate Food Safety Manual
- Assisted in the management of aligned policies to share point site
- Reviewed site-specific documents, to develop one standardized policy, and trained employees
- Aided in FSSC 22000 certification for the Hazleton CCNA facility
FSQR Technologist II
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
08.2015 - 04.2017
- SAP data entry and release of product including COA production and distribution
- SQF Practitioner for the implementation and management of the food safety program
- Worked closely with production for the Product Transfer Project (November 2015-April 2016)
- Plant recipe management (November 2015-April 2016)
- Sensory contact for location
- Troubleshooting for equipment and issues in the plant (both quality and food safety non conformities)
- Customer complaint investigation, RCA, corrective action identification and closure
- Entering data into electronic Management of change database
PSD Technologist/SQF Practitioner
ADM Cocoa
05.2014 - 08.2015
- Responsible for the pilot plant in Hazleton including the operation of the three roll refiner
- Communication with customers and customer service
- Investigating product issues for customers
- Analytical lab testing including: viscosity, NMR fat, fineness (micrometer and sieve method), moisture (KF), Carver press, Hunter Color
- Sensory panel leader/Hershey bi-annual liquor collaborative contact
- RCI Butter sensory lead
- Responsible for the implementation, review, and maintenance of the Food Safety Management System
- Co-led customer, regulatory and certifying audits
- HACCP team member
Microbiologist
ADM Cocoa
06.2011 - 05.2014
- Knowledge and execution of micro tests including: APC petrifilm, Staph petrifilm, APC plate method, Staph plate method, Y/M plate method, EC/Coli MPN method, Micro ID, GeneQuence (Salmonella)
- AOAC check sample set-up and results submission
- Handling of live cultures for Control set-up
- RCA and investigation for internal non-conformances
- Co-lead customer audits for the micro lab
- Managing micro lab supplies, scheduling, ordering, and Preventative Maintenance for equipment
- Troubleshooting equipment
- Review/update of standard operating procedures and methods
- Responsible for the inventory of media and supplies as well as ordering
- Scheduling Preventative Maintenance for equipment with Vendors
- GMP auditing
Microbiologist
Silliker Northeastern Laboratory
08.2009 - 06.2011
- Lead tech role to manage sample flow, inoculation, pH testing and execution of batches
- Sample set-up for quantitative and qualitative testing including pre-enrichment and secondary enrichment of samples; Quantitative plate reading
- Extracting lymph node from cow fat and enrichment
- Leadership skills as well as team work skills
Education
B.S. - Biochemistry
Albright College
Reading, PA05.2008
Skills
- Food Safety Management System Training
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- HACCP Certified
- FSSC 22000 Audit Lead
- SAP/Net Weaver
- PCQI version 2 certified
- Microsoft Word
- Lean Leader Training
- Root Cause Analysis
- Good Manufacturing Practices
- Enablon
Certification
Preventive Controls Qualified Individual, Version 2
Food Defense Qualified Individual
HACCP
Timeline
FSQR Leader
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
08.2023 - Current
Interim Lab Supervisor
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
06.2019 - 08.2019
Food Safety Specialist
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
04.2018 - 08.2023
FSQR Specialist I
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
04.2017 - 04.2018
FSQR Technologist II
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
08.2015 - 04.2017
PSD Technologist/SQF Practitioner
ADM Cocoa
05.2014 - 08.2015
Microbiologist
ADM Cocoa
06.2011 - 05.2014
Microbiologist
Silliker Northeastern Laboratory
08.2009 - 06.2011
B.S. - Biochemistry
Albright College
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