Dacia Hatch

• Manages all aspects of vendor compliance for FSQA, including supplier expectations, supplier approval, audits, non-conformances, and performance scorecards.
• Oversee the vendor compliance team of four specialists covering all food categories, raw and cooked proteins, starches, produce (RAC, IQF, fresh cut), sauces, spices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with procurement and product development teams to select and approve new vendors and their associated raw materials, ensuring alignment with food safety and quality objectives for both ready to cook and ready to eat applications, as well as shelf life and labeling.
• Provides food safety guidance and gap analysis for various projects, from corporate acquisitions to customer care.
• Coordinates and performs onsite audits, EMP reviews, and corrective action follow-ups.
• 40% Domestic and international travel (Current Passport and TSA Precheck)
• Remote with Travel

• Oversaw all aspects of food safety and quality assurance for a meal kit packing facility, and managed all onsite FSQA operations, overseeing four QA Supervisors and ten QA Technicians.
• Conducted on-site internal audits and was the main facilitator for all 3rd party GFSI food safety audits, maintaining excellent scores of AA and AA+.
• Oversaw sanitation practices, pre-operational sanitation verification, environmental monitoring programs and microbiological testing.
• Maintained all site document compliance and equipment calibrations
• Developed and delivered training programs for GMPs, Allergen Control, Cold Chain, Sanitation, Pest Control, HACCP and Food Safety Plan.

• Managed and maintained relationships with a large portfolio of key accounts, ensuring customer satisfaction and loyalty, while consistently placing #1 in sales month over month.
• Negotiated contracts and agreements with B2B clients, ensuring mutually beneficial terms and conditions, while collaborating with cross-functional teams, including purchasing, logistics and technical support, to ensure timely and accurate delivery of products and scheduling or providing client training.
• Remote

• Developed and implemented a new Food Safety and Quality Assurance department.
• Developed and implemented quality control procedures and programs to maintain product quality and consistency which did not exist prior.
• Conducted internal audits and inspections to identify areas for improvement and ensure adherence to food safety standards.

• Assisted with research projects related to food science and safety.
• Conducted laboratory analyses of food products.
• Maintained laboratory equipment and supplies.

• Performed testing for a project to streamline and standardize purchasing and accounts payable processes in Oracle.
• Analyzed data and made recommendations for process improvements.
• Third-Party at PepsiCo, Purchasing to Payables Oracle, Summer 2001 and Summer 2000

• Managed corporate credit card accounts and reconciled expenses.
• Processed invoices and payments.

Emphasis in Food Safety