Darnell Jones
Baltimore,MD
Summary
To secure a leadership position within an organization where I can utilize my experience and expertise in production, sanitation, safety, and quality management to contribute to and surpass the company’s objectives.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Core FSQA Superintendent/Manager
Home Chef
Baltimore, Md
09.2024 - Current
- Manage a team of 4 supervisors and 70 Sanitation and Quality associates
- Coach, train and develop FSQA personnel to drive a higher performance level
- Maintain responsibility for ensuring that all FSQA personnel are properly trained to perform job function, as well as possess and in-depth knowledge of food safety and quality principles
- Manage FSQA department staffing in alignment with budget
- Support the development of a talent pipeline for FSQA at the site level
- Partner effectively with other departments to improve food safety and quality
- Lead the FSQA agenda at the site, challenging facility management team where necessary to ensure wholesome products that meet the regulatory requirements
- Lead and support Home Chef and SQF standards implementation at the site and drive the appropriate FSQA mindset and behavior
- Sustain efficient food safety and quality management system, in compliance to SQF, FDA, and Home Chef standards, including CAPA and training programs.
- Manage Food Safety and Quality incident, supporting decision making for out of specification materials and products, ensuring that relevant corrective and preventive actions are defined and implemented.
- Serve as on-site point person for all regulatory and third party inspections; partners with the plant management team to develop necessary corrective and preventive action plans
- Follow the facility GMPs and help enforce policies throughout the facility
- Serve as the site SQF Practitioner
Sanitation Superintendent/Manager
Home Chef
Baltimore, Md
01.2024 - 09.2024
- Sanitation Manager responsible for the Supervision and direction of 30+ employees across all shifts of the Sanitation Department. Manage all assigned activities that support and maintain company Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures. Supervise, implement, execute, and educate the sanitation workforce in the proper and effective sanitation processes to ensure effective food safety, food defense, SQF, and Quality Sanitation System Practices. Adhere to hiring practices, timekeeping, training, and employee safety.
- Ensure that the facility is in compliance with all company, local, state, and federal food sanitation standards.
- Prepare for and participate in third-party audits, ensuring that a pass rating is achieved at all times.
- Ensure sustainable Internal Quality Audit scores. Monitor and conform to corrective action details.
- Prepare work schedules and employee duty assignments as required to meet the plant's sanitation requirements.
- Lead and Work on Continuous Improvement teams to promote sustainable projects that improve processes for company growth
- Lead cross-functional teams to with key stakeholders to problem solve to resolve conflicts, prioritize tasks and make important decisions
- Backup to the Plant/Company Safety Manager (EHS) to help promote a Safety-First culture company-wide.
- As a part of the Plant Leadership Team, assist in planning capital projects for plant improvements
- Manage and maintain the Sanitation Budget
- Meet weekly with Corporate Sanitation Manager and other Sanitation Superintendents from all plants to standardize SOPs, supplies, chemical and policies throughout the company.
- Sanitation System Practices. Adhere to hiring practices, timekeeping, training, and employee safety.
Sanitation Manager
Jason Pharmaceuticals Inc (Medifast)
Baltimore, Md
02.2022 - 01.2024
- Sanitation Manager responsible for the Supervision and direction of 30+ employees across all shifts of the Sanitation Department. Manage all assigned activities that support and maintain company Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures. Supervise, implement, execute, and educate the sanitation workforce in the proper and effective sanitation processes to ensure effective food safety, food defense, SQF, and Quality Sanitation System Practices. Adhere to hiring practices, timekeeping, training, and employee safety.
- Ensure that the facility is in compliance with all company, local, state, and federal food sanitation standards.
- Prepare for and participate in third-party audits, ensuring that a pass rating is achieved at all times.
- Ensure sustainable Internal Quality Audit scores. Monitor and conform to corrective action details.
- Prepare work schedules and employee duty assignments as required to meet the plant's sanitation requirements.
- Lead and Work on Continuous Improvement teams to promote sustainable projects that improve processes for company growth
- Lead cross-functional teams to with key stakeholders to problem solve to resolve conflicts, prioritize tasks and make important decisions
- Backup to the Plant/Company Safety Manager (EHS) to help promote a Safety-First culture company-wide.
- As a part of the Plant Leadership Team, assist in planning capital projects for plant improvements
- Manage and maintain the Sanitation Budget.
- Manage pest control for the manufacturing plant and two distribution centers
Production Supervisor
MDVA Milk Producers
Laurel, Md
09.2021 - 02.2022
- Direct teams of 100+ employees over multiple shifts
- Complete MSS and obtain a 95% schedule adherence
- Support company SQF; Prerequisite Programs, GMP’s and HACCP
- Develop and lead the plant's continuous improvement team
- Ensure sanitation cleaning processes are according to established specifications and guidelines
- Ensure the facility follows all company, local, state, and federal food safety standards
- Prepare and participate in third-party audits
- Prepare work schedules and employee duty assignments
- Plan, generate, and implement the daily production run of various equipment
- Ensure GMPs, SSOPs, SOPs, and work instructions are followed
- Maintain employee records and provide feedback on Tardiness, Absenteeism and Performance 1:1s
- Ensure direct and indirect implementation of (KPIs)issued to supervisor and direct reports
- Monitor timekeeping in Kronos
- Ensure the operational function of equipment
- Ensure sustainable internal quality audits and scores
- Conduct root cause analysis using established and emerging techniques
- Developed and led the plant safety team
- Demonstrate the ability to deliver sustainable and superior results
- Lead cross-functional teams to with key stakeholders to problem solve to resolve conflicts, prioritize tasks and make important decisions
- Ensure employees are cross-trained and given opportunities to continually learn
- Review, wrote, and updated SOPs, Work Instructions, and OPLs
- Demonstrate the ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems throughout the plant
- Lead, motivates, and inspire individual workers and teams
- Lead and certified in GSTD.
- Manage effectively through change and transition
Production/Pre-Production Supervisor
Nestle/Dreyers Grand Ice Cream
Laurel, Md
02.2008 - 09.2021
- Supervise 100+ employees across 3 departments
- Provide functional and technical expertise to operators
- Produce a quality product at the lowest cost; make cost-effective decisions in a timely manner to meet or exceed objectives while controlling all areas of housekeeping, safety, quality, and cost
- Support operations to drive and sustain safety, quality, cost, and performance results.
- Execute tactical activities related to changeovers, PMs (where applicable), new products, and projects.
- Provide support to operations on any quality hold or rework to determine root cause and prevention.
- Provide support in resolving material losses and help determine root cause and prevention.
- Lead and be certified in GSTD.
- Lead cross-functional teams to with key stakeholders to problem solve to resolve conflicts, prioritize tasks and make important decisions
- Establish, document, and audit control parameters of process systems, Centerlines, and other AM tools.
- Review, wrote, and updated SOPs, Work Instructions, and OPLs
- Demonstrate the ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems on the specific platform assigned.
- Conduct root cause analysis using established and emerging techniques and NCE/TPM tools
- Demonstrate the ability to deliver sustainable and superior results.
- Participate in Food safety inspections to identify and eliminate consumer food safety risk
- Pro-actively drive and lead initiatives to achieve business goals
- Assist in training team members as needed.
- Enhance the troubleshooting guide for operations
- Support 5S activities
- Attend SHO’s and audit/coach as required. Provided feedback to operators
- Results focused, well organized and demonstrate goods communication skills both oral and written
- Know the emergency evacuation route and where to assemble
- Demonstrate a sense of urgency and initiative within the team to accomplish goals
- Participate in committees, improvement teams, and operational meetings
- Demonstrate ability to problem solve through use of Go-See-Think-Do and DMAIC projects as assigned
- Demonstrate how to calculate ingredient and packaging usage.
- Ensure products meet all quality standards.
- Follow, monitor and understand all GMP/HACCP/QMS and product safety regulations.
- Expert in SAP, Carlson, SAM and CIP
- Schedule batching for Mixroom to supply all production lines with mix
- Ensure the warehouse receives all materials for production lines to run
- Supply materials to all production lines
- Manage Chocolate System throughout the Facility
- Track KPI’s to achieve Performance production targets
- Monitor time keeping in Kronos
Education
High School Diploma -
Mervo High School
Baltimore, Md06-1995
Skills
- PCQI certified
- SPC certified
- HACCP certified
- Leadership
- Communication
- Problem-Solving
- Teamwork
- Team building
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 70-120 staff members.
Timeline
Core FSQA Superintendent/Manager
Home Chef
09.2024 - Current
Sanitation Superintendent/Manager
Home Chef
01.2024 - 09.2024
Sanitation Manager
Jason Pharmaceuticals Inc (Medifast)
02.2022 - 01.2024
Production Supervisor
MDVA Milk Producers
09.2021 - 02.2022
Production/Pre-Production Supervisor
Nestle/Dreyers Grand Ice Cream
02.2008 - 09.2021
High School Diploma -
Mervo High School