Frederick Joshua Sharp
Spokane
Summary
Detail-oriented Compliance Manager offering 8 years of expertise in risk management, policy development and strategic planning. Advanced knowledge of regulatory compliance with proven track record of partnering with executives and business leaders to identify vulnerabilities and create corrective actions. Collaborative and team-oriented with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to foster strategic partnerships and promote company reputation.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Food Safety & Compliance Manager (Head of Food Safety)
Spiceology
10.2020 - Current
- Certified Spiceology to SQF Excellent standard
- Built and directed the entire food safety program from ground up which included regulatory compliance, cross-functional brand standards, and food safety culture implementation
- Implemented a QMS (quality management system) digitizing all records
- Led quality and food safety buildout for a brand new spice manufacturing plant
- Assisted sales and marketing teams on technical info for customers as well as being a point of contact for all technical consumer complaints and questions
- Created customer complaint metrics and KPIs to measure trends, create CAPAs, and improve the customer experience
- Implemented quality checks for the entire production process and used customer complaint metrics to make more informed decisions
- Worked as company regulatory subject matter expert for all departments to led guidance for new projects, processes, and products
- Hired and developed staffing for quality and food safety monitoring and management
- Led cost saving experiments utilizing food safety testing (Allergen, ATP, and Environmental swabbing) to ensure utmost product safety and process efficiency while achieving 50% cost reduction
- Ensured label regulatory compliance through FDA CFR 21 standards and created all nutritional information
- Creation of technical documents for all products sold at Spiceology
- Performed approved supplier visits for all high volume and high risk suppliers.
Quality Assurance Supervisor & Interim Quality Manager
Schreiber Foods
12.2017 - 10.2020
- Lead a team of direct reports to uphold all plant quality and food safety objectives
- Collaborate with operation leaders to support production to remain efficient yet compliant
- Reduced sanitation turnaround time by an average of 4 hours per week saving $60,000 per year
- Lead high profile customer audits as well as all federal and state inspections
- Improved plant holds and rework metrics to make smarter and more cost-effective product dispositions saving an average of $5,000 per quarter
- Use lean manufacturing methods to sustainability make preventive actions when issues arise or as learnings occur
- Enforce plant cGMPS while working with production supervisors to help their teams have more effective GMPs
- Perform monthly internal plant audits to inspect GMPs, infrastructure, equipment condition, and overall plant housekeeping
- Work with the corporate office to uphold and implement changes to QSPs and stay up to date with current legislation
- Evaluate construction projects and provide plans to keep the plant food safe for the duration and completion of the projects
Production Supervisor
Schreiber Foods
07.2016 - 12.2017
- Control all aspects of a shift at the plant in processing and packaging from start to finish in the production of cream cheese
- Achieved $15,000/yr savings on the portion control cup line by standardizing changeovers and creating an equipment replacement plan
- Act as a resource to partners on the floor to answer any and all questions
- Would be there to create action plans when problems arose, and steps needed to be taken
- Worked alongside R&D to help make sure all finished products were within specification of their target based on formula
- Helped to increase line throughputs and efficiencies by identifying and eliminating unnecessary steps throughout different parts of the process
- Work with operators to help identify best practices
Quality Control Specialist
BioWorld
04.2016 - 07.2016
- Manage laboratory employees daily task agenda in morning and maintaining work efficiency throughout the day
- Maintain records of quality measures for third party received items as well as newly manufactured products through documentation into the ERP database
- Uphold GLP/GMP/SOP with employees to maintain quality assured products
- Coordinate daily QC samples with production times to maintain lab efficiency
- Managed technical support with customers and distributors by creating proper documentation such as COAs and SDS’
Laboratory & Production Scientist
BioWorld
07.2015 - 04.2016
- Produced affinity chromatography resins for protein purification along with an array of high-quality research chemicals
- Experimented with different research techniques to develop more efficient protocols such as the production of magnetic chromatography resins
- Conducted complete inventory of the company’s warehouse and maintained function by implementing new inventory control parameters such as direct product data scanning
- Examined sales history metrics for production of stock inventory and would create reports for later use
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Biology, Specialization in Lab Science
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH05.2015
Skills
- Quality Assurance/Food Safety Management Programs
- Technical Document Creation
- Customer Quality Assurance
- Project Management
- Root Cause Analysis
- Compliance, regulatory, and quality auditing
Certification
PCQI- Preventive Controls Qualified Individual ( January 2018)
HACCP Certified x3- (May 2024)
SQF Internal Auditing- (August 2022)
Timeline
Food Safety & Compliance Manager (Head of Food Safety)
Spiceology
10.2020 - Current
Quality Assurance Supervisor & Interim Quality Manager
Schreiber Foods
12.2017 - 10.2020
Production Supervisor
Schreiber Foods
07.2016 - 12.2017
Quality Control Specialist
BioWorld
04.2016 - 07.2016
Laboratory & Production Scientist
BioWorld
07.2015 - 04.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Biology, Specialization in Lab Science
The Ohio State University
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