Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Awards
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Jaden Willette

Sanbornville

Summary

Ambitious Quality Assurance professional with a proven track record at Lonza Biologics, enhancing product quality and compliance through leadership and Six Sigma methodology. Acts as a team lead and qualified trainer with an individual development plan focused on people leadership. Excelled in fostering a quality culture, implementing process improvements, and driving cross-functional collaboration. Skilled in communication and problem-solving, significantly contributing to operational excellence and customer satisfaction. Eager to learn in a dynamic environment and develop while achieving company goals.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Quality Assurance Project Manager

Lonza Biologics
10.2024 - Current
  • Lead meetings and provide deliverables for external customers of relevant quality information regarding their product as well as support as a back-up on multiple other customer projects.
  • Support the customer's product through audits, regulatory filings, customer complaints, and quality related events with the objective of improving product quality.
  • Champion a culture of quality throughout the company by promoting QA best practices and emphasizing their importance in delivering superior products to customers.
  • Review and approve quality documentation (deviations, corrective actions, change requests, etc.) and records while collaborating with stakeholders to provide audit-ready information.

Quality Assurance Compliance Specialist

Lonza Biologics
01.2022 - 10.2024
  • Reviewed and approved documentation and quality records per standard operating procedures.
  • Lead my team as a qualified trainer and ensured quality alignment within our team as well as maintaining business continuity via cross-training.
  • Served as a subject matter expert in product disposition and implemented process improvements that benefited the site's progress.
  • Created and maintained compliant work environment while collaborating with other departments to integrate compliance considerations into daily business operations seamlessly.
  • Identified gaps in existing compliance processes and recommended updates.

Manufacturing Associate

Lonza Biologics
04.2021 - 12.2021
  • Followed standard operating procedures to create good quality biopharmaceutical products for a demanding schedule in a GMP work environment.
  • Collaborated with other teams and functions to ensure product was delivered on time and per procedure.
  • Abided by safety protocols and utilized PPE to foster safe working environment.
  • Completed trainings and shadowed other areas of the company for personal development and process improvement opportunities.

Operations Associate

Johnny's Selected Seeds
01.2018 - 04.2021
  • Gathered, packed, and shipped for both domestic and international orders of garden tools and seeds. Counted inventory during annual inventory checks.
  • Streamlined daily operations by recommending updates to locations and tracking for the newly implemented system
  • Followed shipping and receiving procedures for goods and materials.

Summer Help

Huhtamaki
06.2017 - 08.2019
  • Worked 12 hour shifts stacking and packaging paper plates to be sent down to shipping/receiving in a manufacturing plant.
  • Worked 8 hour shifts doing custodial duties in a paper plate production facility.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Pre-medicine

Northern Vermont University - Johnson
Johnson, VT
08-2020

Skills

  • Quality Assurance
  • Leadership
  • Time Management
  • Organization
  • Communication
  • Problem-Solving
  • Detail-Oriented
  • Six Sigma Methodology

Certification

  • Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification
  • Lean Six Sigma Orange Belt Certification
  • Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification
  • Personal Productivity Program Certification - Productivity Ninja
  • Electric Pallet Jack Certified (Lonza and Huhtamaki)

Awards

LONZA Employee of the Quarter Q2 2023

Timeline

Quality Assurance Project Manager

Lonza Biologics
10.2024 - Current

Quality Assurance Compliance Specialist

Lonza Biologics
01.2022 - 10.2024

Manufacturing Associate

Lonza Biologics
04.2021 - 12.2021

Operations Associate

Johnny's Selected Seeds
01.2018 - 04.2021

Summer Help

Huhtamaki
06.2017 - 08.2019

Bachelor of Science - Pre-medicine

Northern Vermont University - Johnson
Jaden Willette