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KAREN JANOSKI

Simpsonville,SC

Summary

Food manufacturing professional, with 15 years’ experience, specializing in Food Safety & Quality: USDA, with topped pizza plants, FDA with par-baked pizzas and flatbreads, Bakery plants with bulk packed raw dough cookies, scones, pizza crusts, dinner rolls, cinnamon rolls, breads, sub rolls, and biscuits.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

FSQA Acting Manager

RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION / CHRISTIE COOKIE CO.
06.2023 - 01.2025
  • Stretch assignment at a retail facility, where raw dough cookies are baked and packed for Direct To Consumer, Individual Wraps, and Ecommerce.

FSQA Team Leader

RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION
04.2018 - 01.2025
  • Managed 7 QA Technicians, 2 Group Leaders, and QA lab
  • Pizza and Bakery Category STM (Speed to Market) / PLM (Product Life Cycle Management) / product specification, allergen, and labeling SME (Subject Matter Expert)
  • Managed Environmental Monitoring Program, Allergen, Pest Control, Claims Validation, Glass & Brittle, Helpline (Customer Complaints), Product Holds, Foreign Material programs, R&D plant trials, capability studies, data analyses, and detailed reporting
  • Worked closely with Steering Team and all TPM (Total Production Manufacturing) Trios (line owner/process owner/maintenance owner) with 6W2H’s (problem solving events), RCA’s (Root Cause Analyses events), Continuous Improvement projects, etc
  • Extreme involvement in plant ROCs initiatives, savings proposals: FI (Focused Improvement) Pillar member since Feb 2023
  • Proposed, initiated, and implemented plans for over $1.1 million in plant savings.

QA Coordinator

RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION
04.2016 - 04.2018
  • Trouble-shooting Quality and Food Safety related issues
  • Assisted in creation, development, revision, and ensured compliance of Food Safety Plans, HACCP, Preventive Controls, Risk Assessments, Ingredient and Packaging Hazard Analyses, SOP’s, SSOP’s, GMP’s
  • FDA & USDA audits/inspections
  • SAP PLM and SAP ERP SME for Pizza and Bakery categories
  • Manage all plant trials and capability studies.

Training

  • GLD (Great Leader Drivers) 2.0 Coaching Circles & 2.0 Coaching Excellence, Rich’s University, May 2022 & June 2023
  • Dale Carnegie – Effective Communications & Human Relations, 12 week course, June 2021
  • OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Outreach Training, University of South Florida, Oct 2020
  • Intentional Adulteration (IA) Training Cert, FDA, Feb 2019
  • IA SME (Subject Matter Expert), Rich Products Corporation, VAB (Value Added Bakery) Category
  • Food Defense 101, FDA, Feb 2018
  • Lean Six Sigma White Belt, SSDI (Six Sigma Deployment and Implementation), Oct 2017
  • Certified PCQI (Preventive Controls Qualified Individual), Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance, Sept 2017
  • Food Safety Essentials, AIB (American Institute of Baking), Aug 2017
  • Certified HACCP, International HACCP Alliance, July 2016

Volunteer Experience

  • Better Our Communities Team Leader – Rich Products, Fountain Inn, SC – Jun 2013 to Jan 2016
  • District Board Member & Fundraising Team Leader – American Cancer Society – Greenville, SC – Jan 2015 to Jan 2016
  • Communities Board Member – City of Fountain Inn – Fountain Inn, SC – Jan 2014 to Jan 2015

References

  • Dan Knowles, FSQA Manager, Rich Products, 815-773-4703, Dknowles@rich.com
  • Paula Lugar, R&D Product Development Scientist III, Rich Products, 716-878-8762, Plugar@rich.com
  • Korey Hollis, Maintenance Manager, Rich Products, 615-995-7362, Nhollis@rich.com
  • Jimmy Davis, Warehouse & Commercialization Manager, Rich Products, 615-995-7357, Jdavis@rich.com
  • Keith Sullins, Production Shift Leader, Rich Products, 615-603-2778, Bsullins@rich.com
  • Nate Phillips, Production Shift Leader, Rich Products, 615-423-2427, Nphillips@rich.com
  • Georg Christopher, Production Team Leader, Rich Products, 708-404-0259, Gchristopher@rich.com
  • Eric Krueger, Sanitation Team Leader, Rich Products, 615-295-5069, Ekrueger@rich.com
  • Josh Chinchilla, Sanitation Team Leader, Rich Products, 615-500-5371, Jchinchilla@rich.com
  • Ashley Feld, QA Group Leader, Rich Products, 615-603-8705, Afeld@rich.com
  • Connie Sengsouk, QA Group Leader, Rich Products, 615-728-0570, Csengsouk@rich.com

Timeline

FSQA Acting Manager

RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION / CHRISTIE COOKIE CO.
06.2023 - 01.2025

FSQA Team Leader

RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION
04.2018 - 01.2025

QA Coordinator

RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION
04.2016 - 04.2018

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