Katelyn Murillo
Coweta,OK
Summary
Skilled professional with 5+ years of quality assurance and management experience in a food manufacturing facility. Passionate about food with a strong commitment to quality. Successful in multitasking and familiar with handling multiple projects in a fast paced environment. Proven attention to detail and problem solving skills with strong ethics, integrity, and relationship-building abilities. Seeking an opportunity to expand skills and contribute to company success.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Specialist/Microbiology Supervisor
International Flavors and Fragrances
02.2021 - Current
- Maintain ownership of GMP Audit Program
- Includes conducting monthly overview meetings with area owners to review findings and determine corrective actions
- Assess compliance of food processing areas with government regulations and important safety and sanitation standards through GMP audits and internal auditing
- Implement specification alignment project to align testing requirements of finished products with new customer specifications
- Investigate customer complaints related to quality and analysis results
- Analyze production and quality issues and coordinate with operations to identify root cause and determine corrective actions for long-term solutions
- Supervise 7 microbiology lab analysts through daily operations including finished product testing, work scheduling, and employee training and evaluation
- Evaluate staff performance, communicate feedback and assist in setting personal goals for annual review
- Ownership of site Environmental Monitoring Program
- Includes analyzing data to assess swabbing/air monitoring sites, investigating results or root cause, and trending data to create reports for the site and leadership
Quality Specialist/Sensory Lab Supervisor
DuPont
04.2019 - 02.2021
- Supervised 3 sensory lab analysts through daily operations including finished product testing, work scheduling, and employee evaluation and training
- Evaluated analysts performance, communicated feedback, and assisted in setting personal goals for annual review
- Investigated customer complaints related to quality and analysis results
- Analyzed production and quality issues and coordinated with operations to identify root cause and determine corrective actions for long-term solutions
- Developed and maintained ownership of GMP Audit Program with monthly overview meetings with area owners to review findings and determine corrective actions
- Assessed compliance of food processing areas with government regulations and important safety and sanitation standards through GMP audits and internal auditing
Food Microbiologist
QuanTEM Food Laboratories
09.2018 - 02.2019
- Prepared and validated general and selective-growth media to maintain, enumerate, and identify various organisms in food, supplement, and environmental samples
- Performed daily quality control readings on instruments such as autoclaves, balances, pH meters, and incubators
- Prepared reports using laboratory inventory management system by recording receipt, analysis, and results of samples
- Created new protocols and worksheets for quality control in preparation for ISO accreditation audit
Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Food Science
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK05.2016
Skills
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Data Interpretation
- Continuous Improvement
- GMP Auditing
- Team Leadership
- Quality Management Systems
- Cross-functional Teamwork
- Laboratory Techniques
- Food Safety
Certification
- Safe Quality Foods Practitioner, 11/30/24
- Instructional Design/Trainer of Trainers, 02/01/19
- HACCP, 10/01/19
- Preventative Control Qualified Individual, 12/01/15
Timeline
Quality Specialist/Microbiology Supervisor
International Flavors and Fragrances
02.2021 - Current
Quality Specialist/Sensory Lab Supervisor
DuPont
04.2019 - 02.2021
Food Microbiologist
QuanTEM Food Laboratories
09.2018 - 02.2019
- Safe Quality Foods Practitioner, 11/30/24
- Instructional Design/Trainer of Trainers, 02/01/19
- HACCP, 10/01/19
- Preventative Control Qualified Individual, 12/01/15
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Food Science
Oklahoma State University
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