Katie Peek
Green Bay,WI
Summary
Smoothly direct employees carrying out Food Safety to achieve demanding production goals, schedules and budget targets. Driven leader with excellent analytical, decision-making and project management abilities. Maintain employee focus and achieve quality targets with hands-on supervision.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Corporate Area Manager
Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
Kieler, WI
09.2019 - Current
- Transforms underperforming teams into productive, profitable teams.
- Preforms training sessions to educate employees on best practices and procedures to increase profitability.
- Resolves conflicts promptly to promote positive environment for customers.
- Directs workforce planning, customer retention and customer service management for multiple locations.
- Collaborates with Tech Services and on site teams to develop and implement successful corrective plans.
- Dedicated to expanding client bases by building lasting relationships.
- Oversees on site management's budgets, labor and employee retention.
- Drove revenues and team morale by safety incentives and monthly raffles and meals.
- Capitalized on new sales and business opportunities when developing partnerships with other companies, successfully increasing sales volume.
- Optimizes processes to maximize efficiency.
- Identifies and implements viable strategies for continuous improvement.
- Oversees 7 different food manufacturing facilities totaling 163 sanitation employees.
- Works closely with each facility's QA department to maintain and manage negative environmental and ATP swabs.
- Maintains required records of work hours, budgets and payrolls.
- Drives continuous commitment to product quality and safety, reducing downtime and overtime with effective budgeting and assignation of talents as well as resources.
- Completes financial tasks by estimating costs and preparing and managing budgets.
Corporate Technical Service Manager
Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
Kieler, WI
03.2015 - 09.2019
- Authored master sanitation schedules, sanitation standard operating procedures and other forms of documentation for internal use by on site sanitation team, setting guidelines for review activities and reporting requirements.
- Enforced compliance with government regulations and company policies.
- Developed and maintained records of policies, procedures and best practices to support continuous improvement for food processing facilities.
- Developed and enforced audit policies and administrative and technical functions.
- Created and managed internal documents at multiple facilities and assessed on site management by performing quarterly audits at 15 different food processing facilities to ensure all facilities were audit ready.
- Worked with management at project level to achieve reduction with injuries in sanitation work field.
- Identified accident causes and optimal prevention strategies by conducting thorough investigations and analyses.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
- Developed and maintained hazard assessments, Lock out/ Tag out procedures.
- Trained and licensed employees to operate boom lifts, scissor lifts and Fork lifts.
- Conducted confined space training.
- Participated in all 15 different food processing external audits to ensure all documents were presented to auditor and explained effectively.
In House Safety Manager
Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
Abbotsford, WI
02.2014 - 03.2015
- Trained employees in most current regulations and practices in effort to prevent mishaps and promote overall safety.
- Developed and implemented safety programs.
- Inspected facility to detect potential health hazards and put corrective measures immediately into effect.
- Facilitated training for 56 employees.
- Reduced worker's compensation premiums through safety incentives.
- Identified accident causes and optimal prevention strategies by conducting thorough investigations and analyses.
- Recommended measures to help protect workers from potentially hazardous work methods, processes and materials.
- Evaluated workplace conformance with OSHA standards and regulations, implementing immediate strategies to resolve deficiencies.
- Onboarded new employees with training and new hire documentation.
Production Line Leader
Orv's Pizza
Kaukauna, WI
09.2012 - 02.2014
- Monitored and verified quality in accordance with statistical process or other control procedures.
- Completed logs and reports to document detailed information on production, spoilage and departmental maintenance needs.
- Supervised production staff of 9.
- Followed good manufacturing processes (GMPs).
- Prioritized employee safety to reduce incidents.
- Set up machining, performed required maintenance and made adjustments to machines.
- Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts.
- Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issue directly and implementing timely solutions.
Assistant Kitchen Manager
Coaches Corner
Green Bay , WI
06.2008 - 08.2011
- Inspected kitchens to observe food preparation quality and service, food appearance and cleanliness of production and service areas.
- Conducted daily checks of refrigerators and freezers to verify proper food storage, container labeling and surface cleaning.
- Scheduled and received food and beverage deliveries, adhering to food cost and budget.
- Delegated food preparation duties down to cooks and followed up with cooks to verify proper preparation and production of meals.
- Wiped down counters using sanitizing spray to prevent cross-contamination among food items.
- Motivated staff to perform at peak efficiency and quality.
- Maintained kitchen cleanliness and sanitation through correct procedures and scheduled cleaning of surfaces and equipment.
- Trained staff on proper cooking procedures as well as safety regulations and productivity strategies.
- Kept facility compliant with health codes, sanitation requirements and license regulations, alleviating potentially heavy fines.
- Handled escalated customer concerns with speed and knowledgeable support to achieve optimal satisfaction and maintain long-term loyalty.
Education
High School Diploma -
Denmark High School
Denmark, WI06.2005
Skills
- Food Safety and Quality
- Business Leadership
- Scheduling and Coordinating
- Hiring and Onboarding
- Problem Anticipation and Resolution
- Environmental Policy
- Quality Standards
- Area Management
- Budget Preparation
- Process Documentation
- Inspection Processes
Certification
- Completed 10 hour OSHA safety Training
- Certified Trainer for Ariel lifts, counterbalanced forklift, Rough Terrain Telehandler through Ives training group.
- Completed Confined space training through Allen Safety (Joe Allen)
Additional Information
8 1/2 years experience in food manufacturing sanitation for a contracted cleaning company. As an employee in contracted sanitation I have experienced working in over 30 different food manufacturing facilities. I have expert knowledge of creating and following SOP's. I have been through multiple external audits to include BRC, SQF, NSF, Organic, Tyson, Kraft and Hormel. I have worked closely with USDA and FDA inspectors and audits. I have experience in Pork, Beef, Chicken, Duck, Seafood, Veggie, Cheese and Pet Food processing facilities.
Timeline
Corporate Area Manager
Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
09.2019 - Current
Corporate Technical Service Manager
Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
03.2015 - 09.2019
In House Safety Manager
Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
02.2014 - 03.2015
Production Line Leader
Orv's Pizza
09.2012 - 02.2014
Assistant Kitchen Manager
Coaches Corner
06.2008 - 08.2011
High School Diploma -
Denmark High School