Kristin Pruitt
Winston-Salem,NC
Summary
Team-oriented leader with proven leadership and motivational skills successful in helping group members achieve business goals. Respectful and clear communicator focused on enhancing business models and collaboratively addressing challenges with logical approaches. Skilled in building relationships and enhancing employee satisfaction to drive work performance. Strong ability to work as a team or as an individual. Focused individual with experience in validation. Insightful when testing systems to observe, analyze, measure and calibrate processes and equipment to drive accuracy and quality. Confident with exemplary math and auditing skills.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
LCMS Group Leader
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories
06.2023 - Current
- Supported staff with developing professional skills and abilities, uplifting team performance.
- Attended staff development meetings and workshops and applied information from those events into daily activities.
- Monitored team performance to identify productivity improvement opportunities.
- Improved team morale and retention through recognition and reward programs.
- Reviewed daily requirements and forecasts and delegated work for optimal coverage.
- Prepared reports and technical documentation of day-to-day production processes.
- Maintain and review validations to ensure they are completed by client need.
GCMS Lab Group Leader
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories
04.2022 - 06.2023
- Supported staff with developing professional skills and abilities, uplifting team performance.
- Developed and implemented performance monitoring systems to track team progress for all samples entering GCMS.
- Established strong stakeholder relationships for smooth project delivery.
- Collaborated with other departments to optimize production workflows.
- Delegated tasks strategically and monitored progress for timely completion.
- Monitored team performance to identify productivity improvement opportunities.
- Prepared reports and technical documentation of day-to-day production processes.
- Maintain and review validations to ensure they are completed by client need.
HTP Lab Group Leader
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories
06.2021 - 04.2022
- Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts.
- Trained new team members by relaying information on company procedures and safety requirements.
- Resolved conflict quickly to limit operational disruption and maintain positive, productive working environments.
- Supported staff with developing professional skills and abilities, uplifting team performance.
- Attended staff development meetings and workshops and applied information from those events into daily activities.
- Delegated tasks strategically and monitored progress for timely completion.
- Improved team morale and retention through recognition and reward programs.
- Met production targets and tight deadlines by collaborating closely with clients.
- Created laboratory Work Instruction and SOP's to maintain a well equipped quality system.
Chemist I
ITG Brands
09.2017 - 06.2021
- Cleaned and organized laboratory and kept supplies well-stocked to save time, money and promote laboratory efficiency.
- Modified and adapted standard methods and procedures to solve analytical problems.
- Contributed to team discussions and new project initiatives to advance progress and optimize profitability.
- Established quality control measures for instrumentation and monitored data quality to operate instrument with control limits.
- Repaired, calibrated and safely operated laboratory equipment to reduce costly instrument downtime.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Performed smoking, aerosilizing, and testing of tobacco for determining Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents (HPHC) on current tobacco products utilizing an ISO 17025 laboratory.
- Hands on experience in maintenance on hardware for Cerulean Smoke Machines, GC/MS, GC/MS/MS, LC/MS/MS, and GC/TEA
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemisty
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC05.2017
Bachelor of Science - Biology
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC05.2017
Skills
- Quality Control
- Continuous Improvement
- Production Tracking and Management
- Performance Monitoring
- Staff Management
- Relationship Building
- Knowledgeable in ISO 9001 and 17025
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Decision Making
- Creative Thinking
- Task Prioritization
Timeline
LCMS Group Leader
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories
06.2023 - Current
GCMS Lab Group Leader
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories
04.2022 - 06.2023
HTP Lab Group Leader
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories
06.2021 - 04.2022
Chemist I
ITG Brands
09.2017 - 06.2021
Bachelor of Science - Chemisty
East Carolina University
Bachelor of Science - Biology
East Carolina University
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