LaToya Dodson
Ingleside,Illinois
Summary
Experienced Quality Control Analyst with demonstrated track record of improving products and procedures by leveraging hands-on inspections, testing methods and data analysis. Disciplined professional with systematic approach in prioritization and multitasking. Applies excellent attention to detail and critical reasoning to successfully conduct experiments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Warehouse QA Associate
HelloFresh
09.2023 - Current
- Responsible for following all safety, GMP, and SQF policies/procedures, as well as adherence to PPE/hygiene policies, in cooperation with the supervisor
- Fills requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials, tools or other stock items and distributes items to production workers or assembly line
- Daily check temperatures and visual inspections in production and warehouse and freezer/ cooler storage areas
- Complete all necessary HACCP forms and all defined actions within, and address comments and concerns with supervisor within 24 hours
- Monitor GMPs in production and warehouses for compliance and record on approved form Monitor and record packaging specification are followed and record the results on approved forms
- Check codes of finished products for compliance with customer specifications
- Complete deviations/ hold tickets for out of specification materials and take corrective actions, including notification of QA and Production Management
- Ensures implementation of quality assurance and other requested company standards throughout production, receiving, and shipping
- Contributed to the establishment of quality standards by developing data-driven metrics for evaluating product performance over time effectively.
Lead QA Trainer Instructor
Abbott Laboratories
10.2021 - 01.2023
- Conducted performance and quality audits
- Assist with new hire facilitation by preparing paperwork required for each new hire and ensure documents to be complete per quality standards
- Scanned, uploaded, and filed quality documents daily
- Lead on project that required the preparations of 30,000 quality paper documents onsite to be moved to digital documents and loaded into an Excel Spreadsheet
- Assist with ad-hoc admin support as needed
- Certified 5,074 workers in the manual assembly process of the Cociv-19 BinaxNow Device resulting in production of 910 million devices.
- Provided Corporate Reporting Complaints training to 2,501 workers in a 3-week period across 3 shifts
- 299 workers trained and certified in Label Cage training
- 1,240 workers trained and certified in 40- Count Re- Certification 1,627 certified in Batch Record Training
- 7 Production and Quality Training slide decks created and loaded into Agile Quality Document System allowing Instructor Led training that resulted in the training and development of the entire facility
- Produced BinaxNow Covid kits in a 6-step line process, rotating hourly in a warehouse environment
- Able to complete line clearances for lot and list changes and perform blowing of the finishing line/equipment on 1-2 value stream(s)
- Assist in setup of automated equipment in primary or secondary packaging area within 1-2 value stream(s)
- Servicing and operating automated and semi-automated manufacturing equipment to produce finished product on value stream(s) with the ability to complete assigned tasks with minimal supervision
- Perform Quality impactful tasks throughout the production run, including but not limited to challenges, parameters, pulling samples, in-process checks and bulk/commodity accountability
- Sustain 6S of parts and tooling across the production floor
- Escalate higher level safety, quality, technical and operating issues in a timely manner to the appropriate groups
- Communicate and drive improvement opportunities through cross functional teams
- Works closely with the production schedule and understands line priorities while working with minimal/limited supervision
- Troubleshoots minor equipment related issues and performs minor adjustments to improve equipment efficiencies.
Receiving Manager
Burlington
02.2015 - 06.2022
- Monitored and achieved significant improvements in productivity
- Interpreting and communicating appropriate work procedures and company policies to staff members
- Reporting any suspicious activities of staff members and or written notices
- Created and distributed weekly work schedules for staff members according to budget, and workload
- Receiving of third-party product, Manage backroom by organizing and consolidating product
- Supervises the day-to-day operations and performance of the team to provide the highest level of customer service for the customer
- Understands the overarching company strategy, as well as communicates and models the core values of the organization, to create a sense of teamwork and membership among employees
- Handles customer concerns and ensures an appropriate resolution
- Transport products between the backroom and display floor with manual equipment, such as a pallet jack.
- Unloaded, sorted and stored incoming merchandise.
- Verified deliveries against paperwork and contacted vendors to resolve discrepancies.
Warehouse Associate
Amazon
07.2021 - 12.2021
- Received, processed inventory, loaded materials onto trucks with or without heavy machinery
- Prepares materials for shipping, wraps pallets, and crates materials
- Used scanner to read bar codes on product
- Viewed prompts on screen and followed the directions for some tasks
- Move finished goods material from shipping to finish goods racks
- Locates and gathers products for to move and distribute to production workers, assembly line, or to shipping areas
- Assembles, builds, wraps, sorts, and transports customer orders
- Operates hand truck, cart, doilies, forklift, order-picker, and walkie to transport items
- Maintain a clean and safe work area.
Front Desk Clerk/Concierge
Howard Johnson
08.2018 - 10.2021
- Courteously greeting customers
- Provided customer service and resolved queries over the phone
- Answering questions or directing their request to a different department as necessary
- Balancing of bank and deposits
- Assisted with housekeeping as needed
- Set up, replenished, cleaned, and hosted breakfast area.
Education
Associate Degree Business -
CLC COLLEGE LAKESHORE CAMPUS
Grayslake, IL05.2025
Skills
- Manual Testing
- Test Execution
- Functional Testing
- User Acceptance Testing
Awards
2 Spot award for going beyond duties to meet the needs of the business.
Hobbies and Interests
I love listening to music and family events with my loved ones.
Timeline
Warehouse QA Associate
HelloFresh
09.2023 - Current
Lead QA Trainer Instructor
Abbott Laboratories
10.2021 - 01.2023
Warehouse Associate
Amazon
07.2021 - 12.2021
Front Desk Clerk/Concierge
Howard Johnson
08.2018 - 10.2021
Receiving Manager
Burlington
02.2015 - 06.2022
Associate Degree Business -
CLC COLLEGE LAKESHORE CAMPUS
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