Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline
Intern

Sharon Smith

Cayce,SC

Summary

Enthusiastic Food Safety Professional eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of HACCP, GFSI and physical safety. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in Food Manufacturing & Distribution while upholding high standards.

Overview

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PCQI

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SQF

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HACCP

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OSHA-30

Work History

Quality Admin Support Personnel

Pontiac Foods
Elgin, SC
04.2022 - Current
  • Designed and implemented annual Food Safety Training for 2022.
  • Conduct new hire orientation of Food Safety & GMP principles.
  • Assist supervisors with employee performance management and offered recommendations for approach and process.
  • Oversee corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) implementation and documentations with other departments.
  • Participate in quality and food safety related audits.
  • Lead traceability investigations on the source of quality lapses and other product issues.
  • Participate in quality management system reviews and promote quality and food safety policies to all personnel.
  • Verify quality control (QC) records, test results and reports for regulatory authorities.
  • Establish and maintain professional relationships with suppliers, vendors and Corporate Food Technology admins.

Food Safety Officer

Lineage Logistics
Gaston, SC
05.2021 - 04.2022
  • Responsible for implementing and administering Lineage Logistics’ quality and food safety programs in accordance with all ISO requirements
  • Work closely with the General Manager to ensure the facility is following the standards set by the Lineage Logistics Safety Committee & OSHA
  • Enforce and ensure the overall safety for the facility
  • Train salaried, full-time, part-time, and temporary personnel on the general safety rules and regulations of Lineage Logistics
  • Establish processes and procedures for maintaining high standards of quality, reliability, and safety
  • Organize and promote all quality improvement efforts
  • Responsibility to act as a liaison with external parties on all matters related to the quality system
  • Develops, validates, verifies, implements, and maintains the SQF System
  • Have completed a HACCP-based training course
  • Competent to implement and maintain HACCP-based food safety plans
  • Monitor and ensure facility-wide compliance as it relates to food safety fundamentals, quality, and operational safety standards
  • Ensures the proper receipt, storage, handling, and/or distribution of safe and quality food products at this facility
  • Leading and supporting a food safety culture by developing, validating, verifying, and maintaining the company’s food safety plans to oversee the daily operation of the SQF System.

Payroll & Transportation Clerk

Southeast Frozen Foods
Gaston, SC
07.2019 - 05.2021
  • Assist in all Transportation Clerk duties such as tracking drivers, freight, and client communications
  • Collect paperwork, receipts, BOLs and other necessary documents essential for accurate payroll implementation for South Carolina and Georgia divisions
  • Act as a liaison between the warehouse and the customer in administration of the accounts and between the office and customers regarding invoicing and credit changes
  • Generate required drug/ physical screening and re-certification test forms for new hires and existing employees.

Customer Service Agent

G&P Trucking
Gaston, SC
01.2018 - 07.2019
  • Execute all customer service activities such as responding to inquiries, processing orders and receipts and handling complaints in a prompt, courteous and effective manner
  • Interact and maintain good working relationships with customers by responding to all inquiries and complaints concerning work orders, invoices, shipments, inventory counts, etc.

UPS Claim Agent

Palmetto State Armory
Columbia, SC
12.2016 - 01.2018
  • Respond to lost or damage claim inquiries: o following up with both parties through claim process
  • Allocate any determined adjustments or replacements
  • Recommend internal improvements in products, packaging, shipping, service, or billing methods and procedures to prevent future problems
  • Maintain claim records of settled claims and an inventory of claims requiring detailed analysis
  • Prepare monthly reports to be submitted to company’s data processing department.

Customer Service Specialist

Palmetto State Armory
Columbia, SC
02.2015 - 01.2018
  • Resolve customers’ service or billing complaints professionally, quickly, and accurately
  • Keep records of customer interactions or transactions, as well as actions taken
  • Confer with customers by telephone to provide information and support regarding products, purchases, returns, warranty requests and account maintenance
  • Handle difficult or escalated calls while also maintaining the highest degree of courtesy and
  • Professionalism.

Warehouse Safety Associate & Trainer

Amazon
Columbia, SC
02.2014 - 12.2014
  • Maintain and enforce strict safety regulations to meet OSHA standards and regulations
  • Member of the CAE Amazon Warehouse Safety Team
  • Pack and label items to be shipped to warehouses or direct to consumers
  • Dispose of damaged & defective items or return them to vendors

Production Manager / Special Occasion

Charlotte, NC
10.2005 - 07.2017
  • Process new requests for digital media orders
  • Consult with customers for feedback and approval of finished product samples
  • Perform necessary quality and aesthetic adjustments
  • Construct finished products including packaging and shipping.

Sales Representative

Reese Brothers Teleservices Inc.
Indiana, PA
01.2003 - 08.2004

Client Relations and Problem Solving:

  • Developed the ability to relate effectively and professionally with customers when processing orders, providing information, and handling complaints
  • Achieved and maintained first in sales a duration of 6 consecutive months from February to July 2004
  • Created training recordings for new hires on techniques for overcoming objections/ obstacles and successfully closing sales.

Education

Associate of Science - Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA

Customer Service Certificate - Business Communications

Midlands Technical College
Columbia, SC
2017

Arts & Science -

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Creative And Performing Arts Academy

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock, PA

High School Diploma -

Hickory High School
Hermitage, PA
05.2000

Skills

  • Outstanding interpersonal communication skills
  • Superior oral and written communication
  • Safety & Quality Control certified; SQF/HACCP/PCQI
  • Extremely articulate, clear, pleasant speaking voice
  • Ability to remain calm, patient and productive in fast-paced environments
  • Effective at working with other departments to resolve problems confidently and competently
  • Accomplished in computer literacy: Microsoft Office, AS400, Zendesk, Powerpoint, ADP
  • Pragmatic Leader and Problem Solver
  • OSHA 30

Certification

  • PCQI
  • SQF
  • HACCP
  • OSHA-30


Timeline

Quality Admin Support Personnel

Pontiac Foods
04.2022 - Current

Food Safety Officer

Lineage Logistics
05.2021 - 04.2022

Payroll & Transportation Clerk

Southeast Frozen Foods
07.2019 - 05.2021

Customer Service Agent

G&P Trucking
01.2018 - 07.2019

UPS Claim Agent

Palmetto State Armory
12.2016 - 01.2018

Customer Service Specialist

Palmetto State Armory
02.2015 - 01.2018

Warehouse Safety Associate & Trainer

Amazon
02.2014 - 12.2014

Production Manager / Special Occasion

10.2005 - 07.2017

Sales Representative

Reese Brothers Teleservices Inc.
01.2003 - 08.2004
  • PCQI
  • SQF
  • HACCP
  • OSHA-30


Associate of Science - Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Customer Service Certificate - Business Communications

Midlands Technical College

Creative And Performing Arts Academy

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

High School Diploma -

Hickory High School

Arts & Science -

University of Pittsburgh
Sharon Smith