Shawna Hughes
Charlotte,NC
Summary
I have over 10 years in the Food manufacturing industry, with experience in the Prepared foods, Fresh Food Service, Tray Pack, bulk product, and restaurant base product. I also have had the opportunity in implementing new programs and product claims into facilities such as Halal and NAE certifications. I have had the opportunity in preparing and leading USDA Food Safety Audits, BRC Audits, Food Defense Audits, NAE, Halal, and Customer audits. In addition to this create and maintain antimicrobial and Quality department budgets. I have had the opportunity in conducting Animal welfare audit with the PAACO certification that I obtained in 2020. I have had the opportunity in mentoring and training Quality management in trainees and summer interns. I also work hand in hand with the Operations Department to assist in plants remaining in compliance with USDA regulations, customer specifications , and company policies.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Food Safety and Quality Assurance Director
PILGRIMS PRIDE
Marshville, NC
01.2019 - Current
- Responsible for ensuring USDA and Food Safety compliance for 4 food production sites
- Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina
- Manage Antimicrobial and Quality Assurance Budgets.
- Implement NAE/NAIHM process and maintain certifications
- Serves as the company Animal Welfare Officer
- PAACO Certified (Professional Animal Auditor Certification Org.)
- Ensure facilities are in compliance with customer expectations and audits.
- Assist and help facilitate new equipment install from a food safety standpoint.
- Work with facilities in assisting in maintaining Food Safety audit score.
- Assist plant throughout the company with Halal audits.
Senior Corporate Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager
PILGRIMS PRIDE
Athens, GA
09.2017 - 09.2019
- Senior FSQA Manager for 5 plant's.
- Verify Compliance of QA objectives in support of both plants and division goals
- Participate in Continuous Quality Improvement Programs.
- Conduct NAE (No antibiotics ever) plant Audits.
- Conducts to internal audit annually for all five plants
- Assist facilities in BRC Audit Prep
- Assist facilities in Customer Audit Prep
- Assist in Customer visit.
- Assist facilities in FSA Prep
- Develop FSQA Manager, HACCP Manager, and complex team members
- Coordinate and train plant associates on QA policies and procedure’s.
- Assist with New process Start-up
- Assist with Pre-op inspection and cleaning
- Review and Modify SSOP programs and prerequisites
- Act as a Liaison between USDA and plant.
- Prepare and analyze statistical data for customer and plant produce evaluation.
Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager
PILGRIMS PRIDE
Carrollton, GA
03.2016 - 09.2017
- Assisted in decreasing PHR NR’s and overall NR’s
- Coordinate and train QA techs how to perform pre-operational inspection
- Conduct Food Safety and Sanitation meetings on a weekly basis
- Achieved 90% on Internal Top 10 Audit
- Assisted in implementing Quality Systems program MYQM and sustained usage of the system at 90%
- Assisted plant in preparing for parts performance standard and maintaining a Category 1 status with USDA
- Assisted and continue to maintain a 2 log reduction for Enterobacteriacea (EB) biomapping, which is an indicator for Salmonella Campylobacter exciting out the chiller
- 2016 Food Defense Audit had zero nonconformance
- BRC Audit AA
- Assisted in helping the team increase internal audit score by 20 points in the second quarter
- Assist plant to obtain certification to run customer product.
- Improved plant customer status for product quality audits.
- Received the Excellence award for the Most Improve plant in Quality for the Fast Food Division and company-2016
Food Safety Quality and Assurance Manager
PILGRIMS PRIDE
Elberton, GA
11.2014 - 03.2016
- Manages, plans, coordinates, and directs quality control program designed to ensure continuous production/service consistent with established standards
- Manages the development and analysis of statistical data and specifications to determine present standards and to establish proposed quality and reliability expectancy
- Formulates and maintains quality control objectives and coordinates objectives with production procedures in cooperation with other managers to maximize quality, reliability, and minimize costs
- Manages, through intermediate personnel, workers engaged in activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, services, and products
- Plans, promotes, and organizes training activities related to quality and reliability
- Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists employees in solving work problems
- Manages installation, inspection, and testing procedures for finished products
- Recommends corrective action necessary to ensure conformity with quality specifications and standards
- May investigate customer complaints regarding quality and make appropriate adjustments
- Manages environmental and sanitation program
- Including Swabathons annually
- BRC score of AA, with three minors.
Senior Quality System Supervisor
KRAFT FOODS (Oscar Mayer)
Newberry, SC
02.2012 - 11.2014
- RTE experience with managing the QA of 22 line, include Turkey Bacon lines, sausage, and bolo
- Including Micro testing
- Including different packaging and product testing (O2, burst test, and seal testing for leakers)
- Tracked consumer complaints and discussed complaint for the RTE platforms
- Lean Six Sigma awareness
- Oversee the efficient implementation of quality standards, programs and processes to improve operational efficiencies and reduce/eliminate production waste and HOLD product
- Train employees in SSOP’s and GMP's ensure training effectiveness in application of job skill
- Trains lab group on safety topics, quality procedures and business updates for the month
- Participates in other plant teams and programs such as HACCP Team assuring that product meets HACCP by being below 40 degree within 8 hours and meeting cook and chill times and temperatures
- Team leader for ISO audit, too help ensure that the facility is meeting regulatory requirements
- Responsible for establishing, maintaining and promoting good communications and rapport with all departments, levels of management, and USDA
- By establishing these rapports I have biweekly meetings with the area managers, participate in pre-operational inspections with USDA and sanitation manager
- Managed consumer complaints data base, reported data out to facility management periodically
- Knowledge on creating batch sheets with formula system, approval raw material, creating labels for raw material, and stuffing batter for finish product
- SQF certified facility
- Project Development: Evisceration and Boning Biomapping study to get approval to produced raw ground meat product
- The Evisceration biomapping study was to ensure that the processing step and interventions that are in place from post-scald through post chill intervention steps are reducing microbial contamination on turkey carcass
- Over a six-week period 324 samples were collected from 6 sampling sites 3 time a day, 3 days a week
- Analyze the Evisceration Bio-mapping data and determine if additional micro interventions are needed
- Design, conduct and analyze Boning Bio-mapping data and determine if additional micro interventions are needed
- Helped to develop strategies, based on the bio-mapping data for selling raw ground turkey
- The objective of this in-plant study is to provide a biomapping of the turkey boning process through mechanical separation, drum and thigh production
- Samples were be collected and analyzed to understand current process capabilities
- There was 9 environmental sampling sites and 9 product sampling sites (consisting of 7 swabs and 2 product samples, 2 sampling events/day, 4 days/week over 3 weeks for a total of 384 swabs (168 products and 216 environmental) and 48 product samples collected.
Graduate Research Assistant
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma
01.2009 - 07.2011
- Setup and analyze SDS Page Gels for high molecular weight and low molecular weight wheat
- Experience analyzing air bubble stabilization in wheat bread dough with the effects of mixing times, lamination treatments and given levels of a surfactant and yeast
- Master Thesis: 'EFFECT OF PROCESSING ON GAS CELL AREA AND SPHERICITY OF FOAM DOUGH: A MICROSCOPY STUDY'
Education
Master In Food Science - Cereal Chemistry
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma07.2011
Bachelor Of Science And/with Education Degree - Biology
South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, South Carolina12.2007
Skills
- Budget Control
- Staff Management
- Staff Development
- Corporate Communications
- Strategies and goals
- Team Management
- Verbal and written communication
- People Management
- Rules and regulations
- Decision-Making
- Supervision and leadership
- Customer Relations
- Good Telephone Etiquette
- Friendly, Positive Attitude
- Organizational Skills
- PPE use
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Active Listening
- Organization and Time Management
- Type Software Proficiency
- Dependable and Responsible
- Self-Directed
- Conflict Resolution
- Presentation abilities
- Goal Setting
- Relationship Building
- Attention to Detail
- Team Collaboration
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Continuous Improvement
- Trend Identification
- Critical Thinking
- Professional Demeanor
- Public Speaking
- Analytical Thinking
- Problem-solving abilities
- Excellent Communication
- Multitasking Abilities
- Written Communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- Effective Communication
- Data Collection
- Self Motivation
Technicalsummary
Experience in Turkey and Broiler Chicken Ready to eat (sliced meats, Turkey Bacon, Turkey Sausage, Bolo, and Child Nutrition) Evisceration, DeBone, Further Processing, Batching, Label Approval verification, Raw material vendor claims process, Product traceability (Raw and Finish Product), Ready to Eat (RTE), Individual Quick Frozen Product (IQF), SPC, RCFA, 5 Why’s, HACCP certification, GMP and SSOP’s, FSSC Audit, SQF Audit 22000, BRC Certified Version 8, SAP, HACCP Validation, ISO Audit, and Consumer Complaints, Problem Solving, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and Powerpoint).
Research
Oklahoma State University, Graduate Research Assistant, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 01/2009 - 07/2011, Setup and analyze SDS Page Gels for high molecular weight and low molecular weight wheat. Experience analyzing air bubble stabilization in wheat bread dough with the effects of mixing times, lamination treatments and given levels of a surfactant and yeast. Master Thesis: "EFFECT OF PROCESSING ON GAS CELL AREA AND SPHERICITY OF FOAM DOUGH: A MICROSCOPY STUDY"
Certification
PAACO certification
HACCP certification
Timeline
Food Safety and Quality Assurance Director
PILGRIMS PRIDE
01.2019 - Current
Senior Corporate Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager
PILGRIMS PRIDE
09.2017 - 09.2019
Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager
PILGRIMS PRIDE
03.2016 - 09.2017
Food Safety Quality and Assurance Manager
PILGRIMS PRIDE
11.2014 - 03.2016
Senior Quality System Supervisor
KRAFT FOODS (Oscar Mayer)
02.2012 - 11.2014
Graduate Research Assistant
Oklahoma State University
01.2009 - 07.2011
Master In Food Science - Cereal Chemistry
Oklahoma State University
Bachelor Of Science And/with Education Degree - Biology
South Carolina State University