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Showanna Palmer-Perry

FL

Summary

Dynamic quality and regulatory leader with a proven track record at Blommer Chocolate, driving continuous improvement and achieving top-tier audit scores. Expert in food safety systems and team building, I reduced non-conforming product holds by 49% at Smithfield Foods, fostering cross-functional collaboration to enhance operational excellence.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Vice President of Quality, Regulatory and Sanitation

Blommer Chocolate
Chicago, USA
10.2021 - Current
  • Company Overview: Blommer Chocolate is owned by parent company Fuji Holdings ($169.1M annual sales) and is a division of a global parent company.
  • Manage food safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and sanitation programs across four chocolate manufacturing facilities in the US and Canada.
  • Develop and expand continuous improvement programs, train employees, and audit compliance to laws, customer standards, and internal policies at our Chicago, IL, East Greenville, PA, Union City, CA, and Campbellford, ON facilities.
  • Create an empowered culture to ensure that the department and its people understand the goals and objectives of the business and that they have the resources and leadership support to accomplish them.
  • Provide an environment which ensures and provides for open and healthy communications.
  • Execute a global quality management strategy to improve customer-facing quality performance and reduce quality-related spending across the globe.
  • Prioritize and implement predictive (versus reactive) tools and techniques.
  • Develop and utilize global key performance indicators (KPIs) for manufactured and externally sourced products to monitor quality performance and effectively manage non-conformances.
  • Conduct monthly Global Quality executive briefing with senior executive management.
  • Review monthly quality performance (KPIs), major non-conformances, corrective actions, and drive improvements through root cause analysis.
  • Partner with internal and external partners to complete third-party, regulatory, supplier, customer, and internal audits of food safety and quality systems, using root cause analyses to inform corrective actions.
  • Achieved top-tier audit scores across all facilities and an overall decrease in non-conformities.
  • Blommer Chocolate is owned by parent company Fuji Holdings ($169.1M annual sales) and is a division of a global parent company.

Director of Food Safety, Quality and Sanitation

Smithfield Foods, Spice Division
Bolingbrook, USA
  • Managed food safety and quality programs in all facilities across the country.
  • Developed and expanded continuous improvement programs.
  • Responsible for FSQA and Sanitation for three facilities with a staff of eight direct reports.
  • Collaborated with R&D, Procurement, Supplier Quality, Customer Service & Production to create data-driven processes for new product commercialization.
  • Reduced non-conforming products holds by 49% in 2020.

Manager of Food Safety, Quality and Sanitation

JR Short Milling
Kankakee, USA
  • Managed Quality over a separate pilot plant, one manufacturing facility and one distribution warehouse.
  • Led a staff of 12 including QA Manager, Compliance and Regulatory Specialist, Sanitation Lead, QA Techs, and Sanitation Team members.

Quality Assurance Manager III

Coca-Cola Company
Alsip, USA
  • Led and managed the Quality Assurance Department to ensure the production of high quality products at the lowest cost.
  • Managed 2 Quality Supervisors, 5 Syrup Techs and 15 Quality Techs.

Quality Assurance and Sanitation Manager

World Finest Chocolate
Chicago, USA
  • Managed a team of 16 including QA Supervisor, Regulatory Compliance Supervisor, QA Techs, Sanitation Supervisor, Sanitation Techs, and an R&D Tech.

Quality Systems Supervisor / Operations Supervisor

Kraft Foods / Nabisco Biscuit Div.
Chicago, USA
  • Managed a variety of cookies and crackers in the world’s largest bakery with over 1800 employees.
  • Led a team of sixty Operations people.

Education

Master’s - Business Administration

Purdue University
Calumet, IN
05.2015

Bachelor of Science - Community Health/Pre-Med

University of Illinois
Champaign-Urbana, IL
05.1998

Skills

  • Quality management
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Food safety systems
  • Continuous improvement
  • Data analysis
  • Team building
  • Root cause analysis
  • Effective communication
  • Strategic planning
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Project management

Certification

  • PCQI Certification
  • HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points)
  • BRC Global Standards Certification
  • Internal Food Safety Auditor
  • Silliker GMP Training
  • Sensory Evaluation Techniques

Awards

  • Taco Bell 2019 Star Award, Supported Taco Bell’s Quality standards by building an exceptional food safety culture.
  • Kraft Food Leadership Award, Operational and QA Leadership Award for Cost Saving Project.

Accomplishments

· Taco Bell 2019 Star Award – Food Safety & Quality: Supported Taco Bell’s Quality standards by building an exceptional food safety culture. Achieved Tier 1 Food Safety audit scores and averaged 99.6% across all facilities in Quality System audits.

· Kraft Food Leadership Award – Operational and QA Leadership Award for Cost Saving Project

Timeline

Vice President of Quality, Regulatory and Sanitation

Blommer Chocolate
10.2021 - Current

Director of Food Safety, Quality and Sanitation

Smithfield Foods, Spice Division

Manager of Food Safety, Quality and Sanitation

JR Short Milling

Quality Assurance Manager III

Coca-Cola Company

Quality Assurance and Sanitation Manager

World Finest Chocolate

Quality Systems Supervisor / Operations Supervisor

Kraft Foods / Nabisco Biscuit Div.

Master’s - Business Administration

Purdue University

Bachelor of Science - Community Health/Pre-Med

University of Illinois

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