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William Merlos

West Park,FL

Summary

Successful at strengthening quality controls and systematically updating production to meet dynamic industry and regulatory conditions. Knowledgeable about maintaining records, updating logs and organizing workloads to maximize efficiency and accuracy. Highly productive, proactive and exacting in upholding requirements.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Food Safety Supervisor & Quality Control

Sterling Foods
Miami, FL
04.2021 - 06.2022
  • Inspecting meat product processing and packing to ensure great quality freshness of the meat
  • Guide and train employees to follow HACCP regulations & protocols
  • Deal with USDA Inspections, such as violations, protocols, NR’s, warnings and with the cities protocols and regulations
  • Responsible for reviewing products and materials during manufacturing to make sure it meets company requirements
  • Their duties include measuring objects compared to their intended physical specifications, running quality tests and identifying defects
  • Resume
  • Monitored and controlled temperature of products.

HACCP Supervisor and Quality inspector

Sunshine Provisions
03.2016 - 10.2019
  • Worked with specific production team members to rectify production issues and maintain high-quality final products.
  • Inspected and packaged products meticulously according to manufacturing specifications.
  • Performed frequent visual inspections to root out tolerance and compliance issues.
  • Discarded and rejected products, materials and equipment not conforming with specifications.
  • Inspected outbound shipments and conducted random sampling of product quality.
  • Utilized gauges, tools and equipment to complete in-depth assessments.
  • Monitored production operations for compliance with specifications and promptly reported defects.
  • Identified and helped resolve non-conforming product issues.
  • Performed preliminary, in progress, hidden damage and final product inspections.
  • Documented findings and produced reports to aide management in assessing and correcting quality concerns.
  • Identified and helped resolve production problems, increasing output while reducing errors.

Meat Cutter Manager

Broward Meat & Fish Market
01.2010 - 03.2016

Cut, trimmed and ground meats such as beef, pork and poultry to prepare for packaging and sale.

  • Cut meats to customer specifications and answered questions about specialty products.
  • Verified proper inventory levels, product quality and freshness to prevent sale of spoiled products.
  • Maintained and stocked display cases by transporting wrapped products from work area or cooler to display cases.
  • Performed meat inspections and checked temperature environment to maximize food safety.
  • Adhere to safety and cleanliness standards and maintained equipment.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree - Business Management

F.I.U
Miami, FL
12.2021

High School Diploma -

Christian Academy
Miami, FL
06.2009

Skills

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
  • Ability to cross-train staff
  • Ability to multitask and adjust to
  • Over Ten years of experience in logistics
  • Over 7 years of experience in Management
  • Final Product Approvals
  • Document Quality
  • Punch Lists
  • Materials Analyses
  • Quality Improvement Activities
  • Testing Documentation
  • Complex Computation
  • Strategic Planning
  • Specifications Conformance

Certification

HACCP Certified (Food Safety Certified)

Additional Information

  • Good team working skills
  • Time management availability
  • Processing orders
  • Training
  • Supervising and appraising staff
  • Managing budgets
  • Maintain annual labor law postings as mandated by compliance agencies.



Timeline

Food Safety Supervisor & Quality Control

Sterling Foods
04.2021 - 06.2022

HACCP Supervisor and Quality inspector

Sunshine Provisions
03.2016 - 10.2019

Meat Cutter Manager

Broward Meat & Fish Market
01.2010 - 03.2016

Bachelor’s Degree - Business Management

F.I.U

High School Diploma -

Christian Academy
William Merlos