Yaritza Padua

• Lead customer-focused extended investigations, including RCA, CAPA development, verification, and closure, while driving cross-functional projects to eliminate systemic issues and prevent recurrence.
• Review and evaluate lab data and corrective action reports submitted by SMEs.
• Generate reports as part of complaint closure verification process.
• Lead and support internal audits, reviewing investigation quality, CAPA effectiveness, and compliance with ISO 9001 and RCMS requirements.
• Support the generation of statistical data for operations, sales, and management.
• Participate in and support quality walks through manufacturing plants to identify and eliminate defect opportunities.
• Represent the QA department at company improvement activities and meetings.
• Mentored, coached, and trained Quality personnel on investigations, documentation, and compliance expectations.
• Maintain filing and tracking documentation to ensure complaint management system is auditable.
• Support quality system consistency and audit readiness across multiple manufacturing sites through investigation reviews, audits, and walkthroughs.
• Quality Specialist I
• Maintaining and updating QA section of company intranet & maintaining document control database.
• Coordinating customer samples and lab data by managing lab samples, collecting and analyzing lab data, maintaining status reports, and doing complaint follow-up.
• Maintain filing and tracking documentation to ensure complaint management system is auditable.
• Participates with internal audits and the auditing of Root Cause analysis reports as they relate to customer complaints and internal off-spec investigations.
• Maintain and manage the procedure website. Work with Purchasing and Receiving Departments to resolve any discrepancies concerning raw material and packaging material documentation.

Maintaining and updating QA section of company intranet & maintaining document control database.

•Coordinating customer samples and lab data by managing lab samples, collecting and analyzing lab data, maintaining status reports, and doing complaint follow‐up.

•Maintain filing and tracking documentation to ensure complaint management system is auditable.

•Participates with internal audits and the auditing of Root Cause analysis reports as they relate to customer complaints and internal off-spec investigations.

•Maintain and manage the procedure website. Work with Purchasing and Receiving Departments to resolve any discrepancies concerning raw material and packaging material documentation.

• Perform Quality Control tests on finished products according to established procedures.
• Review analysis results and grade all finished lots when testing is complete.
• Calibrate, maintain, and troubleshoot laboratory instruments and equipment.
• Enter all necessary data into the laboratory database system.
• Retain all finished samples and maintain retain storage in orderly condition.
• Train laboratory personnel, as required. Identify and understand properties and hazards of chemicals.

• Operate and troubleshoot problems with bag machine.
• Accurately log and retain data i.e. Bag Weight Sheets, Blend Sheets, and Plants Inspections.
• Make standard and specialty blends without exceeding blender capacity.
• Ensure that finished product is packaged and labeled correctly.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment.
• Identify and understand properties and hazards of chemicals.
• Operate forklift and conduct forklift inspections.

• Inspect, test and measure
• Measure products with rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers
• Accept or reject finished items
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment.
• Report inspection and test data

• Inspect, test and measure
• Operate Quality control instruments (rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers)
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment
• Assemble

• Perform standard laboratory testing.
• Keeps laboratory supplies ready
• Resolves problems by examining and evaluating data; selecting corrective steps.
• Completes projects by assisting project team; attending and participating in group and project meetings.