YONG LEE
Troy,MI
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
General Manager
Tyson foods
Warren, MI
06.2023 - Current
- Lead the sanitation department overseeing a team of 60 members and 2 supervisors
- Optimized processes, focusing on document control and organizational structure, resulting in enhanced efficiency and cost reduction
- Successfully established a new chemical cage and system to support the expansion of the RTE plant
- Streamlined processes, resulting in a 50% reduction in pre-operational deficiencies and swab failure KPIs
- Improved documentation processes for better departmental tracking
- Collaborated with chemical suppliers to implement a CIP regimen using the new system
- Responsible for QA/USDA pre-op inspections and reporting
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to execute continuous improvement initiatives
- Created a master ordering list to optimize equipment utilization and ensure tool compatibility, driving cost savings.
FSQA Team Lead
Tyson foods
Warren, MI
02.2021 - 06.2023
- Supervised a team of three QA technicians in their daily responsibilities
- Collaborated closely with the FSQA Manager to ensure full compliance with BRC standards and maintain consistently high-quality standards
- Assumed managerial duties in the absence of the QA manager
- Performed and reviewed weekly and monthly food safety audits to improve accuracy and efficiency
- Identified, segregated, and isolated non-conforming products and reported to management
- Conducted investigations and data analysis on foreign material findings to identify, reduce, and eliminate root causes
- Investigated finished product defects to improve quality standards
- Conducted comprehensive analyses to validate manufacturing processes, including Critical Control Points and Preventive Controls
- Reviewed and updated both USDA HACCP and FDA HARPC food safety plans
- Executed risk analysis on new or changing ingredients, processes, and products
- Collaborated with Sanitation and Production to ensure GMP compliance
- Oversaw the existing plant-wide environmental monitoring program and enhanced the raw environmental monitoring initiative in preparation for the launch of the Ready-to-Eat (RTE) line expansion.
QA Technician
Sesaco Corporation
, MI
06.2020 - 02.2021
- Reviewed and improved the documentation process within the QA department
- Worked closely with afternoon managers to assist in the sanitation process and inbound inventory management
- Applied a new FIFO system to improve in-house inventory rotation and greatly improved traceability
- Developed new record-keeping documentations and document control procedures
- Worked closely with production supervisors to develop work instructions for line machinery
- Supervised and audited sanitation processes
- Conducted operational and pre-operational inspections.
Education
B.S - Nutrition and Food Sciences
Wayne State University
01.2020
HACCP Certification -
01.2020
PCQI Certification -
01.2020
Skills
- Skill
- Food safety
- Production Management
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Food Chemistry
- Process Improvement
- Problem Solving
- Team Supervision
- Quality Assurance
- Bilingual (Korean)
Timeline
General Manager
Tyson foods
06.2023 - Current
FSQA Team Lead
Tyson foods
02.2021 - 06.2023
QA Technician
Sesaco Corporation
06.2020 - 02.2021
B.S - Nutrition and Food Sciences
Wayne State University
HACCP Certification -
PCQI Certification -
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