Sanjuana Saucedo
Gardena
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager of Quality Assurance
Chef Merito LLC.
03.2023 - Current
- Document Control: Establish, create, and maintain plant food safety documentation and traceability
- Perform label review and submit label approval for printing
- HACCP: Review and reassessment of current HACCP system in compliance with FDA and FSMA guidelines
- Training: Coordinate food safety meetings and team trainings to train on food safety handling and basic GMPs
- Sanitation Manager: Build and establish a sanitation program that was non-existent, train and coach current sanitation supervisor
- Equip department with tools necessary for an effective sanitation practice
Manager of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, HACCP Coordinator
King Meat Service Inc.
01.2020 - Current
- Document Control: Establish a quality assurance system with SQF standard compliance, review and implement current USDA regulated directives and guidelines, log and maintain procedure, program, and document control
- HACCP: Review and update current HACCP plan, establish and enforce HACCP plan principles
- Training: Perform new and current employee training to ensure employees understand company cGMPs, HACCP principles, Allergens, and COVID-19 awareness PPE
- SOP/SSOPs: Review current SOP/SSOPs update according to SQF standards
- Establishment Administrator: Coordinate and approve users for governmental requests such as, exports, plant management, and noncompliance record
Food Safety and Quality HACCP Coordinator (part-time)
Dave's Baking Company
01.2020 - 08.2021
- Document Control: Establish a quality assurance manual, review and implement current FDA regulated documents, log and maintain control of forms being issued
- HACCP: Review and update current HACCP plan
- Issue and update CCP forms to comply with GFSI standards
- Training: Trained and coach floor production employees in understanding cGMPs and product monitoring by elaborating on the FDA past audit results
- SOP/SSOPs/QMS Programs: Create, enforce, and establish effective quality programs and providing and accepting feedback to CEO and suggestions to better modify and apply procedures
- Create pre-requisite programs and follow SQF standard to obtain the SQF certification
Quality Assurance Specialist Tech 2
Kelly Scientific Services (King's Hawaiian)
04.2020 - 06.2020
- SAP/ERP/RedZone: Routine food safety and quality walk-throughs, verify floor production operator SPC checks, perform HACCP verification on metal detector, ensure dough fermentation process is within the temperature and mixture time spec limits using the company's established ERP system
- Laboratory: perform daily dough tests, special request provided by commissary staff, sensory, moisture, pH/TTA, Brix, Color and texture
- Shift turn over: take turns writing the end of shift turn over report and provide detail briefing of product holds, rejections, receiving, and product destruction
- Document review: assist with reviewing documents, updating and translating PowerPoint trainings in preparation for our SQF audit
- Training/Deviation Reports: conduct hands on training to production team, report deviation to designated departments and follow up with task completion
- SQF Assistant: Assist supervisor in verifying floor compliance with SQF standards
Supervisor of Quality Assurance
Better Nutritionals LLC.
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Document Control: Establish, enforce, and updated standard operating procedures to comply with 3rd party audit standards
- Implemented databases to track and trend quality hold tags, customer complaints, internal audit findings, and foreign material findings
- Internal Auditor: conducted monthly internal audits to comply with company internal audit policy and 3rd party audit standards
- Pest Control: Manage and performed walk-throughs with pest control technician signed off on weekly and monthly service
- QC and Production Lead Training: Performed trainings to production team and QC techs on annual routine programs, i.e., allergen, HACCP, SOPs, and internal audits
- Product Spec Development/Label control: created and updated product specs using the CBOM (cooking bill of materials) and PBOM(packing bill of materials) issued by R&D
- Approved and verified retail labels issued to production are correct before use
- HACCP: Developed and implement HACCP plan for gummy vitamins and hemp gummy supplement
Quality Assurance Supervisor, Customer Quality
Overhill Farms Inc.
01.2016 - 01.2019
- QC Manager Assistant: Assist manager with summarizing of weekly KPI, new product development, records review, and verification of FG product hold and release, procure all raw materials for new label updates, and update current product specs and verify FG labels before use
- External Laboratory Accreditation: Gather, update, and maintain all 3rd party lab documentation
- Micro Laboratory Testing: Microbial test all FG and collect environmental swabs
- Chemistry Laboratory Testing: Test all FG and Raw material for quality metrics
- Perform color analyses on all inhouse sauces, test for pH, Brix, Viscosity on sauces provide information to product spec coordinator for update
- Purchasing: Procure all QC and Micro Lab supplies and maintain all supply inventory control
- Product Release: Accountable for ensuring product release to customer on timely manner
Quality Assurance Lab Technician
Coast Packing Co.
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Vendor Management: Gathered, validated, and maintained all supplier documentation
- Laboratory Testing: Performed and processed all product analytical tests (i.e
- FFA and PV)
- Record Keeping: Created, reviewed, and maintained QA Manuals
- GAP Analysis: Performed and documented gap analysis results
Quality Assurance Technician
Rose & Shore ~ RBR Meat Company
01.2008 - 01.2014
- Record Keeping: Collected, maintained, and recorded all 'Certificate of Analysis' for all incoming raw materials and all records for HACCP compliance
- Laboratory Testing: Performed N-60 (E-coli), Listeria, Salmonella, Coliforms generic e-coli (CEC)/ Total Plate Count (TPC) tests and maintained test results for USDA customer review
- Data Entry: Entered test results into the Dupont Bax System for company record keeping
- Internal Audits: Reviewed records for compliance with USDA and company standards
Education
B.A. - Medical Sociology
California State University of Long Beach
Long Beach, CA01.2017
Skills
- Word
- Excel
- Outlook
- Power Point
- Navision
- QuickBooks
Food Safety Certifications
- HACCP Certified since 2014
- BRC Internal Audit Certified
Microbiological Certifications
- API Certified
- BioMedix Certified Lab Technician
- DuPont Certified Lab Technician
- FSNS Microbiology
- SQF Certified
- SQF Advance Practitioner
- FSPCA (PCQI) Certified
- BRC Internal Auditor Certified
Software Competency
- Word
- Excel
- Outlook
- Power Point
- Navision
- QuickBooks
Timeline
Manager of Quality Assurance
Chef Merito LLC.
03.2023 - Current
Quality Assurance Specialist Tech 2
Kelly Scientific Services (King's Hawaiian)
04.2020 - 06.2020
Manager of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, HACCP Coordinator
King Meat Service Inc.
01.2020 - Current
Food Safety and Quality HACCP Coordinator (part-time)
Dave's Baking Company
01.2020 - 08.2021
Supervisor of Quality Assurance
Better Nutritionals LLC.
01.2018 - 01.2020
Quality Assurance Supervisor, Customer Quality
Overhill Farms Inc.
01.2016 - 01.2019
Quality Assurance Lab Technician
Coast Packing Co.
01.2014 - 01.2016
Quality Assurance Technician
Rose & Shore ~ RBR Meat Company
01.2008 - 01.2014
B.A. - Medical Sociology
California State University of Long Beach
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