Quality Manager ( 243211) Bachelors Chemistry / Specialty Chemicals, Detergents, Nutraceuticals, Pharma / New Jersey
NJ Quality Leader with 20 years of experience supporting Nutraceuticals, Pharma and Specialty Chemical Industries. He has a Bachelors in Chemistry. He started his career as a Chemist and moved into the Quality realm through progressive positions. He has managed quality labs and teams to ensure that products meet standards. He is skilled in troubleshooting and calibrating Lab equipment.
He left his last position to care for a critically ill family member. He is now ready to join a company where he can apply his substantial toolbox of technical skills and Quality leadership! If you move quickly, you can put this “Game Changer” to work to improve your product, operations and processes. He is looking at opportunities in the New Jersey market. His notable experience includes:
• Managed daily operation of the QC lab to ensure the daily function of the lab.
• Controlled release of Raw materials to ensure production is kept to schedule.
• Managed daily operations for fast-paced QC lab to ensure Finished Products, Raw Materials and Semi-finished products are released in a timely manner to provide increased service levels.
• Attended daily production meetings to identify and help expedite samples on late orders to reduce the backlog of late orders.
• Ensured QC lab compliance to quality standards (FDA, NSF, and GMP).
• Developed and validated methods for analysis of botanical extracts and supplements by ICP-MS for heavy metals and mineral analysis.
• Negotiated and managed vendors for the purchase of new equipment and the setup of service contracts.
• Managed team of chemists and technicians conducted annual performance reviews as well as providing performance development plans for employees who were not performing to expected levels.
• Troubleshoot issues arising from instrument and method issues in the QC lab.
• Conducted OOS (Out of Specification) investigations and wrote corresponding OOS reports.
• Wrote SOPs for new instrumentation.
• Conducted Method Validation/Verification in accordance with relevant protocols.
• Conducted Method Transfer in accordance with relevant protocols.
• Responsible for the installation of new non-Perkin Elmer instrumentation onto Perkin Elmer Total Chrome Data Acquisition System.
• Responsible for training of all new lab staff on instrumentation including Perkin Elmer Total Chrome data acquisition system.
• Responsible for validation of upgrade of Perkin Elmer Total Chrome data acquisition system to version 6.2.
• Used MRP requirements to schedule manufacturing and packaging of solvents and solutions.
• Was responsible for testing of all incoming raw materials using GC, HPLC, UV/Vis, FT-IR and wet chemistry.
• Supervised Chemical Operators and Chemical Packers.
• Troubleshooting QC Lab Equipment
• Calibrating Equipment
• Torque Tester
• Gas Chromatography
• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP)
• FSSC 22000 – Food Safety System Certification
• Nutraceuticals 10 yrs.
• Detergents 8 yrs.
• Specialty Chemicals 8 yrs.,
• Fine Chemical 8 yrs.
• Ophthalmic 10 yrs.
• Hands-on Quality Lab Experience
• Working With Lean Teams
• Coordinating Lab Activities
• Non-Destructive Testing NDT
• Technical Writing
• Troubleshooting Root Cause
• Quality Training Experience
• Creating SOP Training
• Investigating Customer Complaints
• 5S / 6S
• Working with R&D
• Qualification, And Maintenance for The Instruments
• OOS Reports
• Schedule Manufacturing and Packaging
• Master Batch Sheets for Manufacturing
• Perkin Elmer Total Chrome Data Acquisition System.
• Calibration of All Instrumentation
• Ensure Production Matched demands
• SOPs for New Instrumentation
• Training of All New Lab Staff
• CAPA
• FT-IR, Brookfield Viscometer, and HIAC Particle Counter
• Raw Materials
• Monomers
• Polymer Formulations.
• Delivering Cost Reduction
• ISO 9000
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, ACS Option, Kean University / Graduated with Honors, GPA 3.4/4.0.
?Attended school while working full time.
?Independent Research Project, Synthesis of Bi-Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons