Edward Lapoint

About Edward Lapoint

Quality Manager | Contract Manufacturing & Aseptic Processing | Food Safety & …

Experience

1. Quality Manager - Contract Manufacturing (Meals and Beverages)

   The Campbell's Company

   Mar 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Assess, investigate, and manage supplier and contract manufacturer quality issues. Request and follow-up on applicable corrective actions.• Actively participate as a key member of Meals & Beverage business teams. Take the lead on all items involving Campbell quality policies, procedures, and requirements.• Perform contract manufacturer, external product development company, warehouse and supplier assessments and full quality system audits. Provide fact-based recommendations for approval or rejection.• Manage corrective actions for Meals & Beverage/Snacks supplier and contract manufacturer quality related issues and non-conformances, or food safety and quality system deficiencies.• Participate in new product or process contract manufacturer start-ups, with a mindset towards troubleshooting and problem solving.• Develop value added working relationships with key suppliers and contract manufacturers.• Manage and administer the Contract Manufacturing system databases as the primary Campbell interface with key contract manufacturers and suppliers.• Assemble team of internal experts from appropriate functional groups to solve food safety and/or quality problems or deficiencies.• Approve, conditionally approve, or reject potential new contract manufacturers, repackers and warehouses based on thorough assessments of quality and food safety systems against Campbell policies and effectively communicate decisions to internal and external parties.• Clearly and effectively interpret and communicate Campbell quality policies and procedures to internal business associates and to external contract manufacturers and suppliers.

Education

• Washington State University - Carson College of Business

  MBA

• University of Washington

  BA

Skills

• Operations Management
• Start-Ups
• Software Documentation
• Quality Management
• Budgets
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Food Safety
• Quality Assurance
• Operational Excellence
• Leadership
• Visio
• Team Building
• Management
• Process Engineering
• Continuous Improvement
• Change Management
• 5s
• Sqf Practioner
• Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Business Process Improvement
• Six Sigma
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (Haccp)
• Supply Chain Management
• Food Manufacturing
• Lean Manufacturing
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Quality System
• Team Leadership
• Kaizen
• Haccp
• Troubleshooting
• Organizational Leadership
• Analysis
• Training
• Testing