Jocelyn Gadson

About Jocelyn Gadson

Resourceful business leader and service manager with experience in food safety, quality management systems, and regulatory compliance. Additional experience includes water and wastewater treatment, and food and water quality safety assessments. • Global Business Leader and Consultant. Proven leadership skills and influence with global affiliates in the implementation of business plans that incorporates business requirements and key performance metrics. • Team Developer | Leader. Demonstrated ability to influence, energize, and enable values-based culture of employee accountability and performance. • Continuous Improvement: Delivers profitable wins and transformations in operational performance. My expertise includes, but is not limited to strategic planning, supply chain management and manufacturing operations, project management, and new technology validation.Key accomplishments include:• Identified and executed a commercial-scale water recovery project that enhanced water quality and safety, reduced water usage by up to 27% and strengthened business continuity in water-stressed areas.• Developed standards and provided water quality governance, expertise and oversight for global system of over 900 bottling facilities; provided consultation and feedback on new issues and concerns; monitored and updated water specifications and requirements to assure regulatory compliance.• Planned and executed the conversion of water rinsers to waterless bottle rinsers on production lines throughout North America. Managed a $200K capital spend that provided a net savings of $368K, reduction in water usage by 45 MM gal/year, and eliminated safety issues related to chemical handling.Please contact me at J••••••••@gmail.com.

Experience

1. Quality Assurance Specialist

   The Coca-Cola Company

   Oct 2019 — Present

   Select, supervise, and develop Quality Assurance personnel which are responsible for overseeing the quality of our syrup batching process, which includes all QA testing, record keeping, sanitation and general housekeeping procedures.• Lead all Coca-Cola, Federal and State communications, and audits to ensure compliance and safety.• Keen focus on batching processes delivering quality and minimize waste for high yields. • Assist operations management with process equipment, fill control (net weights) and product/package troubleshooting and innovation. • Collaborate with operations and sales management to improve Coca-Cola quality indices • Ensure safety of all personnel within the department • Establish, submit, and balance the yearly departmental budget • Ensure departmental compliance with all company policies and procedures

Education

• Howard University

  Master of Science, Chemical Engineering

  1991 — 1994

• Howard University College of Engineering and Architecture

  Masters of Science, Chemical Engineering

• Kennesaw State University - Michael J. Coles College of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Executive Masters of Business Administration, Leadership

  2015 — 2016

• Howard University

  Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering

  1986 — 1991

Skills

• Iso
• Business Process Improvement
• Water Treatment
• Lean Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement
• Food Safety
• Supply Chain
• Quality Management
• Certified Project Manager
• Chemical Engineering
• Commercialization
• Factory
• Process Improvement
• Food Industry
• Supply Chain Management
• Iso 9000
• Process Engineering
• Water Quality, Treatment, & Governance
• Strategic Planning
• Quality & Engineering Management
• Manufacturing
• Gmp
• Management
• Quality System
• Process Simulation
• Strategic Leadership
• Quality Assurance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Validation
• Project Management
• Food Processing
• Six Sigma
• Food Science
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (Haccp)
• Operational Excellence
• Operational Due Diligence
• Leadership
• Spc
• Product Development