Melanie Hamelton

About Melanie Hamelton

I am a Quality Assurance Professional with expertise in product quality and safety, policy and food safety plan development and crisis/risk management. Energized by solving problems and enjoy the challenge of root cause analysis with corrective and preventative action identification. I can set direction, mitigate concerns and assure alignment on a cross-functional basis to provide best move-forward solution-Proven technical leader/mentor-Proficient problem solver-Calm under pressure-Self starterIndustry Experience: I progressed through varied positions in different manufacturing locations with responsibilities in Quality, Laboratory, Sanitation and Operations. My career continued through promotion to the cooperate level with Quality positions in Ingredients, Foodservice, Pizza, Meals, Cheese and Dairy with my most recent positions being in Food Safety, Quality Policy and Risk Management. Through my experiences, I am highly knowledgeable in food safety, quality and risk management programs and documented practices, including food safety plans (HACCP), quality policy development, product risk assessment tools and crisis management.

Experience

1. Director Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory - Symrise Pet Food-nam

   Symrise AG

   Feb 2021 — Present · Hodges, SC, US

Education

• South Dakota State University

  Bachelor's Degree, Dairy Manufacturing & Microbiology

  1984 — 1988

Skills

• Food Industry
• Food Technology
• Haccp
• Manufacturing
• Dairy
• Food Safety
• Continuous Improvement
• Sensory Evaluation
• Leadership
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Ingredients
• Policy
• Quality Management
• Food Microbiology
• Risk Management
• Food Science
• Quality Assurance
• Management
• Quality Control
• Gmp
• Food Processing
• Food
• Quality System
• Food Manufacturing