Production Manager - Garrett Popcorn
(2024-03)
The planning and execution of daily production operations within the food production facility.
- Ensure that all production targets are met within the timelines set and within budgetary constraints.
- Develop and implement safety and quality control measures that will mitigate risk to our customers and to the company.
- Collaborate closely with other departments such as Quality, R&D Engineering, Maintenance and Sales to optimize production and improve product quality.
- Ensure the team is following all manufacturing policies, procedures, and best Practices.
- Maintain accurate records of production data for analysis and reporting.
- Analyze data to identify trends, root cause, and opportunities for improvement and implement corrective actions to resolve production issues.
Operations Supervisor - Sysco/ Buckhead meat of Chicago
(2022-10 - 2024-10)
- Direct, coordinate and monitor the daily activities and performance of production direct and indirect associates to assure delivery of high productivity, quality, customer service and compliance of standard company policies, procedures, and safety.
- Direct, coordinate and monitor daily activities and performance of the material handling area for both direct and indirect labor.
- Manage employee performance through motivation, delegation, development, mentoring and resolving conflict.
- Take corrective action as necessary on a timely basis and following company policy.
- Conduct regular department or pre-shift meetings to foster employee engagement, communicate any changes to company policies and procedures, address employee concerns, foster idea-sharing and suggestions for improvement.
- Participate in staff selection, performance and compensation evaluations, corrective action and terminations, as necessary.
- Evaluate and interpret business demand, prioritize and distribute daily work assignments.
- Establish line assignment and staffing depending on the line priority list.
- Determine and monitor work station assignments/rotation, associate breaks and required overtime.
- Meet production goals, quality and cost objectives.
- Monitor and maintain inventory levels in the material handling and production areas by using a warehouse management system (WMS).
- Review and record all production documentation.
- Participate in the implementation and roll-out of lean principles using 5S, Kaizen, and Kanban methods and tools.
- Provide and maintain a safe work environment by directing safety training, generating and reviewing standard operating procedures (SOP).
Operation Supervisor - OSI
(2019-12 - 2022-10)
- Plan and schedule department work; utilize employees, equipment and material in order to produce quality products.
- Estimate manpower requirements and select qualified employees to perform necessary work.
- Assign employees to jobs and instruct them in the proper procedures that will insure quality, safety and efficiency. Insure compliance with all established employee policies.
- Initiate discipline measures as required.
- Document and maintain records on all employees relating to discipline, promotion and attendance.
- Recommend improvements and modifications in the organization, procedures, policies, standards and methods in order to improve the system.
- Prepare reports concerning departmental activities and complete daily paperwork accurately.
Operation Supervisor Plated - OSI
(2016-02 - 2019-12)
Supervise portioning and prepping of all ingredients that are going to be shipped to our customers.
- Checking yields on produce and ingredients. Updated employees punches through paycom system.
- Manager of PPS line, decrease errors and improve performance. Improve overall line efficiency. Manage 20-100 hour employees.
Supervisor - Ruprecht Company
(2016-05 - 2017-02)
Manage cook side of food processing.
- Using WMS to release proper meats and spices to be used in processing. Manage employees that meats are processed within customer specs.
- by tumbling seasoned meats and cooking to proper internal temperature. Monitoring internal temperature to ensure cool down of meats to be packaged. Attending daily production meetings
- Coordinate efforts with the safety department to aid in training, conducting associate observations, updating preferred work methods, conducting accident investigations to determine root causes and routine safety inspections.
Operation Manager - Georgia Nut
(2008-07 - 2008-12)
- Manage all aspects of confectionery processing and packaging. Give instructions and/or orders to subordinates.
- Administering discipline. Ensuring that the productivity and quality standards are met. To ensure employees have the training, the tools and the material that they need to carry out their duties. Visualize future impacts and needs, energize the employees to get their tasks done.
- Makes sure that employees' pay is correct, their vacation
- Managing employees' hours, to reduce overtime.
- Completing production schedule, to ensure ship dates are meet.
Operation Supervisor - Peacock Engineering
(2008-12 - 2014-05)
Manage high speed production and packaging lines.
- Supervision of 40-100 hourly employees.
- Certificate in lean manufacturing. Working on processes to improve line efficiencies. Maximum line speed and minimizing downtime. Did employees schedule, minimizing OT.
- Was selected for joint training with Kraft foods to improve processes from material management to shipping products to DC's
Sanitation/Production Supervisor - Clydes Donuts
(2014-07 - 2016-05)
- Monitor daily, weekly, master cleaning schedule. Ensuring that all equipment is properly cleaned. Preparing for inspections. Reviewing and updating cleaning SOP's.
- Doing quality checks to donuts, ensuring quality product. Making necessary adjustments to proofer, by adjusting the heat or humidity. Ensuring donuts are being properly packaged and labeled.
- Doing metal detector checks.
Operation Manager - Chef Solutions
(2005-07 - 2006-07)
Processing and packaged cold salad, Cole slaw, potato salad, seafood salads, and pasta salads.
- Supervising 30+ union employees, monitoring OEE, checking for on time shipments, lean manufacturing, scheduling employees, resolving problems on time, ensure GOLD Standard products. Responsibility to developing all the potential leaders, the company can identify and place employees who prove that they have the interests and abilities to be promoted or transferred to better positions.
Operation Supervisor - John B Sanfillipo (fisher nuts)
(2006-07 - 2008-07)
Managing the start up of new can and flex bags high speed production lines.
- Monitoring efficiencies, using 5s and visual management tools.
- Continues improvement meetings, with Executives management. Weekly production meetings with management and hourly workers
- Responsible for implementing the production schedule. Supports and participates in continuous improvement initiatives. Communicates and coordinates activities with other shift supervisory staff and operations manager ensuring smooth production work transitions.
- Actively monitors documents (work orders, pre-ops, etc.) and work to improve production issues facility wide. Provides input in resolving maintenance issues.
- Makes proactive recommendations and offers solutions to the Production Manager to improve output and efficiency.
Operation Supervisor - Sara Lee
(2004-07 - 2005-07)
- pay arrives on time and they receive proper care if they get injured on the job. Worked with AS400 system.
- Make decision, if line is down to send people home to reschedule on weekends.
Operation Supervisor - Nation Pizza Product
(1998-08 - 2004-07)
Produced and packaged pizzas for companies such as Tombstone, Connie's pizzas. Manage all functions and activities for a smooth and profitable manufacturing operation stressing quality and safety in all endeavors.
- Accountable for supporting efficient and cost effective Operation that produces the highest quality product according to customer specifications.
- Hire training, schedule, supervised, and motivate 40+ non-union employees. Bakery experience, processing pizza crust.
- Plan for methods improvement to resolve problems and speed-up production lines. Order all raw materials needed to complete tasks.
- Oversee Quality Control ensuring GMP's, AIB, U.S.D.A and F.D.A. compliance. Coordinate traffic management for shipments.
- Active member of Safety Committee
Production Supervisor
Produced and packaged salad dressing and BBQ sauces.
- Supervising production lines, stressing quality, and still maximizing quantity. Ensuring the safety of employees, plan for cost reduction in production by reducing waste and unnecessary labor. Responsible to all aspects of 2nd shift factory operations. Q.C., shipping and receiving. Discipline employees if needed.
- Participated in the hiring process as part of interviewing and assessing candidates. Recommend to management that a particular employee termination, by preparing documents.
