David Meza

Quality-driven production leader with proven success in organizing workflows and coordinating resources to meet challenging goals. Industrious professional and resourceful problem-solver with persistent approach to tackling operational concerns. Good decision-making and team-building abilities with open and clear communication style.

Production Supervisor - Ray Products - Ontario, California

(2023-07 - 2024-09)

• Developed and implemented production schedules to ensure timely completion of projects.
• Monitored inventory levels and ordered materials as needed to maintain production operations.
• Ensured safety regulations were followed by all personnel in the production area.
• Trained new staff on production processes and procedures.
• Maintained accurate records of daily production activities.
• Conducted regular performance reviews for each employee to identify areas for improvement.
• Performed regular quality checks throughout the production process to ensure customer specifications were met.
• Collaborated with management team to develop strategies for improving efficiency in the production area.

Operations Manager - Avocado Green Mattress - Fullerton, CA

(2018-05 - 2021-04)

• In charge of multiple departments, such as mattress production, shipping and receiving, and quality control
• Verified and maintained weekly, monthly, and yearly inventory counts
• Worked collaboratively with purchasing, order processing, business development, and customer experience departments
• Cross trained employees, motivated, and promoted them
• Implemented organizational practices such as 5s, highly knowledgeable with SOP's, GMP's, KPI's, and using SQDIP boards
• Forklift certified stand up reach, cherry picker, sitdown, and electric pallet jack

Sales Distributor and Dispatcher - JD Mattress Sales - Los Angeles, CA

(2016-05 - 2018-04)

• Manage all mattress sales and distribution of all orders
• Create, update all invoices and purchase orders
• Facilitate installation and packaging of all materials
• Optimal service and product knowledge to ensure customer satisfaction
• Guarantee all goods contained their certification of analysis, lab tests, and were properly labeled, to enure maximum approval protocols.
• Responsible for receiving all the material used in production such as ingredients, packaging, and machinery in good condition ready to be utilized in production
• Worked with QC's (Quality Control) and ensured all goods contained their certification of analysis, lab tests, and were properly labeled
• Staged all received goods in assigned locations to better account inventory
• Accountable for all finished goods ready to be shipped
• Made sure forklift drivers loaded the pallets cautiously and by weight in the containers
• Maintained warehouse area clean at all times
• Maintained operations by following policies and procedures
• Worked with production personnel to schedule production based on inventory of the ingredients and packaging material as well as sanitation of the facility
• Accountable for all the packaging materiall used in a food production company
• Ensured that all the material was properly labeled and ready for use in the production lines as well as the mixing area
• In charge of having yearly cycle counts and weekly inventory for production planning and employee scheduling
• Made sure employees followed safety procedures

Production and Warehouse Supervisor - Bar Bakers - Los Alamitos, CA

(2014-07 - 2016-04)

• Responsible for receiving all the material used in production such as ingredients, packaging, and machinery in good condition ready to be utilized in production
• Worked with QC's (Quality Control) and ensured all goods contained their certification of analysis, lab tests, and were properly labeled
• Staged all received goods in assigned locations to better account inventory
• Accountable for all finished goods ready to be shipped
• Made sure forklift drivers loaded the pallets cautiously and by weight in the containers
• Maintained warehouse area clean at all times
• Maintained operations by following policies and procedures
• Worked with production personnel to schedule production based on inventory of the ingredients and packaging material as well as sanitation of the facility

Packaging Supervisor - Bloomfield Bakers - Los Alamitos, CA

(2009-09 - 2013-12)

• Accountable for all the packaging materiall used in a food production company
• Ensured that all the material was properly labeled and ready for use in the production lines as well as the mixing area
• In charge of having yearly cycle counts and weekly inventory for production planning and employee scheduling
• Made sure employees followed safety procedures

High school diploma - John C. Fremont Senior High School (2007-06)