Site Extrusion Supervisor - Merit Medical, Inc. - Pearland, TX
(2024-01)
- Coordinate resources with the extrusion team and leads to achieve production goals.
- Coordinate with materials, production floor, stock room, and NPD to establish priorities.
- Manage multiple projects, duties, and assignments ensuring deadlines are met.
- Analyze and troubleshoot problems, identify solutions and implement methods, procedures, and/or techniques for resolution.
- Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ensure employees assist in completing production work orders and complete assigned tasks to applicable procedures.
- Supports development activities by conducting qualification and validation runs in extrusion.
- Contribute to meeting department goals and operational metrics.
- Provide feedback to manager regarding individual team member performance.
- Conduct effective team meetings.
- Exhibit objectively and openness to other views. Built a positive team spirit. Built morale and group commitments to goals and objectives. Inspire and motivate others to perform well.
- Proficient in inputting data in ORACLE and ensure team records, history and documentation is maintained.
- Assists in the implementation of new products and equipment.
- Managed employee scheduling and timekeeping through UKG to ensure accurate labor tracking and compliance with company policies.
Extrusion Team Leader - Merit Medical, Inc. - Pearland, TX
(2022-11 - 2024-01)
- Collaborate with Materials, Maintenance and QA to achieve efficient scheduling and production goals.
- Coordinate resources with the extrusion team and leads to achieve production goals.
- Coordinate with materials, production floor, stock room, and NPD to establish priorities.
- Manage multiple projects, duties, and assignments ensuring deadlines are met.
- Analyze and troubleshoot problems, identify solutions and implement methods, procedures, and/or techniques for resolution.
- Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Schedule work orders for several lines, such as Wire Lines, Air Lines, Silicone, PD, and Aspira Compounding.
- Plan and maintain inventories of extruded product to meet production requirements and inventory goals.
- Facilitate continuous quality improvement processes.
- Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot extruders, blenders, cutters, pullers, water baths, and sizing equipment.
- Ensure employees assist in completing production work orders and complete assigned tasks to applicable procedures.
- Supports development activities by conducting qualification and validation runs in extrusion.
- Contribute to meeting department goals and operational metrics.
- Provide feedback to manager regarding individual team member performance.
- Conduct effective team meetings.
- Exhibit objectively and openness to other views. Built a positive team spirit. Built morale and group commitments to goals and objectives. Inspire and motivate others to perform well.
- Create EPWOs when needed and complete disposition task of NCs.
- Proficient in inputting data in ORACLE and ensure team records, history and documentation is maintained.
- Assists in the implementation of new products and equipment.
- Train new operators in various areas of extrusion and provide support, direction and coaching to employees.
Extrusion Line Lead - Merit Medical, Inc. - Pearland, TX
(2021-04 - 2022-11)
- Assembled medical products on an assembly operation and performed a variety of tasks on a rotating basis.
- Coordinated with assemblers and other line leads to accomplish daily tasks.
- Coordinated with Quality Assurance to ensure that the assembly process is meeting quality specifications.
- Operated testing equipment to ensure product is working properly.
- Trained assemblers on manufacturing assembly, MPS's, QAP's, GPS's, and various manufacturing work systems.
- Recorded completed work orders and furnished reports on a daily basis.
- Supported team processes, team meetings, and daily data collection to management.
- Proficient in inputting information in ORACLE.
Production Operator IV - Merit Medical, Inc. - Pearland, TX
(2021-02 - 2021-04)
- Performed all processes within quality specifications, while visually monitoring the equipment used to ensure proper function.
- Performed all production assembly operations. Ensured product assembled meets quality standards.
- Performed on-line and in-process visual inspection of products to ensure it meets specifications per work order and procedure instructions.
- Assisted Team Leader and Technicians with product and/or machine changeovers.
- Operated a variety of testing equipment for periodic product and process testing.
- Performed inspection of extruded products such as braided shafts, non-braided tubes, tips, etc.
- Supported extrusion runs, braiding, cleaning, and related activities.
- Worked with Quality Assurance to ensure that the assembly process is meeting quality specifications.
- Completed paperwork associated with work orders being processed.
- Proficient in inputting information in ORACLE.
- Trained assemblers on manufacturing assembly, MPS's, and various manufacturing work systems.
Production Operator I - Merit Medical, Inc. - Pearland, TX
(2019-07 - 2021-02)
Assembled medical products on an assembly operation and performed a variety of tasks on a rotating basis. Operated equipment above reasonable expectancy levels.
- Performed all processes within quality specifications, while visually monitoring the equipment used to ensure proper function. Performed all production assembly operations.
- Performed on-line and in-process visual inspection of products to ensure it meets specifications per work order and procedure instructions.
- Assists Team Leader and Technicians with product and/or machine changeovers.
- Trained assemblers on manufacturing assembly, MPS's, and various manufacturing work systems.
- Complete paperwork associated with work orders being processed.
Secretary - The Order of Biochemists, Biologists and Chemists in the Romanian Health System - Bucharest, Romania
(2018-10 - 2019-03)
- Compiled, stored, and retrieved data through Excel and Word Processing software.
- Supervised, filed, and maintained the flow of documents.
- Created documents requested by management; prepared and organizing reports.
- Ensured the transmission of documents were completed by mail, fax, and through email.
- Liaison for incoming and outgoing phone and mail correspondence.
- Received calls from clients, business partners, and workers and either answer questions or forward the calls. Made calls on behalf of managers to communicate information to customers, to schedule appointments or to follow up on inquiries.
- Took notes from managers, prepared memos, or letters.
Counter Clerk - Post Office - Bucharest, Romania
(2004-06 - 2018-09)
- Collected invoices, acceptance and delivery of registered letters, parcels, and mandates; Completed money transfers.
- Recorded pensions and benefits for retirees, and then disburse the funds to the postmen for delivery.
- Created monthly financial reports; Adherence to cash and stock policies.
Postal Room Operative - Post Office - Bucharest, Romania
(2004-06 - 2018-09)
- Received and recorded postal items; Prepared reports manually; Data entry.
- Prepared reports of the postal delivery with registered letters for the Central Regional Transit Bucharest.
- Created mapping of incoming registered letters on distances for the postmen.
- Recorded pensions and benefits for retirees; Disbursed cash funds to the postmen for delivery.
- Delivered cash balance and manual reports to cashier manager.
- Recorded unpaid pensions and benefits in Excel reports.
Cashier Desk - Post Office - Bucharest, Romania
(2004-06 - 2018-09)
- Secured the need for funds to pay pensions and mandates.
- Prepared the cash for department officers; Verified paid pensions and mandates.
- Received the balances from department officers; Create and record reports.
