Operations Manager - HARVEST HILL BEVERAGE COMPANY - Atlanta, GA
(2024-01)
Work with operations and the technical group to identify productivity, improvements that impact quality, costs, performance, and preventive and predictive maintenance.
- Optimize operational efficiencies to support production, warehouse, and shipping of products.
- Track operational output measures (efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy), anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets.
- Partner with corporate and site planning groups to optimize production scheduling. Analyze forecasts to determine future production and downtime needs.
- Develop teams to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals.
- Deliver effective change leadership to drive business changes while minimizing people impact.
- Motivate team members to achieve plan goals.
- Manage department budget.
- Comply with Harvest Hill Beverages, Sunny Delight policies and procedures.
- Optimize ingredients and packing materials to minimize scrap flow.
Food Operations Manager - LSG SKY CHEFS Inc - Atlanta, GA
(2021-01 - 2024-12)
Oversee the food production department, implementing short and long-term operations plans.
- Oversee the department economic and operating performance, support and implement the principles of lean-manufacturing, and ensuring optimal development of human, technical and materials resources in the department.
- Responsible for department cost to budget through effective manpower planning, purchasing, scheduling, and overtime usage.
- Maintain an ongoing, positive, and initiative-taking relationship with all internal and external customers.
- Ensure compliance with customer specifications, quality standards, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), HACCP, safety, health, environmental and other regulations.
- Ensure on-time and accurate production in the preparation of food and catering of flights utilizing Variable production System (VPS) and ready time information.
Value Added Products (seafood, salads, chicken, beef) --Operations Manager - INLAND SEAFOOD - Tucker, GA
(2018-01 - 2021-12)
Leads manager, supervisors, and team members, utilizing assigned resources to maximize manufacturing output, minimizing waste/downtime, improving capacity and efficiencies, and maintaining product quality and integrity.
- Assists with quality control programs to safeguard product quality control, internal audits to ensure compliance with USDA, FDA, AIB and OSHA methods policies and procedures.
- Coordinates production activities with procurement, maintenance, and quality control activities to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines, and equipment.
- Maintain product locator system and ensure the optimal utilization of space.
- Direct the operations of the production line team to achieve prescribed objectives. Develop and maintain a productive work team by creating programs for hiring, training, and professional development.
- Work very closely with the quality assurance department to achieve 0% customer complaints.
Production Manager - ARCADIA BEVERAGE Inc. - Arden, NC
(2016-01 - 2018-12)
Led multi-department, continuous shift operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery and productivity goals through fact-based analysis and employee engagement.
- Oversee manufacturing of beverages and effectively utilizing resources to meet work performance standards, including organizing equipment needs.
- Managed and evaluated machine resources to ensure productivity and minimal downtime.
- Conducted thorough investigation to identify and eliminate the root cause of manufacturing problems.
- Strove to build a team that embraces the concept of productivity, product quality, and a safe environment.
Performance/Production Manager - AT WORK PERSONNEL SERVICES /DELMONTE FRESH PRODUCE - Forest Park, GA
(2009-01 - 2015-12)
Oversaw daily operations and manage production staff of 3-line supervisors, 1 QA supervisor, forklift operators, and sanitation crew.
- Directed production line operations, ensuring productivity, quality, and efficiency.
- Responsible for TQM, continuous improvement, food safety, and preventative maintenance.
- Provided timely response to customer job orders and guaranteed 100% fill ratio of all job orders.
- Supplied coaching, training, and development for employees.
- Conducted operations in alignment with Good Manufacturing Practices.
- Maintained compliance with OSHA and other regulations to provide a safe, secure work environment.
- Instructed and empowered production supervisor to improve management efficiency.
- Created and implemented training programs at all levels to promote cross-training and career development.
- HACCP certified and facilitated SQF audits.
- Consistently met or exceeded profit goals and expectations.
- Instituted LEAN manufacturing methodologies, improving cases per man/hour and reducing production/packing costs.
