Production Supervisor
Mexican Snacks Inc.-Harlingen, TX
March 2025 to Present
- Responsible for: developing people, improving processes, quality monitoring and improvements.
- Leader of 5S, Lean Six Sigma, and plant safety projects.
- Overseeing production operations, and improving their efficiencies by monitoring KPIs and conducting value stream mapping or kaizen events.
- Lead the quality team in ensuring that products meet the company's quality standards according to
SQFI regulations, monitoring parameters such as potato moisture, oil peroxide, and percentage of oil in potato chips.
- Monitor plant productivity by verifying the kilograms of potatoes or peanuts produced and checking the man-hours used to achieve these kilograms of finished product.
- Lead the maintenance team in implementing preventive maintenance plans for equipment, monitoring their execution and compliance through the completion percentage per line. In addition, verifying routine monthly inspections that allow for early detection of potential preventive maintenance needs for equipment on production lines.
- Minimize downtime and ensure optimal equipment performance by planning, scheduling, and executing maintenance activities.
- Overseeing the management of spare parts and supplies, ensuring that inventory levels are sufficient to support maintenance activities.
- Monitor the man-hours to be used in planning corrective or preventive maintenance activities to be carried out at the plant.
- Check and justify monthly maintenance expenses to avoid exceeding the budget allocated to the department.
Production Supervisor
Pratt Industries-Dallas, TXFebruary 2024 to August 2024
- Commit to overall safety of the plant and procedures.
- Manage 3 to 30 manufacturing employees at the location
- Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations.
- Increase production, assets capacity, reducing waste and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards.
- Be responsible for production output, product quality, reducing waste and on time shipping.
- Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results.
- Implement strategies in alignment with strategic Division initiatives providing a clear sense of direction and focus for production employees.
- Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions.
- Share a trusting relationship with work group and recruit, manage and develop the plant staff. Provide leadership and drive training initiatives for all plant employees. Develop future talent by coaching and mentoring direct reports.
- Collect and analyze data to find areas of waste or overtime and implement an improvement process.
- Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics, and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets, quality and safety.
- Participate in monitoring, managing and controlling expenses throughout the year.
- Perform strategic thinking and actively participate in plant and company processes.
- Conduct meetings with employees to communicate company goals, objectives, initiatives and progress to date.
- Build and retain a “customer focused” environment; including internal and external customers.
- Adhere to all plant Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), operating procedures (SOPs). Manage, drive and oversee continuous improvement programs.
- Communicate the needs of all production operations functions to the Production Manager and or Plant
Manager and local Management team on an as needed basis.
- Develop and analyze new methods of reducing/avoiding costs, improving products and assuring a safe working environment.
- Create a departmental vision and translate into action items with specific completion dates and delegation of responsibilities to appropriate direct reports.
Manufacturing Supervisor
Klein Tools-Mansfield, TX
August 2023 to November 2023
- Coordinate work group activities, schedule work, assign machines to meet manufacturing schedules,
increase overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), achieve takt time (required pace of product to meet demand), and reduce lead time.
- Record work group performance data and send a daily report to the Manager to provide an update of daily activities, personnel changes, and any issues encountered.
- Conduct training for Manufacturing Team Members, which include set-up and operation of equipment,
understanding manufacturing processes, plant regulations, safety rules and hazards, and other job-
related procedures and standards.
- Motivate and lead Manufacturing Team Members by providing coaching and development opportunities.
- Troubleshoot minor equipment issues and escalate major issues to the Manager.
- Work with the Operations team and Lean Business Systems group to establish Key Process Indicators,
lean initiatives, and project timelines as well as monitor and update output reports.
- Collaborate with the Supply Chain Management group to maintain required manufacturing supplies and services. Complete purchase requisitions as necessary.
- Comprehend and administer all Company policies and procedures outlined in the Employee Handbook and/or internal communications from management team.• Make employment recommendations on hiring, promotion, transfers, training and development,
disciplinary action, terminations, and pay adjustments; monitor performance by completing new hire and annual performance evaluations.
- May assist in the development of the annual departmental fiscal budget.
- Ensure that proper safety methods are used in the department as specified by Loss Prevention. Ensure team maintains an orderly and clean department.
- Participate in various lean manufacturing activities to improve products, reduce waste, or learn new skills or operations.
Production Supervisor
MI Windows and Doors-Flower Mound, TX
May 2023 to July 2023
- Managing staffing, orientation, training, and team member development.
- Responsible for: developing people, improving processes, reducing costs, quality monitoring and improvements, superior customer service, and on-time delivery.
- Responsible for appropriate staffing and departmental scheduling personnel to meet manufacturing requirements while minimizing costs.
- Responsible for planning departmental operations by establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products.
- Developing or revising standard operational and working practices and observing workers ensuring compliance with standards.
- Ensuring plant staff (Leads) enforce Company policies and procedures, plant-wide safety rules, and employee rules of conduct.
- Responsible for interviewing, hiring, training, terminating, disciplining, and coaching employees.
- Able to motivate employees to achieve results. Communicator, capable of teaching and generating results while enhancing the MI work environment and supporting the Company philosophy.
Production Supervisor
Exalt Samples, LLC-Carrollton, TX
July 2022 to May 2023
- Accomplishing production staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
- Maintaining work flow by monitoring steps of the process; setting processing variables; observing control points and equipment; monitoring personnel and resources; studying methods; implementing cost reductions; developing reporting procedures and systems; facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process control points; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.
- Maintaining staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; developing personal growth opportunities.
- Completing production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel; accomplishing work results;
establishing priorities; monitoring progress; revising schedules; resolving problems; reporting results of the processing flow.
- Maintaining quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
- Ensuring operation of equipment by calling for repairs; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
- Providing manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data.
- Creating and revising systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping systems, forms of control, and budgetary and personnel requirements; implementing change.
- Maintaining safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources.
- Resolving personnel problems by analyzing data; investigating issues; identifying solutions;
recommending action.
- Maintaining professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks.• Contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Production Supervisor
Sow good Inc-Irving, TX
April 2022 to July 2022
- Establishing operational objectives for production in the areas of quality, safety, productivity, and cost.
- Finding solutions to ensure all of our products are made using the highest standards and best ingredients.
- Participating in the development and implementation of new manufacturing processes, products, and systems.
- Communicate processes, deficiencies, and forecasted trends to executive management.
- Provide recommendations for and oversee process improvement plans.
- Establishing and maintaining controls that verify the efficiency of all manufacturing and production processes.
Senior Production Supervisor
Woodmont Cabinetry-Cedar Hill, TX
December 2020 to April 2022
- Instilling and sustaining 5S processes throughout our manufacturing facility. Improving the door assembly process and the handling and shipping of products to customers.
- Leading Value Stream Mapping to several processes in the plant.
- Implementing Kanban system and 2-Bin system in the company to facilitate and improve the storage of supplies.
- Leading Kaizen events to improve processes which saved $95K per year for the company.
- Driving employee performance through communicating expectations, measuring productivity outputs,
empowerment, engagement, and dual accountability.
- Overall accountability for providing team members with direction, training, performance management,
and career development opportunities, while maximizing productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness.
- Responsible for ensuring the on-time delivery of our products with zero defects while consistently meeting our high safety and quality standards.
- Taking ownership in the problem resolution process, through root cause investigation and resolving areas identified through process improvement.
- Mentor production supervisors, supervisors in training, and team leads to be able to drive employee engagement, empowerment, cross-training, 5S, and lean manufacturing principles within their work cell and the overall plant.
- Leading by example and upholding Woodmont cabinetry corporate values.
- Knowledge of Woodmont’s ERP and managed Woodmont’s MRP system.
Production Supervisor
Xochitl Inc-Irving, TX
November 2019 to December 2020
- Complete the weekly production schedule.
- Managed direct reports in a tortilla chip manufacturing plant.
- Solve any issues in the plant with the help of maintenance staff.
- Oversee the production process.
- Ensure that production met the standards of the company. (QA Tech).
- Managed shift staff (Forklift driver, Cook, Operators, Maintenance, Sanitation, Packers, QA) about 18
people.
Process Guy/ Associate
Amazon-Coppell, TXMarch 2018 to November 2019
- Drove Turret truck forklift and the order picker forklift to move pallets or items within the company
(warehouse) so that they can be processed by different areas.
- Stowed the items with a rate of 380-460 UPH (unit per hour).
- Managed the outbound staff (Forklift Drivers) in picking and stowing pallets inside the facility. (Process
Guy).
Drilling Engineer of Oil Wells.
PDVSA Petróleos de Venezuela S.A-Morichal, VE
July 2011 to December 2016
- Managed, monitored, and controlled drilling operations.
- Construction and completion of oil wells.
- Knowledge of mechanical design and parameters. They are controlled for proper drilling, according to the well’s section. ROP 76-80, PSM 10/20 (Mlbs), Press 150-1800 Kpa, GPM 400-550,
Project Analyst
PDVSA Petróleos de Venezuela S.A-Ciudad Guayana, VE
November 2010 to July 2011
- Optimized and Improved Management Systems and Transportation Solid Oil (Coke and Sulphur).
- Analysis of Structure, Substructure, and parameters used in the construction of trains and railways.
- Knowledge of the use of trains in the transport of solids, specifically the transport of coke and sulfur
Through conveyor belts to oil craft (docks).
