Don Bruno

Peculiar, MO ***** acv9ea@r.postjobfree.com Mobile: 816-***-****

Qualified Project & Production Management Professional

Seasoned, proven project and production management professional with 30+ years of accomplished experience achieving exceptional results. Track record of upward mobility based on outstanding quantitative and qualitative performance in all positions held. Expertise in running and optimizing plant operations, ensuring safety while driving profitability through mitigating wasteful spending. Extensive managerial acumen with background in hiring and developing teams, with responsibility for up to 90 direct reports. Well versed in ISO and many other regulations and standards. Currently seeking to apply knowledge, skills, and abilities in a project or production management capacity.

Core Skill Areas:

Plant Production Operations

High-Level Project Management

Team Training & Leadership

Regulatory & Safety Compliance

Product Quality Assurance

Complex Inventory Control

Product & Staff Scheduling

Payroll & HR Task Execution

Continuous Improvement/TPM

Mitigating Wasteful Spending

Risk Analysis & Prioritization

Process Documentation

Project Task Prioritization

Customer & Regulatory Audits

Uncompromising Work Ethic

Professional Experience

TAYLOR CABLE PRODUCTS 2016-2016

Manufacturer of after-market parts for the automotive industry.

Project Manager

Learned different aspects of the company to be backup person (customer service, purchasing, receiving, screen printing). Oversaw projects and moving forward on product projects that were being developed for market.

Original Juan Specialty Foods 2015 – 2015

Manufacturer of the finest sauces, salsas, and drink mixes in the industry.

Production Manager

Supervised facility operations ensuring quality products, on time and within budget. Functions included spicing, batching, cooking, and packaging. Managed five unique departments, 38 team members, and three management staff. Managed the safety team to ensure an optimal working environment. Troubleshot equipment as needed to resume production runs quickly. Maintained sanitation levels to meet or exceed requirements set by government regulations or customer requirements.

Corbion (Caravan Ingredients/American Ingredients), Grandview, MO 1981 - 2015

Chemical processing plant providing products for food ingredients, specialty chemicals, polymer additives and pharmaceutical industries worldwide.

Project Manager (2011-2015)

Charged with primary responsibility over building maintenance, internal and external securing of facility, grounds upkeep, and capital projects for process and safety improvement from start to finish. Oversaw and coordinated projects with budgets up to $500K, managing multiple tasks simultaneously. Worked with vendors and contractors to carefully define scopes, costs, and schedules. Issued hot work, confined space, and working at heights permits. Orchestrated and participated in TPM events. Installed equipment to improve overall safety of working conditions.

Key Achievements:

Maintained a safety record of zero incidents throughout tenure in position.

Installed a catwalk system on the outside of tanks to ensure safety of team members, a $400K project.

Installed two assisted lifting devices, mitigating injury potential and vastly improving efficiency.

Revamped Quality Control laboratory to current codes and standards, making top-to-bottom overhauls.

Upgraded 89 electrical motor control center buckets, installing reset buttons to reduce risk of arc flash.

Bonded and grounded packaging towers and installed audio and visual aids to notify when loops were broken.

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Phone: 816-***-**** acv9ea@r.postjobfree.com

Production Manager (2004-2011)

Supervised facility operations ensuring the annual production of 120M+ pounds of material, on time and within budget. Functions included reaction, distillation, flaking, grinding, blending, spraying, and packaging. Managed five unique departments, 90 team members, and five management staff. Worked with Safety Manager to ensure an optimal working environment. Handled weekly payroll implementing digital platform. Hired and trained additional team members. Set up and produced trial productions, coordinating with multiple cross-functional departments. Troubleshot equipment as needed to resume production runs quickly. Conducted facility tours for customers, auditors, and corporate employees.

Key Achievements:

Converted facility from a five to seven day work week with no interruption to process, resulting an increase in production yield of 10M pounds per year, and reduced overhead of $250K in overtime.

Worked with engineers to increase reaction process, replacing two 5K pound reactors with 20K pound.

Catalyzed the increase speed of distillation process, increasing daily yield from 110K to 190K.

Implemented E-time to handle payroll electronically and cut down processing man hours, serving as the power user responsible for setting up the program and training team members on its use.

Operated for seven years with no shortages to customers, overseeing numerous customer audits and new product development at the plant processes level.

Production Supervisor (2000-2004)

Oversaw five individual plants with responsibility for ensuring the communication of schedules and meeting of daily production numbers. Confirmed departments had all required packaging materials according to schedule. Trained hourly team members on processes and equipment. Reported daily information to Production Manager to identify process issues and status of operations. Troubleshot any arising problems in an expedient manner. Maintained plant cleanliness for sanitation audits and public plant tours. Generated and executed ISO procedures. Handled inventory needs including ordering of indirect operating items. Assisted plant team members as otherwise needed.

Key Achievements:

Ensured facility maintained certifications with GMPs, BRC, AIB, ISO, HACCP, and FDA.

Handled all facility scheduling including overtime, sick days, vacation, and more.

Additional Experience

Warehouse Supervisor, American Ingredients, Grandview, MO, 1998-2000.

Chemical Operator 1, American Ingredients, Grandview, MO, 1981-1998.

Academic Background & Certifications

B.A. in Management and Human Relations, Mid-America Nazarene University, Olathe, KS.

A.A, Longview Community college, Lee's Summit, MO.

AIB - American Institute of Baking Sanitation Standards

BRC - British Regulatory Consortium Sanitation Standards

Technical Skills

Food Safety/HACCP, ISO 9000, Allergen Control, Sanitation Programs, Labeling Requirements,

Lot Tracking, Line & Product Start-Ups

AS-400 (Warehouse System), E-Time (Payroll), Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Citect (OS)

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