Supervisor Quality Control

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Jenison, MI 49428

Megan R. Kearns

Professional Experience

Leprino Foods Company, Allendale, Michigan Processing Supervisor

February 2011 - Present

. 16 direct reports, lead cheese processing and sanitation

operations

. Operation and sanitation of processing equipment, conveyors,

shredders, dicers, freezer, form fill and seal fillers

. Implement Lean, 5S continuous improvement initiatives increasing

efficiency and cost effectiveness

. Coordinate and plan day-to-day operations

. Train and support safety initiatives

. Budget for departmental labor, manufacturing costs and

maintenance initiatives

. Utilize SAP, Kronos, MES, and maintenance software systems

. Facilitate evaluations and invest heavily in employee

development

General Films Incorporated, Covington, Ohio Shift Supervisor

May 2010 - August 2010

. Coordinate and plan day-to-day operations

. Train and support safety initiatives

. Facilitate employee development and evaluations

. Develop process flow of finished goods and raw materials

. Lead updating and implementing initiative

Bluffton University, Bluffton, Ohio MBA

December 2009 - May 2010

. Completed Masters of Business Administration

Cargill Incorporated, Sidney, Ohio Department Supervisor

December 1996 - December 2009

. Promoted through the ranks from operator to department

supervisor, spent five years as department supervisor

. Coach two supervisors, up to 54 direct reports in a 24/5

manufacturing facility

. Collaborate with all manufacturing segments to coordinate and

plan day-to-day operations

. Facilitate evaluations and invest heavily in employee

development

. Utilize MRP. ERP, WCS, PeopleSoft, Kronos, and maintenance

software systems

. Lead cross functional teams in continuous improvement

initiatives utilizing TPM, TQM, Lean techniques, Kanban Cards,

5S, root cause analysis, Kaizan events, and value streaming

. Active participant in audits and quality control through

internal and external audits, GMP, HACCP programs

. Budgeted for nine cost centers, forecasting, reporting

variances, capital project support

. Responsible for department inventories, ordering, cycle

counting, FIFO, reports, updates and customer interactions

. Implemented behavior based safety programs, trained and

implemented SOPs

. Key member of two start up initiatives

Education

Masters of Business Administration Bluffton University

August 2008 - May 2010

Bachelors of Arts Organizational Management Bluffton University

August 2006 - May 2008

General Education Courses The Ohio State University

September 2005 - December 2005

General Education Courses Edison State Community College

August 1989 - December 2007

Training

Safety and Loss, Safe Start training/train the trainer, Performance

Unlimited, Maintenance and Reliability, RCM Workshop, Cargill Food

Safety, Fundamentals of Management, ThinkReliabilty: Root Cause

Analysis Cause Mapping, OSHA 10 Certification, Behavior Based Safety

Programs, Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

References

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