Chris Bowers

*** ******** **** . ********* ****, Illinois 61115 815-***-****

Objective

SEEKING A MANAGEMENT POSITION THAT CAN UTILIZE MY BACKGROUND IN PACKAGING,

QUALITY, AND PRODUCTION.

Employment

FACILITY MANAGER

2008-2009

Devansoy Inc.

Dakota, IL

Work with employees to increase productivity through cross training. Make

sure facility is current on training. Work on budget to meet financial

goals of company. Help develop and implement various SOP's. Develop many of

the procedures for the lab. Did lab calibration on equipment and recorded

results. Worked on troubleshooting out of specification product to reduce

waste. Train employees on basic lab procedures they needed to perform

before product could be shipped.

Snack Supervisor

2000-2008

TH Foods

Loves Park, IL

Schedule weekly production runs in the Snack Department. Develop Operating

Procedures for various production lines in the Department. Help Packaging

Operator troubleshoot problems on the Packaging Equipment. Train and

develop employees using performance evaluations and team meetings. Work

with the quality department to reduce number of holds and out of spec

product. Accompany third party auditors on yearly inspection of the plant.

Work with internal auditors on monthly plant inspections. Work with

quality and maintenance to work out issues with fryers or packaging lines.

Input data from shift on spreadsheet for daily production meeting. For the

last 6 months I was an R&D Scientist working under Gary Rees. I helped

develop new products on existing lines. Tested product to ensure it was

within specifications. Keep up to date and accurate lab book of all

activities.

Plant Superintendent

1999-2000

Dean Foods

Rockford, IL

Work with scheduling to keep day to day operations of the plant running.

Order raw ingredients for production run. Keep the plant up to date with

Environmental Policies such as Form-R. Member of Safety Team. Help develop

HACCP and Safety Programs. Interview and hire new employees. Give yearly

reviews of employees. Work with employees to increase yields.

Lab Technician

1995-1999 Dean Foods Rockford, IL

Performed routine testing in the laboratory. Train new employees on

laboratory procedures. Work with inspector to ensure plant was in

compliance. Calibrate lab equipment to ensure lab results are reliable. Do

environmental testing in the plant. Notify production if product is out of

specification and work on root cause of noncompliance. Graded finished

goods to ensure they were up to standard.

Microbiologist 1993-1995

Anderson Packaging Rockford, IL

Order equipment and set up laboratory procedures for the Microbiology

Department. Perform all functions of the laboratory, including testing and

customer audits of the facility. Do environmental testing in the facility.

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE 1991-1993

Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL

Worked under Dr. Kuhl in honors program in Molecular Genetics.

Skills

C STRONG INTERPERSONAL SKILLS.

C Technical Writing Experience.

C Experience with Capital Expenses.

C Team Building Experience

C Experience with data entry

C Experience with review and discipline of employees

C Fork Lift license and experience

C Employee Training experience (GMP, Lock Out Tag Out)

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