Manager Plant

JIM DOERR

*** ******** *****

Black Creek, WI ***06

phone 847-***-**** email - ***********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To secure a production management position, within a progressive environment, directed at the manufacturing and packaging of

high quality food products.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Black Creek, WI

SAPUTO CHEESE

2007-2009

Food manufacturer of cheese products.

Production Supervisor: Reported to the Plant Manager. Activities and responsibilities included: scheduling and directing

workforce in all areas of production, quality, maintenance, and sanitation on the night shift.

Accomplishments included:

- Exceeded 100% scheduled production for a few months

- Reducing labor costs by up to 5%.

- Reduced and transitioned plant cleaning chemicals while still maintaining a 100% on hand stock levels.

- Redefining and scheduling personnel and responsibilities for more effective cleaning and sanitation, to ensure

timely start-ups.

North Chicago, IL

HOSPIRA

2006-2007

Manufacturer and supplier of intravenous and parenteral solutions and drugs.

Manufacturing Supervisor: Reported to the Section (Production) Manager. Activities and responsibilities included: scheduling

and directing production, quality, maintenance and production support workforce on the aseptic filling, sterilizing, inspection,

labeling, and packaging of parenteral drug and solution products.

Accomplishments included:

- Zero reinspections.

- Successfully meeting department standards, while utilizing a 58% contractor workforce.

- Prioritizing production lines to gain maximum production run times on all shifts.

- Key member of optimization team that transitioned the packaging department from a two shift operation to a

one shift operation with

the same volume of product.

Eden Prairie, MN

E.A. SWEEN (DELI EXPRESS)

2003-2006

Food manufacturer and supplier of retail sandwiches, and other convenient food products.

Production Supervisor: Reported to the Production Manager. Activities and responsibilities included: scheduling and directing

production, quality, maintenance, and production support workforce on sandwich lines, utilization of Lean Manufacturing, MDI

(Managing Daily Improvement) and Kaizen principles. HACCP team member.

Accomplishments included:

- Implementing a different size bread to reduce packaged sandwich rejects. Saved $40,000.00 annually in

bread costs along with

dramatically improving yield.

- Reducing waste on salad products by over 50%.

- Reduced packaged sandwich rejects by modifying cheese slicing machines, along with training assemblers in

the proper timing and speeds

of meat slicing equipment.

New Hope, MN

UPSCALE FOODS

2002-2006

Food manufacturer and supplier of frozen Kosher pizza and burrito products.

Production Manager: Reported to the Operation Manager and owner. Activities and responsibilities included: scheduling and

directing production and sanitation workforce, leading all production activities including quality and food safety, cost analysis of

all daily production runs, development and implementation of the HACCP and other quality based programs, purchasing and

inventory control responsibilities for ingredients and materials.

Accomplishments included:

- Developed, authored and led efforts in implementing a HACCP plan to allow the company to get into

manufacturing meat products.

Represented company in dealings with USDA in gaining agency approval, and all further activities with the

agency.

- Obtaining accurate costing of production runs for analyzing. Efforts led to cost and efficiency

improvements.

- Inventory levels were reduced by over 50%.

Eau Claire, WI

PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORPORATION

2000-2002

Certified QS-9000 mulishot plastic injection molder for numerous automotive and retail industry based suppliers.

Team Leader: Reported to the Operations Manager. Activities and responsibilities included: directing production workforce of

50 employees within a 33 press multishot facility. Prioritizing and scheduling production, production personnel, and associated

activities for the injection molding presses and support departments including mold cleaning and mold repair activities, perform

safety inspections, and regulate cleaning and safety activities.

Accomplishments included:

- Reducing operator needs and costs.

- Individually (sole management resource) directing all production activities on 2nd and 3rd shifts.

Menomonie, WI

SWISS MISS

1996-2000

Food manufacturer and supplier of retail size shelf stable (aseptic) and refrigerated puddings, shelf stable (aseptic) gelatin, and

dry cocoa products.

Production Supervisor / Team Leader: Reported to the Business Unit Manager. Activities and responsibilities included:

directing up to 50 union production employees to meet or exceed standards in all areas of food manufacturing including

sanitation and safety (Department Safety Coordinator), implementation and evaluation of operator training program, development

of HACCP program.

Accomplishments included:

- Development and implementation of a technician based Preventative Maintenance program.

- Leading a self-directed team effort within a union facility.

- Exceeding 90% production efficiency runs times on the refrigerated pudding lines.

- Establishing effective processing parameters, reducing viscosity related holds, and maximizing batches and

yields.

Las Vegas, NV

CROWN LABORATORIES

1994-1996

Food manufacturer and supplier of aseptically packaged medical nutritional supplements for the health care industry.

Plant Manager: Reported to the President. Responsibilities were focused around project management activities needed to

design, equip, and construct a facility to produce aseptic products. Scope of responsibilities included: coordinating and

analyzing engineering plans, procurement of all process equipment and instrumentation, scheduling contractor and construction

activities, leading efforts with the National Food Laboratory to submit a filing to the FDA for an aseptic system, structuring plant

automated control (PLC) based system, sanitation and clean-in-place (CIP) circuits design, purchasing major components for all

plant utilities.

Accomplishments included:

- Successful filing of the aseptic operation with the FDA.

- Successful implementation of the CIP and PLC systems.

Elma, NY

STEUBEN FOODS

1993-1994

Food manufacturer and supplier of retail refrigerated pudding, aseptic, and yogurt products.

Plant Manager (Production Manager): Reported to the Vice President of Operations. Directed the Hershey Snack Pack

pudding operation. Responsibilities included: direct supervision of 4 supervisors and 40 plant production employees to meet or

exceed standards in all areas of food manufacturing and compliance with Hershey mandated specifications and requirements.

Accomplishments included:

- Defined, coached, and established guidelines for shift supervisors to utilize to make timely production

decisions.

- Improved sanitation scores to consistently score above 97%, well above the mandated 90% required by

Hershey.

ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Successfully led efforts to gain FDA approval of the first semi-rigid container aseptic system of its kind in the USA.

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Aseptic Better Process School Certified.

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Devised a method of cooking $400,000.00 of wild rice that was thought to be unusable.

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EDUCATION

NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY - 1978 Graduate

Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science Minor: Mathematics

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Athletic Scholarship for varsity baseball

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Devised a method of cooking $400,000.00 of wild rice that was thought to be unusable.

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REFERENCES

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