Richard Wojnarowicz
Milwaukee, WI 53208
414-***-**** home
414-***-**** cell
Achievements/Education:
. Instituted customer complaint tracking system, Copesan Services
. Created Best Operating procedures for IMC & Copesan Services
. Instituted electronic new item initiation form-Denali Ingredients
. 25% reduction in railroad/freight charges@ IMC and Denali Ingredience
. Partner in Excellence award - Miller Brewing/Malting Program
Certificate
. Implemented and spearheaded 5S program @ Aldrich Chemical
. Replaced outside 3rd party sanitation for Unilever cost savings(100K)
. Bachelors Degree in Business Management-Cardinal Stritch College
. Associate Degree in Sales & Marketing-Cardinal Stritch College
5/2010-5/2012 Customer Care Manager, Denali Ingredients.
Administrator of SalesForce.com, price quotations.
Resolve customer concerns. Create and standardize all
SOP's.
Measure and maintain all performance standards involving on
time
Shipment's to customer, Interaction with production
for schedule adherence. Proper lot coding/item
production.
Liaison between sales, procurement, R & D,
shipping.
3/2007-5/2010 Packaging Supervisor, Sigma Aldrich Chemical.
2nd Shift management of 15 hourly employees on
packing & weighing chemicals. 5S, Continuous
improvement team
building. Enforce safety & proper SOP chemical
weighing.
Sanitation procedures, lot & batch codes followed.
Instituted bar code scanning for scale usage to
save costs.
Utilized abandoned equipment to weigh bulk
chemicals.
10/2005-3/2007 Production Supervisor, Unilever Food Solutions.
2nd Shift blending supervision of 19 full time
employees.
Safety, sanitation, Kaizen process improvement and
Scheduling duties to run products for on time
delivery.
Quality compliance for major customers, Wendy's
Taco Bell, KFC, Famous Daves, General Mills,
Nestles.
Ensure formulas were batched and lot coded
properly
9/2000-10/2005 Production/Safety Supervisor, IMC North America.
Oversee 22 production employees in three departments. Chaired
and direct plant safety for Milwaukee facility. Experience in
OSHA, USDA/FDA GMPS, HACCP, plant sanitation. Budget
management, production scheduling, non-routine and capital
expenditure cost allocation responsibility. Created
sampling program for incoming raw ingredient to prevent
contamination and product spoilage.
4/1996-9/2000 Sales Support Manager, Copesan Services, a Nationwide
Pest Control Company. Managed staff of seven. Duties included
proposal generation, compilation of customer surveys,
telemarketing efforts, worked to provide seven regional sales
representatives proposals and contracts to secure nationwide
accounts. (Cargill, Con Agra, Amtrak, Coca Cola, Miller
Brewing Co.) Created training manual for 300 affiliated
companies.
10/1990-4/1996 Customer Service Manager/Inspector, Copesan Services.
Supervised 5 CSR's- Duties included managing largest account (Amtrak)
as well as providing direction and exceptional customer
service to major food processing and retail warehouse
customers. Also provided on-site inspection services for
major accounts.
1989-1990 Production Supervisor, Fleishmann-Kurth.
Production control for malting facilities. Managed staff of 15 union
employees. Instituted cleaning and sanitation schedules to
document for customer review during audits.
1977-1989 Froedtert Malt Corporation, Lab. Technician, vacation relief
Foreman, sampling of incoming product, loaded product.
1975-1976 Laboratory Technician, Grede Foundry.
Analysis of sand castings and steel being prepared for castings.
Major customers: Caterpillar, Harnischfeger, and Ford Motor
Company.
Other Activities/Skills: Occasional part-time positions including
commercial cleaning, pest control certification, forklift training,
Painting contractor.