Stephen Tirado
**** ******’s Ave. Wake Forest, North Carolina
Email: *******.******@*****.*** - Home: 919-***-**** or Cell: 919-***-****
SUMMARY:
Production Supervisor with in-depth management experience leading production/maintenance, quality and safety
operations. Supervise, plan and coordinate all production resources activities to meet/exceed daily requirements. Work
and maintain close relationship with supply chain, engineering and human resources. Implement/support company
procedures and policies to meet business goals. Provide trainings and support team building continuous improvements.
Strong analytical, problem solving skills, self-motivated, independent, excellent organization/communication skills.
Fully bilingual - English & Spanish
5S Visual Production
Management Clean room 100 Management
Lean Initiatives - Leadership
Problem Solving TPS Management
Project
Lean Manufacturing Cost Savings Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
Covidien, Raleigh, North Carolina 2010 – Present
A $12 billion global healthcare products leader dedicated to innovation and long-term growth
Production Supervisor – (2nd Shift) Manage, plan and schedule all production/maintenance activities in a fast-
pace, high volume manufacturing pharmaceutical environment to ensure quality goals and objectives
meet/exceed expectations.
• Hands-on manager supervise 25 employees/cross-train, perform attendance, corrective/disciplinary
actions
• Monitor team performance, maximize overall productivity, quality/safety and efficiency
• Provide leadership, support process/equipment and teams to ensure product quality
• Mange/track resources and communicate production priorities to and adjust accordingly/efficiently
Glaxo Smith Kline, RTP, North Carolina 2006 - 2010
A science-led global healthcare company that researches and develops a broad range of innovative medicines
Production Supervisor – Manage, plan and schedule all production/maintenance activities in a fast-pace,
manufacturing regulated pharmaceutical environment to ensure quality goals and objectives meet
expectations.
Asset Management Supervisor - Managed R&D clinical Asset Management equipment operations to ensure
capital equipment cost savings program
• Provided constant leadership, support process/equipment to ensure product quality
• Monitored team performance, maximize overall productivity, quality/safety and efficiency
• Increased capital equipment cost savings from 6 to 8 million dollars
• Streamlined and scheduled logistics process to increase inventory productivity exceeding expectations
• Supervised DEA controlled substances operations to ensure proper distribution, accounted and disposed
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Stephen Tirado
2704 Margot’s Ave. Wake Forest, North Carolina
Email: *******.******@*****.*** - Home: 919-***-**** or Cell: 919-***-****
QVC, Rocky Mount, North Carolina 2004 - 2006
One of the largest multimedia retailers in the world, broadcasts live in the U.S. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Maintenance Manager - Managed daily maintenance/facility operations of a fully automated 24/7 distribution center
(1.5 million sq. ft) Lead, scheduled and coordinated all repairs, installations and contract services.
• Provided technical support to production/maintenance and project improvements
• Maximized equipment productivity, safety and efficiency
• Increased equipment run time and productivity by 20% and schedule preventive maintenance
• Increased equipment repair time by 25% and having parts available on inventory
• Manage 4 direct supervisors and 30 indirect facility personnel
Endress + Hauser, Greenwood, Indiana 1996 - 2004
A Swiss-based instrumentation and process automation company
Maintenance / Production Supervisor - Managed daily equipment schedules, repairs/maintenance and plant
operations in an ISO 9001 production environment.
• Provided technical support to local production/maintenance and start up projects transferring intellectual
property from Europe.
• Managed several technology transfers from R&D Europe to production floor
• Provided technical hands-on support during equipment installations, start up and validation process
• Developed, trained and maintained ISO documentation for trainings, safe equipment and preventive
maintenance operations to ensure overall compliance
EDUCATION:
• Bachelors of Science in Business Administration
Indiana Wesleyan University - Marion, Indiana
• Antonio Luchetti Vocational – Electrical Technology
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
COMPUTER SKILLS & DEVELOPMENTS:
• Proficient in MS Word - Excel, Power Point, Lotus Notes, Outlook, SAP, JDE, People soft and Kronos
• Computerized preventive/predictive maintenance management software
• Metric Stream – KT Investigation - Problem Solving – 5 Whys – Root Cause Analysis
• Work order request - system and inventories
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