Greg Harville

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Marion, OH ***02

740-***-****

To be a dynamic leader who utilizes the skills of his team to evaluate facts and data to drive the continuous improvement (CI) process. The goals of the process must support the corporate strategy for growth and profitability. The goal always to be the most efficient, high quality producer of the goods and services required by the customer base while keeping our teammates safe.

Experience

I am a leader with over 20 years of management experience in heavy and light manufacturing environments. I have worked as a front line manager, mid-level manager as well as my current position as Production Manager. I currently have 8 managers who manage 3 shifts and 9 production lines reporting to me.

Production Manager Wyandot incorporated 2013 – Present

Responsible for 8 direct reports who manage 9 unique salted and savory snack lines. Lines are staffed by 220 unionized teammates in a 5 day a week 3 shift operation. The lines are responsible for full conversion from the raw material stage to finished packaging.

Directly responsible for the training and adherence to our GMP policy.

Lead the Hygienic Zoning team in the development and implementation of hygienic zoning in our facility.

Increased efficiencies 10 % using a CI approach which consisted of utilizing tools such as 5Y’s, 6S, Kaizen, FMEA for example.

Work with sales to develop packaging capabilities to fit the desires of our customers. This can be challenging as we are a contract manufacturer and our packaging configurations must fit the concepts desired by our customers.

Involved in strategic planning committee for the corporation. Committee established corporate wide short and long term strategies/goals with a concentration of all goals supporting the corporate vision statement, in support of contract manufacturing partners.

Worked hand in hand with Tech. Services and Maintenance to ensure all of us are focused on CI and permanent solutions to formula and downtime opportunities for improvement.

Decreased recordable accident levels by 40% and have sustained performance for 2 years.

Develop SOP’s and protocols to ensure the facility passes all inspections. We are currently SQF level II and have passed all ODA,FDA,USDA as well as all customer GMP and sanitation audits.

Asst. Operations Manager Wyandot Incorporated 2004-2013

Established a tool referred to as Set and Monitor which increased line output by 20% and decreased breakdowns by 10% on all cooked corn processing lines.

Directed the hourly teammates in adherence to GMP policy. Was essential for our customer who provides product to the crawler and toddler population.

Implemented an oil purification procedure saving $100,000.00 annually in reclaimed oil which would have previously been scrapped.

Participated as production representative in design, installation and commissioning of 2 new production lines in facility. Both projects delivered sellable product on time and under budget.

Created 21 new products while working closely with Tech Services to ensure products were sustainable and meet customer expectations for flavor, appearance and texture.

Began the use of SPC charting for process control which resulted in an increase in quality scores from 94% to 97%.

Area Manager Wyandot Incorporated 1998-2004

Supervised 46 hourly teammates across 6 production lines. Had additional responsibilities of managing QA, Sanitation, and maintenance teammates on 3rd shift.

Increased output of the shift by 5% utilizing CIT teams created on shift and implementing their improvement ideas.

Began a tortilla die management program which resulted in increased life span of equipment which deceased monies spent on dies by 33%.

Supervisor Columbus Coated Fabrics 1990-1998

Supervised all print operations for 6 different roto-gravure printing presses.

Matched color on production runs to gold standards to ensure lot to lot consistency.

Improved production 8% while reducing scrap 12% by establishing repeatable change over and color match procedures.

Participated as production lead on the installation of a new roto-gravure printing press delivering sellable product on time and under budget.

General Skills and experience

Yellow belt

Unionized work force experience

Dale Carnegie Award for excellence

Capable in excel, word

Macro SPC analysis.

HACCP

5Y root cause analysis

SOP development

Education

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The Ohio State University, Production and Operations Management 1990

HACCP certified

Emerging Leaders, Leadership Seminar Snack Food Association in partnership with Georgetown University

Cooked corn and extrusion processing courses through both Texas A&M and Kansas State Universities

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