Manager Supervisor

Location:

United States

Salary:

52500

Posted:

May 09, 2016

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Resume:

James R. Phelps

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

Papillion, NE 68046

Phone: 402-***-****

*************@*****.***

Objective

To obtain a management or supervisors position with a stable proven company that's goal minded for consumer quality, adheres to industry standards and provides diversity in applied experience shown in the workplace. A company enabling all team members an opportunity to achieve company and individual goals.

Ability Summary

17 years working within the meat processing industry. During that time gainful experience in progressive positions was sought enable well-rounded skill to be achieved. Quality assurance, tumbler and injector, scheduling and final pack. Strong communication skill, written and oral.

1. Strong communications skills with large and small meetings ( Radio & Tv for 16 years.)

2.Certificate of Completion ( Implenenting your company's HACCP plan on February 5-7 2013 from the University of Nebraska.

3. Have managed team members in size up to 128 for a department.

4. Direct reporting and daily data entry.

5. SOP's, GMP's and SSOP's. Monthly and daily shift audits.

6. SQFI, SQFII and SQFIII

7. High standards when it comes to team work !

Employment History

Material Handler 3 ( This dist. Center will close Nov. of 2016 )

6/22/2015-Present McKesson Pharmaceutical La Vista, NE

Responsible for correctly picking orders and keeping up with company

Standards. This also includes safety.

Material Handler 3

3/16/2015-6/22/2015 McKesson Pharmaceutical (Corestaff ) La Vista, NE

Worked for the temp company Corestaff as a material handler 3. My job

Performance was up to standard and was offered full time employment

With Mckesson Pharmaceutical.

Production Supervisor

11/16/2013-6/13/2014

Proliant Meat Ingredients

Harlan, IA

•Worked with contractors and IT personnel.

•Helped new supervisors on Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Job Hazard Analysis (JHA).

•Assisted putting together process control documents.

•Helped interview new employees.

•Provided orientations for the new hires.

•Trained new employees on product flow, Human Machine Interface (HMI) and safety.

•Utilized PowerPoint presentation regarding confine spaces.

Production Supervisor ( Decline in sales. 20 million pounds )

11/13/2012-4/26/2013

Sensory Effects Cereal Systems

( Decline in sales ) Lincoln, NE

•Supervised the extruder department and the cook department.

•Responsible for employee issues, production issues and troubleshooting with the maintenance team.

•Held daily huddle meeting with the production team members.

•Daily research on quicker production change overs.

•Monitored production floor for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

•Provided daily data shift reports.

•Monitored the cleaning process for product change overs.

•Produced weekly employee work schedule.

•Monitored of the Manufacturer's Standardization Society (MSS) book weekly.

•Worked with HR and the production manager on the attendance policy where team members were accountable.

•Implemented documenting batch numbers in the extruder room on batch pallets to prevent lost count.

Production Supervisor ( Company buy out )

2/27/2012-9/19/2012

D & W Fine Pack

Fort Calhoun, NE

•Supervised thermoforming operators and packers on night shift.

•Monitored and controlled direct and indirect labor cost.

•Worked with maintenance department maintaining downed equipment.

•Developed daily production scheduling.

•Initiated huddle and monthly safety meetings.

Production Supervisor ( Declining sales in japan )

6/2011-10/2011

Fremont Beef Company

Fremont, NE

•Coordinated with lead people on yields, line improvements, daily scheduling, and inventory of raw products and packaging.

•Inventoried and ordered monthly packaging supplies.

•Made sample products for sales team.

•Held safety and line meetings.

•Worked with the plant control of line and department transfers.

•Responsible for label printing and documentation.

•Reported daily yield and cross training of staff.

Assistant Production Manager ( Laid Off )

3/2008-1/2011

DI Manufacturing

Omaha, NE

•Managed floor supervisor on line.

•Monitored and documented production line and yield improvements.

•Implemented daily and weekly evaluations for all new hires.

•Set up cross trained program where 98% of all employees were cross trained.

•Involved in all Q&A audits and safety and ergonomics training.

Operations Supervisor ( Better position in Omaha )

03/2005 - 01/2008

Cargill Meat Solutions

Nebraska City, NE

•Supervised 2nd shift RTE (Ready to eat) department, 12 slicing lines, 1 pack off line and the vacuum bulk line.

•Worked with all lead persons to keep production up to standard.

•Supervised day coding, box specs, labeling, blenders and the marlin machine area, 1st & 2nd shift palletizing, and 1st shift raw side.

Operations Supervisor ( Better offer from Cargill )

06/2001 - 12/2005

Tyson Foods

Council Bluffs, IA

1st shift Supervisor : Tumble & Injector department. In this department I supervised all raw materials from receiving to the stripping area. The process then continued to the injector where, depending on customer product orders, raw material was pumped with a brine solution to a specified formula.

1st shift Supervisor: Manufacturing Department. This department ran two different lines that packed the product and prepared for the ovens. One line ran whole muscle processing, the second line ran sliced/non-sliced products. 106% to 145% yields were achieved at a 98% daily completion.

1 Shift supervisor: Final Pack. The final pack area had two lines in which the final product was placed in trays. Once coded with a use or freeze by date, the days julian calendar pack date, the shift and line number. Printers that placed the information were setup by lead team members or by the supervisor. The product was the shrink wrapped and boxed. The yield goal of 98% was achieved daily.

Quality Tech/Production Supervisor

02/1997 - 01/2001

IBP

Columbus, NE

2nd Shift Supervisor: Ground Beef Processing. Direct supervision of processing crews working in the formulation specified product orders in the ground beef department. Attention to detail warranted in the correct mixture of raw, frozen material and the grinding area for texture. Additionally responsible for the supervision of the ground beef tray pack lines for 1,2 and 5 pound trays, 8 formax lines for frozen patties and the 1,2,3,5 and 10 pound ground beef chub line.

Quality Assurance Tech: Performed QA audits throughout the plant. This included temperature checks in receiving, product formulations, tray pack lines to the frozen patty lines and the ground beef chub line. Additional tasked with remote facility audits as well.

Education and Training

Issuing Institution

Location

Qualification

Course of Study

Butler Community College

El Dorado, KS

1 Year of College or a Technical or Vocational School

Mass Communications

Honors

Improvement Fanatic award: Cargill valued added meats - Nebraska City N.E

Activities: Fishing, playing basketball, bowling and golfing.