Manager Maintenance

THOMAS J. FOPPE

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St. Louis, MO. 63123

Email: *********@***.***.

Career Summary

Skilled upper-level manager with over 25 years in the food manufacturing business. Proven ability in the operations of a facility that supported sales of $80 million. Skills include, but not limited to, financial, communication, budgeting, team building, and the ability to coordinate complex operations.

CONAGRA FOODS July 2014- April 2016

Production Team Leader

Responsible for all the processing of EGG BEATERS on 2nd shift. In addition to processing, duties includes as well as full production, receiving, warehousing, sanitation and maintenance. Responsible for adhering to GMP’s, SOP’s and FDA regulations. Emphasis on SAFETY, First time quality, Production Efficiency

CAHOKIA MARINE(KINDER-MORGAN) Nov.2005 Jan.-2014 Operations manager

Responsible for the receipt, packaging, shipments of approximately 28,000 metric tons of luminate cement from Pula Croatia.

-Received 7,000 metric tons of 5 different types of Luminates Cement quarterly arriving by barges through the Port of New Orleans.

- Packaging in the form of 94lbs. bags, Bulk Trucks, and Railcars being delivered regularly to points in Mexico and as far North as Canada.

Received additional duties starting in March of 2010 by managing a new start-up $4.5 million Activated-Carbon transfer facility on the same site.

-Responsible for the receipt of railcar shipments of 4 types of Activated Carbon to be transferred into 6 silos, each holding up to 561,000lbs.

-Directly responsible for shipping upwards of 1.2 Million lbs per week via bulk trucks.

-Transferred Carbon from storage Silos into load-out silos. From there into bulk trucks to be delivered to power plants in a four state area.

-1 lost time accident over 6 years through writing new SOP’s with the input through hourly employees while empowering the employees they have a “right to stop” if they feel safety is ever compromised.

Gateway Intermodal Distribution Center (Division of Slay Industries)

General Manager Oct. 2002-Nov.2005

Responsible for the complete control of a 400,000 sq. ft. Packaging/Distribution Center. Day to day responsibilities for the loading and unloading of trucks/railcars, develop budget costs, GMP/FDA training, OSHA, safety, government contacts, preventive maintenance, sanitation,, employee development. Maintain communication between company, union employees, and customers. Provide long-term goals reducing scrap and improving efficiencies.

Providing direction and control as a co-packer of Sodium and Calcium Phosphates as well as successfully initiating the start-up of drumming Phosphoric Acid for several fortunes 500 companies. Insured quality and safety were at the utmost priority for all employees by providing training and feedback session.

-Achieved a first ever SUPERIOR rating from AIB as a stipulation of our contract with our customers.

-Increased productivity by 35% within 3 months through a series of equipment modifications as well focusing on re-training of all employees.

-Developed SOP’s for the packaging side of the business as well as established routine whs. Inspections by Supervisors.

SMURFIT-STONE CORP.

Shift-Manager Feb.2002-Oct.2002

Directed production, maintenance personnel in the process of manufacturing folding cartons with a leader in the industry. Assured day-by-day leadership in the attainment of production schedules as well as establishing preventive maintenance on equipment.

-Focused on scrap reduction as part of an overall daily performance KPI.

-Maintain first time quality in order to satisfy overall customer satisfaction.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Operations Supervisor July2001-Feb 2002

Directed 30+ UAW union employees in the performance of building the FORD EXPLORER in a 10 hr. shift 5 days a week operation. Responsibilities included safety, budget control, sanitation and grievance procedures.

-Reduced Accident frequency Rate by 13.5% from the previous year.

NESTLE,USA CHOCOLATE & CONFECTIONS, ST. LOUIS, MO.

Plant Superintendant SEPT.1997-APRIL,2001

Directed nine production and maintenance supervisors in a facility of 300+ non-union employees. Developed annual budgets, scheduling, and maintained a safe environment on a 3 shift operation. Structured yearly profit improvements plans. Responsible for an 11 million annual budget.

-Achieved $3.4 million in profit improvement projection through increased efficiency and head-count reduction.

-Reduced scrap from 3.2% to 2.3% on a volume base of 40 million lbs. of dextrose through continuous process improvements which included weight control, improved dust collection and machine efficiency .

-Reduced OSHA recordables from 9.84hrs/200,000 worked to 6.83hrs/200,000 worked through stringent safety guidelines and employee participation.

-Came in $300,000 under a 10 million budget in 1998.

-Improved first time quality by 25% from 1997-1999 by installing more controls at the floor level for employees to follow.

-Brought a facility from an “excellent” rating in accordance with AIB to a “superior” rating.

NESTLE USA SUNLINE BRANDS, St. Louis, MO.

(Division of the Sunmark Companies) SEPT.1993-SEPT.1997

Shift Manager

Involved in the start-up of a new $8 Million state of the art facility in Affton, MO. Supervised 45 production and maintenance personnel.

-Generated profit improvement of $625,000 within 3 years through engineering redesign and continuous process reducing labor cost by 25%.

-Recorded zero OSHA recordables over a 1 year period.

-Reduced scrap from 3.7% to 2.4% on a base volume 16 million lbs. of dextrose from 1995-1997

SUNLINE BRANDS, St. Louis, Mo. July 1982-Sept.1993

Shift Supervisor

Reported to Plant Manager. In charge of all dextrose based candies, including pan coated products on the first shift. Supervised 40 production employees.

-Reduced OSHA recordables by 35% between 1990-1993 through ergonomic and team focus.

-Achieved budget or better for Eleven consecutive years.

- Achieved a positive variance of $65,000 through material and labor from 1991-1993 by weight control and increased machine efficiency.

DAVID & SONS, St. Louis, Mo.(Division of Sunmark). Feb 1978-July1982

Production Manager

-Showed a positive variance of $125,000 from 1980-1982 through process controls

-Achieved zero OSHA Recordables fo 462 days.

-Insured all operation complied with safety and G.M.P. regulations through weekly inspections by both management and hourly personnel.

-Insured all products were shipped within corporate guidelines and freshness by establishing hourly checks by Quality Control Inspectors.

--Controlled planned levels of raw and packaging material and finished goods to maximize return on assets.

EDUCATION;

Lakeland College, Sheboygan Wisc.

SIU Edwardsville

McKendree University

Meramec Junior College

Webster University

112 hours completed towards Business Degree(Emphasis in Engineering)

OSHA -Finance for the non-financial Manager

AIB -Effective Communication

S.P.C. –Production and inventory Controls

Team Effectiveness

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