Manufacturing Management
Resume:
Curt Compher
Phone 608-***-**** *** Village Springs Drive
Email: ********@*****.*** Madison, AL 35756
HIGHLIGHTS
AIB Food Processing Sanitation Certified Professional. Achieved and maintained AIB Superior rating ten (10) times.
HACCP Train-the-Trainer certified; Managed SQF 3000, Organic, Allergen, NSF Sport, FDA, USDA, AIB inspected facilities.
Strong Safety history utilizing Behavior Based Safety programs. OSHA 30 certified.
High energy, high profile leader, mentor, coach, teacher with the fundamental philosophy – “people are the #1 resource”.
Managed Union and Non-union GMP facilities.
Lead Kaizen events with Root Cause Analysis and CAPA plans.
Navision, IBM AS 400 and SAP experience
EDUCATION
Western Michigan University BBA – Management (1999) Minor – Accounting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Plant Manager, Pacific Cheese, Amarillo, TX 2015 - 2016
Change agent for culture. Moved from autocratic culture to a collaborative, team effort to include entrepreneurship with inclusiveness from grass-roots to top management with better communication.
Designed and developed key metrics for plant to deliver on senior management expectations.
Reduced customer Quality complaints 75% using pragmatic approaches.
Reduced shipping errors by 40% and increasing on time deliveries to 99%.
Increased plant production by 25% without increasing overtime, maintaining cost/LB targets.
Champion for successful new line install, on budget and on time. 100% schedule attainment in one month with a corresponding reduction in labor cost/LB month over month, down 40%.
Developing key members through coaching and mentoring. Created a collaborative culture.
Working in collaboration with vendors to increase product quality and improving customer satisfaction, leading to further growth in Amarillo, TX.
Implemented Kaizen events, breaking down barriers between departments corporate wide.
Processing Manager, Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN), Zeeland, MI 2014 - 2015
Deliver an organized, superior level of Quality Assurance for infant formula processing to include allergen control in a state-of-the-art facility, Niro Tall Form spray drying operation.
Manage processing operations with four (4) direct reports, 42 personnel producing base powders for Nutramigen products in a 24x7, four (4) shift operations utilizing SAP system.
Drive Root-Cause Analysis, developing CAPA program towards higher Quality.
Plant Production Manager, Agropur–Main Street Ingredients, La Crosse, WI 2012 - 2013
Drive culture change rich in Safety, Quality and efficiencies in a dry blending dairy ingredients and filling operation to include allergen controls in a 24x7 operation. SQF Level 2, USDA, Organic, NSF audited facility.
Manage plant operations with nine (9) direct reports, 155 personnel producing Dairy based Sports Drink Mixes to include allergen control.
Managed 35% growth in operations that includes eleven (11) production lines.
Start Up Plant Manager, Au’some LLC, Sumter, SC 2011 - 2012
Managed and championed a $10MM complete conversion of old automobile plant into a food manufacturing facility for a Chinese owned confectionary company.
Plant start-up included developing a budget and negotiating contracts with contractors.
Worked with local governments to ensure project completed per code and with proper permits.
Operations Manager, NutraBlend Foods, Cambridge, ON / Buffalo, NY 2009 - 2011
Managed two operations in Cambridge, ON and Buffalo, NY USA for dry blending of Sport Drink products.
Manage seven (7) direct reports and 66 personnel in one UFCW union and one non-union facility.
Expanded operations into Buffalo, NY sourcing and installing equipment in new plant.
Plant Manager, PGP International, Division of ABF Ingredients 2007 - 2009
Springfield, MO, 2007 - 2008 / Juda, WI, 2008 - 2009
Coach and mentor management team, improving communications and breaking down barriers for a more cross-functional team, delivering bottom line profits in FDA, Kosher certified, AIB inspected facilities.
Full P&L responsibilities. Managed six (6) direct reports and 55 personnel in a 24x7 facility – Juda, WI. Managed six (6) direct reports and 57 personnel – Springfield, MO. Key account – Abbott Nutrition, Similac Infant Formula.
Championed higher Quality and Sanitation standards. Increased First Pass Yield to 96%
AIB Superior rating August 2008 – 915 out of 1,000. First AIB audit conducted at Springfield, MO
Packaging Manager, Saputo Foods Dairy Products Canada, Tavistock, Ontario 2000 – 2007
Amalgamating four Packaging departments and developing key personnel into leaders. Delivered on budgeted labor, line efficiency, safety, and quality expectations to increase profitability.
Managed nine (9) direct reports and 200 personnel in a non-union, HACCP Certified plant. Six days per week operation included four (4) shifts and eight (8) processing lines to include five (5) high-speed lines with two vertical form, fill and seal units (Hayssen and Triangle), three (3) horizontal Hayssen RT-1000 units, as well as Multivac and Cryovac CJ50 units. IBM AS 400 system.
Amalgamated four Packaging operations, reduction of 80 line personnel with a 1.75-year payback.
Championed a continuous run operation to 144 hours per week (four shifts). Increased uptime 25%.
Aunt Millie’s Bakeries, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI 1984 - 2000
Sanitation Manager/Plant Safety Coordinator (1989 – 2000)
Managed 14 employees in a union plant. Union – BCT Local 326.
Achieved Superior rating with AIB nine times.
Wrote HACCP Plan for Kalamazoo, MI plant. Became standard for the other four plants.
Reduced the number of OSHA recordable accidents from a high of 26 in 1989 to five in 1999.
Production Line Worker (1984 – 1989)
Aviation Combat Intelligence, United States Army 1980 - 1984
Top Secret security clearance.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Food Processing Sanitation – AIB, 1990
HACCP Workshop – AIB Food Safety/Hygiene, 1998
HACCP Train the Trainer – Guelph Food Technology Centre, 2001
OSHA 30-Hour Industry Safety, 2007, WSIB Part One Certified, 2002
Standard First Aid trained, 2015
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