Supervisor / Manager Manufacturing
Resume:
Perry Kammel
Youngsville, NC **596
Home: 919-***-**** Cell: 860-***-****
acxcpm@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
A manufacturing professional with over twenty years of progressively responsible experience in large fast-paced, demanding production operations. Hardworking, dependable and confident leader who excels in building dedicated teams, streamlining workflow, creating efficiencies and generating results. Expertise in scheduling, production, warehousing and packaging. Creative troubleshooter and problem solver with demonstrated technical skills including new product testing, validation and implementation.
QUALIFICATIONS
● Production Plant Manager
● ISO Certified Pharmaceutical Production Supervisor
● Facilities Maintenance Supervisor
● Shipping and Receiving Supervisor / Warehousing and Inventory Control
● Manufacture Chemical Formulation Mixing
● Product Packaging, Boxing, and Labeling
● Equipment Preventive Maintenance / Purchase new Production Equipment
● Process Formulation Technology Lab Technician
EXPERIENCE
BioMerieux, Durham, NC May 2013 to Presently
Group Leader (Supervisor)
Supervisor of a 8 hour shift for a BacT Filling production operation for a biotech manufacturing company. Responsible for the production filling operation with 12+ employees. Review and sign off on production documentation and In-Process investigations associated with the filling line operation. Ensure adherence to (cGMP) good manufacturing practices, company and FDA regulated requirements. Maintain all production shift records, production efficiencies and manpower utilization. Meet production goals as assigned. Evaluate any potential delays in the production schedule and make recommendations to management to resolve manufacturing problems. Review the employee’s payroll, ETO, make adjustments and complete the biweekly approval.
DAK Americas USA, Leland, NC 2011- (Plant closed in 2013)
Fiber Shift Supervisor
Manager of a rotating 12 hours shift for a polyester staple fibers production operation. Oversees six staple fiber production lines with 35+ manufacturing employees. Responsible for the shift production schedule, production efficiencies, reducing manufacturing down time and utilization of manpower resources. Prepare work orders and production lines for the next shift.
Maintain all production shift records and make necessary changes to the production schedule. Ensure that all employees are following good manufacturing practices and company regulations.
Hospira Pharmaceutical, Rocky Mount, NC 2010 to 2011
Production Supervisor (Kelly Services Contractor)
Supervisor of the 2nd shift in the SVP Finishing production department for a pharmaceutical manufacturing company. Oversees four production finishing lines with 40+ employees.
Supervise production operators, maintenance technicians, group leaders, and line coordinators. Scope of responsibility includes manufacturing, inspection, packaging, assembly, storing and handling of in-process products. Ensure that all standard operating procedures are followed to meet current good manufacturing practices (cGMP). Maintain records as required. Monitor and verify quality in accordance with FDA regulated requirements.
* Evaluate the production process for efficiencies and make improvement recommendations.
* Complete all documentation associated with the process. Ensure adherence to (cGMP) good manufacturing practices and company regulations.
* Responsible for hiring, ISO training for both Hospira and temporary employees. Plan and assign production duties, appraising performance and disciplining employees. Address all complaints, resolving production line issues.
Country Pure Foods, Ellington, CT 2009 to 2010
Production Supervisor
Supervisor of a 3rd shift production operation for a food manufacture. As supervisor of a juice manufacturer, I supervise a Lead operator, 25+ production operators, maintenance, blenders, QC tech and warehouse operators. Responsible for the manufacturing of quality juice products by blending of the raw materials and product QC inspections. Oversees the fully automated system to fill containers, labeling, package into boxes, and palletized the finish products to a warehouse location ready for shipment.
* Responsible for the daily production schedule, production efficiencies reduce production down time and utilization of manpower resources. Ensure that all production equipment is CIP certified to quality standards and QC inspected.
* Ensure a safe work environment and supervise that all company policies, HACCP, and cGMP’s procedures are followed. Write and update production procedures. Prepare for all Facility Audits.
* Responsible for interviewing, hiring, training all new and temporary employees. Plan and assign production work duties, appraising performance, reward and disciplining employees, address all complaints and resolving of any production problems on 3rd shift.
* Ensure the all production equipment is operating correctly and address with maintenance all production equipment issues and schedule preventative maintenance.
Dymax Corporation, Torrington, CT 2007 to 2009
Chemical Operations Manager
Manager of a production department that manufactures industrial and medical UV Adhesive, activators, and epoxy products. As manager I supervise the production Team Leader and Chemical Operators to manufacture highest quality adhesive products.
* Maintain the production equipment, preventive maintenance, purchase and installing new production mixing, vacuum pumps, fully automated labeling and filling equipment.
* Responsible for the daily production schedule for manufacturing and packaging of products.
Continue Dymax Corporation
* Director for the quality control First Pass Yield improvement team, the FPY went from 70% to 90% in the time frame of 2007 to 2009.
* Responsible for the warehousing of production raw materials and inventory control.
* Ensure a safe work environment and supervise that all company procedures and policies are up dated and followed. Write new product SOP’s and update manufacture process procedures.
* Responsible for the collection and the disposal of all waste chemicals and products.
Liquid Plastics Inc., Middletown, CT 2004 to 2007
Production Manager
Manager of a production facility that manufactures coating membrane, industrial paints, primers
and co-polymer resin products. Supervise production employees to manufacture quality coating plastic products and raw material resins.
* Maintain all the production reactors, mixers, boilers, chillers, compressors, vacuum pumps, packaging equipment, fork trucks, and preventive maintenance, purchased and installing new production equipment.
* Director of facilities include all aspects of plant operations, building, grounds maintenance and minimization of overall costs within a yearly budget.
* Responsible for the production schedule, quality control, a safe production work environment,
ensuring all company policies and procedures are followed.
* Supervised the shipping and receiving, warehouse of raw materials and finished products.
* Accomplishments: Installed a process water chiller system to save on process cooling water, started up a company safety program, reduced production waste by reprocessing products and implemented an inventory cycle count program to ensure accurate raw material inventory.
Henkel Loctite Corporation, Rocky Hill, CT 1999-2004
Production Supervisor
Promoted to the position of supervising production employees for a large chemical adhesives’ manufacturer. Managed department operations to ensure quality of products, proper set-up of equipment, and preventative maintenance of machinery.
* Developed weekly production schedule for product packaging and chemical processing.
* Managed storm water pollution prevention activities including facility inspections, maintained all records and yearly employee training.
* Maintained inventory for packaging components and raw materials for chemical processing.
* Performed cycle counts to ensure accurate inventory, increased accuracy from 80% to 95%.
* Trained new employees in equipment operations and manufacturing procedures.
* Assisted in purchasing and installing new production equipment.
* Manufactured new and standard products on any scale using manufacturing SOP work instructions to include microelectronics manufactured in a clean room.
* Served as quality control lab back-up performing standard quality testing and entering all test results into the QC data system.
* Adhered to ISO 1400 standards and ISO-9001 Quality Systems.
Henkel Loctite Lab Technician/RD&E (1989 - 1999)
* Transferred new scaled up products to larger scaled facilities or toll manufacturers.
* Troubleshooting new and existing product problems and made necessary corrections and adjustments to product formulation.
* Tested products to ensure the first past yield rates at 90%.
Loctite Unit Leader Chemical Operator
Supervised a two shift operation of 15 chemical operators and oversaw day-to-day chemical bulk production operations.
* Manufactured standard products, Silicone’s, epoxies, anaerobic, sealants and adhesive resins using Resin Reactors and other manufacturing mixing and discharging equipment.
* Performed in-process product testing and made necessary batch corrections.
* Maintained production equipment and warehousing of all raw chemicals.
MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL TRAINING
* Hazardous Materials Handling
* Basic Supervisory Principles
* Supervisory Management / Supervisory Advanced Management
* Physical Inventory and Cycle Counts
* Process Control System Training
EDUCATION
* Manchester Community College, Liberal Arts, Manchester, CT
* A.I. Prince Technical School, Diploma, Vocational Trade Masonry Construction, Hartford, CT
CERTIFICATIONS
* ISO Certified Pharmaceutical Production Supervisor
* HAZWOPER Training
* Apollo Root Cause Analysis
* Fork Lift Operator & Trainer
* First Aid Responder / CPR, AED, First Aid and Blood Borne Pathogens
* 5S Lean Manufacturing Principles with Factory Simulation / Lean and Green Manufacturing
COMPUTER SKILLS
* Microsoft Word / Microsoft Excel / Microsoft PowerPoint
* DayForce Payroll / Trackwise System / Progress System / Oracle coRHus / Livelink
* JDE / SAP / Batch Master / PAD System
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