Continuous Improvement Manager

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Rockford, Illinois *****

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Tim Kudzma

Objective

Obtain a Leadership role within Operations / Engineering

Experience

Feb 2016 – Sept 24 Berner Foods Inc. Dakota, Illinois

Director of Operations

Manage 250 production personnel

4 Managers / 16 Supervisors

Lead continuous improvement teams – Safety / Quality / Staff Reduction

20 Million dollar budget

Lead 200,000sq ft. expansion (additional 7 line expansion)

Nov 2015 – Feb 2016 Berner Foods Inc.) Dakota, Illinois

Director of Maintenance

Manage 20 maintenance personnel / Parts Department

Lead continuous improvement teams – Quality / Safety focus

10 Million dollar budget

Oct 2011 – Nov 2015 PCI Inc. (former Anderson Packaging/Brecon) Rockford, Illinois

Senior Operations / Maintenance Manager / Black Belt Lean Sigma - Pharmaceutical Commercial Division

Manage 87 maintenance personnel (12 Supervisors, 5 planners)

Oversee Operations when Director of Operations is absent

Lead continuous improvement teams – Quality / Safety focus

20 Million dollar budget /

$130,000/ monthly budget for parts - manage parts & vendors

May 2009 – Oct 2011 AndersonBrecon (former Anderson Packaging) Rockford, Illinois

Industrial Engineering Manager Pharmaceutical Division

Manage 4 Engineers

Write & Approve Quotes

Lead Value Streams / Continuous improvement efforts

Develop & Present Processes / Quality Inspections to Customers

Lead Black Belt projects

Stream line processes on production floor & Office Flow

2003-May 2009 Anderson Packaging Inc. Rockford, Illinois

Industrial Engineer – Pharmaceutical Division

Attach labor to new quotes.

Design production lines using AutoCAD.

Continuous Quality Improvements using Lean Six Sigma theories - Black Belt.

Perform Factory Acceptance Testing on incoming equipment.

2001-2003 Anderson Packaging Inc. Rockford, Illinois

Production Supervisor Pharmaceutical Division

Manage 60 Production workers.

1996-2001 UDL Laboratories Rockford, Illinois

Quality Supervisor – Pharmaceutical Packaging

Manage 7 Quality Inspectors.

Perform investigations for customers, DEA, FDA...

Procedure writing, training of all floor personnel.

Perform vendor audits

Education

2016

Food Safety – Approved by FDA (See Certification) - University of Tennessee

Low Acid Food Certification – University of Wisconsin

2013 Cardinal Stritch University Beloit, WI

Masters – MSM

2008 Cardinal Stritch University Beloit, WI

Bachelors in Business Management.

1985 – 1988 Rock Valley College Rockford, Illinois

Associates degree in Law Enforcement

2006 Anderson Packaging Inc./ Stat-a-Matrix

Lean Six Sigma – Black Belt

Skills

Excel, Word, AutoCAD, Minitab, Mega Stat, and Vizio

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