Tony Romero

Accomplishment Summary

Hire train evaluate performance of over a hundred employees.

Direct manage overall budgets department finance target improvements.

Experience with Production control as assembly & packaging Departments.

Warehouse Inventory control & shipping receiving operations systems experienced.

Oversee Purchasing departments & Inventory insuring MRP driving correct job dates.

Conduct SOP audits to insure compliance to standards/ GMP/ FDA cGMP. ISO/9001.

Electro/Mechanical experienced and Direct shop floor CNC/mills/presses, OSHA trained.

Experience with OEM manufacturing for American/Japanese Auto manufacturing accessories.

Managed maintenance Dept plus Powder Coating Dept including welding & laser cutting.

10 years driving process/procedures improvements via lean and metric drivers as KPI’s,

EDUCATION AND Certifications

Pasadena City College

Total Quality Management Certified

ISO 9001 Certified Trainer

OSHA Compliance Certified

SPC Trained

Five-S Certification

Bilingual English/Spanish

WORK EXPERIENCED

Corporate packaging. Ontario Ca.

Production manager 2020

Directed up to 40 employees in high speed beverage processing

12 hour turn time of up to 5 45 ft trailers per day

Average 35 cases a minute coming off the line.

Multiple change overs per shift.

Ted Levine Drum Co. South El Monte Ca.

Supervisor Second Shift 9/2018-6/2019

Directing up to 20 employees on the night shift in the production of refurbishing large chemical plastic totes to new condition.

KKare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Los Angeles Ca,

Director Operations, 2013-2018

Oversee a team in manufacture of capsules, tablets, Powders, creams, liquids used in the Supplement Industry

Control issuance of Batch to production and insure GMP/FDA compliance.

Comply with SOP’s from formulation to blending on to tableting finished in packaging.

Insure MRP/Inventory/Purchasing on the same page to deliver on promised date.

UFP Technologies Inc., Monrovia, Ca

Production Manager 2010-2013

Brought on to oversee a new division startup,

Medical packaging equipment. Implemented new ISO 9001 standards to Include machine validation and 10000 particulate clean room standards operation.

MRV Communications, Chatsworth, Ca,

Production Manager, 2007 – 2009

Directed 23 electromechanical technicians in assembly and test of fiber optic products used by Telecoms and the Military Started with 72% of orders shipped on time and $1,200,000.00 work in progress (WIP) QC reject rate 7%

8 months later 98% of orders shipped on time WIP cut in half $600,000, QC reject rate .3% overtime reduced 50 %

Result of lean implementation and metric drivers, job order completions decreased from average 38 days to 14 days

Pacific Accessory Corporation, Santa Ana, Ca.

Production Manager, 2005 - 2006

Headed automotive electronics manufacture team to increase shipping volume to big box stores in a timely manner

Revamped layout of assembly facility to shorten WIP cycle throughput & increase volume to finished goods

Implemented lean principles in assembly process, 38% increase in production output using WIP load leveling techniques Employee team Building training utilizing TQM meetings,5s cleaning drills

TMI Products Inc, Corona, Ca.

Production Manager, 2004

Mobile automotive video manufacture challenged to ship same day to big box retailers in low volume high mix assembly

Arrived to find 60% orders not shipped as promised and assembly setup lacking urgency, timing of Depts. not synced

launched expedite program to prioritize part status for longest lead parts and modularized assembly process for quick ship Reorganized mobile electronics assembly line to triple daily production capacity via dedicated assembly lines

Genomic Solutions, Irvine, Ca.

Production Manager, 2000 - 2003

Charged with manufacturing precision X,Y,Z axis robots in nano technology environment for gene research

Coached a workforce of 25 electromechanical assemblers plus machine shop, inventory control, purchasing MRP

Increased production capacity 50% via lean manufacturing techniques & modular assembly process

Pacific Fitness Corp, Cypress, Ca,

Production Manager, 1995 - 1999

Managed high end fitness equipment company to triple revenue from 7 million to over 20 million

Deployed lean manufacturing work cells to quadruple production output while introducing 40 new machines in four years Transitioned improved assembly line quality defect rate from 10% to less than 1% using shadow boards, BOM audits

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