JOHN D. MUCERINO

**** ******* ****, ****** *****, IL 60081

Phone: 847-***-**** • Email: ad3ewo@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

Manufacturing Management Professional / Continuous Improvement Manager / Maintenance Manager / Process Engineer / Operations Leader with thirty plus years of experience with a record of accomplishment of hands-on experience. Solid knowledge of lean process improvement, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Kaizen, Visual Management, Standard Work, and 6S. Business acumen, manufacturing, packaging, engineering with a focus on engineering maintenance and quality assurance, to boost productivity and throughput in automated process environments. Designed and operated JIT, visual factory, Kanban, and continuous improvement processes that met CGMP, FDA and USDA regulations. Over thirty years involved in flexible and integrated packaging, with over fourteen years in the pharmaceutical industry and two years in food industry. Spearheaded compliance and testing initiatives, corrective and preventive action for new product launches in high volume operations. Led system-wide change management. Develop and manage operations budget.

Manufacturing / Engineering Knowledge Areas

Lean Manufacturing

CGMP, FDA and USDA regulations

Continuous Improvement

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

ISO 13485 & 9001:2000

Workforce Development

Business Acumen

Employee Relations

Value Stream Mapping (VSM)

Mentoring Programs

Lean Process Improvement

Inventory Control

Safety Program

Design &Process Engineering

Professional Experience

Fair Oaks Foods – Pleasant Prairie, WI.

Fair Oaks Foods is a leading food manufacturing company supporting customers in the manufacturing of food products. At the Pleasant Prairie facilities, I oversee the continuous improvement that supports the facilities focusing on manufacturing.

Continuous Improvement Manager May 2022 to February 2023

Working in a technology-based environment.

Owing Continuous Improvement for the Fair Oaks Foods facilities.

Working closely with the parts rooms for Fair Oaks Foods at both Pleasant Prairie facilities.

Manage Preventive Maintenance program.

Worked on updating and establishing new P.M.’s.

Facilitate safety in the workplace for the facilities.

Facilitate continuous improvement in the workplace for the facilities

Ensure work orders are completed in a timely manner.

Select Achievements and Results: Working with state-of-the-art equipment in a complex food manufacturing environment managing continuous improvement.

Ocado Group – Pleasant Prairie, WI.

Ocado Group is a leading global engineering company supporting Kroger fulfillment centers in the delivery of food products to customers. At the Pleasant Prairie facility, I am in charge of the engineering department that supports the Picking Robots, Picking Stations, Decant Stations, and other technology advanced peripherals.

Engineering Team Manager October 2021 to March 2022

Working in a technology-based environment.

Owning one of four engineering teams.

Working closely with the parts room for Ocado Pleasant Prairie facility.

Manage Preventive Maintenance program.

Worked on updating and establishing new P.M.’s.

Worked on reliability engineering standards.

Working with HR administering policy and procedures for direct reports to include the hiring and disciplinary actions.

Facilitate safety in the workplace for engineering department.

Ensure work orders are completed in a timely manner.

Select Achievements and Results: Working with state-of-the-art equipment in a complex fulfillment center environment managing PM’s at a 100% on time completion rate.

Takeda, Inc. – Round Lake, IL

Takeda, Inc. Takeda is the leading global biotechnology company focused on serving people with rare diseases. With a worldwide presence, and a total work force of more than 23,000 employees with 300 employees at the Round lake facility, and annual revenue of 15.2 billion dollars, they represent a world leader in their markets. Serving patients and partnering with healthcare communities in over 100 countries. At the Round Lake Facility, we manufacture and package Albumin into I.V. bags. Our Rare Disease and Neuroscience Divisions support our diverse portfolio of therapeutic areas, including hematology, immunology, genetic diseases, internal medicine, ophthalmic, oncology and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Superintendent, Manufacturing July 2016 to October 2021

Working in an FDA regulated environment.

Owning the maintenance team on 2nd shift.

Managing and establishing parts room for Takeda Round lake facility.

Manage Preventive Maintenance program with over one thousand P.M.’s.

Worked on updating and establishing new P.M.’s.

Worked on reliability engineering standards.

Working with HR administering policy and procedures for direct reports to include the hiring and disciplinary actions.

Facilitate safety in the workplace for maintenance department.

In charge of all maintenance related deviations (Events) using TrackWise application. TrackWise is an application used in an FDA regulated environment to investigate deviations from standard operating procedures.

Developed and maintained Key Performance Indicators to include Setup Time, Documentation Errors, Deviations, Cycle Counts and Parts Room Monthly Value.

Ensure work orders are completed in a timely manner.

Energy Manager for the Round Lake facility.

Select Achievements and Results: Working with state of the art equipment in a complex manufacturing and packaging environment managed over 1000 PM’s at a 100% on time completion rate since January 2017. Reduced Setup Time from 3 hours to 1.5 Hours. Completed all deviations (events) assigned to me in TrackWise in the allotted time allowed with none being late. Cycle count accuracy at 97%.

Working a part time assistant manager position in a retail store 2015 to 2016

Working varied part time hours managing a retail store while looking for a permanent position in my chosen field.

Creative Converting, Inc. – Clintonville, WI

Creative Converting was formed in 2007 by the merger of Converting Inc. and Creative Expressions under the umbrella of Hoffmaster Group Inc. with over 500 people at the Clintonville facility. Today they offer lines of paper and plastic disposable table covers, table skirts, paper and plastic plates, and paper and plastic cups to meet the needs of their expanding customer base. Managing 120 people 24 hours a day 7 days a week over four shifts in the paper plate forming department, paper cup forming department and the paper table cloth department.

Value Stream Manager April 2014 to August 2014

Owning the Forming and Paper Cup departments.

Owning the process for three departments working 24/7 managing four 12 hour shifts with 2 supervisors and 20 operators on each shift.

Ownership of these departments include the quality of the product, productivity, headcount and customer satisfaction.

Working with HR administering policy and procedures for direct reports to include the hiring and disciplinary actions.

Facilitate safety in the workplace for direct reports.

Developed and maintained Key Performance Indicators to include Setup Time, Defects, Run Rate and On Time Delivery.

Participated in Kaizen and 6S events.

Select Achievements and Results: Improving productivity by 5% by working closely with the department supervisors in developing a volunteer list to help cover for absenteeism/vacations and developed a training matrix which helped track cross training of operators on manufacturing machines. Participated in Kaizen which reduced rejects coming into departments by 10%.

Novartis OTC, – Lincoln, NE

Pharmaceutical manufacturer of over the counter drugs working in the Manufacturing Science & Technology group. The Lincoln, NE location had over 500 employees where we manufactured Sentinel for dogs, Excedrin and Thera Flu. Working as a Sr. Process Engineer, validating production lines and packaging lines.

Sr. Process Engineer January 2013 to January 2014

Working in TrackWise conducting investigations in an FDA regulated environment.

Working on Operations Qualifications (OQ) and Process Performance Qualifications (PPQ).

Updating and developing SOP's.

Facilitate safety in the workplace for direct reports.

Working on customer complaints.

Working with operations on various packaging lines doing daily activities to include, quality decisions, process improvement and Batch Record documentation.

Select Achievements and Results: Working in TrackWise conducting investigations in an FDA regulated environment that involved quality issues and process failures, working with team members in determining root cause and corrective and preventive actions. Design and validated packaging lines according to FDA guidelines.

CVS/Caremark, – Northbrook, IL

CVS strategy, Prescription for a Better World focuses on making quality health care more affordable, more accessible and more sustainable. CVS’s annual revenue of 45.7 billion dollars and more than 9,800 CVS locations with 1000 employees at the Northbrook, IL location. As a Sr. Analyst responsible for process improvements throughout the mail order business through the use of Kaizens.

Sr. Analyst, Operations Strategy team August 2009 to October 2012

Updating and developing SOP's

Participated and lead Kaizen events

Working on customer complaints.

Provide transformative outcome by partnering and empowering colleagues to achieve exceptional results, regardless of the business environment.

Select Achievements and Results: Savings of $5.5M through the reduction of bad debt through lean process improvements. Potential revenue of $1.5M through the billing of ancillary supplies.

Automated Systems, Inc., – Lake Bluff, IL

Automated Systems is a consulting company assisting and advising companies that need help in FDA readiness.

Contract Project Engineer/Business Consultant 2006-2008

Updating and developing SOP's

Participated and lead Kaizen events

Worked on new product development projects.

Recommend and verify cGMP.

Select Achievements and Results: Implemented Kaizen processes in de-bottling room, improving efficiency and saving on average 24 man-hours. Directed Kaizen evaluation, identifying material handling and department organization problems. Made process improvement recommendations that saved finished good product from being 200% inspection, generating significant savings.

Little Lady Foods, Inc., – Gurnee, IL

Little Lady Foods, Inc. a $100M specialty foods manufacturer with two manufacturing locations Gurnee, IL and Elk Grove Village, IL with over 240 people in the Gurnee location. The Company offers pizzas, sandwiches, paninis, wraps, and desserts to private label, foodservice, and contract manufacturing customers. Aa Operations Manager at the Gurnee facility I was responsible for 120 people to include production, quality, warehouse and maintenance on 2nd shift where we manufactured Kraft DiGiorno pizzas, single serve pizzas and frozen sandwiches.

Operations Manager 2005-2006

Led planning and implementation of continuous improvement utilizing Six Sigma lean tools. Managed plant operations

Participated and lead Kaizen events

Developed a team-based workforce accountable for safety, quality, customer service, and cost improvement metrics Recommend and verify cGMP.

Managed 120 employees

Worked with USDA

Select Achievements and Results: Initiated Kan Ban system where frozen food (raw materials) was on the production floor for no more than an hour.

Cardinal Health Packaging Services, Inc., – Woodstock, IL

Cardinal Health, Inc. is a global, integrated healthcare services and products company, providing customized solutions for hospitals, health systems, pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories and physician offices worldwide.

The company provides clinically-proven medical products and pharmaceuticals and cost-effective solutions that enhance supply chain efficiency from hospital to home. Cardinal Health connects patients, providers, payers, pharmacists and manufacturers for integrated care coordination and better patient management. Backed by nearly 100 years of experience, with approximately 50,000 employees with 600 employees in Woodstock, IL in nearly 60 countries, Cardinal Health ranks among the top 25 on the Fortune 500.

Production Supervisor 2004-2005

Responsible for cGMP and CAPA

Participated and lead Kaizen events

Developed a team-based workforce accountable for safety, quality, customer service, and cost improvement metrics Recommend and verify cGMP.

Led implementation of lean manufacturing techniques to improve changeover process, materials and equipment utilizing Six Sigma lean tools

Select Achievements and Results: Met overall production schedules and realized a $160K cost reduction. Saved $1M and reduced changeover downtime from 24 to 8 hours through lean manufacturing.

Prior Experience: Production Manager, Sunstar Pharmaceutical (John O. Butler Co.), Production Superintendent, Solo Cup Co. Plant Manager, Liberty Coach, Supervisor, Motorola, Inc., Proposal Engineer, Tellabs.

Education, Certifications, Technical Skills

BSEET, Electrical Engineering, DeVry Institute of Technology 1986

MBA, Business Management, Illinois Benedictine University 1989

Lean, Six Sigma Green Belt

ISO 13485 and ISO 9001/2000 Certified Team Lead Auditor

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office (all versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint),

TrackWise, SharePoint, Visio, SAP, PeopleSoft, KRONOS and JDEdwards

Key Performance Indicators: Developing KPI’s in excel using graphs and charts to track productivity, quality, process, people, deviations, safety, cycle counts, set up time, P.M.’s, maintenance issues and other important information.

Manufacturing Technologies and Processes: Extrusion, injection molding, automated high speed cold fill operations, automated high speed process manufacturing and robotics.

Products, Ingredients: Solid dose, powdered products, liquids, molded products, electronic products, food products.

Packaging: Bulk storage, plastic bottles, pouches, I.V. Bags, form fill and seal, cartons and over pack boxes.

Training: Avionics, U.S. Army 1979 – 1983

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