Bert Lilla
Winona, MN 715-***-**** *********@*****.***
Executive Summary
• 20+ years of experience as highly skilled Production Supervisor.
• Focus on quality of materials and finished products while accomplishing challenging business objectives.
• Clear and decisive leader with a detail-oriented mindset. Technical Skills
● Six Sigma Training ● Dupont Stop ● Sustainability Team Building
● BRC Training ● Smith 5 Keys ● AIB Training
● Leadership Classes ● Waste Reduction ● Class A CDL Areas of Expertise/Accomplishments
Started the project called “Zero Waste” team reduced waste from 585-610 to 27 tons in four-year period. Received 2 Community awards from Winona Council for Corporate leadership.
Put together a Standability team for one of the Pack Lines, reducing downtime and improving efficiency by 12% which was a savings of $10,000 -$12,000 a month.
Started a Standability Team making SOP’s for training new employees.
Benchmark Electronics supervised the Guident box assembly machine for building pacemakers. We had hit our quarterly goal 3 days before it was due. That was the first time this had ever happened, leading to a promotion to the Medtronics box build, that runs their pacemakers.
Work Retail department is 124 days and going without first aid
2019 Top Gun Award out of 6 other plants within the company History
Assembly II Benchmark Electronics, Winona, MN 3/20-Present
• General Assembly for medical devices and products
• High level of accuracy and precision required
Retail Supervisor Pilgrims, Arcadia, WI 1/19-1/20 Oversee retail 2nd processing
• Oversee 36 employees
o 2 Leads under me
o 2 Line Operators
• Responsibilities
• Daily inspection, daily safety observations and 6 Sigma observations
• Meet with new employees one on one daily for their second week
• Kronos adjusting daily time cards and changing job descriptions code for cross trained employees
• Provide safety meetings once a week
• Alchemy Training once a month to discuss plant food safety topics
• Oversee end of day shutdown/ clean up
• Take care of write ups and discipline paperwork
• 90 day and yearly reviews
• Daily rotation for retail
• Work on lean and 6 Sigma efficiencies in retail areas
• Make sure employees are following HACPA and the required PPE
• 2019 Top Gun Award out of 6 other plants within the company
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Packing and Loading Supervisor Bay State Milling Company, Winona, MN 1/07-1/19
• Responsibilities
• Assisted in all areas of manufacturing.
• Safety
o Reduced OSHA recordables by 3 recordables for 2017
• Inventory Control
o Roughly packed 49,000 bags of flour a day plus rail and truck
• Process Implementation
o Started a standability team for a pack line to reduce downtime, increasing efficiency by 12% which saved the company 10-12,000/month.
Lead Person Advanced Disposal, Rochester, MN 2001-2007
Responsibilities
• Oversaw the Winona County recycling contract.
• Kept track of the weights from the residential and commercial routes.
• Reduced one driver and truck by rerouting the routes. Supervisor Benchmark Electronics, Winona, MN 1996-2001
Responsibilities
• Supervised 8-12 people for the box maker area
• Managed and directed day-to-day tasks of workers
• Managed hours, and correctly managed punch-in/punch-out times Education/Training
Leadership Success Series Minnesota State College SE Tech Winona, MN Six Sigma Courses Online Training