Jose L. Guzman

**** ****** **** **. *****, CA. **506 Cell: 209-***-**** addkhg@r.postjobfree.com

Value Offered

Twenty years in Manufacturing and Production with an emphasis on Problem Solving,

Continuous Improvement, Team Development, Project Managing and Training. Fourteen plus

years working in the Food Production industry

Proven track record of improving safety, driving up quality and efficiency while cutting cost.

Knowledge in Just-in-time, Lean Manufacturing, Planning and Scheduling.

Strong command of management skills

Experience conducting business and negotiating with vendors, contractors and union officials.

Key Skills

Problem Solving

Planning, Scheduling and Assigning Work

Excellent organizational skills

Continuous Improvement

Team Building

5’s implementation

Strong Knowledge of MS Office

EXPERIENCE

Plant Manager Symbia Logistics Tracy, CA 2019 to Present

Leading provider of wooden pallets. CHEP Pallets.

P& L Management.

Responsible for all aspects of financial management of the facility. Managed and controlled financial spending for all departments.

Cultivate a proactive and sustainable culture toward a safe working environment that supports company policy, practices and complies with local, state and federal laws.

Control and minimize labor overtime and repair expenses.

Effectively lead the workforce, and communicating effectively to achieve maximum results

Review production and operating reports and direct the resolution of operational, pallet repair and sortation, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.

Monitor equipment and ensure that they are in good working order.

Determine responsibilities of assigned organization and staff positions to accomplish business objectives and maintain vendor relationships.

Review work schedules to optimize productivity and reduce labor cost.

Focus on continuous improvement; provide training and educational materials to staff as necessary.

Plant Manager PolyCycle Solutions Irwindale, CA 2017 to 2919

Leading provider of Polycarbonate and Tritan plastic packaging for water markets.

PolyCycle Solution

P& L Management

2019 budgeting

Cultivate a proactive and sustainable culture toward a safe working environment that supports company policy, practices and complies with local, state and federal laws.

Responsible for developing, managing and optimizing talent throughout the plant. Leads all plant operational employees toward the efficient performance of their duties, and the safe and effective operation of the facility.

Increase overall plant OEE to 80% from 71% in Polycarbonate, Triton, and PET lines.

Evaluate, manage, and responsible for meeting, and outperforming, plant targets on safety, profitability, operational costs, equipment/process efficiency (labor, energy, etc.), and departmental productivity.

Focus on continuous improvement, including recommending capital improvements that directly resulted in improved safety conditions, improved quality of finished product, improved efficiency, and reduction of plant variable or fixed operating costs.

Responsible for all aspects of financial management of the facility. Managed and controlled financial spending for all departments.

Lead the preparation of periodic reports pertaining to plant utilization, labor efficiency, materials usage, scrap, etc.

Responsible for assuring high quality and conformance of finished products to customers.

Work closely with customer contacts to insure coordination of activities and facilitation of customer relationship.

Build a positive and high morale environment and culture through active engagement of all employees; effective employee relations and communications.

Consolidated Container Company 2008 to 2017

Leading provider of quality rigid plastic packaging for dairy, water, beverage, food, chemical

markets.

Operation Manager, Riverside, CA 2014 – 2017

Operation Manager, Tracy, CA 2010 – 2014

Production Manager, Tracy, CA 2008 – 2010

Riverside Facility

Coordinate safety activities across the plant.

Manage the development and implementation of projects, i.e bagger, overhead conveyor, start-up of two lines on a high profile bottle.

Strong knowledge of blow molding equipment, impact trimmers, baggers.

Increase OEE to 84% from 59% using Consolidated Process Systems (CPS).

Decreased cycle times on production lines without compromising product quality.

Ensure preventive maintenance of equipment and machinery.

Plan and coordinate manufacturing activities to meet customer expectations.

Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.

Coordinate hiring, and training of employees.

Enforce safety, housekeeping and GMP regulations.

Nurtures customer relations and is responsive to their needs.

Oversee quality and customer quality complaints.

Report out Weekly Operation Results to Directors and VPs

Prepares budgetary requirements accurately and timely. Authorizes all plant expenditures

Maintains accurate inventory of products.

Establish production standard to meet company and customer requirements.

Tracy Facility

Manage the development and implementation of projects, i.e. overhead conveyors, DBJ finishes, working closely with SKS to develop neck tooling to switch the industrial round bottle from ram-down to pull-up finish and from a programmable heads to standard heads.

Increase OEE to 80% from 63% using from Continue Improvement (CI) to Consolidated Process Systems (CPS) processes.

Part of the support team that attended five (5) weeks at the Samuelson Plant to help with plant efficiencies, production schedules, and production process.

Visiting customers to solve quality issues.

Work closely with maintenance department on PM, equipment breakdowns, and facility maintenance.

Maintain operations data, such as time production, cost records, and prepare management reports of production results.

Calculate labor, equipment requirements and production specifications, using standard formulas.

Prepare reports on first pass yields, scrap, labor cost, and machine efficiency.

Always looking for ways to cut costs and increase machine efficiency.

Gallo Winery 2006 to 2008

Country’s largest winery

Production Supervisor

Involved with layout, installation and start-up of new bottling line.

Responsible for line efficiencies of new line.

Manage hourly union team members on daily operations.

Set up training manuals, train and develop team members on the new line.

Develop and maintain team environment.

Identify good candidates for training and promotion to lead positions

Trained and empowered team members to make decisions on daily process issues

Team development

Education

California State University, Stanislaus; Bachelor Degree Major: Business Administration 2002

Concentration: International Business

Honors: Dean’s list College of Business Administration for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement

References Available upon Request.

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