Safety Manager

KEVIN MILLS

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Professional Summary

Production Supervisor accomplished in streaming production process, project planning and training and development. Decisive and effective production manager skilled in leading cross-functional teams to meet customer demands and deadlines. Manufacturing supervisor successful at exceeding production, revenue and quality standards through effective leadership and cross training. Results-driven planning and operations management professional with exceptional communication, problem solving and leadership skills. Production management specialist offering talent in strategic inventory management, organization development and project planning. Production supervisor focused on producing high quality products that exceeds customer expectation and help achieve company production and revenue goals. Dynamic Production Supervisor with experience conducting weekly physical inventories. Focused decision maker with demonstrated ability to lead cross functional tams in the design, development and launch of leading-edge solutions and processes. Manufacturing operations executive with 19+ years in management with consistent achieving revenue cost, productivity and delivery goals.

Skills

Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Kronos

and

Material handling experience

Root cause analysis

Production line management

Cause and effect analysis

Timely safety audits

Manufacturing management

Quality assurance training

Practice safety and sanitation standards

Contract logistics center training

Strong leadership abilities

Inventory management specialist

OHSA regulations

Quality inspections

Work History

Treehouse Foods, Dallas, TX – Production Supervisor August 2020 – Present

Coffee Plant

Leads a 12-hour shift of hourly team members providing support in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost, and engagement through TMOS cadences and tools in a culture of continuous improvement. Responsible for the set-up of materials, equipment, machine operation and packaging of WIP and finished goods for delivery to the warehouses. Foster and promote continuous improvement and a positive work environment.

•Maintain a high standard for safety through leading pre-shift safety talks and frequent floor presence to ensure that all shift employee have the tools to work safely and adhere to safety policies and procedures.

• Ensure product quality by understanding and communicating customer needs to employees and managing expectations for quality. Understands top quality drivers and top customer complaints from area.

• Utilize available data to continuously improve productivity, uptime and reliability.

• Assist employees and technicians in completing PDCA’s for root cause investigation and the permanent resolution of operational issues.

• Communicate effectively with peers, subordinates, supervisors and management.

• Communicate company policies to hourly team members and train them in standard work practices and procedures for safety, quality, productivity, and efficiency.

• Collaborate with maintenance through the shift handoffs and maintenance weekly operation review (MWOR) regarding priority, action items, and follow-ups.

• Interpret specifications and job orders to employees and assign duties based upon work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel.

• Recommend measures to improve safety, quality of product, production methods, and equipment performance. Use of CI tools and SRC is recommended approach to determine corrective/preventative actions to eliminate problems.

• Train staff in the areas of safety quality, productivity, cost, and equipment.

• In conjunction with HR and management, provide performance management (this includes appraisal/performance evaluation, coaching and counseling, conflict resolution, corrective action and training programs for assigned team members. This includes reviews of technicians based on feedback from Maintenance Lead., other technicians and operations team members).

• Maintain Kronos (time keeping) for all hourly employees, and production records and accurately complete all reports as required by the Company

• Maintain area in accordance with BRC & AIB standards and enforce product safety and sanitation regulations.

Treehouse Foods, Carrolton, TX – Production Supervisor March 2011 – August 2020

Bakery Plant - (Ralcorp was acquired by ConAgra Foods)

Oversee floor operations 30+ non-exempt employees.

Established production schedules, define staffing requirements, and implemented optimized procedures. Accomplishes manufacturing staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.

Maintain working relationship with the union by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.

Responsible for the safety and wellbeing of those personnel to include maintenance and technical personnel during the off shifts.

Ensure all GMP and safety programs are enforced and maintained. Reconcile daily production figures and track downtime.

Assign work projects and monitors group schedule to ensure optimum efficiency and rapid turnaround.

Demonstrate dependability and promote teamwork as well as a professional demeanor. Interface with managers and supporting supervisory staff daily to ensure operational readiness.

Selected Contributions:

Project Leader - Played an integral role in continuous improvement initiatives, such as Kaizen events and lean manufacturing

Roll Pie Cost Saving Film Test - Reduce the cost of pie film and saving the company a million dollars.

Dry Clean Time Study - Increased our schedule availability, reduce cost by not working OT, and improve a function that we were making excuses. Each shift has been hitting the goal of 45 min.

PIT (Performance Improvement Team) - Restored base condition of the sheeters and hex packer and focused on dough consistency by farinograph testing. This allowed the team to drive the stated OEE improvement and reduce the top losses.

Dr. Pepper/Snapple Group, Irving, TX – Production Supervisor September 2007 – March 2011

Filling and Packaging

Promoted to manager position to coach, train, and supervise 2 leads and 50+ machine operators in daily high-speed bottle filling and packaging area. Ensure employees meet all GMP’s, SOP’s, and QA regulations. Accountable for attendance/safety/troubleshooting of line and meeting all quality and efficiency objectives measured hourly. Monitor correct allocation of labor expenses to ensure proper cost center distribution. Foster an environment in which employees are motivated to deliver top performance.

Selected Contributions:

Won “Irving Production BIB Award” for instrumental role in driving record-high line efficiency, propelling plant target to improve ranking from 62% to 74% by 2008.

Reduced staff turnover by 15% in 2009, benchmarking a record-setting improvement in staff retention due to the success of employee-development and morale-building programs.

Completed five record bottling lines runs that produced more than 7,000 cases in eight hours, increasing bottles-per-minute rate from 500 to 650.

Served on special taskforce charged with turning around under-performing production lines. Solve daily operational; issues and improved team communication through formal and non-formal training programs.

Earned a reputation for delivering outstanding results regardless of environment challenges, and consistently met all efficiency.

FedEx Ground, Memphis, TX – Service Manager September 2004 – September 2007

Packaging and Shipping

Managed employee attendance, performance and scheduled work assignments for 35 employees. Developed a team of 35 employees to solve day-to-day operational issues and motivated team members. Maintained high standards in sanitation and safety and complied with regulatory guidelines. Selected Contributions:

Managed the efficient sorting, delivering and handling packages within prescribe timeframe.

Directed and lead a group of Package Handlers and ensured proper handling of packages.

Introduced training programs that enhanced employee performance and helped build a motivated workforce.

Focusing on Safety on each sort at FedEx Ground.

Tyson Food, White Hall, AR – Quality Assurance Supervisor September 2003 – May 2004

Manufacturing

Assured that material and ingredients meet USDA regulations as well as company policies and specification.

Made periodic checks of ingredients that would be made while in storage to assure safety.

Observed the weighting of ingredients to assure that proper amounts are used to comply w/ company specification.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF— Pine Bluff, AR

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Agriculture Economics, 2002

References will be provided upon request

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