Food Service Manager

Brent Curbox

**** ********* ***** *** **** w Indianapolis, IN 46217 w 317-***-**** w *********@*****.***

Professional Profile

Accustomed to tight deadlines and working in fast-paced environments. Excellent telephone, interpersonal, and organizational skills. Able to handle confidential information. Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills. Diplomatically resolves and diffuses tension to ensure operations satisfaction and employee retention. Proven track record of exceeding goals and ability to learn and adapt to change.

Areas of Expertise

Policies & Procedures

Relationship Building

Conflict Resolution

SAP

Team Building

Shipping and Budget Reports

Scheduling

Confidentiality

Professional Experience

General Manager, California Custom Fruits and Flavors September’19 to present

Oversaw the final stage of construction on a state of the art 65,000 manufacturing facility

Oversaw the initial start-up of a brand-new facility that manufacturers custom value-added fruit and flavor ingredients to the dairy, bakery, beverage and food service industries

Responsible for putting together the entire workforce

8 direct reports (5 supervisors and 3 leads) total work force is at 40 on one shift with plans to add a 2nd shift in the next 4 to 6 months

Lead a team to obtain our SQF certification 5 weeks after opening

Obtained our QAI certification 4 months after operations commenced

Maintain daily communication with supervisors on production rates to ensure production goals are met

Constant communication with the QA lab to ensure we maintain zero failed batches

Hold daily pre-shift meetings to address the upcoming schedule and any issues from the previous day’s work

Production Supervisor, Cambria June ’18 to September ‘19

Assign work duties and monitor the efficiency of daily production in the plant based on requirements and critical measures including safety, cost, customer service and safety performance

Ensure the procedures defined in our quality system are followed in the manufacturing operations

Maintain a positive and energetic interface with all staff members, provides direction and be a leader and teacher at all times

Provides leadership and training to accomplish the company objectives

Promotes shop floor organization and plant cleanliness among personnel (GMP conformance)

Production Manager, Novipax November ’17 to June’18

Maintained safe working conditions, procedures and practices throughout the plant

Lead continuous improvement efforts ensuring development and use of lean tools, best practices and modern manufacturing techniques

Established department goals and directed activities with all areas to insure the attainment of those goals

Ensured rigid schedule adherence and that all machines were available for planned maintenance as scheduled

Responsible for accurate reporting of production, schedule adherence, down time, scrap, efficiency, material consumption and quality

Team Leader, Weaver Popcorn (WSG) August ’16 to October ‘17

Ensuring production is running efficiently

Managing quality issues by working hand-in-hand with members of the Quality Assurance team

Preventing down time, reducing scrap, increasing production and making sure GMP is followed

Increased overall efficiency from 42% to 68% in less than a year

Maintaining zero recordable injuries by performing audits with team members

Work with the Quality Assurance team to ensure quality checks are completed, placing product on hold when necessary and ensuring a safe, quality product is being produced

Lead and assist in projects to help improve/create efficient processes for the production team

Team Coordinator, Vertellus Specialties Inc, Indianapolis, IN May ’13 – July ‘16

Supervised day-to-day operation of production

Provided coaching and development of unit employees

Ensured the achievement of production goals

Coordinated the maintenance of unit equipment

Improved safety and environmental performance

Maintained ISO 9002 compliance

Inventory Coordinator, Vertellus Specialties Inc, Indianapolis, IN July ‘97 – May ‘13

Managed all rail movements at the site

Assured that all inventory transactions were properly performed in the Production Module of SAP

Performed inventory reconciliation and a month-end proof and addressed problems that were discovered

Trained operators and team coordinators on the proper use of the SAP Production Module

Maintained a reliable relationship with the TSA

Education

Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana January ‘99 – May ‘04

Bachelor of Science in Marketing

Bachelor of Science in Distribution Management

Graduated May of 2004

Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana April ’12 – November ‘13

MSM in Management

Graduated November 2013

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