JUAN SEBASTIAN ACEVEDO PEÑA

Master of Science Engineering Management at CSUN

Bachellor Degree: Chemical Engineer

Date of Birth: August 3, 1986

Cellphone: +1-818-***-**-**

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9427 Lemona Ave. APT 30

C.A. 91343

North Hills, California. United States of America

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Bilingual Chemical Engineer with a Masters Degree in Engineering Management; with experience and knowledge as Production Manager in a the main manufacturing plant of Juices made with organic raw tea (Kambocha) following the FDA regulations, the enforcement of GMP s and the quality standars for the SQF modules; also, Production Supervisor in one of the larges food manufacturing companies at Los Angeles as Mission Foods; besides that as Production Supervisor in a Cosmetics Manufacturing field.

Furthermore with experience as a Production Supervisor in the area of a Liquid Refreshments plant, Hair and Personal Care plant and Energy Drinks Plant of a Multinational Company; and Lead Operator for one of the biggest Oil/Gas companies at Colombia, responsible for ensuring the timely production, with high quality and at the lowest cost, considering standards of compliance processes, promoting a positive work environment and continuous improvement oriented. Moreover, experienced in the Oil Sector ensuring the monitoring, operation and control of a Treatment Gas Plant, which involves as main production processes the receipt, the separation, the compression, the processing and the transfer and delivery of natural gas.

Aditionally regarding processes support of the station (air compression, power generation and water supply), obtaining as a final product Natural Gas, LPG and LNG; Analysis of finished and semi-finished industrial products, such as gas chromatography, analysis of Oil fluid management, which comprise the testing bottle (BSW), API, Karl Fisher, Nitrogen index, Salinity, Flash and Pour Point, Oil monitoring wells inside of oil fields; with knowledge of process simulation in Aspen and ProMax softwares, raw material analysis in industries, optimizing industrial processes, technical industrial plant management, project development in industrial plant processes, audit implementation, quality control and research and teaching areas competencies.

I possess the ability to perform any work that requires supervising or management skills applied to the character of production, chemical, physic-chemical and biotechnology. Also, I have the ability to deal with any social field with good public relations. Finally, I possess skills to work in multimedia softwares as Microsoft and MAC.

WORK EXPERIENCE

GT s LIVING FOODS (KOMBUCHA)

(June 24, 2019 – Present)

PRODUCTION MANAGER

The Production Manager directs production, working with supervisors to schedule product priorities, equipment, workstations and staff to efficiently meet production goals

Manage and promote practices and processes intended to provide safe products that comply with appropriate laws and regulations, meet the company quality standards, and serve the needs of our customers

Recommend, develop and lead continuous improvement initiatives

Take ownership and demonstrate leadership necessary to achieve goals specific to Safety, Quality, Service, Efficiency and Employee Development

Monitor KPI’s anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of targets

Facilitate regular improvement planning sessions to identify key strategic opportunities to achieve manufacturing strategic goals and develop related action plans with measurable outcomes.

Support and reinforce the effective application of the Daily Management System to validate that actions lead to desired performance improvements.

Lead by example to promote and encourage employees to strongly commit to safety and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)

Understand, support and follow management expectations in alignment with company values

Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of staff

Responsible for employee development, discipline, performance appraisals, and administration of policies

Review staff levels to ensure they are adequate, and resources are effectively allocated to meet short- and long-term objectives

Make recommendations regarding staffing requirements

COSMETIC LABORATORIES OF AMERICA (CLA)

(December 12, 2018 – June 18, 2019)

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

The Production Supervisors ensures the plant operates smoothly, safely and efficiently to produce a quality product that meets the needs of the customer.

Assisting the Production Manager in planning, organizing, directing, and controlling all activities in the filling and packaging area.

Interacting with other departments in coordinating production schedules and related activities.

Accountable for safety, quality, and the attainment of cost and performance objectives.

Communicates and provides feedback to direct reports and team members regarding performance expectations.

Interacts with other departments to achieve production schedule.

Verify, on a day to day basis, that production staff follows procedures and instructions, completing records, and operating safely.

Observe timeliness of day to day activities to facilitate meeting manufacturing schedules.

Assuring that staff receives necessary training and maintains all regulatory requirements within the operations department including that for, GMPs, safety, and protecting the environment.

Performing performance appraisals and initiates employee disciplinary action.

Assists in developing long-term infrastructure plans.

Identifies or recommends new or upgrading of equipment and/or methods to improve productivity and capacity.

Ensures processing areas are clean and orderly at all times.

Determines capital required to meet emerging business needs.

Investigate errors, accidents and quality defects.

Establishes and revises standard work procedures and best manufacturing practices.

Work with production control to organize and plan daily production schedules.

Provides leadership, direction and coaching to production team.

Maintains a positive employee relations environment, while properly motivating and coaching the workforce.

Works with other supervisors to ensure accurate and detailed shift changeovers occur.

Must adhere to production labor standards.

MISSION FOODS (PANORAMA)

(October 31, 2017 – December 10, 2018)

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

The Production Supervisors ensures the plant operates smoothly, safely and efficiently to produce a quality product that meets the needs of the customer.

Supervises daily production team by confirming, delegating, coordinating and informing crew of the processing of orders

Works with team to produce all orders while maintaining or exceeding departmental KPIs (e.g. waste, moistures, efficiencies, downtime, line speed, over weights, etc.) & meeting customer and company specifications

Ensures all quality specifications are followed and issues corrective actions on non-conforming product

Effectively communicates company, plant, and department priorities across all levels

Communicates any issues during shift, across all levels, as appropriate (e.g. production orders, safety hazards, etc.)

Enforces company, plant and departmental policies and procedures and work instructions including but not limited to safety policies, GMPs, HACCP standards, AIB standards

Hires, trains, counsels, monitors work, assigns work disciplines and terminates employees

Orients new employees and trains on department-related activities

Provides feedback at regular intervals to team members & conducts performance evaluations of assigned team members

Identifies training necessary or useful to team and conducts required training for assigned employee group

Appropriately handles employee concerns and complaints

Conducts pre-shift and shift-change meetings with appropriate team members to communicate issues, concerns and information

Performs walkthroughs of production areas with leads, focusing on equipment performance, product quality, housekeeping, safety, and foods safety

Schedules team to meet production goals, including approving and scheduling team member vacations

Monitors time-keeping system (ADP), verifies payroll hours, transfers hours as appropriate and resolves any discrepancies

Maintains teamwork, consistency, and fairness among all employees to foster a positive work environment within the department, plant and entire organization

Ensures all food safety principles and legal requirements have been applied effectively

Participates actively in LEAN, process improvement and other company initiatives

Must work various shifts and hours including holidays and weekends

In the absence of the department manager, responsible for the duties and responsibilities of the department manager

GT s LIVING FOODS (KOMBUCHA)

(November 21, 2016 – October 30, 2017)

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR. (Promoted from QA Supervisor)

The Production Supervisor is responsible for 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.

Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; developing personal growth opportunities.

Maintains work flow by monitoring steps of the process; setting processing variables; observing control points and equipment; monitoring personnel and resources; studying methods; implementing cost reductions; developing reporting procedures and systems; facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process control points; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.

Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel; accomplishing work results (OEE – Establishing the method); monitoring progress; revising schedules; resolving problems; reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.

Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.

Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs; evaluating new equipment and techniques.

Coordinate with the warehouse department the order for packing materials as with the Fermentation romos the order of Tea Base in order to organize the run per day; this run must be organized as well according the flavors order and the lines used per run during the shifts.

Report the finished goods total per flavor in order to control the inventory once is coming out the packaging área, according the after Fermentation process working together with the Product Handling department

GT s LIVING FOODS (SYNERGY)

(August 01, 2016 – November 18, 2016)

QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPERVISOR (Promoted from QA Tech)

The QA Supervisor is responsible for coordinating and leading the QA/QC Review and Release teams. Duties will include reviewing documentation, verifying product, labeling, and packaging specifications and process specific requirements. The Quality Supervisor will recognize and solve problems affecting the quality team in order to improve the performance and quality of services. This position is also responsible for planning department schedules, directing the work of employees and ongoing training.

Oversee food production, ensuring product is produced according to regulations (FDA) and QA documentation is accurate and maintained at all times.

Follows and control the documentation titled as the General Guidance for Developing, Documenting, Implementing, Maintaining, and Auditing an SQF System, we have it available for modules 2 and 11 according with the FDA regulation for food and drinks.

Manage fast-paced projects to achieve customer quality requirements on time and within budget.

Supervises and trains all QA/QC Technicians for assigned duties.

Maintains attendance records, approves payroll, and administers discipline for QA Technicians.

Conducts plant inspections and issues reports.

Communicates food safety and quality issues to Management.

Maintains QA/QC equipment and facilities needed for product inspection.

Facilitates resolution of Quality issues between production and QC.

Involvement in third party and customer audits as required.

Maintains hold and release program.

Maintains environmental testing program.

GT s LIVING FOODS (SYNERGY)

(March 25, 2016 – July 29, 2016)

QA SUPERVISOR IN TRAINING - QA TECH (Quality Assurance)

Oversee food production, ensuring product is produced according to regulations (FDA) and QA documentation is accurate and maintained at all times.

Manage fast-paced projects to achieve customer quality requirements on time and within budget.

Help to set specifications, and production settings for tea products

Reduce cost by increasing yield, simplify process, optimizing ingredients and current equipment layout.

Conduct work in a safe manner and abide by all company safety policies.

Training in sample tasting to ensure the quality and reliability of our Product.

Management of the QC’s team according the organization of the shifts and the after assignments when Production is over.

LOS ANGELES JEWISH HOME (Los Angeles, CA)

(August 1, 2013- March 24, 2016)

Dietary Aide at Fountainview

Responsible for providing five star service as a waiter in the dinning room of Fountainview.

Responsible for making the tasks related to providing a five stars service in the kitchen and the dinning room.

Trained as Host, Expeditor, Waiter an Bussboy.

QUALA S.A. (Bogotá, Colombia)

(April 15, 2012 - May 20, 2013)

PRODUCT SUPERVISOR (Production Plants)

Ensure timely production lines required to charge with quality and at the lowest possible cost

Compliance in time and fulfiling the production program or schedule (efficiencies)

Control and reducing costs, waste and no non conformities

Training and continuous improvement of working groups

Compliance to 100% of procedures and policies of the company

Managing an average of 150 people per production plant (7 plants of Production)

Programming and production planning

Personal Programming

Inventory Management

Quality Management and Traceability

Analysis of indicators

Good manufacturing practices (GMP)

Process Improvement

Ensure quality standard procedures

MASA (Mechanical Asociated S.A.) - GAS TREATMENT PLANT DINA (Ecopetrol SA-MASA. Neiva, Colombia)

(April 1, 2011 – April 2, 2012)

CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR (OPERATOR LEADER)

oUpdating and processing of the shift report.

oCreate and update daily production report.

oSettlement upload LPG.

oProcedure for release of GLP.

oCorrection volumes of LPG and GLN to standard conditions.

oExpediting the report LRI (Liquid Recovery Index) both Instant and everyday.

oAcquisition and download information HMI (Human Monitor Instrument) for control and process simulation.

oManagement Process simulators as "PROMAX" and "Aspen".

oGeneral Management Outlook for receiving and sending emails.

oStarting and stopping teams from motor control center.

oStarting and stopping teams from HMI.

oViewing and recording system alarms in the HMI.

oGraphing and trend analysis.

oData Access chromatography average for the current day and the previous day.

oGeneration of production preliminary report from the HMI.

oWork Permissions System.

oOpen work permission on the field.

oElectrical isolation of the Gas Plant, after a power outage.

oElectrical connection of the plant after restoration of electricity.

oManual start of the emergency power plant.

oManual Start Pumps Firefighting system.

oAdministrative Processes.

oRisk Panorama.

oEvacuation Routes.

oEmergency Systems.

oMEDEVAC.

OPERATOR ASSISTANT FIELD

oOperation and control the process plant as a whole.

oUpstart and stop of the equipment from motor control center and from each of the Skids involved on the process.

oMonitoring of process variables gas sweetening and dehydration, besides the production of LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) and GLN (Natural Gasoline).

oGraphing and analysis of process trends.

oManagement Process Simulation as "PROMAX" and "Aspen" software.

oLaboratory analysis or concentration, pH, conductivity, Total Chlorine and residual Chlorine of the reagents used in the process as Amina, glicol, and also of deionized water.

oGLP Quality Analysis (Product) by chromatography.

oConcentrations control of the reagents used in the process.

oData Access chromatography average for the current day and the previous day.

oStorage and upload LPG storage tanks thereof.

oStorage and Delivery of GLN.

ANTEK SA (Bogotá, Colombia)

(October 7, 2011 - March 20, 2012)

LABORATORY ANALYST

GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS

oFluid or management.

oKarl Fisher (% water in oil).

oMeasurement of density or API.

oNitrogen Analysis.

oOil Salinity.

oFlash Point.

oBSW and tests or for analysis bottle emulsion breakers.

oDistillation of crude oil.

oField trips or hygrometric measurement to LPG and Natural Gas (MMSCF / NG, Lbs; Dew Point, Temperature C, F, pressure psig, psia) to the Natural Gas treatment Plant DINA.

oMonitoring wells at “Flamingo Crude Oil SA”, or “Campo Rubiales” (Battery Quifa), Field “Ocelote”, “Hocha”, “la Cañada”, “Balconies” and “Satellite Battery”.

PHYSICO-CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF WATER

oContent of fats, oils and TPH's (oil).

oIndices or COD.

oTitration.

oPorcenaje or Total Suspended Solids.

ACADEMIC INFORMATION

UNIVERSITY.

MS ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT.

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHRIDGE (Northridge, California)

oSpring Semester of 2014 – December 22, 2015

oDegree Title: Master of Science Engineering Management.

oQuality Management Certificate

oSix Sigma Quality Control “Green Belt” Certificate

oDept Location JD (Jacaranda) 4510

oGraduate Coordinator: Ahmad Sarfaraz 818-***-****

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.

UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (Bogotá, Colombia)

oSecond Semester of 2003 - First Semester of 2009

oTitle: Chemical Engineer.

oProfessional registration 12381

oProfessional Council of Chemical Engineering of Colombia 2008

oExecutive Order No. 7295, June 05 2009

SCHOOL.

ELEMNTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL BROTHER MIGUEL “LA SALLE” (Bogotá, Colombia).

oGrade Date November 24, 2002

EMPLOYMENT REFERENCES

JUAN GONZALEZ

Production Manager (GT s Living Foods)

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Cellphone: 310-***-****

LUIS CHAVEZ

Production Supervisor (Millennium Products)

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Los Angeles, California

Cellphone: 323-***-****

ANGEL PEREZ

Chef Manager (Los Angeles Jewish Home)

adiqp2@r.postjobfree.com

Los Angeles, California

Cellphone: 818-***-****

ANA HARO

Employee Relations Manager (Los Angeles Jewish Home)

adiqp2@r.postjobfree.com

Los Angeles, California

Cellphone: 818-***-****

FRANCISCO JASSO

Dietary Supervisor (Los Angeles Jewish Home)

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Los Angeles, California

Cellphone: 818-***-****

PERSONAL REFERENCES

MARTHA PEÑA

Mother.

Home Health (Los Angeles Jewish Home)

Los Angeles, California

Cellphone: 818-***-****

DANILO BALLESTEROS

Friend.

Student

Melbourne, Australia

Cellphone: +61-410-***-***

LUZ MERY PEÑA

Aunt.

Independent worker (Cleaning houses)

Los Angeles, California

Cellphone: 818-***-****

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