Solution, safety, system integration-focused, management professional offering a comprehensive leadership background that supports a food manufacturing plant and the United States Army in roles of increased responsibility for over 20 years. Proven direct leadership for an ascending number of employees ranging from 3 to over 150. With a proven track record of excellence with KPI driven success and strategic planning.

Qualifications

Leadership / Management

Project Management

Risk Mitigation

Process Improvement

Decision Making

Critical Thinking

ERP system

Work Under Extreme Pressure

Excellent Communication

Microsoft office

Food Safety / GMP

Safety Program focus

Detail Focus

EXPERIENCE

Production manager – Grandma Hoerners’ Foods – Alma, KS April 2020 – Present

Responsible for the daily operations of a nationally branded food production facility with a staff of 50 production employees. With responsibility for scheduling, budget, process flow, and facility/ equipment upgrade, through the development and analyzing production KPI’s. While maintain established inventory par levels of raw and finished goods.

Reduced factory labor by 10% and increased first time right productivity by 20% saving the company over 100k in operating expenses.

Implemented an equipment upgrade project that has a ROI of 100% within 1 year, underbudget.

Weapons Instructor – Oak Grove Technologies – Fort Riley, KS April 2019 – April 2020

Facilitate training for U.S. Army soldiers using a newly created 50,000-dollar weapons simulation system.

Responsible for troubleshooting and maintenance of the system as well as creation and facilitation of complex training scenarios for a variety of units.

U.S. Army Division Current Operations Sergeant – Fort Riley, KS May 1999 – April 2019

Gathered personnel and equipment data from various sources and produced a daily product for three different Commanding Generals of FT Riley. Additionally, researched and produced weekly reports to III Corps.

Manage the daily operational tasks for a Division of over 14,000 employees, spanning 5 continents.

Responsible for a five-million-dollar multi-media facility. Providing customer service, facility and network maintenance. Resulting in zero event failure.

Provided senior leaders with information and recommendations on organizational operations; supervises operations, logistics, and knowledge management for shared understanding to facilitate informed decisions.

Current Operations Manager that is the Liaison between Division and local area Emergency Service agencies. Responsibilities include updating the Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) for emergency events on Fort Riley, KS. Coordinates and participated in 3 Full Scale Exercises (FSE) involving 760 personnel from local, State, and Federal governmental levels, Improving multiagency interoperability.

Developed, wrote, and implemented policies and procedures for 27 various systems for a new company. Resulting in being recognized as the best of 5 companies in the unit by executive leaders.

Supervisor responsible for the training, health and welfare, professional development (coach / mentor), and operational deployment of a company consisting of 142 employees. Conducted daily supervision for assigned tasks. Developed and evaluated training of individual and collective skills.

Conducted logistical management for employees of both organic and non-organic assets including ammunition, having to coordinate with multiple external departments and agencies.

Hazmat, Fire, and Safety manager for up to 120 employees and 640 students resulting in zero serious incidents during the assigned time frame.

Planned and supervised the maintenance and accountability of specialized equipment and vehicles valued more than $18M that resulted in 100%-unit readiness rates during tactical deployments in hazardous areas.

Supervisor responsible for the Equal Opportunity and Sexual Assault Response team for up to 142 employees resulting in zero mishandled incidents during the assigned time frame.

.

EDUCATION

Southern New Hampshire University

BS – Business Administration w/ con Project management (expected completion AUG 2021)

Barton Community College

AGS- Associate in general studies (OCT 2019)

CERTIFICATION

Certified Project Professional Mar 2019

Lean 6 SIGMA (green belt); Jan 2019

Specialist in Safety and Health Construction Industry; MAR 2019

Specialist in Safety and Health General Industry; MAR 2019

80-hr HAZWOPER; March 2018

10-hr OSHA; March 2018

IT Technical Support Fundamentals; Jan 2019

Contact this candidate