Don Campolo

*** * ********* **., *** Pedro, CA **731

310-***-****, advqvt@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GT’s Living Foods

Plant Operations Manager Nov 2021 – Oct 2022

Plant manager for the coconut yogurt division of the country’s largest kombucha producer

Key Responsibilities:

·Managed and ran all facets of plant operations

·Monitored and guided ingredient usage and ordering

·Provided leadership, guidance and mentoring to production managers and supervisors

·Coordinated production with scheduling

·Fulfilled daily production requirements.

·Oversaw maintenance, sanitation and safety of facility

·Coordinated with logistics and warehousing

·Maintained GMP’s, SQF and critical control points

·Oversaw maintenance of ERP system; cycle counts

J&J Snack Foods

Production Manager Nov 2019 – Nov 2021

Production Manager for a national, publicly traded snack food manufacturer with baker and food service operations.

Key Responsibilities:

·Managed and ran all facets of production operations on various shifts

·Provided effective leadership in a high volume/high speed bakery and food service environment, flexing crews of up to 150 people to seven bakery and five food service production and packaging lines based on specifications of production items scheduled daily.

·Responsible for efficiently troubleshooting frequent equipment breakdowns and machine re-sets with maintenance crew and machine operators.

·Coordinated operations with maintenance, sanitations and QC based on allergens, p.m’s, breakdowns and production scheduling.

·Trained and instructed all departmental personnel on the requirements of their job, which included safety training, operation of equipment, GMP’s and any other requirement as needed.

·Monitored mixers and formula sheets to ensure proper usage of ingredients and proper adherence to recording of ingredients.

·Monitored product quality and addressed deficiencies.

·Ensured that plant’s SQF training and testing program was up-to-date in advance of audits.

·Investigated all types of accidents and handled them accordingly.

·Provided a complete daily checklist including KPI’s for my direct report at the end of shift.

·Communicated in-person daily production results, challenges and solutions and upcoming schedule challenges at their daily team meetings.

United States Postal Service 2016- 2019

Mail Handler

Worked with Customs and Border Protection to identify contraband in packaged mailed from

outside the United States.

Worldwide Produce

Sales and Customer Service Representative 2010 – 2015

Opened up new sales territory in Southern California’s South Bay for a wholesale produce and dairy supplier to food service and retail establishments.

Key Achievements:

·Added value to the company through focused commitment to customer service, personal reliability and integrity.

·Minimized waste with attuned communication between customers and perishable warehouse.

·Identified and resolved barriers to meet customer specifications and to comply with company’s policies and procedures.

·Successfully established and sustained profitable accounts in a new territory, combining extensive food industry expertise and intelligent solutions to everyday problems; new channels included Baja Sharkey’s, Nordstrom, Black Bear Diners, Trump National Golf, UCLA hospitality and Belmont Village.

Golden West Fruit Company

Plant Manager 2001 – 2010

Developed and managed all plant operations including production, CIP, maintenance, warehouse, quality assurance and administration for a food and beverage manufacturer in Southern California, leading up a profitable sale of the business.

Key Achievements:

·Established annual operating plan and corrected actual verses plan variances; company’s outstanding growth and profit led to a favorable sale of the business a private equity fund manager.

·Provided coaching and training, and transformed an emergent employee roster into a strong performing team thereby enhancing the performance of the company with a focused commitment to KPI improvement and RCA process.

·Ordered placement and installation of food processing equipment including jacketed steam kettles and exhaust systems, chilling equipment, pasteurizer, liquefier, turbo mixer, bottle filler, and packaging lines. Also, conveyor systems, CIP system, refrigeration and freezer storage, and material handling equipment. Re-located existing equipment to enhance overall equipment efficiencies.

·Hired maintenance team, established PM schedule to minimize downtime and to control budgeted spend; provided training opportunities to mechanics and technicians.

·Set up quality and innovation laboratory to meet customer and regulatory requirements and to create new products; initiated sample pipeline procedures with sales, production and quality teams; provided employee development opportunities to various teams.

·Instituted employee education program to improve processes and adopt latest techniques and methodologies thereby increasing yield and reducing waste, and to add new proficiencies and standardization to the plant. Some of the programs included HACCP, GMP, SQF and Better Process Control.

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley (Cal)

·Bachelor of Arts Degree, Psychology

University of Southern California (USC)

·Master’s Degree, Public Administration

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

·UCLA Anderson School of Management, Certificate in Leadership for Entrepreneurs

·Chapman University, Certificate in Better Process Control

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