Gregory A. Hudson

adwdy2@r.postjobfree.com Indianapolis In. 46237 317-***-****

Summary

I am looking for a Senior Leadership position in a manufacturing environment where the company is people forward and financially stable where I can apply my extensive knowledge of manufacturing and operations, my commitment to exceeding quality standards, as well as my widespread knowledge of, and commitment to relationship development, leadership, and integrity.

Work Experience

Australian Gold/New Sunshine Manufacturing: 2015 – March 2023

Director of Operation and Manufacturing – 2021 – March 2023

Oversee the development and establishment of procedure and process to comply with FDA, GMP, and cGMP Standards. Including to process flow, facility design, contamination risk assessment, and machinery.

Responsible for overall plant quality of finished goods product. This will also include monitoring and analysis of scrap and inventory cycle count discrepancies.

Ensure the safety of the workers and the facility, including the compliance with OSHA regulations.

Direct maintenance staff on priorities for production and facility. Drive labor efficiency projects and resolution of daily issues to keep equipment running at optimal performance. Seek solutions to problems for growth and capacity constraints.

Provide tours and consultation to customers and other potential clients to ensure confidence in the organization and the ability to provide a high quality, reasonably priced product to the market place.

Develop capacity vs. demand models and schedule the personnel and technical resources accordingly.

Reviews production costs and product quality and modifies production and inventory control programs to maintain and enhance profitable operation of division.

Build and justify capital and expense budget for Operation.

Manage new product launch process and communication for approximately 40 to 60 new product launches annually. Coordinate and establish acceptable quality levels and process standards for each new product and ensure consistency of future production items. Run all shrink trail, shipping tests, build all costing sheets for the products. Evaluate upfront designs for manufacturability and develop new processes for new configurations.

Australian Gold/New Sunshine Manufacturing: 2015 – March 2023

Senior Manufacturing Manager - 2017 – 2021

Production Manager - 2015 – 2017

Investigates and resolves all employee relations issues fairly and universally adhering to company protocols, with assistance from Human Resources and Director of Manufacturing, as needed.

Administers formal counseling and terminations while adhering to all company policies and protocols.

Managed and set the production budget for purchasing of new equipment, repair production equipment and staffing for two departments between $ 100,000 to 150,000 a year.

Partners with Human Resources to create and/or update job descriptions.

Interviews new hire candidates for open positions, when needed.

Communicates staffing needs to agency partners and Human Resources.

Mentors and trains all production managers, supervisors, and line leads, as well as creates all training programs for all SOPs, GMPs and technical skills for all production positions.

Creates and issues daily manufacturing schedules for all manufacturing shifts and makes changes when necessary.

Assures all company, manufacturing, OSHA, and safety policies and procedures are followed by members of manufacturing staff.

Partners with direct reporting production and kitting supervisors to set the staffing needs for each department (Staff size between 60 to 120 full time and temporary team members).

Attends regular meetings with C-Suite Executives, Manufacturing Managers and office staff.

Communicates production totals and quality issues for each department to manufacturing managers and office staff.

Trained Manufacturing and Kitting staff to ISO standards

Board member of ISO, Continues Improvement and 5S team

Set manufacturing and kitting daily and weekly production schedule

Trains direct Supervisors and Line Leads to conduct daily shift change meetings.

Acts as second in command to Director of Manufacturing by competing cross-training in most manufacturing functions and supervising the following departments in absence of Direct of Manufacturing: Warehouse, Weigh-Up, Mixing.

Falcon Plastics: 2012 – 2015

Production Manager - 2012 – 2015

Set daily schedule for production of (8) Injection molding presses, (3) Blow Molding Presses, ice pack filling and labeling station and (4) production sonic welding assembly lines.

Participated in the following committees: safety, constant improvement, and ISO 9000.

Partnered with Human Resources in regards to interviewing, and hiring of production staff.

Participated in weekly start up meeting across three shifts of production.

Aligned with other department’s managers and supervisors on 5S projects.

Assessed and communicated output, quality issues and any equipment downtime to the Plant Manager on a Daily basis.

Magnetic Instrumentation Inc: 1987 – 2012

Magnetic Instrumentation Inc., and two divisions KJS laboratories and Utility Systems

Operation and Production Manager - 2006 to 2012

Production Manager - 2004 to 2006

Mechanical Engineer Manager - 2001 to 2003

Service Technician and Standards Group Supervisor - 1988 to 1999

Assembler- 1987 to 1988

Set production schedule for and managed the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering groups, testing laboratories, Electrical and Mechanical production groups, Quality control group, Fixture group, Machine shop, Fault Recorder group and purchasing department which totaled 46 out of 58 total employees.

Partnered with President of company to ensure production met quarterly shipping goals.

Researched electrical and mechanical items, as needed, for quoting purposes.

Partnered with necessary teams to resolve assembling and wiring issues.

Coordinated order of Production department supplies with purchasing department.

Resolved customer quality and manufacturing issues over phone and email.

Performed domestic and international service calls for mechanical or electrical issues.

Partnered with customers on new magnetizing fixture applications.

Trained all employees in the Standards and Production groups.

Education

IVY Technical College - Associated Degree in EET (3.45 GPA)

Equipment Experience

Multi-meter, digital oscilloscope, horizontal and vertical saws, various hand tools, greenly punches, and soldering iron

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