Production Supervisor with extensive professional experience providing strategic leadership, effectively organizing and monitoring shift and overtime scheduling within a fast-paced and constantly changing environment. Over 15 years of experience supervising UNION employees. Recognized team leader able to coach safety, quality, and productivity ensuring objectives are met by following standardized work while staying in line with ISO or FDA regulatory compliance standards. Dedicated mentor with a demonstrated history of increasing team performance by monitoring known process indicators and keeping colleagues engaged during downtime with the use of autonomous maintenance in order to achieve maximum production and increased revenue growth.

Areas of Expertise

Team Leadership

Union Employees

Lean Manufacturing

Production Supervision

Results Oriented

Continuous Improvement

KPIs

And On Process

Quality Control (QC)

Professional Experience & Accomplishments

Dakkota Integrated Systems – Chicago, IL May 2022 –Present

Production Supervisor

Coordinate the daily activities of the production and operation teams

Delegate production assignments to appropriate teams and personnel

Place production orders from customers

Inspect all materials and equipment to detect malfunctions

Adhere to all safety policies and procedures

OSI Group – Chicago, IL March 2022 –May 2022

Production Supervisor

Responsible for supervising employees and activities required for the safe and efficient production of the Case Sausage Room in compliance with company, customer and government requirements.

Plan day to day allocation of resources in order to efficiently, safely and cost effectively achieve performance targets

Document daily production activities and review results against established targets and report variances

Ensure compliance with all quality and food safety programs through regular adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s), performance of sanitation audits, food safety checks (HACCP), and product quality checks conducted according to organization policies. Actively participate in prevention and correction of quality related errors

Facilitate transitions between shifts and seamless handoffs and communicate key information to peers, team members and Production Management

Participate in continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities and recommending changes within own area of responsibilities

Bimbo Bakeries – Cicero, IL Nov 2020 –March 2022

Production Supervisor

Demonstrate and support of General Bakery Safety, Food Safety, Food Defense Initiatives and Good Manufacturing Practices and ensures adherence to all quality requirements such as Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)

Provide leadership, training and coaching of associates to create a culture of inclusion and engagement

Ensure and maintain a safe work environment through compliance of all Company,Local, State and Federal mandated programs

Create a Continuous Improvement environment by improving products, service, and process with the objective to reduce waste while pushing for efficiency and profitability

Responsible for start-ups including calculating orders, checking dough sheets, equipment conditions and temperature settings

Monitor product quality, making formula edits as directed and keeping track of changes

Conducts incident investigations, responsible for reporting processes and ensuring any identified preventatives actions are completed

Participate and drive Lean Manufacturing culture

Ford Motor Company – Chicago, IL July 2020 –Nov 2020

Production Supervisor

Oversee daily production optimizing throughput in accordance with budgets and cost objectives.

Ensure objectives are met through following standardize work, making sure colleagues have read and understand the operator instruction sheets.

Monitor ANDON occurrences. Be the first responder as secondary support.

Through Process Confirmation, verify that the line is running safely, smoothly and producing quality parts.

Support continuous improvement and coach problem resolution to the lowest level.

Utilized root cause analysis (RCA) to help walk down identify and eliminate any quality concerns, while holding operators accountable.

Organized and relay ant modifications to regularly scheduled breaks and lunches, utilizing every second of available time for production in order to prevent downtime and increase daily output.

Tower Automotive – Chicago, IL April 2012 –Jan 2020

Production Supervisor

Oversaw daily production operations in order to safeguard company vision, ultimately leading a team of cross-functional personnel across shifts in order to execute quota to compliance standards.

Served as a trainer to hourly colleagues, effectively outlining new policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to veteran employees and new personnel to uphold plant standards.

Monitored facility key performance indicators (KPIs), routinely providing reports of production numbers, scrap rate, and downtime; coordinated with the Operations Manager and Superintendent in order to uphold communication across leadership.

Acted as a catalyst to reduce errors from a quality assurance (QA) baseline, safeguarding customer satisfaction by proactively preventing complaints.

Performed hands-on training to team members, consistently communicating standards and utilizing SOPs in order to ensure a universal high level of operational production.

Utilized root cause analysis (RCA) to prevent extended machine downtime, identifying origin of error and coordinating with maintenance personnel to resolve in a timely and efficient manner.

Kraft Foods – Chicago, IL 2010 – 2011

Labor Coordinator

Monitored the scheduling of over 100 union employees, monitoring time off requests, overtime sheets, and verbally communicating fluctuating schedule and shift needs to team members when needed.

Oversaw overtime policies and procedures on a daily and weekly basis, maintaining a consistent rotation in order to ensure fairness to all employees.

Yellow Roadway Corp. – Chicago Ridge, IL 2007 – 2009

Dock & Office Supervisor

Supervised 90 to 110 union dockworkers, managing daily operation with proper unloading and loading of over 60 dock doors; scheduled employees based on seniority and shift availability.

Utilized a manifest sheet in order to keep track of shipments and expedited freight, ensuring teams were adhering to compliance protocol in order to safeguard customer service.

Organized and rerouted trucks based on product, priority, and manifest data, attending to weight requirements in order to load maximum weight and increase profitability per delivery.

Acted in a dual capacity as both dock and office supervisor, overseeing colleague scheduling and maintaining a seamless flow of trucks in shipping bays to prevent loss of revenue from drop dead time.

Visteon Manufacturing – Chicago, IL 2003 – 2007

Shipping & Receiving Supervisor

Supervised and managed a rapidly changing shipping and receiving department, championing a 90% on-time rate for all trucks leaving the dock with very minimal delays.

Developed and implemented a datasheet system which streamlined organization of incoming trucks and inventory loading times; created a system which could identify the origin of missing equipment or product in order to slash errors and customer complaints while protecting the company.

Trained and mentored cross-functional personnel in FIFO best practices, bolstering operational proficiency and facilitating continuous team performance.

Monitored staff scheduling, consistently coordinating with personnel in order to ensure that all shifts were covered so that lines were running on a consistent basis.

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Technology: Central State University

Organizations

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.

Military

United States Army Reserves (USAR)

COMPLIANCE & Certification Standards

ISO 16949 • ISO 14001

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