Experienced Manufacturing Supervisor and Leader Seeking New

Lori Christian

*** ******** ***** ** ******* Draft, VA, 24477

540-***-**** *********@*****.***

Professional Summary

Desires to obtain a supervisory position where I may use my technical and manufacturing skills to become an asset to your company. I lead by example and work to earn the respect of my employees. I have over twelve years of experience in leadership and love what I do. I believe that my food and medical manufacturing experience will be an asset to your company. Experience

F.R. Drake

04/2023 - Present

Manufacturing Supervisor

Manage 25 direct hourly employees across two shifts in the daily operations to meet customer spare part orders as well as manage loader POC.

Manage equipment maintenance by working with outside vendors to schedule PMs. Resolve equipment breakdowns in a timely manner by quoting parts or scheduling repair service techs.

Responsible for all raw material ordering for shop needs.

Safety Committee Coordinator - schedules monthly meetings, manages forklift certification for all employees, presents monthly safety topic, schedules monthly safety inspections and addresses any issues noted.

Responsible for employee evaluations, mentoring, training new hires, employee conflict resolution and addressing disciplinary issues.

Ensure that employees have what they need to efficiently and effectively do their job safely.

Cadence, Inc.

09/2015 - 04/2023

Lead Production Supervisor

Oversaw all aspects of the E.G.I.A medical manufacturing department as well as pack clean, Ortho Laser Cut/Weld, Machining Development Cell and Tube Cell. 33 direct reports.

Ensured that all company and customer policies, standards and requirements were adhered to per company handbook as well as customer specifications and ISO 13485 compliancy.

Performed daily stand-up toolbox meetings with direct reports and monthly safety power points. Met with other members of management to perform daily Gemba walks to discuss minimizing departmental scrap while improving bottle neck and efficiencies through continuous improvement. Conducted accident investigations as well as served on the 1st response and safety team.

Oversaw and scheduled all new hire onboarding and employee training by utilizing the company training program/matrix with said employees OJT. Served on the Master Control Team.

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Scheduled and managed OT within the department to meet customer demands and OTD as well as approved weekly payroll using current ADP/VTA software.

Tracked employee productivity using crystal/efficiency reports and labor tickets to be used for annual evaluations and one on one coaching as needed.

Identified pre-shift daily WIP and schedules employees accordingly by monitoring daily inventory to compare with weekly shipments. Communicated with the sales team on customer ship dates.

Managed customer complaints (CAPA) and non-conformances in the QMS system and communicated with the sales, materials and quality teams in regard to product quality and shipments.

Managed and coordinates scheduling with the pre-production planning team for new product development and commercialized production/operations. Shamrock Foods

06/2014 - 09/2015

ESL Production Supervisor

Oversaw all aspects of the dairy manufacturing facility which includes, but not limited to, Raw Milk, ingredients, bulk chemical receiving to batching, processing, filling and packaging of all materials to meet customer demands.

Oversaw facility start-up, training and hiring of hourly associates as well as created paperwork and SOP’s for the new facility, equipment and policies.

Ensured the plant was inspection ready at all times for VDH, SQF and FDA audits.

Ensured hourly associates were adhering to company policies as described in employee handbook. i.e.; GPM, SQF and PMO policies.

Conducted employee evaluations, reviewed and created new hire expectation sheets while overseeing the training process.

Worked closely with maintenance, lab, cold room, outside vendors/contractors, human resources and upper management to resolve and troubleshoot various issues within the plant.

Completed and signed off on all production/processing paperwork for end of day runs to submit to Mother plant in Phoenix, Arizona and upper management within the facility.

Managed employee time logs using Ceridian and ADP systems as well as vacations and overtime coverage management.

HP Hood

03/2013 - 06/2014

Aseptic/ESL Production Supervisor

Monitored all aspects of the packaging production lines during production and cleaning cycles.

Accurately tracked production downtime and computes efficiency goals for assigned packaging lines.

Input employee time logs using Kronos and oversees vacations and overtime coverage.

Attended pre-shift Supervisor cover-off meetings and gives daily cover-off meetings to assigned reports.

Adhered to all SQF, HACCP and GMP policies as well as enforced them. 540-***-****•*********@*****.***

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Performed annual employee evaluation to direct reports as well as corrective action.

Completed end of shift reports to plant manager and assigned paperwork. HP Hood

03/2012 – Promotion

Shibuya Technician

Carefully monitored filling operations for indications of impending problems.

Was responsible for maintaining all critical control point documentation to ensure aseptic standards are met and filed for FDA.

Upheld all SQF and GMP policies to ensure customer satisfaction.

Completed yearly HACPP for job title.

Completed Aseptic Better Process Control School and received certification in Aseptic processing and packaging systems and flexible semi rigid containers.

Silver career readiness certificate.

HP Hood

03/2009 – Promotion

Blowmolding/Sidel Technician

Performed all operation from raw to finish product of two HDPE uniloy blowmolding machines and one PET Sidel machine.

Conducted tests and inspections of product to evaluate quality and maintaining proper paperwork.

Communicated with production coordinators, maintenance, and filler technicians.

Performed regular PM’s of equipment.

HP Hood

03/2005 – Promotion

Serac Technician

Maintained all operations during production of the Serac Filling Machine.

Performed troubleshooting on filler to ensure line meets production goals.

Set filler up for CIP/SIP and monitors in the eight-hour given time limit.

Trained new hires to operate Serac fillers.

Performed weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly PM’s on the filler.

Communicated with the lab to ensure weights on the product are within company and customer standards and adjusts multi-flow nozzles accordingly. 540-***-****•*********@*****.***

Lori Christian

Education

Riverheads High School

1991 - 1995

Blue Ridge Community College

2001 – 2003

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