Plant Quality Assurance

Thomas D. Ford 618-***-****

Granite City, IL ****0

*********@*****.***

Objective: Looking for a position with a solid company where

I can years my years of experience to benefit the company and to continue to grow personally and professionally.

Work History:

Consulting for the pork, beef industry of fresh meats. NY, PA, TN 2007-2010

Lead teams that develop and implement continuous improvement programs. A proven ability to manage multiple projects to successful conclusions Experience with and proven results in leading teams to identify and implement Lean manufacturing concepts to eliminate chronic problems and to drive improvements in key performance areas. Improved yields Provide leadership and direction for a food processing production team.

Triumph foods-MO. General Foremen Converting Ham and Loin Boning. 10/2005-2007

Coach a team of 5 supervisors, 430 team members. This was a start up plant. Working with all contractors on getting the plant started up on time Give pass down to supervisors of Pl, SOP, SSOP, HACCP, GMP, and changes to spec's. Implement of export program of loins. Sat in on line meetings 2 per month worked the outer department on plant policies and improvements. Worked with the Safety dept and provide safety audits and improvements on safety. Over see of the yield program Placing new team member to jobs with continuous follow up Providing team member with all the resources and tool's to be successful at there new job's.

This is a union plant.

Tyson food- Fab Supervisor Joslin IL. 9 / 2005 Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists in solving work problems Supervise personnel to ensure food is produced and assembled in accordance with USDA, HACCP, specification. Completes Kronos schedule and time sheets by Tuesday mornings every week Reduced overtime, reduced turnover rate plant wide, improved yields. Reduced accidents and exceed company safety goals Experience with school lunch program ground beef Works with all other plant supervisors in a team effort to sustain a pleasant, safe, clean, and efficient environment. Inspects products to verify conformance to specifications and directs setup and adjustments to machines. Ran chuck, round, loin, ground beef, stripling, arm lines. Union plant

Tyson food-Supervisor Independence, IA 2003-2005 Plant closed, Transferred to Joslin IL

Facilitates planning and implementation in daily operations. Managed 30-40 team members in a cook, processing ham plant Develop, implement and enforce training for all employees in quality assurance, safety, GMP requirements, machine operation, planning and decision-making. Work with all employees to ensure production/yield requirements are met on a daily basis. Ensure safety of all employees. Enforce Company policies and procedures. Coach the smoke house, stuffing rooms, slicing rooms. Monitors inventory by observation and review of computer records to ensure proper rotation, identification of short coded product, and accuracy of computer records. Completes Kronos Slicing product of roast beef ham, cheese, pepperoni, salami. Unoin plant

Burke Corporation Nevada, IA. 1999-2003

Supervise an operating unit responsible for converting raw materials into finished product in a safe, sanitary, cost-effective, and efficient manner that meets company quality standards manufacturing operations. Confirms job specifications on production runs in process Balances Responsible for 35 team members in a cooked, meat processing facility making pizza toppings And meatballs Demonstrated understanding of production scheduling and other production variables such as run-rates, processing times, change-over times, etc.

Increased through put by 42,000 pounds per day Gets the production lines started every is morning on time for a good start up by making sure all raw material is here according to the production schedule and if raw material is not available, to make changes to the schedule with what is available. Prepare food items using standardized recipes. Coordinates activities of overall quality productivity cost safety and morale to achieve positive results in all areas Work with operators to increase productivity while reducing waste Sets and Implements goals to support organizational initiatives.

Conducts inventory of products to ensure proper usage and minimization of waste. Responsible for maintaining daily temperature logs and other logs and reports as required. None union plant

I.B.P. Superintendent Perry, IA Cut floor and Ham boning Fresh meat 1995-1999

Responsible for 4 supervisors (225 team members)

Reduced plant turnover, Supervise day-to-day activities of assigned Department. Provide guidance and training to hourly workforce to ensure that production and quality goals are met and plant rules are enforced. Ensure all products are produced within quality and GMP guidelines. Improvements, employee development and cost reductions provide supervisory coverage to other areas as needed and assume special projects. Prepare and submit all required reports on a timely basis. Actively support Plant Total Quality effort

Montfort Pork Marshalltown, IA. 1985-1995

Demonstrated knowledge of efficient and safe manufacturing operations to include product and associate safety, OSHA standards, product quality (success rates), throughput delivery and cost control (minimizing downtime and waste, optimizing yield) Trained team members to meet required specification. On line packaging of product, Supervised Loin, butt picnic, belly, rib and main break areas. Maintain chain speeds with even product flow on the cut floor. Knowledge of Food Manufacturing Practices Good interpersonal skills / team player excellent communication and facilitation skills, self motivated. Union plant

T.Q.M certified

H.A.C.C.P certified

Zinger\Miller Facilitator

OSHA 2002 30 hour course

Lean Manufacturing Training

Thermal Processing Course completed.

Dale Carnegie 80 Hour Course completed

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