Manager of Operations
Resume:
JEFFERY SCOTT SLACUM
Millsboro, DE 19966
Home: 302-***-**** Cell: 302-***-****
*******@*****.***
MANAGER OF OPERATIONS
Highly skilled and motivated leader with experience managing production and employees in Biotechnology Manufacturing. Proficient in producing positive results through collaboration and maintaining focus on delivering value to the customer. Skilled in developing relationships of trust and accountability through professional and ethical behavior.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
• Twenty five years of veterinary biologics industry experience.
• Knowledge of veterinary vaccines, virology and bacteriology.
• Knowledge of GMP/GLP, U.S.D.A., E.U. and V.M.D. regulatory compliance.
• Experienced in Quality Control testing.
• Supervision experience, including interviewing, hiring, training, and disciplining employees.
• Ability to plan, budget, organize a production department.
• Expertise in evaluating processes for improvements to increase quality, reduce costs and increase company profits.
• Experienced in writing study protocols, reports, justifications, production outlines, manufacturing directions and standard operating procedures.
• Excellent presentation, written and oral communication skills.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
• Implemented new technologies and automation in production resulting in substantial cost savings and an increase in company sales and profits (i.e. Innovax product line, Coccivac vaccine improvements, serum reduction plan, new filling and labeling machines).
• Collaborated with R&D to produce and gain approval of the first USDA bivalent swine influenza vaccine (SIV) licensed (EndFluence II) and the subsequent production of many batches of high quality autogenous SIV vaccines.
• Initiated many closed system methods to reduce product contamination.
• Completed Six Sigma Yellow Belt including Root Cause Analysis using Merck Production System Tools such as “Fishbone” and “5 Whys”.
• Pinpointed the identity of capacity limitations through Bottleneck Studies.
• Incorporated Safety programs into production to help prevent injuries and reduce lost time incidents.
• Initiated a project to extend a product expiration date which resulted in $94,230 of cost savings.
• Started up a new lab and building for the production of Chicken Anemia Virus (CAV).
• Led the successful transfer of bulk and final products from site to site. Millsboro, DE to DeBilt, the Netherlands (Rismavac product); Delaware Avenue to State Street, Millsboro.
EMPLOYMENT
Merck Animal Health, Millsboro, DE June, 1987 to Present
(Formerly Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health)
Senior Production Supervisor / Manager of Operations (December, 1997 to Present)
• Responsible for achieving and maintaining production goals including insuring that all aspects of production are compliant with internal (company) and external (U.S.D.A. and V.M.D.) regulatory standards.
• Responsible for supervision and evaluation of up to twenty direct reports.
• Responsible for maintaining a supply of quality products for the customer.
Virus Production and Freeze Drying Departments (March 2011 to Present)
• Responsible for all aspects of the Virus Production and Freeze Drying Departments including the production of many bulk poultry viral antigens and final products such as Infectious Bronchitis, Infectious Bursal Disease, Laryngotracheitis, Coccidiosis, Reo Virus, and Newcastle Disease.
Chicken Embryo & Egg Incubation Departments (December, 1997 to March, 2011)
• Responsible for all aspects of the Chicken Embryo Origin Production Laboratory, Chicken Anemia Virus Laboratory and Egg Incubation Department including the production of many bulk poultry viral antigens such as Infectious Bronchitis, Infectious Bursal Disease, Reo Virus, Newcastle Disease, Chicken Anemia, and Swine influenza viruses.
Production Supervisor (December, 1991 to December, 1997)
• Responsible for all aspects of the production of cell-associated Marek’s Disease vaccines, finished non-Marek’s products in a Central Filling Lab, and direction of the daily operations of the Tissue Culture Department with 20 direct reports.
Assistant Production Supervisor (December, 1989 to December, 1991)
• Responsible for assisting with the supervision and direction of 20 direct reports in Tissue Culture Production. Led a production task force to improve production efficiencies and titers.
Laboratory Technician III (June, 1989 to December, 1989)
• Performed U.S.D.A. - approved production procedures in Tissue Culture Production. Completed product improvement studies in large-scale production.
Quality Control Laboratory Technician III (June, 1987 to June, 1989)
• Responsible for performing quality control testing in the following areas of the Quality Control Laboratory: Tissue culture, Egg testing, Sterility, Bacteriology, Moisture, and Media testing. Responsible for training and instructing technicians in the above areas.
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford, DE May 1983 to June, 1987
Medical Technologist (August, 1985 to June, 1987)
• Responsible for all laboratory tests performed and reported in a clinical laboratory. Completed quality control, computer processing and preventive maintenance procedures in Hematology, Chemistry, Immunohematology, and Bacteriology Departments.
Medical Laboratory Technician (May 1983 to August 1985)
• Performed clinical laboratory tests and quality control procedures in all laboratory areas.
EDUCATION / TRAINING
Master of Science - Human Resources Management
Wilmington University, New Castle, DE
Bachelor of Science - Medical Technology and Chemistry (minor)
Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD
Associate in Applied Science - Medical Laboratory Technology.
Delaware Technical and Community College, Georgetown, DE
Mastering Workflow – GTD Training
Merck Sigma Yellow Belt Certified
Merck “Blueprint for Success” Training
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Registered member of American Society of Clinical Pathologists (A.S.C.P.)
Contact this candidate