John King Email & Phone Number

Woodland, Washington

Eureka, Ca.

Sugar City, Idaho

Wenatchee, Washington

·Manage all incoming raw product and finished goods to outside warehouses including held product·Develop and maintain weekly schedule, manufacturing orders, and line tanks·Oversee outside dry and frozen storage facilities

·Developed and implemented Throughput, Yield, and HFNC metrics for employees ·Met quality, CCI, and HFNC goals for F10·Exceeded production safety index with no loss time accidents in F10·Prioritize daily mechanic work assignments depending on need of equipment/line running

aka Wholesome & Hearty foods, manufacturer of healthy food products.Operations Manager 2006 - 2009Managed 10 salaried employees in Production, Warehouse, Sanitation and Maintenance departments.Increased efficiency from 72% to 97% by implementing 5-S, Kanban, Lean and team building.Managed Process Action Teams (Kaizen) by establishing performance metrics and reengineering processes and achieved the following:Cost savings from $1.82 to $1.55 per pound.Reduced scrap from $64K/month to $3K/month.Decreased downtime minutes by 73%.Lowered set up time by 47%.Improved cycle counts from 87% to 98% by optimizing inventory accuracy.Prepared annual budgets ranging from $1.1M to $2.5M.; 2006Managed Production and Sanitation departments consisting of 4 salaried and 100 hourly employees.Implemented team plan to ensure inspection ready plant (FDA, OSHA, AIB, USDA & Customer).Increased sanitation micro swab results from a 90% acceptable level to 98% through training and metrics reporting.Created multiple employee tracking charts, including experience tracking that resulted in "5 deep" cross trained staff for every piece of equipment.

Managed diverse team of up to 80 employees, which included 70% temporary staffing, with responsibility for handling volume, pounds per man-hour, efficiency, and operational uptime.Assisted then managed testing and start up of Entrée line, Fryers, Tiromat, Organic line and Flame Grill lines, which resulted in successful rollout of 57 new Gardenburger SKU's.Reduced labor count by 15 temporary employees resulting in savings of $369K per year by managing process to maximize plant efficiencies.Achieved lowest Total Incident Rate for the plant by ensuring employee safety and operational training.

Blown and Cast Plastic Manufacturer.; Responsibilities included manufacturing high quality plastic in co-ex and monolayer film and quality control over all aspects of film specifications and operation and maintenance of extruders, dies, winders and automatic scrap retrieval. Also responsible for calibrations of high electrical treating, troubleshooting, and computerized line monitoring of the equipment. Traveled to customer facilities around the country to better understand the customers' needs. Traveled to facilities around the country to train on new equipment and new processes for the Utah plant.

Responsibilities included handling, cutting, and heat treatment preparation of high quality aluminum products including operation of hydraulic pullers, table saws, and extruders

Responsibilities included interviewing and hiring new employees, scheduling work hours, inventory and ordering of new equipment, and equipment maintenance.

Responsibilities included cutting, bending, and welding rebar to form skeletons used to reinforce heavy cement products. Operated cranes and forklifts as well as cement finishing.