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Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Ontario, Canada

Managing the daily operations of the new plant (facilities, blow molding, batching, filling, packaging, shipping, receiving, maintenance, HR, H&S, QA/QC). (100 employees)Working close with Planning, Accounting and Product Development by scheduling regular meetings and requesting / providing reports and response in timely manner. Daily reporting to the Company President and VP.Created and implemented KPIs in order to control safety, efficiency and productivity (OEE).Reviewed daily production reports. Condensed all in a weekly progress report chart.Implemented daily plant and planning meetings. Implemented start shift meetings with all employees.Analyzing and controlling costs and work within budgetary restrictions. Ensured that SOPs are in place. Wrote policies and procedures and followed up with implementation. Created, implemented and verified Business Continuity Plan.(BCP)Worked on process and machines validation procedures.Started stability and validation programs for cleaning and products.Conducting daily audits in order to verify implementation of procedures. Testing plant processes and ensuring safety, quality and efficiency.Optimizing machinery and equipment with regular maintenance programs. Acquired parts and necessary tools and machines for maintenance and repairs of the capital assets.Corrected all deficiencies found during PSHSRs and Engineering Assessments for all capital goods in collaboration with various contractors.In process of implementation of CMMS in the plant (FIIX or MaintainX), started a PM program.Hired/terminated and working on developing qualified personnel for succession plan and for BCP.Created and maintained an atmosphere of trust and credibility between plant workers and management. Created and started training program for the plant management personnel. Created and maintained good relationships with contractors and government agencies (MOL, Electrical Safety Authority)

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Started a new plant for RDJ Bakeries.Created SOP’s, Policies and Procedures for the new plant.Updated job descriptions for all personnel according with new facility requirementsHired and trained new personnel including Supervisors and Lead Hands.Participated on all trials for new products for the new facility.Collaborated directly with Clients to develop the new products. Collaborated with all Contractors and Equipment Manufacturers to set-up, test and prepare all machines for new products.Created and updated the KPI’s for the new plant.Overseen Building maintenance, Equipment maintenance, H&S, QA, HR and Buying/Shipping/Receiving departments.Planning for Plant budget with Director of Operations.Worked close to R&D, Planning, Scheduling, and Special Projects heads of departments and collaborated directly with the President of the Company. Started to implement 5S and Gemba walks.

Cambridge, Canada

• Manage, coach and train employees in pharmaceutical environment to achieve maximum of results. Support peers in any activities or projects• Employees daily scheduling and payroll• Oversee all the maintenance activities in the shift• Follow up and advise Lead Hands and operators regarding any activity or task, in a highly regulated industry• Collaborate with QA, QC and Microbiology during the shift in order to investigate and eliminate any deviation which may disrupt the processes in a highly GMP regulated facility.• Collaborate with Facilities, Validation, Engineering and R&D in order to support their activities whenever required.• Responsible for Production Month/Year End Inventory.• Responsible for all Production Material Handlers from the plant/all shifts.• Attend meetings and report all activities performed during the shift.

Ontario, Canada

• Manage the permanent and temporary workforce (total up to 80 employees /shift)• Organize and manage all aspects of the shift (production, quality, maintenance, scheduling, warehouse) in order to achieve all KPI’s.• Introduced / implemented “batch reducing” in order to reduce overproduction, and all wastes associated to it, also reorganized production lines, reduced c/o times, increased lines efficiencies. • Implemented and enforced 5S, GMP, H&S, Food Safety, CIP procedures, Allergen programs• Trained, coached and developed employees in a regular basis. Managed employees’ payroll.• Assign tasks to the Lead Hand and Line Leaders; also, based on the running product, optimize the lines to achieve maximum efficiency on daily basis.

Brampton, Ontario

• Provide staff training, evaluate and develop team members. • Manage line efficiencies, key performance indicators and down time. • Implemented 5S, Lean Manufacturing Principles, enforce GMP and Safety practices. • Monitors the production process, makes periodic checks and adjusts equipment or work practices according to SOP's. Rewrote operator job descriptions for all operators in the plant. • Manage CIP's, start-up's and supervise changeovers. • Manage overall package and product quality, also implemented new measures within the plant in order to achieve ISO 22000 certification.• Prepare and complete the shift reports, manage payroll (Kronos)• Assign tasks and equipment to production workers

Mississauga, Ontario

• Introduced new concept of employee rotation to avoid accidents and incidents during the shift. Report, using AIR(Citrix), any incident or accident during the shift• Review production reports to ensure employees are adhering to SOP and GMP. • Drive quality improvement and process waste elimination initiatives through functional team leadership on Reliability meetings.(A3 Toyota Problem-Solving report, 5 Why’s, fishbone analysis)• Reduce down time and helped maintenance department to redesign the safety guards in order to reduce access time when machines have issues. Enforced lock out tag out procedures.• Utilize Pulse System(ERP), BAAN and HACCP forms to track and audit plant processed and supervise team of hourly employees in unionized environment• Provide leadership and coaching to workforce in all aspects, including Safety, 5S, Cost Controls, employee relations, Sanitation and Production• Tracking attendance using Kronos software