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Atlanta, Ga, Us

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Austin, Mn, Us

• Lead anywhere from 20 to 30 employees, managing and executing plant processes while providing a productive, safe work environment.• Manage team members in a manner that drive the achievement of safety, quality, and production-related goals and objectives.• Ensure that the appropriate resources including materials, equipment, and staffing are in place to maintain defined production schedules.• Develop and implement highly effective standard operating procedures for the department to support the employees. Notable achievements while in the position have included:- Implemented change that has increased the department’s efficiency from 75 to 97% within the first 6 months in the department.- Produced $138,000 in savings in yield variance in 2018 as compared to 2017.

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• Managed all daily activities in a manner that ensured a safe, secure, clean and fair work environment for all associates.• Led in terms of associate orientation, training, performance management, and development to drive increases in both individual and team performance.• Ensured that all company policies and procedures related to accounting, operations, safety, regulatory compliance, and administration were communicated, administered to and enforced.• Actively managed the turnover of hourly and supervisory staff in a manner consistent with site turnover objectives.• Provided associates with the proper access to the necessary tools to perform their assigned duties and tasks ensuring that the tools were routinely maintained. • Oversaw all daily and weekly workload planning and volume forecasting routines were completed in terms of staffing, equipment, and space.• Continually monitored the production flow throughout the facility including quality, conveyors, and palletizers.• Obtained valued experience with SAP, Red Prairie, Kronos, Microsoft Office Suite, Lean Methodology and Kaizen.