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Full-fill both short and long-term substitute assignments across all subject areas, effectively teaching students of varied academic/age levels (grades 9-12) and diverse cultural backgrounds.Responsible for ensuring daily assignments and projects are completed by the students.Implemented lesson plans for grades 9-12 in a variety of instructional areas.

Offered leadership in operations expertise across core business and operational development functions, including purchasing, sales, finance, and material management within manufacturing/warehouse operations. Reported directly to CFO/VP.Manufacturing Leadership: Formulated strategies and programs to support plant operations, sales, and activities. Managed and reported on the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and corporate status of the East Coast facility.Process Improvement: Worked with senior level management to establish goals and strategies and analyzed production and inventory volume. Eliminated communication issues and increased the efficiency of the order cycle by introducing new processes. Utilized professional judgment in quality decisions and collaborated with plant leadership to reduce waste.Operations Management: Successfully collaborated with the Purchasing Department to identify and replace obsolete and duplicate inventory with decreasing sales, reducing inventory costs by $775,000 in the first year. Defined budget to achieve positive cash flow, identifying non-essential expenditures for services and utilities. Oversaw the successful transition of the NJ facility operations to the corporate office located in Strongsville, Ohio while still maintaining the core business.

Provided supervision, guidance, coaching, and mentoring to small start-up companies in each of four manufacturing areas. Manufacturing Leadership: Assisted all clients with formula scale-ups for initial and subsequent manufacturing trial runs. Evaluated and provided constructive feedback for each production run. Developed, documented, and implemented the manufacturing methods and processes for each of the client’s products. Determined and recommended labor requirements client processes and manufacturing needs.HR Management: Hired, developed, and trained the part-time labor work force to assist clients with their manufacturing requirements. Process Improvement: Sourced and recommended equipment upgrades for the FIC facility which included a new semi-automatic filler. Provided each client with ideas for continuous improvement, resulting in a 75% increase in production output for one client and a 320% increase in processing throughput for another. Operations Management: Managed and coordinated all of the facilities’ PM (Preventative Maintenance) programs with outside contractors and in-house PM requirements. Managed shipping/receiving and warehousing areas, providing clients with up-to-date raw material and packaging needs for each production run.

Analyzed and identified areas of opportunity, streamlined production process, eliminated waste, improved operating parameters, and provided a continuous improvement process within the organization. Served as a primary liaison for regulatory agencies (FDA and OSHA), vendor audits, and third party audits. Operations Management: Managed all plant operations with 6 direct reports and 115 employees. Oversaw production, blending, maintenance, shipping/receiving, warehousing, sanitation, staffing, human resources scheduling, and training. Supervised daily operations of private contract manufacturer of powdered nutritional beverage mixes (composite cans and form-seal pouches) for various major food manufacturing companies.Process Improvement: Reduced production workforce by 20% by analyzing job responsibilities, establishing manning standards, and defining expectations. Safety Program Development: Developed and implemented the safety program (including OSHA-mandated training) reducing the injury frequency rate by 50% the first year in addition to creating 0 incident rate in the plant for 27 months. Project Management: Oversaw construction of a new 50,000 sq.ft. warehouse/office complex with 1M+ in tenant fit-ups. Coordinated weekly objectives with engineers, architects, township officials/inspectors, and subcontractors and completed the project on time and within budget.

Managed daily operations of branded/private label acidified food manufacturing plant, hot and cold fill liquids (glass and PET) which included condiments, sauces, drink mixes and jellies.Directed $250K production line renovation in preparation for newly acquired product lines resulting in a $5 million sales increase. Directed daily plant operations which included production, blending, scheduling, quality, maintenance, shipping/ receiving, warehousing, inventory control, staffing, and training.Reduced overall finished goods inventory by 28% by effective production planning and scheduling.Established strong working relationships with customers by consistently achieving production agendas, meeting customer quality specifications and delivering goods complete and on time.Provided cost analysis for all new products and evaluated present labor to maximize profits.