Ashley Fortune
Staunton,VA
Summary
Results-driven production lead with several years of experience leading safe, on-time and high-quality production of a wide array of products and components. Personable facilitator with a passion for excellence and a history of cultivating motivated and loyal teams. Mechanically proficient and technically versatile, driven to understand and model complete line operations.
Overview
1
1
Certification
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
ESI production lead
Shamrock Farms, Dairy Division
Verona, VA
10.2022 - Current
- Led a team of 15 to 20 production workers in meeting daily production targets and ensuring on-time delivery of products
- Monitored production processes for quality standard compliance, adjusting as needed to uphold product integrity
- Led dairy production line operations in Shamrock Farms processing plant
- Trained operators on safe equipment use and plant procedures
- Enforced food safety, cleanliness, and sanitation standards throughout production areas
- Reported equipment issues and supported maintenance during line stoppages
- Collaborated with other departments to ensure smooth operations.
- Conducted performance reviews with team members to ensure goals are met.
- Controlled labor costs by ensuring that workers are working efficiently.
- Produced quality products by palletizing, packaging and assembling finished items.
Department Manager
APB Management Inc / APB Restaurants Inc
Verona, VA
10.2019 - Current
- Assisted in the management of daily operations, ensuring smooth and efficient workflow
- Assumed managerial responsibilities in manager's absence, overseeing all operations to ensure continuity
- Demonstrated strong leadership skills by motivating team members towards achieving individual/team targets/goals
- Collaborated with manager to develop strategies that achieved sales targets and enhanced customer satisfaction
- Managed cash handling procedures, including opening/closing registers, preparing deposits, and reconciling discrepancies
- Developed employee schedules aligned with business needs, optimizing staffing levels to meet demand during peak hours
- Assisted in the recruitment, selection, and onboarding of new employees, ensuring a smooth transition into the team
- Conducted regular inventory checks to maintain accurate stock levels and minimize loss due to shrinkage
- Maintained a clean and organized work environment, adhering to sanitation guidelines for food safety compliance
Scan Analyst/ health and beauty aid merchandising
Foodlion
Waynesboro, VA
09.2004 - 01.2006
- Stocked and ordered health and beauty aids
- Ensured accurate pricing on products by hanging tags
- Coordinated truck deliveries at the facility in absence of regular personnel.
- Managed daily activities and routines for children at home
Education
12 grade education -
American homeschool
Staunton, VaSkills
- Quality data entry
- Food safety compliance
- Food operations management
- Sanitation best practices
- Food packaging methods
- Production management software
- Manufacturing execution system (MES)
- Sterile filling machines
- High-speed filling machines
- Filling line operations
- Automatic inserting machines
- Warehouse Experience
- Production output increase
- Equipment troubleshooting
- Defect analysis
- FIFO
- Team training
- Leadership
- Equipment safety
- Standard operating procedures
- Production line supervision
- Team member motivation
- Punctual and reliable
- Safe machine operation
- Critical thinking
- Team coordination
- Problem solving
- Inventory management
- Inventory Control
- Inventory data entry
- Barcode scanning for logistics
- Cash Handling
- Data entry
- Calendar management
- Employee scheduling software
- Staff scheduling
- Team leadership
- Attention to detail
- Team leadership in food service
- Training machine operators - Machine operators trained (6-10 operators)
- Supervising Experience
- Sales Management
- Retail management - Retail management experience (11-15 years)
- Store Management Experience
- Retail sales strategies
- Customer service management
- Customer service excellence
- Guest services
- Customer support
- Sales
- Upselling
- Negotiation
- Communication skills
- Phone etiquette
- Packaging
- Time Store opening procedures
- Dairy processing techniquesan organized workspace
- Clean workspace maintenance
- Sanitation procedures
- Proper lifting technique adherence
- Forklift
- Mechanical knowledge
- Machine minor repairs
- Accident reporting
- Continuous improvement
- Writing skills
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- QuickBooks
- Word processing
- OSHA
- PCQI
- Visual inspection for quality control
- Staff training sessions
- Retail industry recruitment
- Retail sales
- Teamwork
- Problem-solving
- Production data entry
- Manufacturing company experience
- Packaging
- Packaging efficiency
- Management
- Weight checks
- Retail sales
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Assistant Manager Experience
- Shift Management
- Food service
- Manufacturing
- Production lead
- Training
- Work ethic
- Teamwork
- Communication skills
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Manufacturing execution system (MES)
- Bottle packaging
- Preventive maintenance
Certification
- ServSafe
- Driver's License
- CPR Certification
Languages
English
Timeline
ESI production lead
Shamrock Farms, Dairy Division
10.2022 - Current
Department Manager
APB Management Inc / APB Restaurants Inc
10.2019 - Current
Scan Analyst/ health and beauty aid merchandising
Foodlion
09.2004 - 01.2006
12 grade education -
American homeschool