Bruce A Vivians
Manteca,CA
Summary
Highly skilled Manufacturing Production Manager over 15 years of experience supervising, scheduling and directing employees. Resourceful specialist knowledgeable in production of Food, Beverage, Medicines and Plastics. Track record of boosting efficiency, thru-put and processes. Focused on monitoring safety in busy and potentially hazardous environment.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Manufacturing Supervisor
Cepheid
07.2021 - Current
- Established clear priorities and production quality standards. Exceeded daily production goals by 2% and met demand by assessing equipment performance, moving and re-assigning line responsibilities, positioning, and creating structure.
- Exceeded safety goals 5%. Set and enforced performance-oriented production approach, significantly increasing worker output and reducing safety incidents.
- Co-Lead cross functional Kaizen that reduced product cross contamination of product 2.78%
- Lead department Diversity and Inclusion team which improved employee relations and work culture.
- Improved daily attendance 1.6% and reduced labor cost 1.25% by reduction of planned staffing number by 10 people.
- Follow and instill a Lean and 5S manufacturing culture.
- Foster a culture of support, accountability, and bottom-up decision-making.
Manufacturing Production Supervisor
Reyes Coca-Cola
10.2019 - 07.2021
- Responsible for efficient and safe manufacturing processes through the supervision of production team members
- Maintained consistent KPI matrix numbers to less than 3% negative variance
- Supervised maintenance staff and utilized speed targets, efficiency and process data to continuously exceed daily (OEE) targets from 1 -20%
- Holds department document record for employee retention goal of 94% in a union environment
- Owner of daily production record for 3 different product lines.
- Changed daily labor scheduling process which increased the change over and start up process by 33%
- Cross functional management for any leadership deficient area of the operation.
Production Manager
Valley Fine Foods
10.2018 - 10.2019
- Provides overall leadership for manufacturing departments in areas of safety, productivity, quality, cost, equipment, and engagement.
- Retooled staffing requirements, personnel and permanent vs temp labor ratio to 60/40 resulting in 4.75% raise in hourly thru put, 2.8% rise in daily finished goods and 44% rise in order fill rate.
- Lead audit team to achieve "Excellence" rating for inaugural AIB external audit.
- Managed consistent compliance to SQF standards.
West Coast Operations Manager
Plated, West
01.2017 - 10.2018
- Responsible for production, quality assurance, personnel and facility issues for Plated Fulfillment Center; Ensure adequate staffing, equipment and space utilization to fulfill production goals.
- Developed detailed facility operations plans and schedules based on high-level parameters provided by upper management.
- Develop, implement, and facilitate processes that focus on achieving measurable improvements to production efficiency, inventory management, quality, fulfillment accuracy and on-time delivery.
- Establish annual departmental operating budgets and track/control spending within budgets.
- Temp labor inclusive at 60/40% ratio
- Stabilized daily production quotas and increased output by 72.7% through accountability and gross profits up 30%
- Developed comprehensive employee training and development program to promote and document cross training, new employee training and orientation.
- Provide excellent service to all internal and external customers.
- Increased inventory accuracy by 30%
- Instrumental in achievement of facility SQF certification.
Production Manager
Blue Apron
11.2015 - 12.2017
- Oversee Production Department; Fully responsible for Production Supervisors and Production department while meeting optimization goals and continuously improving production.
- Assure maximum productivity, quality, and accuracy of shipment to customers; emphasis in developing labor cost reduction system as well as maximizing efficiency.
- Partnered with leadership on recruiting, hiring and coaching production and promotions of internal personnel.
- Established 98% on time delivery by increasing re arranging product placement, retraining and re-arranging employees according to their strengths.
- Awarded for highest employee retention rate in region 88% through, empowerment, positive feedback and creating opportunity.
- Enforced health and safety protocols to promote safe working environment. Achieve safety record of 342 days without reportable injuries.
- Planned operations to meet established schedules, factoring in order demands and business forecasts
- Managed continuous improvement initiatives to drive gains in quality, flow, Increased production output 69.2%
Night Operations Manager
Greenleaf Produce
08.2010 - 10.2015
- Directs and coordinates activities of Night Operations of shipping, receiving, customer service, repack and morning dispatched
- Observed each employee's individual strengths and initiated mentoring program to improve areas of weakness
- Reduced operational risks while organizing data to forecast performance trends.
- Reviewed and analyzed financial, and operations reports to determine requirements for operational performance and staffing needs
- Raised property accuracy and accountability by creating new automated tracking method.
- Enforces compliance of operations personnel with administrative policies, procedures, safety rules, and governmental regulations
- Increased order accuracy to 98% which Reduced customer complaints by 17%
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Business Administration And Management
University of Phoenix
Pleasanton, CAHigh School Diploma -
West High
Waterloo, IA05.1984
Certification - Organizational Leadership, Project Management,
American Management Association
San Francisco, CA04.2012
Skills
- ABILITY/ SKILLS:
- Great organizational and leadership structure, Excellent morale, and motivational skills Effective listener and ability to work well under pressure Statistical, lean and six sigma training Root cause analysis Plastics manufacturing Knowledge and experience with IQ, OQ and PQ validations GMP/GLP experience Warehouse design and inventory management SQF, GMP, SOP, HAACP, 5S, Food Safety, Fruit Ripening and ISO experienced Computer literate: SAP, Pro-Trak ERP,WMS, Nexus, Supply Stream, Citrix, Upstream, Smartsheets, Google docs BFC, Produce Pro, UPS Router, Exceed, COM, Passport, AMS, RF and Barcoding, Solomon, Order Power, Mrp II, Prism, Retail Pro, TMS, Calyx Point, Pipeline, Windows programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Word Perfect, Access, Pivot tables, Retail Pro, Vocollect, TMS, Router, MLS, Lotus 1-2-3, MS DOS
- Root Cause Analysis
- Maintaining Clean Work Areas
Timeline
Manufacturing Supervisor
Cepheid
07.2021 - Current
Manufacturing Production Supervisor
Reyes Coca-Cola
10.2019 - 07.2021
Production Manager
Valley Fine Foods
10.2018 - 10.2019
West Coast Operations Manager
Plated, West
01.2017 - 10.2018
Production Manager
Blue Apron
11.2015 - 12.2017
Night Operations Manager
Greenleaf Produce
08.2010 - 10.2015
Some College (No Degree) - Business Administration And Management
University of Phoenix
High School Diploma -
West High
Certification - Organizational Leadership, Project Management,
American Management Association
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