Ferdinand Nazario
Nutley,USA
Summary
Highly accomplished leader with expertise in driving small- to medium-sized production, manufacturing, and operations initiatives. Prioritizes sustainable business practices in high-paced environments. Influential Six Sigma Green Belt consistently increases quality and efficiency while facilitating ongoing key process improvements that align with a dynamic company\'s mission, vision, values, and goals. Strong bilingual communication skills. Leads teams by example and with ethics and integrity, effectively minimizing waste, reducing costs, and boosting productivity. Focuses on enhancing operational safety and encouraging collaborative accountability to ensure consistent delivery of results that meet or exceed customer demands.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Operating Engineer Production Supervisor Consultant
Scientific Design
05.2023 - Current
- Managed a team of 5 employees within 5 departments related to the manufacturing of Catalyst
- Practice 5S, team building, coaching, and safety procedures
- Assisted directly in updating Standard Operating procedures, Daily production meetings and ensure that daily schedule attainment was met through quality production
- Monitored regenerative oxidizer temperatures, air pollutions, and byproduct output to ensure safe shift operations
- Documenting (RTO) operational catalyst manufacturing procedures regulatory state and federal guidelines
- Identifying production errors and implementing solutions through collaborative measures
- Implementing engineering principles for efficient oxidizer operations and control
- Training staff on new procedures, safety standards, and PPE gear and equipment
- Monitor Evoqua water treatment system control PH cycles and water output through the plant system
- Monitoring of oxidizer system through travel system and provide hourly reports
Production Manager Consultant
Mauser
09.2021 - 05.2023
- Managed 75 union employees in the manufacturing of drums and safety and quality
- Practiced Lean Manufacturing including Six Sigma, FMEA, 8D Problem Analysis, and developing action plans with team members for problem resolution
- Establishes and implements improvements for cost reduction, quality assurance, and production which led to a 45% improvement in safety
- Planning and Operations with team members to discuss production schedules and changes in the schedule
- Increased OEE by 30% within 90 days
- Implements proactive and corrective maintenance practices relating to all production equipment during off-peak hours, reducing equipment downtime by 5%
- Coached and trained associates in the collaboration of manufacturing to ensure sites have an effective preventative maintenance program that they are adhering to
- Ensured the facility was meeting the cycle time requirements to meet throughput objectives and schedule attainment by overseeing cGMP, and SOP practices, and adhering to OSHA standards
- Minimized cost by 5% through safety, increased production, and reduced waste
Production Supervisor Consultant
Nice-Pak
09.2019 - 09.2021
- Leverage a broad scope of industry knowledge toward mentoring and managing a 100-member union team in the high-volume, fast-paced manufacturing and packaging of sanitary wipes and medical wipes
- Ensure accuracy of shift production reports and other batch documentation, including Production Logs, Material Control Reports, Line Reports, Rework Sheets, Waste Reporting, and Quality Defects
- Perform details-centric safety audits to ensure that team members adhere to compliance policies and continually maintain current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and/or standards
- Direct all team training/development efforts on product assembly, quality, safety, materials control, production functions, and daily reporting
- Regularly conduct team meetings to provide feedback
- Train teams in maintaining cGMP applications
- Coach and mentor Team Leads for advancement to Supervisor role
- Exhibit the use of Master Control as MRP and AS400 for inventory scheduling and control
- Drafted improvement plans to achieve quality, team, control, and production objectives
Production Manager Consultant
Premium Nature
06.2018 - 09.2019
- Strategically steered the development of PPE and coordinated key schedules with the Operations Manager to meet objectives while developing a safe working environment and quality standards at a minimal cost
- Improved safety and efficiency by developing key sanitation processes between production batches
- Established ergonomic workstations
- Production scheduling and planning through ERP EOS
- Developed maintenance-sanitization SOPs and plans for production equipment in a validated state
- Ensured ongoing flexible work processes to create department Key Process Indicators
- Expertly developed comprehensive scheduled maintenance plans
- Developed analysis of loss data for input to Prodsmart MES technology
- Improved material planning, inventory control, and purchasing by creating SOPs
- Improved processes in data collection by using the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)
- Championed efforts to improve plant equipment effectiveness and reduce operational waste
Plant Manager
Dayton Industries
05.2017 - 06.2018
- Spearheaded results-focused plant operations while mentoring and managing a team of 45 union employees in the manufacturing of metal hinges and metal stampings to align with all company goals
- Directed all facets of daily operations, including developing and implementing comprehensive Key Process Indicators to maximize internal and/or inbound quality, as well as facilitating training and 5S
- Collaborated with the Assistant Plant Manager to determine problem-solving and personnel improvements via training and coaching
- Played a vital role in efficiently assisting quality teams with quality checks
- Modified work orders through the MRP Traveler system for supervisors to meet goals
- Coached employees to properly document downtime and ultimately improve operational inefficiencies
- Reduced waste by establishing quality workstations
- Minimized costs by 3% quarterly while increasing production capacity and flexibility
- Assessed areas of waste via data analysis for evaluation of dye and operator set-up time
- Developed systems and processes to track and optimize productivity, improve standards, streamline metrics, and facilitate performance targets to ensure effective return on assets
- Recommended incentive plan revisions with several additions, including meeting daily production schedule, safety, quality, and attendance
Production Manager
Peacock Industries
04.2016 - 05.2017
- Capitalized on the opportunity to lead forward-thinking production initiatives, including managing a skilled team of 10 employees in the high-volume flex-graph printing of paper and adhesive tapes
- Proactively assessed daily production requirements to achieve scheduling goals, including coordinating initiatives with company sales teams to meet and/or exceed customers' priority needs
- Led targeted production scheduling using Sage for MRP, planning, and multiple shift scheduling to meet daily schedule goals and enhanced the accuracy of raw materials purchasing and inventory control
- Prepared cost-effective departmental budgets involving estimated costs for excessive waste of raw materials, as well as facilitating a comprehensive reduction/removal plan to adhere to budget goals
- Drove the effective application of health and safety in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, including overseeing the removal of hazardous wastes
- Production scheduling and planning through ERP Sage
- Developed SOPs and processes and conducted all employee training initiatives
- Increased production and efficiency by 12% YoY by recruiting qualified new personnel
- Successfully reduced overhead, improved productivity, and reduced key inefficiencies
- Continually met production safety requirements and efficiency-boosting quality standards
- Reduced and removed overtime within 12 months by managing production and scheduling
Manufacturing Supervisor
Arrow Fasteners, LLC
04.2011 - 04.2016
- Applied strong leadership talents toward directing a team of 65 union employees in the seamless manufacturing and packaging of staples and achieved all annual production goals with zero overtime
- Developed continuous improvement plans with cross-functional teams / multiple departments for manufacturing/production processes, quality, and sustainability plans through industry standards
- Contributed sharp analytical abilities toward coordinating high-volume inventory and cycle counts, including streamlining receiving and quality processes for material, wire, and accuracy discrepancies
- Boosted production and decreased overall costs of quality
- Successfully developed and led new, safety-focused training programs
- Created glasshouse metrics on the staples department, as well as qualitative and quantitative metrics to monitor; improved production manufacturing of staples through scrap reduction, safety, and first-pass yield percentages
Education
B.S. - Environmental Sciences
Southern New Hampshire University
01.2023
A.S. - Business Finance
University of Phoenix
01.2018
Skills
- Production Management
- Manufacturing
- Environmental Health & Safety
- Team Building
- Leadership
- Training
- Development
- Inventory Management
- Plant Management
- CGMP
- Quality Assurance
- Budget Control
- Work Prioritization
- Six Sigma
- 5S Controls
- Policy Development
- Procedure Development
- Waste Management
- Auditing
- Equipment Operations
- Key Process Indicator
- Key Performance Indicators
- Safety Assurance
- Computer Skills
- Industrial safety
- Materials Movement
- Hydraulic Systems Expertise
- Environmental Compliance
- 5S methodology
- Warehouse Management
- Manufacturing operations
- Operations Management
- Quality Improvement
- Production Planning
- Production Coordination
- KPI Tracking
- Logistics Management
Certification
- Six Sigma Black Belt, Grey Campus University
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, Villanova University, 2014
Technicalsummary
- Microsoft Office
- IOS
- Android
- AS400
- UPS WorldShip
- USPS Expedite
- FedEx SI-IWS
- ADP ezLaborManager
- Kronos
- Inventory Management Systems
- Food Processing
- Pasteurization
- Flavor Compounding Processes
- OSHA Power Industrial Truck (PIT) Certification
- Chemical Compounding
Profileofqualifications
Highly Accomplished Leader who expertly drives small- to medium-sized production, manufacturing, and/or operations initiatives with an emphasis on sustainable business practices in high-paced environments. Influential Six Sigma Green Belt who increases quality and efficiency while facilitating ongoing key process improvements to deliver results that align with a dynamic company’s mission, vision, values, and goals. Bilingual Communicator who leads teams by example and with ethics and integrity while minimizing waste, reducing costs, and boosting productivity; enhancing operational safety; encouraging collaborative accountability; and consistently meeting or exceeding customer demands.
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Italian
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Operating Engineer Production Supervisor Consultant
Scientific Design
05.2023 - Current
Production Manager Consultant
Mauser
09.2021 - 05.2023
Production Supervisor Consultant
Nice-Pak
09.2019 - 09.2021
Production Manager Consultant
Premium Nature
06.2018 - 09.2019
Plant Manager
Dayton Industries
05.2017 - 06.2018
Production Manager
Peacock Industries
04.2016 - 05.2017
Manufacturing Supervisor
Arrow Fasteners, LLC
04.2011 - 04.2016
A.S. - Business Finance
University of Phoenix
B.S. - Environmental Sciences
Southern New Hampshire University
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