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Hugo Ramirez Valencia

Crestwood,IL

Summary

Highly competent Lead Operations Manger with background in ensuring efficient business operations. Experience includes coordinating staff, overseeing daily activities, and improving overall productivity, development of new product, observation of safety precautions and safe work methods. Strengths include strong leadership skills, strategic planning abilities, interpersonal skills, inspire other achieve greatness, creating a positive and supportive working environment and exceptional problem-solving capabilities. Past roles demonstrated consistent success in optimizing operational processes to drive business growth.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Operations Manager

Pures food specialty
Chicago, IL
03.2024 - 03.2025
  • Inter- departmental collaboration to help develop as well as enforcing GMP, PPE, HACCUP, SOP, FSMA, in addition to making preparations for future SQF & AIB audits.
  • Successfully help outlined strategies workflow to streamline process to get approval for (FPA)
  • Led teams small to large groups of employees. Proving training, coaching and mentoring, resulting in improved team proformance, leading upper management satisfaction.
  • Strong problem -solving and analytical skills to identify risks and implement corrective actions. Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast- paced environment.
  • Ensure the effectiveness and continuous improvement of the food safety program, proactively identifying gaps, implementing corrective actions, and constantly seeking opportunities for enhancement.
  • Established and monitored key performance indicator, increasing overall facility efficiency By 30% as well as reducing production waste from 40% to under 7%.
  • Worked closely & monitored all coming supervisors with daily operations outlining shift duties as well
  • Assisted in the recruitment of new personnel, including interviewing potential candidates.
  • Led the adoption of redzone through out all facilities, lower the use of paper to 27%, along with getting information to management in more timing manager.
  • Ensured compliance with all applicable government regulations regarding safety and labor laws.

Production Supervisor

OSI Group, LLC
Chicago, Illinois
02.2023 - 02.2025
  • Dedicated professional ensuring workplace safety through the implementation of robust safety protocols and employee training
  • Proficient in facilitating smooth shift transitions, optimizing resource allocation for efficiency, and conducting regular maintenance reviews for continuous improvement
  • Committed to strict adherence to industry standards and fostering a positive work environment that encourages creativity and ongoing process refinement
  • Establish and enforce safe work instructions, practices, and procedures for all positions, ensuring thorough employee training and compliance
  • Facilitate smooth transitions between shifts, ensuring seamless handoffs, and effectively communicate vital information to peers, team members, and Production Management
  • Strategically plan the day-to-day allocation of resources (equipment, personnel, materials, and systems) to achieve performance targets efficiently, safely, and cost-effectively in alignment with Production Management
  • Evaluate daily maintenance effectiveness, collaborating with Operations and Maintenance staff to identify improvement opportunities
  • Prioritize and request necessary equipment maintenance and repairs to maximize operational efficiency
  • Collaborate closely with Plant Management, QA & sanitation personnel, ensuring compliance with PPE, GMPs, SSOPs, and HACCP policies
  • Oversee proper plant cleaning procedures to meet USDA requirements
  • Create Good positive environment without fear that promotes creativity and process improvement

Production Supervisor

Schulze & Burch Biscuit Co
Chicago, Illinois
12.2017 - 02.2023
  • Results-driven leader with a proven track record in achieving production goals through strategic planning and team development
  • Experienced in guiding and coaching employees to enhance productivity, overseeing equipment safety, and scheduling regular maintenance
  • Highly organized with strong communication skills, excelling in efficiently organizing daily activities and addressing production-related issues to ensure a safe work environment
  • Possessing strong leadership and team building to achieve production goals through careful planning and development
  • Guiding and coaching employees and monitoring their productivity
  • Overseeing safe use of equipment and scheduling regular maintenance
  • Planning Changeovers with a game plan to limit downtime
  • A proven track-record of delivering optimal results in a high growth environment that exceeds operational goals and yields measurable outcomes
  • Highly organized with good communication skills and able to efficiently organize and complete daily activities
  • Communicating production related engineering, quality, and material supply issues
  • Taking decisions within standard working procedures and methods
  • Evaluate employee performance against pre-established standards of performance in accordance with company policy

Shift Supervisor

Gold Standard Bakery
Chicago, Illinois
05.2015 - 12.2017
  • Detail-oriented professional adept at analyzing internal documents to align production and staff schedules with overarching goals
  • Proven expertise in developing and maintaining a safe work environment, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations
  • Strong communicator fostering a positive work environment, resolving production and packaging issues, and organizing comprehensive reports to track and improve production, packaging, and KPI results
  • Analyzed internal documents for line leaders to ensure production and staff schedules are aligned with production goals
  • Development and maintaining a safe work environment to meet all health and safety regulations
  • Recognizing and resolving Production and Packaging issues to achieve efficient use of labor, equipment and materials
  • Strong ability to communicate/ maintain a positive work environment with employees in order to establish and execute work plan procedures that allowed for us to produce a high-quality product and meet timely shipment to our clients
  • Organize and produce Manager's reports with regard to daily/weekly/monthly Production, Packaging and KPI results

Education

Certified HVAC Service Technician - EPA Universal License, R-410A Safety Certified, HVAC Controls & Air Distribution, Refrigerant Disposal & Recycling, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration with Principles of Heating Applications, Troubleshooting Electrical Control Circuits, Boiler Operation, Maintenance & Safety

HVAC Technical Institute
Chicago
04.2022

High School Diploma -

Curie High School
Chicago

Skills

  • Team building
  • Training, coaching, and mentoring
  • GMP’s, HACCUP, PPE SOP’S
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Safety and Regulatory Compliance
  • Strategic planning
  • Facilities Maintenance
  • Establish manpower schedules
  • Quality Assurance
  • Process improvement
  • Performance evaluation and monitoring
  • Operations management
  • Inventory tracking and management
  • Analytical thinking
  • Effective communication
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Proficient with Excel
  • Proficient with Photoshop
  • Proficient with Access
  • Proficient with PowerPoint
  • Proficient with Outlook

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Lead Operations Manager

Pures food specialty
03.2024 - 03.2025

Production Supervisor

OSI Group, LLC
02.2023 - 02.2025

Production Supervisor

Schulze & Burch Biscuit Co
12.2017 - 02.2023

Shift Supervisor

Gold Standard Bakery
05.2015 - 12.2017

Certified HVAC Service Technician - EPA Universal License, R-410A Safety Certified, HVAC Controls & Air Distribution, Refrigerant Disposal & Recycling, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration with Principles of Heating Applications, Troubleshooting Electrical Control Circuits, Boiler Operation, Maintenance & Safety

HVAC Technical Institute

High School Diploma -

Curie High School

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