LaSondra Kite
Luverne,AL
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Lead
Golden Boy Foods
01.2023 - Current
- Oversee processing/packaging operations to ensure daily production goals are met by monitoring production employees, and re-directing staff as needed due to production schedule, as well as breaks and lunches, and verifying product quality
- Work closely with other operations staff, such as Maintenance, QA, and Shipping/ Receiving to troubleshoot and resolve any production-related delays, downtime, product holds, etc
- Communicate with Production Supervisor
- Identify and support continuous improvement efforts to enhance efficiencies and reduce production costs
- Support all company safety programs
- Ensure safe working environment for all employees, by monitoring safety performance and assure compliance with established policies, procedures and goals
- Coordinate and execute employee training to ensure production procedures are followed and meet all daily requirements
- Monitor employee activities to verify consistent use of good manufacturing principles
- Supervise production staff of 12
Line Relief Operator
Golden Boy Foods
08.2022 - 01.2023
- Proactively monitored and measured production throughput and quality metrics daily
- Active participant and steward for all Health and Safety initiatives (model safe work behaviors, Safety Issue Reporting, incident reporting) to maintain safe working environments and to advance production department safety programs
- Under guidance and direction of company leadership, reviewed work order needs and resources necessary to accomplish daily objectives
- Raised production and quality issues in timely manner and partnered with department leader to resolve issues
- Knowledgeable of all production positions
- Able to utilize experience to develop other employees
- Leveraged work order plans, company leadership direction, and technical knowledge to ensure operators completed work in accurate (quality) and timely (productive) manner, resulting in minimal machine downtime; escalated complex issues to shift supervisor as needed
- Used lean manufacturing processes to identify and troubleshoot issues and concerns
- Partnered with company leadership to proactively identify and execute on continuous improvement opportunities in areas of: safety, quality, productivity, and sanitation.
Filler Operator
Golden Boy Foods
09.2021 - 08.2022
- Operated packaging equipment according to product specifications and ensuring accuracy
- Adjusted machines as required
- Maintained proper documentation
- Performed minor repairs and routine maintenance work on equipment
- Performed change overs on equipment
- Continually checked the quality of the product, packaging, and case printing
- Reported any issues or concerns
- Inspected and conducted regular deep cleaning of equipment after each product change, and continuously maintained cleanliness of equipment
- Operated in accordance with health, safety and fire prevention regulations and practices
- Reported machine problems to the shift supervisor/lead and ensured machine logs were accurately filled out, detailing mechanical and non-mechanical downtime
- Other duties, as assigned.
Production Operator
Chowel Weldparts Inc
06.2014 - 09.2021
- Performed quality checks on products and parts
- Rotated through all tasks required in particular production process
- Cleaned work areas
- Reviewed work orders and blueprints to ensure work is performed according to specifications
- Completed production reports to communicate team production level to management
- Determined work assignments and procedures
- Maintained production equipment and machinery.
Medical Records Intern
Mizell Memorial Hospital
08.2012 - 11.2012
- Worked 12 hours a week
- Alphabetized and filed medical records
- Added new material to file records or create new records as necessary
- Gathered materials to be filed from departments or employees
- Sorted or classified information according to guidelines, such as content, purpose, user criteria, or chronological, alphabetical, or numerical order
- Found and retrieved information from files in response to requests from authorized users
- Placed materials into storage receptacles, such as file cabinets, boxes, bins, or drawers, according to classification and identification information.
Assembly Technician
Smart Alabama LLC
01.2008 - 09.2008
- Performed quality checks on products and parts
- Rotated through all the tasks required in a particular production process
- Cleaned work areas
- Reviewed work orders and blueprints to ensure work is performed according to specifications
- Completed production reports to communicate team production level to management
- Determined work assignments and procedures
- Maintained production equipment and machinery.
Warehouse II
UPS Supply Chain Solutions
07.2006 - 05.2007
- Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise
- Obtained merchandise from bins or shelves
- Completed order receipts
- Place merchandise on conveyors leading to wrapping areas
- Obtained customers' names, addresses, and billing information, product numbers, and specifications of items to be purchased, and entered this information on order forms
- Prepared invoices and shipping documents
- Examined shipment contents and compare with records such as manifests, invoices, or orders to verify accuracy
- Packed, sealed, labeled, or affixed postage to prepare materials for shipping, using hand tools, power tools, or postage meter
- Determined shipping methods, routes, or rates for materials to be shipped.
Education
Associate of Science - Accounting
Everest University Online
Pompano Beach, FL04.2015
Associate of Applied Science - Office Administration
Lurleen B Wallace Community College
Opp, AL05.2013
Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Team Leadership
- Forklift Operation
- Strong Work Ethic
- Teamwork and Coordination
- Production Documentation
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Troubleshooting
Timeline
Production Lead
Golden Boy Foods
01.2023 - Current
Line Relief Operator
Golden Boy Foods
08.2022 - 01.2023
Filler Operator
Golden Boy Foods
09.2021 - 08.2022
Production Operator
Chowel Weldparts Inc
06.2014 - 09.2021
Medical Records Intern
Mizell Memorial Hospital
08.2012 - 11.2012
Assembly Technician
Smart Alabama LLC
01.2008 - 09.2008
Warehouse II
UPS Supply Chain Solutions
07.2006 - 05.2007
Associate of Science - Accounting
Everest University Online
Associate of Applied Science - Office Administration
Lurleen B Wallace Community College
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