MARK R. SCARCE
Racine
Summary
Motivated manufacturing professional with focus on optimizing production processes and ensuring high-quality output. Known for fostering team collaboration and adapting to changing demands. Experience in workflow optimization and quality assurance. Seeking Operations roles within food manufacturing. Open to other production positions
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manufacturing Production Supervisor
Safety Fresh Foods
01.2025 - Current
- Resolved issues quickly to maintain productivity goals.
- Established clear priorities and production quality standards.
- Set and enforced performance-oriented production approach, significantly increasing worker output and reducing safety incidents.
- Evaluated team member performance regularly to identify and resolve productivity concerns.
- Achieved on-time delivery of finished products through efficient coordination of resources and close monitoring of production progress against deadlines.
- Trained staff of direct labor employees to perform assembly and manufacture of specified products.
- Reduced equipment downtime through proactive maintenance planning, scheduling routine checkups, and troubleshooting issues as they arose.
- Enhanced team performance by providing regular coaching, feedback, and training to employees on best practices in manufacturing operations.
- Coordinated with other departments to maintain smooth and efficient product flow.
- Managed team of 12 production associates, overseeing productive production processes and meeting all deadlines.
Warehouse Supervisor
First Supply
09.2022 - 10.2024
- Maintain new orders that are put into the system to accommodate next day delivery
- Track employee’s pick production throughout the shift
- Delegate specific tasks for large orders
- Responsible for quality checking of picked orders
- Route all daily orders for delivery the next business day
- Adjust truck routes for efficient time & delivery
- Help load trucks at the end of shift
- Answer emails from Salespeople & Store personnel to solve issues
- Approve daily hours and PTO
- Solve delivery issues
- Maintain a clean work environment
- Ability to multi task in changing daily environment
- Responsible for Safety in the warehouse
- Forklift Operation
Production Coordinator
Butter Buds, Inc.
10.2018 - 04.2022
- Create warehouse transfers for co-packer purchase orders and reconcile any returned materials from co-packers
- Reconcile inventory after production runs
- Schedule shipments to and from co-packer
- Manage shop orders for rework formulation and processing adjustments
- Responsible for release and printing of wet/dry blending shop orders
- Print shop order details for wet and dry processing
- Create production ingredient labels for co-packer production
- Request, reconcile and stage materials needed for scheduled production
- Maintain cycle count inventory system for raw material warehouse and perform daily inventory control
- Ensure that all safety, GMP practices and manufacturing procedures are being followed
- Performed checking of equipment and processing work orders for repairs
Wet Production Lead Man
Butter Buds, Inc.
02.2004 - 10.2018
- Assigned Production area with daily scheduling expectations
- Set up production orders from formulations for production personnel
- Scan raw ingredients for formulas
- Managed employees in wet department to confirm correct ingredients are processed per formula
- Printed batch sheets for production personnel to follow per formulations
- Managed packaging employees per the HACCP program (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point)
- Confirmed that all GMPs (Good Manufacturing Procedures) and Safety standards were followed
- Followed up on output reporting of daily production
- Cleaning and sanitizing processing equipment
- Responsible for training new hired employees
Education
High School Diploma -
Eisenhower High School
New Berlin, WI06-1979
Skills
- Food and Ingredient Background
- SOP and GMP Oriented
- Inventory coordination
- Logistics
- Process documentation
- Production management
- Team collaboration and leadership
- Effective with SAP
- Bar Coding
- Strong Attention to Detail
- Flexible to Changing Priorities
- Work on Multiple Tasks
- Proficient with Microsoft Office
- Inventory Control
- Problem Solving Skills
- Schedule Shipments
- Proficient Verbal and Written Communication
- Familiar with FDA, OSHA, SQF, HACCP Program
- Plant Safety Team Member
- Motivate Subordinates to succeed
- Kaizen principles
- Machine operation
- Operations management
- Manufacturing processes
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Achieved better work flow through effectively helping with producing a work flow responsibility chart.
- Achieved better work habits through effectively helping with developing SOP's. for multiple tasks.
- Supervised team of 12 staff members.
- Collaborated with team of 20 in the development of a new Routing program for my delivery trucks..
Certification
- Certified, HACCP Training for pure juice and GMP's - March 2025
- AED, First Aid, Blood Bourne Pathogens and CPR , American Red Cross
Timeline
Manufacturing Production Supervisor
Safety Fresh Foods
01.2025 - Current
Warehouse Supervisor
First Supply
09.2022 - 10.2024
Production Coordinator
Butter Buds, Inc.
10.2018 - 04.2022
Wet Production Lead Man
Butter Buds, Inc.
02.2004 - 10.2018
High School Diploma -
Eisenhower High School
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