Matthew Pruitt-Szakacsi
Collinsville,IL
Summary
Seasoned Production Supervisor with background supervising production processes, ensuring adherence to safety regulations and improving operational efficiency. Demonstrates strong leadership skills, ability to troubleshoot issues, and drive for achieving production goals. Past experience has included successful implementation of process improvements leading to increased productivity and reduced downtime.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Supervisor/ Process Owner
KraftHeinz
Granite City, Illinois
07.2023 - Current
- Supervised daily production activities for high-quality food manufacturing.
- Coordinated team schedules to ensure efficient workflow and coverage.
- Implemented process improvements to enhance production efficiency and quality.
- Ensured compliance with food safety regulations and quality standards.
- Resolved operational issues promptly to minimize downtime in production lines.
- Collaborated with management to develop training programs for staff development.
- Supervised a team of 20+ employees, ensuring tasks were completed efficiently and accurately.
- Supported safety programs to reduce and eliminate employee injuries.
Production Supervisor
Red Monkey Foods
Republic, Mo.
05.2019 - Current
- As the 2nd shift Production Supervisor I answer for the duties of production, warehouse, and quality.
- I advise the teams on day to day operations, expectations, and drive through puts of production.
- I hold the team to the standards set by the company to comply with safety and quality standards and challenge the teams to excel higher than the status quo.
- I am also in charge of staffing, payroll, and discipline for about 50 employees on my shift.
- While with Red Monkey Foods I have been able to keep up with weekly production demands despite 2nd shift being understaffed.
- I have developed my new leads to be strong drivers and champions of safety, quality, and productivity.
- I worked with my team to reduce its hold count from 3 holds per month to 1 hold per month on average.
A-1 TTL/PL
KraftHeinz Company
Champaign, Il.
08.2017 - 05.2019
- In the Technical Team Lead Roll I helped launch the transition from Lehigh Valley PA to Champaign Il for the A-1 Processing line.
- My roll was instrumental in the success of the A-1 Transition to having a very successful start up process.
- Once up and running, I was responsible for the A-1 process improvement and day to day functions of the operation.
- While helping the Line Lead with the day to day functions of running the department and supporting all three shifts, I also guided the teams with troubleshooting problems, quality related concerns, helped R & D with reformulation troubleshooting, and was a leader in the sanitary design process.
- Other projects I worked on were Topa Loss Reduction And Glass Waste Reduction.
- I developed processes to help reduce and eliminate waste coming from the department and streamline the topa waste process to reduce ~25% of the waste used to unload each tote of topa.
- Glass waste was reduced by ~10% through data collection to identify loss points and set inplace controls.
- I also drove the LOTO standards, training, and visual displays throughout the department.
EE Pasta Department
KraftHeinz Company
Champaign, Il.
05.2015 - 08.2017
- While working for the Pasta department I was the shift leader for 3rd shift.
- I managed the day to day function of the shift that included; payroll, scheduling, sanitation duties, day to day operations of all 6 base camp lines, 2 lines for emme, 6 pasta drying processes, flour receiving, and all heat treatments and fumigations for the department.
- At the time there were 93 employees that reported to me on a daily basis and I guided the shift through some really trying times.
- I organized meetings to coordinate various activities involving multiple departments.
- These meetings ranged anywhere from a daily DDS to scheduling heat treatments.
Education
IL6S - Champaign, Il
Parkland College
Champaign, Il08.2010
General Studies - Bement, Il
Bement High School
Bement, Il05.2002
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- KHMS Work system
- 3D Trasar
- Connected Worker
- UKG Workforce Payroll
- Google Docs
- LIS
- SAP
- Process Pro
Awards
- EMS- First Responder
- EMT- Trained
- BLS/CPR Certified
- Yellow Belt- Certified
- Green Belt- Certified
- Values in Action Award- 2015
- Perfect Attendance- 2019
Timeline
Production Supervisor/ Process Owner
KraftHeinz
07.2023 - Current
Production Supervisor
Red Monkey Foods
05.2019 - Current
A-1 TTL/PL
KraftHeinz Company
08.2017 - 05.2019
EE Pasta Department
KraftHeinz Company
05.2015 - 08.2017
IL6S - Champaign, Il
Parkland College
General Studies - Bement, Il
Bement High School