Oscar Esparza

Manufacturing Supervisor

Loudpack Farms

Greenfield, CA

02.2018 - 10.2023

Drove kingpen department into manufacturing 30,000 vape units a day.
trained employees how to precisely fill vape cartridges, improving yields from 92% to 99% and waste loss from 200-gram loss to 60-gram loss.
lowered vape cartridge cost per unit from 0.35 cents to 0.12 cents.
developed performance tracking sheets, to monitor employee productivity that helped me establish overall good talent. individual employee production went from 2,000 vapes per day to 4,000.
designed new hardware for brand new line of kingpen vape cartridges. Developed RND team for quality of new hardware. First order of production was 200,000 units.
brought in new automated vape filling machine. minimized vape filling team from 30 employees to 2 employees. saved company over 800,000 dollars a year.
improved pre roll production yields, from 82% to 98-99% under my supervision.
involved with the development of infused kingroll pre rolls. responsible for organizing talent, process and quality standards before launch date. Under my supervision company made a revenue of 10 million dollars a year just on this product alone.
monitored key point indicators daily from sheets provided by analytics with daily production data. was able to improve cost per unit from 0.25 cents per unit to 0.09 cents a per unit on pre rolls.
developed performance tracking sheets for trim department. lowered hand trimming cost from $150 - $200 a pound to $15.00 - $50 a pound.
developed incentive program to motivate trimmers. transitioned trim department from averaging 2 pounds a day per trimmer to averaging 6 pounds a day per trimmer. this also helped established a team of highly talented workers.
improved volume of processing cannabis flower from 500 pounds a week to 1,500 pounds a week.
supervised up to 150 employees including night shift. managed timecards, overtime prevention and weekend production.
reviewed contracted labor billing statements up to 70 thousand dollars weekly, assured correct hours worked and pay rate.
responsible for interviewing and hiring potential candidates, providing yearly employee reviews, corrective actions and terminations.