Peter Resch
Reynoldsburg
Summary
Production Manager / Supervisor with European education and extensive international experience in food manufacturing. Proven leader overseeing 120+ employees across meat, candy, bread & pastry, and recipe development operations. Strong communicator with expertise in GMPs, internal quality auditing, and third-party audit readiness. Skilled in costing, nutrition labeling, R&D, customer service, and recipe development. Trilingual in English and German, with working proficiency in production-related Spanish. Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Production Supervisor
CJ Schwans
02.2025 - Current
- Production Supervisor - Chicken Processing Operations
- Lead and supervise a workforce of approximately 65 employees across raw production and packaging operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production.
- Drive daily operational performance by monitoring efficiency, labor utilization, and throughput, delivering daily efficiency reports to leadership.
- Actively participate in the Reliability Team, focusing on reducing equipment downtime, improving asset performance, and addressing recurring mechanical and operational challenges.
- Schedule, lead, and document Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) and A3 problem-solving initiatives to eliminate inefficiencies and improve overall production reliability.
- Serve as a core member of a triad team supporting the implementation of a new Manufacturing Systems (MS) management platform, collaborating cross-functionally to ensure successful rollout and adoption.
- Develop and maintain cross-department downtime reports, improving communication between production, maintenance, sanitation and QA.
- Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and employee engagement while meeting production goals and operational standards.
Head of Bread and Pastry/ Production Manager
Farmshop Commissary
11.2018 - 10.2024
- Working as direct assistant from, Director of Operations, implemented bread program/department with around 30+ new SKU's, in charge of 5 Production Managers and 120+ employees 3 shifts. I am part of the Operations team that grew the business from 1.5 million to 12-million-dollar business.
Manufacturing Production Manager
Stauffers Meiji America
02.2021 - 09.2021
Production Supervisor
Rockenwagner Bakery
10.2016 - 11.2018
Production Manager Assistant
Artisan Foods
02.2012 - 09.2016
Head Baker
The Swiss Bakery and Pastry Shop
03.2011 - 01.2012
Head Baker/Supervisor
Red Sea Bakery
09.2010 - 02.2011
Education
Baking And Culinary - Trade School For Baking And Food Science
Landesberufsschule Feldkirch
01.2009
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Plant management
- HACCP
- Manufacturing
- Manufacturing management
- Lean
- Production management
- Supervising experience
- Machining
- Kaizen and Continuous Improvement
- Food safety
- Culinary Experience
- Leadership
- Warehouse experience
- Team management
- CGMP
- Food industry
- Work ethic
- Production Management
- Forklift
- Baking
- Cooking
- Quality control
- Culinary experience
Accomplishments
- Emmy awards 2018, baked Pastries and Bread
- Oscars 2018, baked Pastries and Bread
- Emmy awards 2024, assisted Celebrity Chef Sherry Yard
- US Open PGA Championship 2023, baked 600.000 Pieces of mini pastries
- Vice President of the Homeowners association in Miraleste Canyon Estates, San Pedro, CA from January 2022- January 2025
Certification
- CPR Training
- Food Handler Certification
- Driver's License
- Six Sigma Certification
Languages
English
Full Professional
German
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Limited Working
CERTIFICATIONS
- Harassment Prevention Training
- Sig Sigma Certification
- Registered CPR
- OSHA Training
- Sponsored by Intrax Career Training- International Exchange Program Worked as Baker
- Austrian Armed Forces September 2009 to April 2010 Basic Training- Physical Fitness, and Tactical Forest Navigation, cooked at field kitchen for 500+ Soldiers.
Timeline
Production Supervisor
CJ Schwans
02.2025 - Current
Manufacturing Production Manager
Stauffers Meiji America
02.2021 - 09.2021
Head of Bread and Pastry/ Production Manager
Farmshop Commissary
11.2018 - 10.2024
Production Supervisor
Rockenwagner Bakery
10.2016 - 11.2018
Production Manager Assistant
Artisan Foods
02.2012 - 09.2016
Head Baker
The Swiss Bakery and Pastry Shop
03.2011 - 01.2012
Head Baker/Supervisor
Red Sea Bakery
09.2010 - 02.2011
Baking And Culinary - Trade School For Baking And Food Science
Landesberufsschule Feldkirch