Rachel Brown
Kissimmee
Summary
Results-driven management professional with proven track record in overseeing plant operations and optimizing production processes. Adept at fostering team collaboration and ensuring operational efficiency while adapting to evolving demands. Strong skills in resource management, process improvement, and safety compliance. Reliable and goal-oriented, consistently delivering impactful outcomes through strategic leadership and decisive action.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Plant Manager
Nursery Supplies Inc
Kissimmee, FL
09.2024 - Current
- Manage day to day plant operations, reporting KPIs weekly, P&L monthly, and employee engagement.
- Reduced work force to adequately meet production needs, and increased production by 50%.
- My role was recently expanded to include the oversight of our new plant in Rio Bravo Mexico which was relocated from Ohio.
Regional EHS Manager
Nursery Supplies Inc
Mogadore, OH
04.2021 - 09.2024
- Manage all quality, safety and environmental policies and procedures including any environmental permitting for 4 plants.
- Started the environmental program for all 4 sites.
- Enhanced the quality program to include mandatory production quality checks and recording. Product specific quality specifications across 4 types of production including blow molding, thermoforming, injection molding and printing.
- Reinstated the safety program and dropped the RIR from a 4.79% in 2022, to 2.49% in 2023 and currently trending at 0% in 2024.
- Mentor and advise supervisors and new managers on how to navigate through tough employee issues and how to grow their strengths into success stories.
- Conducted regular safety audits to ensure compliance with regulations and company standards.
2nd Shift Supervisor
Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
Medina, OH
11.2019 - 04.2021
- 1. Manage day to day operations of dual departments
- 2. Manage staffing expectations of contract labor for multiple departments on 2nd and 3rd shift
- 3. Safety coordinator for the entire department across all 3 shifts.
- 4. Manage near misses in order of importance and works with department heads on getting them corrected
- 5. Works with the quality department to maintain quality expectations via hourly testing and Cars when required
- 6. Keeps track of all new hire training and engagement
- 7. Makes sure all PPE protocol is maintained
- 8. Screens and reviews applications/resumes for potential new hires.
- 9. Maintains the running of the department by prioritizing what lines will run with the available staff
- 10. Works with the maintenance supervisor on projects that would need to be completed.
- Oversaw daily production operations, ensuring adherence to quality standards and safety protocols.
Production Technician
A Schulman, a LyondellBasell Company
Tallmadge, OH
02.2018 - 11.2019
- Manages and runs multiple extrusion machines
- Part of the safety committee
- Trains and implements safety procedures
- Trains new hires on how to run the bay including pack out, levels and extrusion areas
- Coordinates with maintenance machine downtime for repairs
- Coordinates with scheduling downtime vs due dates for orders
- Coordinates with other shifts any outstanding issues with the extruder that would either be a safety issue or cause downtime.
- Works with the engineers, quality and supervisors on new products, including step up products from QRD, existing products with newly issued base resin, and new formulations if a product is moved from one line to another
Temporary employee
Aerotec
Akron, OH
11.2017 - 02.2018
Commercial Title Team Lead
Old Republic Title
Akron, OH
04.2012 - 10.2017
- Coordinated staffing as needed for customer demands
- Coordinates all meetings via webex, telephone or face to face
- Wrote employee evaluations and delivered annually to each employee.
- Coordinates overtime hours and work from home employees
- Conducted sales calls
- Wrote policy and procedures for TX title laws and implemented them in our office along with the TX site.
- Coordinates all underwriting reviews with our in house attorneys along with corporate attorneys if needed
- Conducted hiring interviews
- Conducted exit interviews
Education
High school Diploma -
Garfield High School
Akron, OH06.1995
Skills
- Prioritization and scheduling
- Experience in managing teams
- Problem identification
- Skilled in digital technologies
- Professional development support
- Operational leadership
- Team development
- Risk analysis expertise
- Knowledge of workers' compensation regulations
- Schedule oversight
- Operational planning
- Profit & loss
- Lean Manufacturing
- Project coordination
- Communication skills
- Microsoft Office
- Lean
- Plant management
- Strategic leadership
- Continuous improvement
- Shift management
Certification
- Driver's License
- CPR Certification March 2022 to March 2024
- First Aid Certification March 2022 to March 2024
- AED Certification March 2022 to March 2024
Languages
Spanish
Limited Working
Timeline
Plant Manager
Nursery Supplies Inc
09.2024 - Current
Regional EHS Manager
Nursery Supplies Inc
04.2021 - 09.2024
2nd Shift Supervisor
Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
11.2019 - 04.2021
Production Technician
A Schulman, a LyondellBasell Company
02.2018 - 11.2019
Temporary employee
Aerotec
11.2017 - 02.2018
Commercial Title Team Lead
Old Republic Title
04.2012 - 10.2017
High school Diploma -
Garfield High School
Awards
Summit county OSHA safety standards April 2019
Additional Skills
- Microsoft office suite
- Management of day to day operations across multiple locations and plants
- Record keeping and reporting to the VP of operations, CEO and CFO.
- Time management
- Expense accounts including travel accounts and supply accounts
- Profit and loss reporting
- Team building activities
- Training teams on safety practices
- Understand and implementation of OSHA regulations
- Implement EPA Regulations including SWPP and Air certifications
- Twin screw extrusion operator
- The ability to set up, trouble shoot the operation of and run multiple extrusion machines in a safe and efficient manner
- The ability to test the finished product to meet quality parameters.
- Microsoft office
- The ability to use excel, power point and word programs for reporting, meetings and showcasing goals and expectations to groups of people
- Multi tasking
- The ability to maintain my own machine and keep those that work with me on task and safe. The ability to watch my bay and keep an eye/ear on the other areas.
- Safe work practices
- Working policies and procedures to outline safety with our legacy company and the new company to streamline and make change as minimal as possible
- Entered multiple ideas/ safe-work practices for teams to implement such as silicone containment.