Scott Mathews

Effective Production Coordinator with 25 years of experience in scheduling production and monitoring performance. Committed to engaging with employees when planning production and implementing project schedules. Successful in collaborating with managers when reviewing performance metrics to determine inefficiencies and develop new corrective protocols. Experienced in communicating the reasoning for procedural changes to workers and eager to boost morale.

• 02/2012 - 11/2023, 40, $97,000/yr, Production Coordinator/Master Scheduler, American Nutrition / Alphia, Ogden, UT, Dedicated Team Member, Leader, and Manager for 25 years. Leader and Manager, lead a team of 360 employees, producing $36 millon in product servicing the International Sales Region including North American, Canadian, and domestic sales. Responsible for organizing daily production and scheduling of Dry Kibble, producing 3.6M pounds a week with 6.7M in sales, keeping 2 extruder and 5 packaging lines with 140 employees working 24/7. Managed the Biscuit Plant, producing 1.6M pounds per week with 3.4M in sales, keeping 3 ovens, 7 packaging lines operational while maintaining the productivity of 120 employees working 6 days a week. Scheduling, process management and direct communication with customers ensured on-time product delivery. Participated in procurement management, identified raw material requirements and assist with ingredient management based on production line requirements. Purchasing agent, issued purchase orders for material to sustain the production lines. Other responsibilities include introducing new formulas into the production system and directly managing trials of new product to ensure quality. Participated in customer reviews of the facility, providing overview of production capability and quality of finished product.
• 02/2012 - 11/2023, 40, $72,000/yr, Production Manager, American Nutrition, Ogden, UT, Supervised a team of 73 production personnel and 5 maintenance team members, prAmerican 23 Million in product. Maintained the canning operations and production; tracked plant efficiency, production yields, and product verses budget targets seeking to implement continuous improvement measures. Maintained the 6-day operational schedule by implementing period maintenance procedures ensuring the scheduled production goals were met. Maintained communication with Customer Service, Sales, Research & Development and Quality Control Departments to track trends and ensure production aligned with quality standards and customer expectations. Developed job descriptions, filled key positions, coordinated temporary staffing, evaluated and coached team members, and trained all employees in the canning operation.
• 08/2005 - 12/2007, 40, $58,680/yr, Maintenance, American Nutrition, Ogden, UT, Performed Maintenance Manager duties on a temporary basis, as needed. Assigned PMs workload and monitored scheduled tasks. Monitored the maintenance budget and completed purchase orders for required maintenance materials and labor, maintaining expenditures within the $100K budget.

• Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Microsoft Office Proficient
• Forklift Instructor
• Thermal processing Retort
• FSPCA Preventive Controls for Animal Food
• Cleaver Brooks Boiler Training
• Epicor business EPR
• Sage software Scheduling
• MRP
• PO