Shane Ford
Summary
Experienced Production Management and Servant Leader with over 15 years of experience in manufacturing, as a general practitioner of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. Dedicated to producing food and beverages that are not just great tasting and enjoyable to customers, but safe and compliant to strict industry standards and regulatory requirements. Committed to direct and motivate employees to accomplish challenging performance and quality objectives. Equally committed to managing operating costs within an established budget, while simultaneously promoting employee job satisfaction by upholding safety standards and GMP compliance
Recently, I led my team with 0 recordable injuries in 120 work days. In that same time period, I taught my team to decrease cycle time by 17%, increase average total throughput by 11 %, reduce downtime by 7%, and scrap rate by 13%.
My most satisfying accomplishment was getting 33 direct reports cross-trained in three functional operator roles by developing and implementing a weekly job rotation schedule to assure job proficiency. Through cross-training, I discovered an enjoyable way to engage, empower, and reward my team by developing their core competencies.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Production Supervisor
Dairy Farmers Of America
10.2023 - 07.2024
- Lead pre Shift team huddle and communicated crewing assignments
- Prepared in advance for and addressed production problems, material deficits, equipment failures, and unavoidable delays
- Established clear priorities and production quality standards
- Identified suspect or non-conforming materials and finished goods
- Made notifications for immediate quarantine and FSQA disposition
- Managed to improve labor rates and total production
- Assisted HR with new hire onboarding, orientation and training
- Conducted area safety audits and constantly looked for safety, PPE and GMP deficiencies
- Performed end of shift passdown
Production Supervisor
Cargill
01.2023 - 05.2023
- Lead pre Shift startup stretching warmups and crewing assignments
- Collaborated with the plant scheduler to set work schedules
- Managed SAP and plant schedule to ensure takt times for work cells and production lines meet or exceed work standard for output
- Identified plant equipment that needed maintenance attention and created notifications through SAP
- Identified suspect or non-conforming materials and finished goods
- Made notifications for immediate quarantine and FSQA disposition
- Lead RCA meetings and continuously improved operations by using Lean and Six Sigma tools and methodology, using D.M.A.I.C and SPC
- Spearheaded Continuous Improvement projects to eliminate inefficiencies with energy and water usage
- Managed to improve labor rates and total production
- Assisted HR with new hire onboarding, orientation and training
- Conducted area safety audits and constantly looked for safety, PPE and GMP deficiencies
- Performed end of shift passdown, and inventory reconciliation reports.
Production Supervisor
Smithfield
08.2021 - 02.2022
- Supervised Shipping and Receiving Departments for incoming fresh meat and outgoing finished goods
- Lead pre Shift startup stretching warmups and crewing assignments
- Collaborated with the plant scheduler to set work schedules
- Managed SAP and ADC schedule to ensure takt times for work cells and production lines meet or exceed work standard for output
- Identified plant equipment that needed maintenance attention and created notifications through SAP
- Identified suspect or non-conforming materials and finished goods
- Made notifications for immediate quarantine and FSQA disposition
- Lead RCA meetings and continuously improved operations by using Lean and Six Sigma tools and methodology, using DMAIC and SPC
- Spearheaded Continuous Improvement projects to eliminate inefficiencies with energy use and excessive water use
- Managed to improve labor rates and total production
- Assisted HR with new hire onboarding, orientation and training
- Conducted area safety audits and constantly looked for safety, PPE and GMP deficiencies
- Continuously monitored HACCP conditions and USDA paperwork, as well as adherence to SSOP requirements
- Performed end of shift passdown, RPM reporting, and inventory reconciliation reports.
Technician Pre-Finish Department
Pella Corporation
07.2018 - 06.2021
- Conducted informal line performance review with first shift personnel to assure smooth transition for shift handoff
- Verified on time Quality Checks for shift startup
- Communicated team resource needs with regard to Safety, Quality, Productivity, and Maintenance
- Continuously monitored quality levels and productivity performance relative to company goals, providing downtime diagnostic and immediate remediation.
Quality Assurance Supervisor
Liguria
10.2015 - 06.2018
- Lead a staff of food quality technicians assuring compliance to SQF, BRC, and GFSI standards for food safety
- Served as primary contact for USDA officers and inspection
- Authorized release of production areas to Plant Manager upon completion of rigorous preoperative inspection findings by assigned QA staff
- Performed company audits for continuous SQF compliance and Re-Certification
- Managed Preventative and Corrective Action records for plant operations
- Managed food safety laboratory (on site) location
- Acted in the capacity of Quality Manager during times of role vacancy, reporting directly to the Director of Food Safety and Quality.
Production Team Manager
Van Diest Supply Company
12.2009 - 10.2015
- Performed preoperative inspection and TPM on equipment, as required for plant needs
- Reviewed and evaluated batch records for accuracy in the formulation of plant herbicides for such customers as: DuPont, Dow, Syngenta, Monsanto, BASF, and others
- Approved hot work permits
- Lead small teams to assure equipment readiness for R/D trials and first run approval
- Supervisor for confined space entry.
- Managed personnel by implementing company policies, procedures, work rules, and disciplinary action.
- Utilized data analysis tools to identify and resolve production issues
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Life Sciences And Marketing (Combination Major)
Simpson College
Indianola, Iowa12.1993
Skills
- Certified Six Sigma Green Belt through American Society for Quality
- Certified Quality Engineer - ASQ 2008 to 2010
- Certified Quality Manager of Operational Excellence - ASQ 2009 to 2011
- Lean Practitioner
- Continuous Improvement Ambassador for Pella Corporation 2020
- Root Cause Analysis
- DMAIC
- Statistical Process Control
- HACCP Certification 2017
Certification
- 2008, Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)
- 2009, Certified Quality Manager of Organizational Excellence (CQM/OE)
- 2009, Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB)
Timeline
Production Supervisor
Dairy Farmers Of America
10.2023 - 07.2024
Production Supervisor
Cargill
01.2023 - 05.2023
Production Supervisor
Smithfield
08.2021 - 02.2022
Technician Pre-Finish Department
Pella Corporation
07.2018 - 06.2021
Quality Assurance Supervisor
Liguria
10.2015 - 06.2018
Production Team Manager
Van Diest Supply Company
12.2009 - 10.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Life Sciences And Marketing (Combination Major)
Simpson College
- 2008, Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)
- 2009, Certified Quality Manager of Organizational Excellence (CQM/OE)
- 2009, Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB)
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