Summary
Overview
Work History
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
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Stacey Sanborn

Decatur,AL

Summary

Management professional with progressive leadership background, plant operations oversight experience, and experience working collaboratively with a multitude of varying levels of team members; servant leader that can transform high-potential staff into outstanding leaders and performers.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Continuous Improvement Supervisor

Whole Earth Brands
Decatur, AL
01.2022 - Current
  • Managed development and implementation of lean and continuous improvement manufacturing initiatives across production environment.
  • Applied coaching techniques and tools to support managers and team members in improving performance.
  • Scheduled and chaired CAPA meetings
  • Oversight of production and inventory reporting via SAP and Deacom
  • Manually maintained SAP monthly production reporting and consumptions

Production Supervisor

Bunge North America
Decatur, AL
04.2019 - 01.2022
  • Evaluated team member performance regularly to identify and resolve productivity concerns.
  • Achieved on-time shipments goal by empowering employees to continued success.
  • Implemented program changes to identify and quickly resolve root cause issues bottlenecking production levels and raised OEE 15% overall
  • Reduced obstacles and variables to maintain production performance and meet deadlines.
  • Analyzed equipment breakdowns using various troubleshooting methods.
  • Implemented standard operating procedures for continuous improvement.
  • Utilize lean practices to balance workflow and alleviate redundancy.

Production Supervisor

Saputo Dairy Foods USA
Decatur, AL
02.2018 - 04.2019
  • Prepared in advance for and addressed production problems, material deficits, equipment failures and unavoidable delays.
  • Created SOPs to provide clear direction to employees on how to produce, package and label products.
  • Coached, trained and mentored 15 associates to maximize performance and meet productivity goals.

Plant Superintendent

Tillamook County Creamery Association
Tillamook, OR
08.2015 - 02.2018
  • Managed direction and planning for plant with focus on optimization of daily functions, exceeding customer expectations and achieving KPIs.
  • Organized and guided operations of production, processing and machinery according to business procedures and protocols.
  • Identified and implemented viable strategies for continuous improvement.
  • Tracked data about all aspects of production to assess areas in need of improvement.
  • Reduced safety incidents by 50% and eliminated soft tissue injuries in packaging sanitation by maximizing plant safety through proactive strategies and well-structured training.

Packaging Manager

Attune Foods Inc
Eugene, OR
10.2014 - 08.2015
  • Assisted with quality and production process improvements to support new packaging initiatives.
  • Implemented knowledge to provide product quality assurance and executed inventory maintenance, optimizing work time.
  • Analyzed and determined resolutions to multi-faceted issues that affected management and business objectives.

Packaging Supervisor

Oberto Brands
Nashville, TN
02.2014 - 08.2014
  • Assisted with quality and production process improvements to support new packaging initiatives in start up plant.
  • Supervised activities of 40 manual packagers and automatic packaging lines.
  • Improved OEE by 30% once 3rd shift was established

Senior Supervisor

Tyson Foods
Shelbyville, TN
10.2008 - 02.2014
  • Coordinated, supervised and evaluated work of 117 subordinates and reallocated staff and resources to meet performance requirements.

Skills

  • Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Production Scheduling
  • OSHA regulatory Compliance
  • State and Federal Regulatory Compliance
  • Multiple ERP systems including SAP
  • Operations management

Accomplishments

  • Continuous Improvement Lead on extended runs at Tillamook increasing production time from 17 hours to 36 hours without shut down
  • Ice Cream Task Force for recipe compliance at Tillamook - automated process to improve inclusion consistency
  • Authored multiple SOPs for packaging sanitation for FSMA compliance
  • Led engineering projects to comply with new FSMA standards
  • Chemical/Sanitation SME

Certification

  • Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Green Belt
  • SQF Practitioner
  • PCQI
  • OSHA 10
  • Pasteurization - Washington State University
  • HACCP

Timeline

Continuous Improvement Supervisor

Whole Earth Brands
01.2022 - Current

Production Supervisor

Bunge North America
04.2019 - 01.2022

Production Supervisor

Saputo Dairy Foods USA
02.2018 - 04.2019

Plant Superintendent

Tillamook County Creamery Association
08.2015 - 02.2018

Packaging Manager

Attune Foods Inc
10.2014 - 08.2015

Packaging Supervisor

Oberto Brands
02.2014 - 08.2014

Senior Supervisor

Tyson Foods
10.2008 - 02.2014
Stacey Sanborn