Manager Quality
Resume:
Mikel L. Groce
*** ****** ****, ********, *********** 38632
**********@***.***
Career Summary
Twenty-seven plus years in progressive manufacturing management
positions with a proven track record and experience that includes:
. Facility, Shift and Line Startups Union and Non-Union
Environments
. Team Environment Development Better Process School
Certified (Canning Processes)
. Aseptic Packaging Safety and Quality Management
. Corporate Planning Advisor High Speed Packaging
. Management of PSM Regulated Facility Chemical/Food Batch
Blending
. SAP Experience Proficiency in Lotus, Excel,
Word, Word Perfect
. Safety incident Reduction Lean Manufacturing, Six
Sigma
Career Profile
Valvoline Car Care Products, Hernando, Mississippi
2007 - Present
Operations Manager 2008
. Planned and implemented a $16 million dollar expansion
. Hired and trained approximately thirty new team members
. Oversight of all blending and packaging operations
. Composed work instructions and job safety analysis for new
equipment ( PSM standard)
. Conducted reviews of all current job safety analysis
Manufacturing Manager 2007
. Brought work instructions and job safety analysis up to date to
meet PSM standards
. Hired and trained second shift operators and supervisors
. Planned and implemented a new $2,000,000 product line start up
. Coordinated overall development of new product line
Technicolor Home Entertainment Services, Memphis, Tennessee
2006
Packaging Manager
. Directed a 24/7 day operation which included 700 indirect hourly
employees, 24 indirect supervisors, and 4 direct reports
. Managed all budget line items
. Established goals and objectives for manual and high speed
packaging lines
. Insured quality of all packaged product and the inspection for
both in-line and off-line production
. Reduced direct labor cost from 6.8 cents per unit to 3.8 cents
per unit, resulting in eighteen percent under budget in labor
costs and overall savings of more than $750,000 in six months
. Managed and directed all automatic and manual packaging
operations to meet scheduled requirements
. Established required staffing levels/training of team members to
meet production requirements
. Assisted sales and account services in establishing actual
expectations for production and quality
. Directed all packaging maintenance
. Established predictive maintenance program for packaging
equipment and the facility
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Deluxe Media Services, LLC, North Little Rock, Arkansas
1998 - 2006
Director of Packaging Operations 2002 - 2006
. Directed a 24/7 day operation which included 1,000 indirect
hourly employees, 26 indirect supervisors, and 2 direct reports
. Held full responsibility for all budget line items
. Established goals and objectives for manual and high speed
packaging lines
. Managed and directed all automatic and manual packaging
operations to meet scheduled requirements
. Reduced labor cost from 4.5 cents per unit to 2.5 cents per unit
(Lean
. Established required staffing levels/training of team members to
meet production requirements
. Assisted sales and account services in establishing actual
expectations of production and quality
. Ensured quality of all packaged products and in-line inspection
for both on-line and off-line production
. Directed maintenance of facility and packaging equipment
. Evaluated and approved projects of up to $1,000,000
Packaging Manager 1998 - 2002
Best Foods (formerly CPC International), Asheboro, North Carolina
1988 - 1998
Process Mix Manager 1994 - 1998
. Directed multi-shift dry mixing and vegetable processing
operation with 47 indirect and 4 direct reports
. Managed $23,000,000 annual budget for equipment utilization, raw
materials and labor
. Developed five-year strategic and profit improvement plan for
process mix area
. Upgraded computerized batch process system resulting in 41%
production increase
. Reduced labor costs by $500,000 and utility costs by over
$50,000
. Named lead person for Facility Oil Conversion team, and received
Lightning Award from Best Foods for actions in cost reduction
project
. Reduced manual weighing process by 85% resulting in annual labor
savings of $105,000
. Reduced medical costs of $40,000 by organized and implemented
purchase of new equipment
Unit Production Manager (Franklin Park, Illinois)
1993 - 1994
. Managed unionized multi-shift dry mixing and packaging operation
. Directed aseptic mixing and packaging operation, canning process
and packaging for USDA inspected plant with 80 indirect and 4
direct reports
. Responsible for management of a $15,000,000 budget
. Designed and implemented plan to transfer production of 1.5 MM
pounds of product to Illinois, and 9MM pounds of product to
North Carolina
. Maintained product inventory levels
. Conducted R&D trials in both facilities to maintain quality
standards
Process Mix Team Leader 1988 -
1993
. Managed single shift operation dry mixing and processing of raw
materials to meet scheduled production requirements
. Directed startup of shift and supervised thirty-five team
members in mixing and packaging operations
Stouffer's Foods, Gaffney, South Carolina
1984 - 1988
Team Leader
. Managed processing and packaging of frozen food products with 80
direct reports
. Directed successful startup of $5,000,000 Dinner Supreme product
line
Education
. Bachelor of Science/Business 1979
Troy State University
. Associate Degree/Electronics 1977
Community College of the Air Force
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