Hi, I’m
Justin Kuhn
Production Coordinator
Kraaifontein,WC
Summary
Team-minded Production Coordinator with expertise in production planning, scheduling and collaboration with staff. Accomplished in preparing for production jobs by reviewing work order information, maintaining current inventory stock and scheduling production work according to project scope. Personable communicator with focus on working with various personality types effectively.
Overview
5
years of professional experience
10
years of post-secondary education
17
Certificates
2
Languages
Work History
Faircape Group, GardensKillarney
Production Coordinator
09.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Ensure that service delivery to and from internal and external clients are monitored and comply to standard
- Communication the production plan and carry out Preplanning/preparation for production
- Monitor the production start up process and assist operators with start up deviations
- Manage barriers to implementation of plan
- Review of Performance at regular intervals
- Monitor, maintain and Review Utilisation and Productivity
- Manage downtime and production loss incidents consistently
- Improve and initiate Productivity improvements
- Monitor, maintain and ensure quality and production documentation are completed as per work procedures
- Monitor and ensure adherence to Production and Quality Procedures
- Monitor and ensure adherence to standards
- Manage all Process and quality deviations
- Conduct Audits and manage findings
- Monitor, maintain and ensure adherence to cleaning schedules and WI as per factory requirement
- Oversee plant maintenance and engineering services
- Monitor and ensure assistance with first line and preventative maintenance
- Monitor and ensure machine condition checks
- Contacting and arranging for maintenance support
- Apply 5S principles
- Auditing and inspection of area and equipment
- Incident investigation and management
- Promote awareness and review performance
- Monitor, maintain and ensure corrective and preventative improvement actions through structured problem solving
- Create an environment conducive to effective team work and innovation
- Setup effective teams and ensure review of performance
- Promote and ensure effective team communication
- Measure and monitor team and individual performances
- Coaching and Training
- Optimum team makeup and structure
- Manage IR situations and ensure positive IR environment
- Ensure that all administrative procedures are performed and documents are traceable
- Identifies risks in area of responsibility and immediate operations
- Encourage food safety culture
- Do weekly stock takes
Lancewood HoldingsGeorge
Process Cheese Supervisor
01.2020 - 08.2022
Job overview
- Production operation: assure no deviations, accurate testing and accurate results
- Production planning: distribute workload in the team, schedule production to optimize department efficiency and productivity
- Lead, Coach and train employees: Motivation of employees to assure maximum output, ensure cross training of employees in the department
- Maintenance of machines: Daily maintenance of machinery in my deparment
- Assure machinery is in proper working order and assist with preventative maintenance
- Stock Management: Assure relevant updated procedures are in place for all the action of weighing moving and storing of stock; Monthly stock count
- Responsible for all documentation FSSC and OHS documentation
- Reporting all deviations to Production Manager
- Ensure adherence to FSSC, GMP and SHE procedures within the department
- Completing monthly timesheets of all employees in the department
- Assist in new product development and idea sharing
- Assist in daily operations; operating of machinery
Parmalat, Bonnievale
Production Shift Controller (Supervisor)
10.2018 - 12.2019
Job overview
- Conduct inspections on machine
- Responsibility to ensure your own safety from any operating is done
- Use correct PPE when cleaning and handling of cleaning chemicals
- Good Housekeeping: Keep floors around the machine clean at all times and also deep clean machine
- Pick up any broken glass and dispose of it in the bin provided
- Report anything which you may deem as unsafe
- Micro Swabs need be taken according to the swab schedule
- Make sure that all materials/labels that are used during production are not damaged
- Ensure that there is enough glue
- In the glue can and that it applies sufficient glue to the labels
- Operator to do spot checks on the quality of the labels (e.g
- Colour and shade) and printing and to report any deviations immediately
- During the day’s production, continuous clean-as-you-go practices must be in place
- All relevant records should be kept on file in the department
- Continuously take temperatures of the cheese in the machine and mobile hoppers
- Notify the engineering department when there is a fault on machine and communicate the issues in the hand over
- Take full responsibility for Safety, Quality and Hygiene
- Must assist to drive continues improvement
- Responsible for HACCP, Food safety and FSCC22000
- Daily timekeeping schedules
- Plan production schedule and personnel to run production plan
- Do monthly refresher training, on the job training and SOPs
- Do monthly stock takes
Parmalat - Bonnievale
Process Controller
06.2018 - 10.2018
Job overview
- Do monthly Internal auditing
- Do monthly Traceability exercise to ensure proper traceability on all materials used for production runs
- Housekeeping standards adherence of all production process
- Production Process Controlling and adherence to company standards
- Reporting weekly to Plant Manager and Quality Manager of hygiene and improvement standards of production area
Parmalat - Bonnievale
Laboratory Analyst
03.2018 - 06.2018
Job overview
- Daily micro testing on department swabs
- Testing of final products
- Releasing of products into market
- Micro plate counting
- Compliance of departments to quality standards
ParmalatBonnievale
Data Capturer
01.2018 - 03.2018
Job overview
- Data capturing in micro lab
- Swabbing of work stations (departments)
- Daily Plate counting of microbial swabs
- Micro plating of swabs taken in department
- Lab safety training
Education
University of western cape
Incomplete BSc from Biotechnology
01.2012 - 12.2016
Langeberg Secondary High School
Matric
01.2007 - 12.2011
Skills
Materials management
undefinedCertification
Excel (10+ years)
Timeline
Production Coordinator
Faircape Group, Gardens
09.2022 - Current
Process Cheese Supervisor
Lancewood Holdings
01.2020 - 08.2022
Production Shift Controller (Supervisor)
Parmalat, Bonnievale
10.2018 - 12.2019
Process Controller
Parmalat - Bonnievale
06.2018 - 10.2018
Laboratory Analyst
Parmalat - Bonnievale
03.2018 - 06.2018
Data Capturer
Parmalat
01.2018 - 03.2018
University of western cape
Incomplete BSc from Biotechnology
01.2012 - 12.2016
Langeberg Secondary High School
Matric
01.2007 - 12.2011
References
Michiel Hartsenberg, Production Supervisor- 0818426356
Johan Terblanche, Production Manager- 0724734813
References
Michiel Hartsenberg, Production Supervisor- 0818426356
Johan Terblanche, Production Manager- 0724734813
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