Nicholas Anderson

Experience

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  Disneyland

  Feb 2003 - Jul 2008

  Night Custodian Team Lead

  • Supervised a team of 20 employees on the night crew utility team responsible for special park maintenance projects.• Operated and trained employees on heavy machinery, including boom lifts and scrubbers.

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  Helen Grace Chocolates

  Jan 2009 - May 2015

  Production Supervisor

  • Supervised a factory team of approximately 50 for three production lines and a packaging department.• Scheduled daily production activities based on open purchase orders including assessing raw material inventory levels as part of production planning.• Aided in the execution of a formal HACCP plan by researching and identifying areas of concern and addressing risk with the implementation of policies and procedures. Examples include foreign material programs and temperature control procedures. • Conducted labor audits analyzing production volume and costs with recommendations presented to management.• Performed pre-production testing of new products and recipes. • Aided in the design and implementation of new custom machinery in the factory.• Responsible for daily maintenance and monitoring of production machinery, as well as new product set-up.• Instructed employees on guidelines and safety procedures, including machine handling. • Met with employees to resolve employee disputes.• Served as the production contact for independent confection clients (co-packing products), which included face-to-face meetings and collaborating closely with clients for their product needs. • Created work orders, verified work order inputs, and created internal purchase orders for raw material purchases when needed.• Occasionally assisted the candy chef in the making of candy and spent the first six months of career working in one of the retail stores. Show less

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  Hawaiian Host

  Jul 2015 - May 2020

  Production Manager

  • Managed facility team of up to 100 employees for seven production lines and coordinated temp labor needs directly with agency.• Scheduled daily production activities based on sales forecasts and coordination with sales team.• Developed procedures on the consumption of scrap materials to decrease production waste savings thousands of dollars annually. • Established control procedures to identify and monitor production weight variances decreasing average variances from 10% to less than 3% reducing inventory costs.• Developed standard operating procedures in accordance with company SOP format for sanitation, manufacturing, and safety processes.• Validated labor inputs in bill of materials through labor cost studies. Compared budgeted labor allocations for the month against actual labor reports providing variance explanation to finance.• Oversaw inventory control on production floor with warehouse inventory control team.• Assisted in the implementation and training of ERP system Great Plains (GP) serving as point of contact for hired GP consultant to resolve implementation issues and trouble shoot problems. Coordinated and led GP training for all production and warehouse employees. Designated GP office champion for production. Designed warehouse bins (locations) in GP organizing the warehouse floor.• Served on internal audit committee overseeing and handling GMP and BRC audits. Conducted full scale internal audits to ensure compliance.• Investigated and corrected safety related incidents. Organizer and member of internal safety committee. Nominated Incident Commander and was responsible for handling emergency plant evacuations.• Coached and mentored employees and reviewed quarterly goal progress.• Trained and instructed employees on proper operational and plant procedures and adherence to company guidelines and safety procedures. • Managed employee disputes by meeting with employees involved and facilitating resolution. Show less

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  See's Candies

  Jun 2022 - now

  Production Operations Manager

  • Manages facility team of up to 300 union employees for multiple production departments.• Schedules daily production activities based on sales forecasts and coordinates with sales team.• Monitors candy formulas to ensure adherence to quality and safety standards.• Works with R&D and QA department to test new or modified product formulas and processes.• Develops standard operating procedures in accordance with company SOP format for sanitation, manufacturing, and safety processes.• Coaches and mentors employees and handles employee disputes by meeting with employees involved and facilitating resolution.• Trains and instructs employees on proper operational and plant procedures for adherence to company guidelines and safety procedures including investigation and correction of safety related incidents.• Communicates and identifies solutions to production roadblocks and inefficiencies.• Leads maintenance with troubleshooting equipment issues by reverse engineering equipment failures and identifying forward looking strategies and roadmaps to ensure equipment needs are monitored ahead of peak season.• Works with interdepartmental teams to design/improve production processes. Show less