Zilvinas Ivanauskas

Production Shift Optimization: Successfully transitioned most of the production, picking, and scanning activities to the day shift by recruiting and training new personnel, reducing night shift overtime by 50%.
Efficiency Management: Implemented and tracked performance metrics (KPIs) to enhance production efficiency across all departments and shifts.
Client Relations: Engaged with customers to understand their needs, ensuring timely and accurate order fulfilment, and collaborated with sales and purchasing to manage stock levels effectively.
Team Management: Organized production schedules and allocated staff to different areas to meet customer demands, providing targeted training to address skill gaps.
Equipment Maintenance: Performed daily equipment checks and coordinated repairs and maintenance with external contractors to ensure optimal performance and safety.
Training and Mentoring: Trained and mentored new staff to fill skill gaps and maintained an up-to-date training matrix.
Food Safety Compliance: Conducted regular internal inspections and spot checks, documenting findings to ensure adherence to food safety standards and relevant regulations.
Documentation and Reporting: Monitored and updated live EMS data to track production stages and ensure traceability from supplier to customer.

Operational Support: Oversaw and managed daily operations related to the processing and handling of offal and other by-products of the animals slaughtered on 3 full-time sites, ensuring adherence to safety standards, meeting production targets, and maintaining quality control measures.
Team Supervision: Provided guidance and support to operational teams, including site Supervisors, Quality Controllers (QCs), and Production Staff, ensuring tasks were performed efficiently and effectively.
Quality Assurance: Conducted quality control activities, including inspections and audits, to maintain product standards and ensure regulatory compliance.
Process Improvement: Worked with cross-functional teams to design, build, and implement a flushing system that enhanced product quality, resulting in a 70% reduction in reworks.
Communication: Served as a liaison between senior management, HR, Logistics, Maintenance, and operational teams, facilitating clear and effective communication for timely decision-making.
Performance Management: Established performance targets and key performance indicators (KPIs) for staff across all sites. Conducted regular performance reviews, provided constructive feedback, and identified areas for improvement. 

Key Duties and Achievements: 
Gut Room Supervision: Managed all gut room operations, ensuring adherence to proper harvesting procedures and product specifications. Assigned staff to positions based on their skills to enhance efficiency and ensured equipment use complied with health and safety regulations.
Incident Reporting: Reported accidents and near misses, implementing corrective and preventive actions to address issues promptly.
Training and Development: Provided training to staff on standard operating procedures (SOPs), safety protocols, and hygiene practices, both on the production floor and off-site. Addressed skill gaps through continuous monitoring and updates to the training matrix.
Department Coordination: Collaborated effectively with other departments, such as slaughtering, packaging, and hygiene, to ensure smooth workflow and efficient processing of by-products. Minimized downtime and optimized productivity through cross-departmental coordination.
Hygiene and Sanitation: Maintained cleanliness of production areas and equipment to GMP standards. Monitored cleaning schedules and sanitation procedures through regular inspections to uphold a hygienic environment and prevent cross-contamination.
Waste Management: Managed the disposal of waste generated during gut room operations, including offal, blood, and other by-products. Coordinated with waste disposal services and oversaw on-site waste treatment to ensure compliance with environmental regulations.

Key Duties and Achievements:

Temperature Control: Monitored and regulated temperature levels within the cold store to ensure that ingredients and finished products remain fresh and safe for consumption by checking temperature gauges and sensors installed throughout the storage areas.   
Equipment Maintenance: Scheduled regular calibration and routine maintenance of temperature control and production floor equipment and to ensure maximum equipment efficiency.  
Inventory Management: Oversaw the receipt, storage, and rotation of raw materials and ingredients, as well as the storage and distribution of finished pet food products.  Maintained accurate inventory records and coordinated with production, delivery teams, and other stakeholders to ensure timely availability of materials.  
Sanitation and Hygiene: Maintained strict cleanliness standards within the cold store to prevent contamination and ensure food safety, including regular cleaning, disinfection, and maintenance of equipment and storage areas through conducting daily sanitation checks, scheduling weekly deep cleaning procedures, and ensuring all staff adhere to proper hygiene protocols.  
Team Supervision: Responsible for overseeing the management of cold store, designed for storing raw materials, ingredients, and finished products used in pet food manufacturing. Led a team of cold store staff involved in order picking and packing, truck loading and feeding production lines by setting clear expectations, providing training and support, delegating tasks effectively, monitoring performance, promoting teamwork, leading by example, ensuring safety, maintaining communication, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. 

Key Duties and Achievements:
Production Oversight: Supervised factory floor activities to ensure adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs), quality standards, and safety regulations. Led teams in the Frying, Packing, and High Care departments, overseeing and actively participating in all stages of the production process
Team Leadership: Provided effective leadership and guidance to production line workers, ensuring clarity in roles and responsibilities. Managed task delegation, training, and conflict resolution to enhance team performance.
Quality Control: Oversaw quality throughout the production process, conducting inspections and implementing quality control measures to ensure products met specifications and regulatory requirements. Ensured products were packed to the correct weight, free of metal contamination, and that packaging complied with all necessary criteria.
Equipment Operation and Maintenance: Operated production equipment as needed, identified issues, and worked with maintenance staff to ensure equipment was properly maintained and functioning correctly.
Documentation and Reporting: Maintained precise production records, including reports on production, quality control logs, and inventory. Generated performance reports and updated management on production metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs).