Joel Samek
Omaha
Summary
Production supervisor with extensive experience at Tyson Foods, recognized for leadership and safety management expertise. Increased yield from 95.47% to 98.47% by implementing effective team communication and continuous improvement strategies. Proficient in Lean Six Sigma methodologies, promoting collaboration to boost productivity and minimize costs.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Production Supervisor
Tyson Foods
Council Bluffs
10.2019 - 10.2025
- While at Tyson I held supervisory roles at different plant.
- Delegating authority to lead and cross-trained new employees on multiple jobs on the grind side.
- Ensured safety aspects of the area including safety contacts, job safety analysis.
- In our department we have 940 days without a recordable incident.
- Strengthening our production goals by way of communicating and following up with team members for our giveaway goals as well as OEE.
- Monitoring their progress every day and providing feedback to them every morning.
- Part of an LMOS team that implemented preventative measures of issues we are having on the production line.
- I also designed standard work for jobs in my department to be implemented into training new employees.
- I had over 940 days without a recordable incident while at Tyson Foods.
- Leader of the project increased yield and decrease inedible by communicating to maintenance of what the objective was.
- Maintenance installed guards on all outfeed conveyors, and I trained team members what we are trying to accomplish.
- Yield was 95.47% before project and after has been consistently 97.27 to 98.47% with a usual goal of 97.17%.
- We reached our yield goals daily.
- Implemented a process to have portion operators as well as rotating grind side team members to belt checks too.
- This is done every 20 minutes.
- Responsible for over 50 team members between grinds and packaging.
- Worked with maintenance to set up machines at start up as well as do adjustments so lines are running efficiently and effectively to hit our production goals.
- Communicated with maintenance to ensure preventative maintenance was done as scheduled.
Area Supervisor
Cardinal Health
Omaha
05.2014 - 04.2019
- Lean Six Sigma Supervisor.
- Project lead with Lean Six Sigma / 5S.
- One of them included reducing safety incidents.
- During that time, the average cost of a recordable safety accident was around $55,000.
- I ran a project to decrease blind spots and re-organized the product bins so not only did it make the team members job easier, but it made the forklift operators’ job safer too.
- Redesigned the returns area for product.
- I designed it with more ergonomic friendly, reduced clutter, to improve production.
- I also redesigned the Baxter area to include signage and proper placement of returned products and products that will be picked up by logistics.
- Quality Inventory Control Supervisor while at Cardinal Health that included hourly audits of product as well as leading the returns department on processing product coming back to our facility.
Safety Glide Set Up Operator
Becton Dickinson
Columbus
06.2011 - 05.2014
- Operated a safety glide production line that made needles for health care facilities.
- Included maintaining my own line doing quality checks and adjusting production and quality equipment.
- I was part of a continuous project team to decrease waste and improve productivity.
- Led start up meetings that included discussions about safety, quality, productivity.
- Adhered to OSHA and FDA guidelines throughout the plant.
Education
MBA - Organizational Management
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZBachelor of Science - Health / Business Management
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZAssociate of Arts - Health Management Business Management
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZSkills
- Leadership management
- Communication
- Problem solving
- Cost management
- Safety
- 5S
- lss
- Continuous improvement
- Team building
Certification
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Accomplishments
- Achieved 99.16% yield through effectively helping with proper training of operators and what clear expectations are. Followed up every hour to ensure consistency.
- Collaborated with team of 10 in the development of Inventory Bin Relocation to decrease material handling blindspots.
- Collaborated with team of 15 in the development of improving yield efficiency and inedible reduction.
- Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
- Achieved reduction in quality issues by introducing belt checks on machines every 30 minutes and documenting in Safety Chain App.
Timeline
Production Supervisor
Tyson Foods
10.2019 - 10.2025
Area Supervisor
Cardinal Health
05.2014 - 04.2019
Safety Glide Set Up Operator
Becton Dickinson
06.2011 - 05.2014
MBA - Organizational Management
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science - Health / Business Management
University of Phoenix
Associate of Arts - Health Management Business Management
University of Phoenix
References
Available upon request