Joaquin Rivera Andino
Summary
Experienced Supervisor leading team members on-time job completion. Assign tasks, train employees, provide feedback, mediate interpersonal conflicts and implement company procedures. Excellent communication and listening skills. Provide leadership and vision which drives teams to meet goals.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Warehouse Supervisor
Crowley Logistics
12.2023
- Leveraged knowledge of Magaya software for inventory management, also serving as a trainer for the software
- Supervised daily warehouse operations, efficiently assigning tasks, and ensuring timely completion
- Addressed client concerns regarding damaged cargo, ensuring prompt resolution
- Implemented process improvements to enhance efficiency and productivity
- Conducted disciplinary actions when necessary to maintain adherence to processes
- Prioritized tasks effectively to meet shipping deadlines for clients
- Managed both national and international cargo shipments
- Follow up the safety and quality standards of the team in the warehouse
- Help, motivate and coach the team to work together for daily, weekly, and monthly goals
- Responsible for preventive maintenance and follow up to any reparation.
Senior Manufacturing Process Technician
Amgen
12.2020 - 12.2023
- Verified materials using EBR for PSA, managing transactions for cost centers and manufacturing orders
- Conducted manufacturing transactions to identify and resolve discrepancies in EBR and SAP systems, ensuring accurate physical inventory
- Proficiently used SAP for moving materials from warehouse to manufacturing areas, verifying expiration dates, and identifying materials with Amgen batch numbers
- Created, modified, and confirmed transfer requests (TR) and transfer orders (TO)
- Managed the return of materials from manufacturing PSA to warehouse locations
- Generated reports to track expiring materials, ensuring no expired materials were in the manufacturing area
- Monitored and followed up on manufacturing orders, ensuring material availability to prevent downtime
- Maintained inventory levels in manufacturing areas, ensuring sufficient primary and secondary materials for component preparation, formulation, and filling areas (vials, syringes)
- Improved SAP system functionality through ALM access
- Led the Material Handler Team, prioritizing tasks to prevent downtime and mentoring team members
- Supervised staff, trained new employees, and resolved problems efficiently
- Compiled daily shift reports summarizing work performed
- Identified and reported operational issues impacting safety or quality, supporting deviation triage
- Implemented process improvements to enhance efficiency, safety, and task categorization
- Utilized strong mathematical skills for accurate calculations
- Participated in daily meetings to discuss issues, goals, task statuses, and work orders
- Supported inspection and internal/external audits.
Warehouse Technician
GSK
12.2019 - 12.2020
- Proficient in sit down and stand-up forklift
- Inspect for physical or mechanical damage
- Load and unload wagons follow all safety process stipulated by OSHA 29 CFR 1910
- Use transactions in SAP system for create and confirm TO (transfer order), make bin to bin, make inventory, receiving material on SAP
- Follow all GMP and SOP on the plant to make the task in safe manner for guarantee the safety and the quality on the process
- Report on a near miss for any issue on forklift or on the physical structure of the building
- Reporting any accident in the process can affect the equipment, the materials, or the pedestrian safety
- Delivery priority materials for manufacturing area as necessity of business
- Verifying the materials to comply with the quality standards for receiving and labeling materials
- Support on packaging area for moving the finish product to shipping area
- Support in Logistic Center for receive new material, inspect, and create the material in SAP system
- Internal and external truck driver’s attendant.
EHS Coordinator
Caribbean Can Manufacturing
04.2019 - 09.2019
- Monthly safety talks to all employs of the plant to establish different themes and discuss all the hesitations and doubts
- Strategies of recycling for made and standardize the recycle process and have more percentage of recycle and less cost general trash
- Hazardous waste materials disposal complying with OSHA regulations and local regulations
- 5S implementation for organized tools, trash cans, machine parts and others
- Implementation and validation of new SOP and forms for the safety of the personnel in trench, confined space and create job aid for critical process
- Supervise the daily task of employs to see personnel that they follow the task on safety manner
- Supervise the new projects, installation of new machines, contractors for any reparation or maintenance for the safety of them or for any certification of hot permit, fall permit, confined permit, LOTO process and performed Job Hazzard Analysis
- Work with audit of Coca Cola in safety area and no received any safety observation in the audit
- Recycle oil, plastic, paperboard, and aluminum and recycle 92% or more of the trash generated
- Audit a monthly of firefighters for any issue
- Inspection of tank gas (Puma Energy) monthly and yearly for the Puma Energy company
- Forklift trainer of the company
- Inspection of stairs, extinguishers, and power press machines monthly
- Work with ADS trimestral report (Local regulation)
- Safety equipment inventory and purchase.
Manufacturing Operator
Smokey Mountain
01.2018 - 10.2018
- Manufacture of chewable tobacco of assorted flavors
- Pre-scaled the correct quantity of dry materials for make the commercial batches
- Pre-scaled and mixed the liquid materials, color, flavor, molasses, and others to pump it to dry materials and blend all the materials for make the commercial product
- Cleaning process and sanitization of all equipment and room after manufacturing process and perform microbiological tests after cleaning
- Make orders to ship to the customer daily for the demand of the client
- Inventory control of all materials used in the process
- Knowledge in electric pallet mover, sit down forklift, stand up forklift and sky jack
- Manual packaging of the product put in the final product on boxes follows the SOP
- Utilization of conveyors, belt, X ray, metal check, among others
- Basic knowledge in filler machine, can washer machine and labeling machine.
Senior Manufacturing Operator
Janssen Ortho LLC
07.2012 - 01.2018
- Oral solid dosages manufacturing processes include dry granulation, milling and mixing
- Warehouse operation includes material handling, stocking, inventory system management (SAP)
- Tablets and capsules inspection including controlled products following the local and federal regulations
- Provided support during process validation in all steps, disassembling, assembling, cleaning, and sanitization, WI (work instruction) SOP (standard operation procedures), calibration, troubleshooting, equipment set up and technology transfer activities
- New equipment introduction to the manufacturing area (Roller Compactor, Delumper, among others)
- Base business and new products introduction support milling and blending process and SAP system
- Milling and blending manufacturing group leader
- Distribute personal to daily tasks, problem solving, and prioritize the work activities
- Operators/Personnel training and qualification (On the Job Trainee)
- Batch records review for the manufacturing operations to verify documentation mistake before audit by QA
- Support during e-PES recipes creation (electronic batch record), including PI sheets and memo
- To improve new product implementation or to improve the existing
- Heavy load equipment training capacitation to manufacturing personnel (electric pallet mover, forklift, narrow aisle, Genie, among other)
- Support to the EHS&S department during inspections readiness (OSHA, RECRA, MARS, ISO 14001)
- Facilities inspection support to safety issues on building or machines such as machine guarding, sensors, stairs, PPE (personal protection equipment), forklift, LOTO process
- Processes optimization strategies including Job safety analysis, KAIZEN, GEMBA, POCAJOKE and triage.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration -
EDP University
Associate degree in Electric Potency Engineer -
Colegio Universitario de San Juan
Skills
- Analytical research skills
- Team Work & leadership expertise
- Well Organized
- Proficient in the use of computers, statistical programs and inventory (Word, Excel, Outlook, among others)
- Document all work-related activities following Good Documentation Practice protocols
- Expertise on following current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) and Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) protocols
- Protocols standardization and optimization
- Experience on following FDA, DEA and OSHA guidance for Industry (Process Validation guidance, among others)
- ISO 14001 Trained
- Compliance Writing Certification
- Process Improvement experience
- 5S, Gemba, Kaizen and Poka-Yoke experience
Certification
- Forklift license
- 30 Hour OSHA General Industry Safety and Health
- Yellow Belt
- Train the Trainer
Accomplishment
- High degree of commitment and dedication to the Intelence BCB Proyect.
- Compromise, time and collaboration to the prepare of Corporate Auditory of EHS 2016.
Timeline
Warehouse Supervisor
Crowley Logistics
12.2023
Senior Manufacturing Process Technician
Amgen
12.2020 - 12.2023
Warehouse Technician
GSK
12.2019 - 12.2020
EHS Coordinator
Caribbean Can Manufacturing
04.2019 - 09.2019
Manufacturing Operator
Smokey Mountain
01.2018 - 10.2018
Senior Manufacturing Operator
Janssen Ortho LLC
07.2012 - 01.2018
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration -
EDP University
Associate degree in Electric Potency Engineer -
Colegio Universitario de San Juan