Salvatore D’Oca
Melbourne,VIC
Summary
Project management professional in the training industry with a track record of delivering high-impact projects in diverse environments. Adept at driving project timelines and ensuring quality outcomes through strategic planning and execution. Highly collaborative, adaptable, and committed to team success and client satisfaction.
Utilizes strong leadership and organizational skills to guide teams and ensure project milestones are met. Track record of implementing efficient processes and achieving project goals.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager, Senior Trainer
National Food Institute
06.2010 - Current
- Delivery of consultancy, client liaison, training and assessment services on and off job at various food processing plants across Australia
- To deliver all training and assessment services under guidance from the nominated Regional managers to the level required by related laws, the AQTF standards and the various registered training organisation service agreement
- Training and assessment
- Student record management
- Liaison with clients and others
- Development of resources
- Completed documentation to required compliance standard
- Meeting targets and time schedules
- Instilling communication skills that contribute to productive and harmonious relations between employees and management
- Teamwork and problem solving that contributes to productive working relationships and outcomes
- Initiative and enterprise that contributes to innovative outcomes
- Planning and organizing that contributes to long and short term strategic planning
- Self management that contributes to employee satisfaction and growth
- Learning that contributes to ongoing improvement and expansion in employee and company operations and outcomes
- Building a continual improvement culture
- Part of the National Food Institute team, finalist in the Australian Training Awards for 2011
Production Manager, New Product Development / Project Leader
Casa Della Pasta
03.2006 - 05.2010
- Coordinate and control the activity of plant manufacturing to optimize resource use, minimize cost and maintain quality standards
- Key liaison between marketing and factory departments
- Co-ordinate plant activities for the achievement of short and long term business objectives and increase profit
- Establish and coordinate objectives and programs within the context of the overall production plan and, recommend standards and set targets
- Prepare weekly production plan and coordinate execution of production schedules based on sales requirements, plant capacity and inventory levels
- Monitor the activities of the plant according to overall strategies
- Evaluate the performance and efficiency of staff and procedures
- Coordinate subordinate staff to optimize the use of human and material resources to achieve goals
- Contribute to forward planning of plant requirements for future projects in terms of output quality and quantity, cost, time available and labor requirements
- Ensure product is of an acceptable quality and in accordance with specifications
- Monitor variables affecting production yields and initiate corrective action
- Liaise with customers to discuss concerns or complaints and instigate corrective action where required
- Identify new products and engineer to customers needs
- Develop operation systems to assist control of quality
- Sourcing of new and evaluation of current raw materials, liaise with suppliers, to ensure best available ingredients and best price
- Increased productivity by 38% in 07/08 by implementing continuous improvement manufacturing processes
- Reduced manufacturing wastage by 72% in 07/08
- The ability to drive new business opportunities increasing turnover
- Increased product lines with leading Australian accounts
- Exceeding performance targets
- Developing and manufacturing products for major’s such as McDonalds, Coles, Heinz, Woolworths, Pizza Hut, etc
Education
TAE40110 Certificate IV - Training and Assessment
BSB42015 Certificate IV - Leadership and Management
CPP30619 Certificate III - Investigative Services
FDF20103 Certificate II - Food Processing
FDF30103 Certificate III - Food Processing
AMP31016 Certificate III - Meat Processing(Smallgoods Manufacture)
TAELLN411 - Address language literacy and numeracy skills
Skills
- Project management
- Multifunctional teamwork
- Schedule focus
- Continuous improvement programs
- Quality processes
- People management
- Planning
- Problem solving
- Leadership
- Team collaboration
- Staff management
- Document management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Coaching and mentoring
- Presentations
- Performance evaluations
Timeline
Project Manager, Senior Trainer
National Food Institute
06.2010 - Current
Production Manager, New Product Development / Project Leader
Casa Della Pasta
03.2006 - 05.2010
BSB42015 Certificate IV - Leadership and Management
CPP30619 Certificate III - Investigative Services
FDF20103 Certificate II - Food Processing
FDF30103 Certificate III - Food Processing
AMP31016 Certificate III - Meat Processing(Smallgoods Manufacture)
TAELLN411 - Address language literacy and numeracy skills
TAE40110 Certificate IV - Training and Assessment
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