LaToya Nelson

• Overseeing up to 24 people for shift daily operations of the production floor, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion of tasks.
• Plastic Injection label molding fully automated cutting, heading, capping and packaging machinery.
• Expressing strong leadership and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
• Increased team productivity by implementing efficient workflows and setting clear expectations for team.
• Communication within the team by holding regular meetings and encouraging open dialogue among all members.
• Training, Delegating, Collaborating with all the supporting factors to get the best product out in the record time to the customers.
• Sending and receiving emails updating team of CT,DT,PMP

• Leading a team of 3 to 9 people
• Wide web 72” Uteco onyx flexographic press

Top speeds of 1476 LF ft/min, on a paper/yarn/glue tape substrate

• Training to ensure work instructions and safety is being followed while producing and inspecting products for print clarity, color accuracy, that is vendor specification of the job and external/internal defects
• Examine job orders to determine the details of the order (i.e., quantities order, production timing, water-based ink specifications and anilox BCM)
• Work with Process Quality Engineer and Department Process Engineer for quality issues have the potential to impact vendor/customer relations
• Downtime and Changeover improvements
• Test water-based ink viscosity timing and PH balance according to material being printed and job specifications
• Completing calibrations on the GAMA system
• Inventory control of the new and damaged sleeves being received & returned for current and future job orders
• Training operators alongside of daily coaching and delegation of the press operational duties to adhere to safety, quality, work instruction, and productivity
• Consistently monitor processes of press to maintain specific detailed operating levels and to detect malfunctions, troubleshoot and make the adjustments accordingly
• Achieve efficient changeovers, conduct different Ink, anilox, and substrate trials with current vendors
• Maintaining effective downtime and minimal scrap production
• Actively participating in 5s, Safety, Continuance improvement, team pillow groups, Pure Safety testing

5 yrs-Rotogravure Press Operator
2 yrs-Paper Slitting Machine Operator
3 yrs-Chemical/Mixer Operator

Operated a narrow 24” inch Rotogravure press print with 8 color units that printed onto film to create coated ink ribbon for image film

• Top speed up to 800ft/min
• Troubleshoot detail to help with printing qualifications and processes
• Such determining streaks, wrinkles, color imperfection
• Solvent based inks/ UV ink
• Providing to major customers such as DMV for Licenses, Kodak and Olan Mills
• Kaizen Participation
• Prepared Flying splices
• Substrate such as polyurethane film
• Which travel through the corona treatment system to ensure quality of the film strength
• Obtain the complete knowledge of the mixing, coating and ink supply system in order to be proficient in troubleshooting basic equipment and process problems
• Monitoring the ink stations to ensure proper working order
• Conducted quality testing & inspections on all finished products
• Weighed & Mixed powdered & solvents for coating, tested samples
• Unloaded chemical supply trucks to refill as needed for the daily operation
• Wear proper PPE when handling such chemicals as: Toluene, MEK, Ethanol, Burnok, Resin, Dyes
• Reduced downtime with proactive preventative maintenance and timely repairs for all machinery utilized.