Mariusz Sobczak

I lead production and packaging departments in the factory which cooperate with key food producers. I manage maintenance department and warehouse also. I am responsible for operation budgets and I lead a 150-person team. I am member of the Factory Leadership Team and I report directly to the President of the board.

Responsibilities:

- Production, warehouse and maintenance management
- Company strategy preparation
- Operation plans preparation
- Budgets management and cost control
- Initiating and supporting all activities improving key performance indicators in the factory
(material losses elimination, production efficiency improvement, quality improvement,
warehouse process optimization and maintain high machine efficiency).
- Building of a safety culture
- Ensuring all company production standards and procedures are met.
- Supporting and improving of Lean Manufacturing methods, 5S standards
- Projects management
- New product implementation
- Cooperation with key clients

Management process optimization on operational level, support for local railway enterprises, implementation project of unified and compatible database for railway infrastructure. I report directly to General Director of Railway Maintenance Department.

I lead the Production Department. I manage operation budgets to the amount of 400 000 PLN and I lead a 250 -person team. I report directly to the Production Unit Director.

Responsibilities:
- Supporting of company values and ensuring their implementation in daily operations
- Production management and production process organization (plant orders execution on time, KPI monitoring and analyzing, problem solving, approving of work schedules)
- Initiating and supporting all activities improving all key performance indicators in the factory.
- Implementation and support of continuous improvement processes (including safety and quality, 5S standard, AM)
- Budgets preparation and cost control
- Building of a safety culture within production areas
- Ensuring all company production standards and procedures are met.
- Coordination and supervision of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 in production areas
- Projects management
- Cooperation with other departments: quality department, engineering, warehouse, finance, and personal department
- Team building and people motivating
- Cooperation with other factories in the group

I led the Production Department (Assembly Plant). I was responsible for safety on the production areas, production quality, production planning and plant order execution.I led a 150-person team. I was member of the Factory Leadership Team and I reported directly to the Plant Manager.

Responsibilities:
- Supporting of company values and ensuring their implementation in daily operations
- Production management and production process organization ( production planning, plant orders execution on time, KPI monitoring and analyzing)
- Implementation and support of HPS
- Budgets preparation and cost control
- Building of a safety culture within production areas
- Ensuring all company production standards and procedures are met.
- Supporting and improving 5S standards and the KAIZEN process
- Supporting of OHSAS 18001
- Initiating and supporting all activities improving all key performance indicators in the factory.
- Projects management
- Cooperation with other departments: quality department, engineering, warehouse, finance, and personal department
- Team building and people motivating
- Cooperation with other plants

I led the Confectionery Department (production, packaging) and part of the chewing gum wrapping department. I managed operation budgets to the amount of 250 000 PLN and I led a 67-person team. I was member of the Factory Leadership Team and I reported directly to the Plant Manager.

Responsibilities:
- Supporting of company values and ensuring their implementation in daily operations
- Participation in company strategy preparation
- Operation plans preparation
- Budgets preparation and cost control
- Production management and production process organization (plant orders execution on time, KPI monitoring and analyzing, problem solving, approving of work schedules)
- Initiating and supporting all activities improving key performance indicators in the factory (material losses elimination, production efficiency improvement, quality improvement).
- Building of a safety culture within production areas
- Ensuring all company production standards and procedures are met.
- Supporting and improving of Lean Manufacturing methods, 5S standards and the KAIZEN process
- Coordination and supervision of ISO 14001, ISO 22000 and OHSAS 18001 in production areas
- Projects management
- Cooperation with other departments: quality assurance, engineering, warehouse, planning, finance, and PLD / personnel department.
- Recruitment of new associates
- Motivating of associates, taking care and ensuring good relationships between associates
- Cooperation with other European factories

I led the chewing gum production department. I managed operation budgets to the amount of several hundred thousands PLN and I led a 143-person team. Seven supervisors and one specialist reported directly to me. I, myself, personally reported to the Production Director.

Responsibility:
The same areas of responibility as seen in my position as the Manufacturing Manager in the Confectionery Department.

I supervised work in production area within the Manufacturing Department for 6 years (1997-2003) and in the Confectionery Department for one year (2003-2004). Key competencies related to shop order execution, production reporting and ensuring the meeting of all company production standards and procedures.

Responsibilities:
- Direct supervision of production teams
- Work organization of subordinate unit
- Shop order execution
- Ensuring the meeting of all company production standards and procedures.
- Production reporting
- Material losses control, working to reduce all production losses
- Inventory management
- KPI monitoring
- Production procedures implementation
- Supporting of Lean Manufacturing methods and 5S standards
- Cooperation with other departments: quality assurance, engineering, warehouse, and planning
- Motivating of associates, taking care about good relationship between our associates