Alfred E. Johnson.Ii Email & Phone Number

Clinton, SC

• Completed management rotations through all areas of the plant and served as Relief Supervisor; permanently assigned to finishing department
• Managed team of 55+ employees; scheduled work assignments, established production and shipping priorities, and conducted employee performance evaluations across multiple departments
• Spearheaded turnaround of safety issues; implemented 5-minute “Safety Huddle” prior to each shift to increase awareness and solicit ideas to improve safety; decreased accidents from 2-3/week to almost zero
• Successfully led teams of former federal/state prisoners hired through corporate employment initiative; overcame unique challenges and maintained open communication to identify issues before they escalated
• Reduced costs, eliminated injuries, and increased safety by implementing automated system utilizing robotics; saved jobs by ensuring all employees were redeployed to other areas
• Decreased turnover and cost of training forklift drivers by developing and implementing training manual

Spartanburg, SC

• Managed, trained, coached, and led 75 to 80 employees in across 2 manufacturing lines
• Turned around underperforming group; increased production, quality, and company revenue by cultivating a team-driven environment focused on achieving team goals and corporate objectives
• Developed standard operating procedures (SOPs) for manufacturing and production
• Ensured all production and safety goals were achieved, implemented preventive maintenance program to improve uptime and increase throughput
• Boosted employee morale and dedication to excellence after it was learned the slide used to rescue passengers in the “Miracle on the Hudson” jet crash was manufactured by the team on Trelleborg night shift

Greenville, SC

• Monitored start-up/shutdown and preventive maintenance of equipment achieve production and throughput objectives; performed and documented regular quality checks/tests and prepared daily reports
• Managed 50-member team, including team leaders, maintenance staff, electrical engineers, welders, and production workers
• Increased production by as many as 500 units per shift and eliminated bottleneck by implementing pallet program that ensured adequate number of pallets to meet production requirements
• Eliminated 6-month backlog of rework; increased throughput, reduced scrap and increased floor space
• Trained Main Seal operators and set-ups; monitored performance and adjusted equipment to meet production requirements
• Avoided costs of up to $10,000 per hour by performing ongoing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and averting production line shutdowns

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering Technology