Oversee the cutting and assembly of insulated glass windows and doors

Manage all production and maintenance personnel in the manufacturing of road marking tape.

Major Accomplishment: Implemented efficiencies through reorganization of department guided by KAIZEN Principals.•Oversee direct report schedules and objectives according to company policies and procedures, participate in the development of goals and objectives for direct reports.•Work from a master plan to schedule various operations required to meet the company needs for receiving and handling of raw materials in order to ensure proper production processing.•Oversee the packaging, handling and transportation of end products and ensures timely delivery in conformance with required deadlines.•Plan and determine internal resources needed and constraints, and develops production scheduled to ensure effective achievement of company goals.•Plan details of production activity in terms of output quality and quantity, cost, time available, and labor requirements and prepare work programs to achieve planned production.•Coordinate and direct quality control procedures, and the implementation of safety requirements.•Recommend and implement initiatives such as new techniques and products, purchases of new machinery and changes in staff, suggest research into new and improved production methods.•Present daily, weekly and monthly production reports to production management, to include process reviews and results. Interface with corporate on centralized tasks and special assignments, and with other functional departments.•Implement within my team, company standards and values applied to daily tasks to ensure production of a quality product, delivered timely within a safe working environment.

Major Accomplishment: Trained all hourly employees KAIZEN.•Hired as Production Supervisor to oversee production within my assigned shift. •Responsible for ensuring that production goals were met while maintaining a safe work environment.•Responsible for ensuring that quality standards were maintained throughout the production process.•Coordinate with other departments to schedule maintenance and repairs of other equipment to maximize efficiency and minimize downtime.•Responsible for end of shift production reports utilizing Microsoft Windows applications and proprietary systems.•Selected to be part of Kaizen Team to study the operation of a mill and then create a process of standardized work which was then utilized on all shifts and as a training aid. •Responsible for 10 to 12 employees and to ensure that all company practices and policies were followed with in a union setting.

PLATFORM TEAM SUPERVISOR (March 2005 – Jan 2006)Major Accomplishment: Increased production efficiencies of Condor from 68% to 115%. •Promoted to supervisor to manage over 40 assemblers and 4 Team Leaders to include handling personnel issues, interviewing and hiring, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving problems within the Condor Platform Team- 45% of ALF business sales. PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR (November 2004 – March 2005)•Promoted to supervisor to manage 30 assemblers and 3 Team Leaders to include handling personnel issues, interviewing and hiring, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving problems within the Cab Trim Assembly areas. GROUP LEADER PRODUCTION (April 2004- November 2004)•Promoted to Group Leader to manage cab-chassis area of production.•Responsible for employee individual performance, scheduling, material issues and maintenance, as well as resolving production problems.QUALITY ASSURANCE GROUP LEADER, (September 2003-March 2004)•Responsible for establishing & maintaining quality standards and improving the quality process throughout production of the Condor and Fire TruckGROUP LEADER PRODUCTION, (November 2002- September 2003)