Responsible for leading, developing, and motivating 25+ team members, covering multiple production lines and manufacturing areas. Accountable for the safety, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement goals (reduce waste/lower costs) performed by team. • Partnered with the Quality Management team to identify training, documentation and process gaps and used established problem-solving techniques to address opportunity areas. • Managed training programs to ensure that facility… Show more Responsible for leading, developing, and motivating 25+ team members, covering multiple production lines and manufacturing areas. Accountable for the safety, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement goals (reduce waste/lower costs) performed by team. • Partnered with the Quality Management team to identify training, documentation and process gaps and used established problem-solving techniques to address opportunity areas. • Managed training programs to ensure that facility performance was at or above established parameters and associates were current on procedures.• Collaborated with maintenance, engineering, and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) departments to drive production results. Driving minimum down time of equipment and efficient changeover times while keeping associates and facility safe, delivering quality products to customers. Show less

Supervised the job performance of 50+ employees on assigned shift, making sure their work runs on schedule and meets company standards for safety, quality, production, and waste.Completed daily production plans by scheduling and assigning associates to maximize productivity and reduce waste. Established daily priorities, monitored progress, revised schedules, resolved problems, and reported results. Ensured that all associates and departments were safe, clean, and talent was distributed… Show more Supervised the job performance of 50+ employees on assigned shift, making sure their work runs on schedule and meets company standards for safety, quality, production, and waste.Completed daily production plans by scheduling and assigning associates to maximize productivity and reduce waste. Established daily priorities, monitored progress, revised schedules, resolved problems, and reported results. Ensured that all associates and departments were safe, clean, and talent was distributed to exceed production plans. • Efficiency as reported was 98% to index goal and 41 cents under goal on Cost Per UnitWorked closely with maintenance, engineering, quality, and stock room supervisors and managers to ensure that production levels could be met or exceeded. Down equipment time reporting and time to return to service was best on shifts that I led. Daily audits of associate processes and procedures led to having the best breakage or waste results in the network.• Reduced breakage or waste from 7.6% to 5.1% Active in stimulating teamwork and creative contributor to continuous improvement processes as well as leading Special Projects. Created a fair and positive environment that fostered good work ethics and sharing of ideas that improved productivity, waste, and store rejects. Conducted quarterly associate one on ones to discuss performance and training needs.• Successful implementation of clean tray exchange reducing scratches breakage from 2.5% to 1.1%• All full time associates able to perform at least 3 job duties with several as many as 5 job duties• Successful implementation of the Oakley Rollbar Military Project 200+ pairsManufacturing Team Special Skills member for Zambia (Africa) OneSight Sustainable Project. Manufacturing Team Leader for China Charitable Project• Wrote the manufacturing work instruction guideline for future sustainable projects• Lead international team setting up and manufacturing 3,800 pairs of eyewear over a two week period Show less

Managed all aspects of eyewear manufacturing including hiring, scheduling, training and motivating associates. Ensuring a safe work environment for associates and customers, maintaining equipment, communicating and working with customers. Solving problems and ensuring growth in sales and customer satisfaction levels.

Managed all aspects of eyewear manufacturing including hiring, scheduling, training and motivating associates. Ensuring a safe work environment for associates and customers, maintaining equipment, communicating and working with customers. Solving problems and ensuring growth in sales and customer satisfaction levels.

Managed all aspects of an optical retail store including hiring, scheduling, training and motivating associates. Ensuring a safe work environment for associates and customers, communicating and working with customers. Solving problems and ensuring growth in sales and customer satisfaction levels. Working with doctor partners on growing the business.

Responsible for all aspects of lab and eyewear quality. Covering up to 30 retail locations across the Midwest region. Scope covering and not limited to ensuring that all labs, retail floor, and doctor areas were maintained in a safe and clean environment. Delivery of KPI's including one hour service, breakage, remakes, associate training, turn around time, customer service, and turnover.