Dean Yoder Email & Phone Number

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Elyria, Oh

05/01/2018 – 07/15/2019PRODUCTION MANAGER, SPENCER INDUSTRIES – 708 LOWELL ST, ELYRIA OH In charge of production scheduling, shipping, and maintenance activities.  Supervised plastics thermoforming and fabrication. Worked with multi-station rotary, single station shuttle thermoforming machines, and 5-axis CNC trimming. Worked with troubleshooting and setting up all machines.  Oversaw production, personnel issues, involved with hiring, discipline, and termination.

Elyria, Oh

 In charge of all production scheduling, shipping, maintenance, and purchasing activities. Responsible for quoting, sales, customer relations, engineering functions, and quality control. Oversee production personnel issues, involved with hiring, discipline, and termination. Oversaw and worked firsthand with ISO 9000 and QS 9000 policies and procedures. Work in a small one-person office and oversaw all office activities.  Supervised plastics sheet extrusion, thermoforming and fabrication. Have dealt with multi-station rotary, single station shuttle thermoforming machines, sheet extrusion, die cutting, and 5-axis CNC trimming. Worked with troubleshooting and setting up all machines.  Have excellent computer skills. Fluent in Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word. Have also worked with Microsoft Power Point, AutoCAD 2000, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Access. Maintained computer backups. Ability to troubleshoot computer software and repair computer hardware problems. Oversee new project development, mold and fixture development, and workflow implementation. Enacted material savings programs that saved approximately 10 - 20% in overall raw material usage. Also designed and implemented systems for faster machine changeover for almost 30 - 50% saving in setup times. I did electric analysis reports for new capital machinery justifications which resulted in almost a 50% savings in overall electric usage. I am familiar in all levels of the manufacturing process. I helped to design work cells to further improve process workflow efficiency. This resulted in parts being completed in a timely fashion with minimal material handling, and greater workflow capacity.