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Walker, Michigan, United States

Responsible for 30 to 40 employees and an additional rotating temporary workforce. Oversee the Walker Production and Material Handling teams.Help perform assembly duties when required. Help train and ensure all employees are trained to perform their duties safely. Facilitate Daily Shift/Safety meeting with Production Employees. Direct work flow and resources to ensure efficient and effective operations. Track and approve time and attendance for Walker production team members. Communicate results, goals and improvement plans by conducting regular team meetings focusing on Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost KPI’s. Responsible for maintaining Safety, Quality, 6S, and Production improvement initiatives. Work with Client Services department team members to solve customer and/or product issues. Enforce work rules and safety regulations. Responsible for coaching and disciplining all attendance occurrences. Administer employee reviews that focus on employee development. Coach, counsel and discipline employees as necessary. Support Quality Objectives, assuring all employees were aware of and were sensitive to the customer needs and requirements. Support Continuous Improvement events to identify areas in need of improvement and implemented the resulting changes. Assist Human Resources team members to select and appropriate staffing for current and future production demands. Foster an environment that supports Tubelite's Core Values, Apogee’s Code of Conduct and Customer values. Develop respectful relationships with team members that foster a healthy work environment and encourage retention.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Responsible for 40 to 50 employees and an additional rotating temporary workforce. Responsible for planning daily labor requirements and coordinating daily with temp agencies to assure labor needs were met. Responsible for ensuring that all plant policies, procedures, and standards up to date and maintained.Facilitated and presented performance results at Daily Production Meeting with Plant Manager, Planning Dept., Purchasing Dept. and Operators.Facilitated Daily Shift/Safety meeting with all employees from all departments.Completed all customer complaints and corrective action reports.Completed all internal scrap investigation reports.Responsible for the planning and execution of adding an additional shift to production.Responsible for maintaining Safety, Quality, 5S, and Production improvement initiatives.Responsible for correcting and approving all production reports in SAP and AS400 while also providing direction for proper data input to employees.Responsible for leading all new employees, including temps, through safety orientation prior to working on the production floor.Responsible for weekly time and attendance reporting along with the coaching and disciplining of all attendance occurrences.Submitted weekly payroll for office and hourly employees.Supported Plant Manager and Plant Supervisor during the transition from AS400 to SAP.Supported Quality Objectives, assuring all employees were aware of and were sensitive to the customer needs and requirements.Supported Continuous Improvement events to identify areas of in need of improvement and implemented the resulting changes.

Kentwood, Michigan

Responsible for hiring, training and disciplining 70-80 Union employees and additional temporary workforce.Oversaw manufacturing results and maintained workflow by monitoring steps and processes.Ensured department met goals (KPI’s), monitored production process and product quality.Completed daily production reports.Worked closely with engineering and maintenance departments to achieve daily goals.Worked closely with Continuous Improvement Manager to identify and implement areas of improvement.Facilitated corrections to malfunctions within process control points.Communicated job expectations; planning, monitoring and appraising job results.Coached and counseled associates; initiating, coordinating and overseeing systems, policies and procedures.Maintained clean and safe working environment.Supported safety audits and inspections throughout production floor.Evaluated source of equipment problems, troubleshooting when necessary.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Created and maintained production documents related to production orders.Incorporated Design Change Proposals into production plans and orders.Researched and updated validity packets to include MRB and DCP information.Researched and updated drawing revisions for validity packets.Coordinated with Project Management and Project Engineers to gather correct information for validity packets.Created and updated control sheets according to Transfer Requirement changes.Read and interpreted drawings and engineering specifications.Generated and printed drawings for production use.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Supervised a minimum of 145 team members in the assembly process to ensure product production met required FAA and customer specifications.Implemented and oversaw Shop Floor Management.Coordinated with engineering to ensure all issues were resolved.Coordinated with production planning to ensure that control sheets were received according to the production plan, reviewed for accuracy and advised planning of any needed changes.Coordinated with logistics and purchasing to ensure material flow was consistent.Issued reports for missing or damaged material; ensured the Q-note process was being followed.Provided KPI reports, tracked DPU's and maintained records of assembly performance, efficiency and attendance.Responsible for interviewing, hiring and disciplining production operators in coordination with the Production Manager.Oversaw the production process and adjusted schedules as needed to ensure the production schedule.Supported 5S in maintaining a safe working environment.Member of the Materials Review Board.Completed 90% of productions Corrective Action Reports.Worked First Article seats from test phase through delivery to customer.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Responsible for training, managing and disciplining 50-60 staffing employees.Managed operations and oversight.Prepared arena for upcoming events.Maintained attendance records.Followed and enforced stadium safety procedures.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Supervised production scheduling and training in daily operations for 30+ employees.Maintained records of assembly performance, training, efficiency and attendance.Ensured company guidelines, safety policies and 5S initiatives.Responsible for performance review and disciplinary action.Responsible for daily production reporting.Managed product shipping and receiving.Exceeded all production, quality and cost goals in a fast paced environment.

Associate’S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General/Computer Science

Associate of Arts and Science Degree, 2000 Certificate of Professional Studies in Computer Science, 2000 Certificate of Professional.

High School