• Ensure that day-to-day operations are carried out efficiently with well-defined and relevant. • processes.• Oversee staff of 30+ employees in the production department.• Explain and direct production activities and establish production priorities.• Implement operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate operation problems and to • improve product quality.• Work with human resources to establish and maintain corporate policies and manage overall. • headcount according to the budget and sales.• Make sure the right resources are available at the right time to complete our production goals.• Ensure compliance with internal, external, statutory, and legal requirements.• Perform employee reviews per policy.• Administer disciplinary action when required.• Coordinate shift activities, redistributing personnel as required maximizing productivity.• Counsel, coach, motivate, and train employees to perform at manufacturing expectations and maintain positive employee relations.

• Responsible for meeting plant closing Production numbers.• Responsible for seamless transfer of machines and auxiliary equipment on time to sister plants • Responsible for sale and transfer all other equipment.• Responsible for shut down or transfer of all SAP Maintenance PM plans and outside vender services under maintenance control.

• Responsible for routing of parts to tools.• Reasonable for routing of tools to machines and work cells. • Champion of implementing a new SAP system for machines and tools and creating a working curative /preventative maintenance system• Make daily, weekly, monthly work force assignments to meet PM and other maintenance requirements.• Initiate and implement process improvements along with Engineering to improve machine uptime and productivity.• Assist supervisors when production machinery is down to regain a running condition as soon as possible.• Track and maintain monthly maintenance budget.• Assures production equipment is operational• Utilize electrical, mechanical, machinist and welding skills to repair all down machinery as needed.

• Directly supervised a team of 15 employees including Quality, Tool room, Maintenance, Setups, and Operators• Managed production schedules, production quality and on-time delivery• Champion of implementing a universal standard for Tooling die protection.• Ensured run standards of dies were met• Reviewed production orders, raw material, schedules, delivery dates, and inventory levels to determine product availability• Established and adjusted work procedures to meet production schedules• Cultivated culture of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement while providing operational leadership• Coached employees in developing and achieving individual performance goals• Conducted performance reviews to identify and rectify areas for improvement• Established and maintained clear production procedures, job roles, and quality assurance guidelines• Communicated company philosophies, demonstrated work routines and documented performance• Supervised production schedules, production quality and on-time delivery

• Setup automated machinery with the use of work instructions and also made modifications to tooling when necessary• Setup metal stamping presses along with sharpening tooling• Assisted in the design of the plant layout to optimize workflow• Implemented MSDS protocol• Performed routine maintenance on machines and monitored usage to reduce parts breakdown• Created agendas and communication materials for team meetings• Quality control inspections on first piece samples and hourly checks