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Thomasville, GA, US

Ochlocknee, Georgia, United States

Thomasville, Georgia

• Planned production and Procured raw materials and packaging materials for 9 production lines producing over 1MM pounds of beef per week
• Managed over 200 different packaging material inventories while minimizing Days on Hand
• Reduced finished product markdowns due to over-age by 20% (roughly $50,000) by creating Excel file that highlighted over-runs with no pending orders
• Saved over $300,000 over 2 years by negotiating with suppliers and re-bidding certain materials
• Oversaw 60,000 sq ft offsite warehouse – determined what materials to bring to the plant on a daily basis. Due to limited material space at plant, a full trailer delivery was required each day.
• Supervised department of 4 hourly Line Supply / Inventory Techs.

Thomasville, GA

• Assisted in start-up of two new production lines. Created training documents and trained employees on various equipment Created performance tracking spreadsheets to monitor progress

Thomasville, GA

• Created MS Access forms/reporting tools to streamline SACS compliance and review process.
• Developed online tools on Blackboard e-Education platform to automate processes and eliminate paper forms.
• Chairperson of the Support Staff Team / Member of Non-Academic Program Review Committee

Madison, Florida

• Supervised department of 3 salaried Production/Material Planners and 2 hourly Material Handlers.
• Planned production and material procurement for 5 high speed bottle lines producing over 55MM cases annually
• Created annual Long-Term Demand Plan for approximately 100 SKU’s.
• Maintained Full Goods inventories in a warehouse with a 1MM case capacity.
• Controlled daily material inventories of over $3MM while minimizing days on hand
• Member of factory’s Education and Training TPM Pillar.

Williamsburg, VA

• Budgeted and tracked financial/performance issues for 9 production lines (efficiency, materials, process loss, labor, utilities).
• Leader of PDCA Team that reduced palletizer-related product damage by $42,000.
• Leader of Warehouse Transport Safety Team consisting of salary and hourly personnel that established new pedestrian / forktruck policies.
• Created MTD performance and financial trackers in multiple departments to assist managers in understanding shortfalls while recommending where to target resources to improve inefficiencies.
• Utilized Process Mapping to isolate issues in our Brewing Extract Loss process which resulted in a decrease of roughly 20% for an annual savings of approximately $83,000.
• Provided financial and productivity analysis for GREEN BELT project which resulted in savings of approximately $75,000 by leveling staffing and modifying schedules to minimize non-productive time in low-volume months.

Williamsburg, VA

• Managed approximately 25 employees per shift in daily job functions to include maximizing efficiencies while upholding strict safety standards.
• Addressed performance issues and provided positive/negative feedback while taking disciplinary action as issues arose.
• Allocated resources on shift to put team in best position to achieve all metrics and key performance indicators.
• Maintained optimum production plans, including real time and future week forecasts, for nine production lines.
• Developed Best Practice Schedule Optimization tool that allows all brewery departments to enter in future week requests prior to Weekly Planning meetings; minimized last minute changes, eliminated excess cost.
• Communicated with numerous suppliers to ensure proper forecasting and on time deliveries and reacted to upsets in logistical process to ensure minimal production upsets.

Norcross, Georgia

• Led conversion from piecework to group incentive pay system (assisted in design of system, developed training, trained employees, and created reporting tools in Excel and Access).
• Worked as the Department lead on company-wide re-engineering project that included layout design, conversion to a KANBAN re-ordering system, employee training, and line balancing improvements.
• Worked as Department lead on company-wide conversion to AS/400-based JD Edwards Saved the company more than $300,000 over three years by performing plant labor reviews, which identified incorrect piecework rates and.
• Saved the company more than $100,000 by re-designing the quilted border department in our Fredericksburg plant (improved scheduling / product flow, reduced manning, reduced inventory).
• Performed time studies and set rates on numerous piecework operations.

Decatur, Georgia

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Industrial Engineering

Education record