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Supervised the PA ( polyurethane ) department with the collective efforts of four plus team leaders and 72 associates.• Introduced “5’s” in five separate events which played an instrumental and successful role in improving associate involvement and ownership.• Increased productivity more than 12% with all work teams within the department.• Successfully completed training on press operations and maintenance.• Integrate material analysis and production demand through schedule adherence• Developed quick tool change improvements • ISO 14001 and ISO 16969 involvement. Internal cross training management staff to create teamwork and stable management team • Expert in diagnosing immediate problems and adapt to reduce gaps in production.

Directly supervise two shifts featuring full control capacity with two hourly supervisors and 10 associates.• 95% productivity and efficiency by identifying key indicators on production standards and with improving team building targets.• Increased productivity by 20% by engaging associates in continuous improvement of operations• Restructure and maintain ISO 14001 certification and reduced landfill waste 73% over 5 years.• Identify and oversee safety risk assessments targets.• Elected to be compound security and environmental contact for Toyota Tsusho America.• Organized transportation and logistics operations/services.• Reduced operations budget by 5% each year without any loss in productivity • Supported company growth by executing new business implementations as scheduled and at quoted production levels.• Improved customer satisfaction by reducing delivery process time and rapidly responding to quality concerns with the use of “5 why method” and charting “QPR countermeasures”.• Proficient use of heavy equipment.• Involvement in special projects by ramping up facilities in Texas, Canada, and France with sharing and developing “go and see philosophy” with facilities in Indiana, West Virginia, Alabama, California, Japan, Czech Republic, and Poland.• Introduced “5’s” and “Kaizen” workshops within the department and at customer facilities resulting in productivity improvements and associates / management commitment.• Multi-skilled in Maintenance, Welding and electronics.• Improved safety performance rating by 30 % in 5 years.• Increased Safety awareness and conducted Team weekly meetings.• Used LEAN Audit’s by period which included “5’s” utilization and maintaining SWI / SOP • Installed metrics charting at each work operation to improve processes and encourage involvement and ownership.