Joe Eakins, Mba, Cssbb Email & Phone Number

Jonesboro, Ar, Us

Peoria, Illinois, Us

Paragould, Arkansas, Us

Northville, Michigan, Us

Northville, Michigan, Us

Channahon, Il, Us

Responsible for all production activies at the Jonesboro, Arkansas location including but not limited to the following:•Direct and coordinate activities of production personnel (5 supervisors covering a 5 shift schedule) across all plant operations. •Manage output of personnel, assuring quality, efficiency, and delivery. •Create policies, develop procedures, assure all standard work instructions are documented, personnel are trained, and SOPs followed.

Paragould, Ar, Us

Areas of responsibility include management and supervision (team of 15 associates) of Supply Chain, IT, Quality Control, and Ship/Pack/Warehouse.

Paragould, Arkansas, Us

Worked with Manufacturing Operations to setup the "freestanding" business as a one-piece flow operation. Setup and opened a remote distribution facility in order to accommodate the peak seasonal levels of customer demand.Implemented solutions based on standard 6-S visual methods.Established and championed Kaizen teams in order to improve warehouse/distribution operations.Worked with the internal and external parties required to plan and move the necessary equipment/machinery to correct the process flow of the upright lines while reducing impact on the business.

Paragould, Arkansas, Us

Asked by company President to work as the interim Distribution Manager to correct the operational issues that were bringing our company's shipping and receiving to a standstill during a seasonal peak period.Brought structure and stability to a chaotic shipping department. Personally responsible for correcting issues related to poor operation, poor morale and unclear expectations.Took the backorder report from 400+ daily backorders to less than 20 in less than 90 days through discipline, organization and focus. Also, took the open sales order report (of outstanding issues) from 178 pages to under 10 pages during this same timeframe. OTR improved to over 99% during my tenure.Worked to facilitate culture change and moved the proper people into the right seats on the bus.

Paragould, Arkansas, Us

Grooming project in which I reported to the General Manager in order to gain experience managing LA Darling shop floor metal work processes.Responsible for moving production to 3 shifts to accommodate the business demand and lessen the impact on the hourly associates (that were working 2 twelve hour shifts, 7 days per week for 4 months straight at the time).

Paragould, Arkansas, Us

Provided future/strategy planning to support L. A. Darling's business growth and improve operations from a long-term view. Responsible for helping define the future market and business plan for the business.Conducted team strategy training sessions using methods proposed by Michael Porter to insure all team members were focusing their efforts on the things required to grow our business.

Paragould, Arkansas, Us

Provided enterprise network support for L. A. Darling's World Headquarters.Installed, setup and supported an international network of users, servers, workstations, switches, routers, CSU/DSUs, firewalls, frame-relay & leased lines utilizing both wired and wireless technology.Orchestrated the enterprise network conversion from Novell Netware 5.1 to Windows 2000 (seven facilities with seventeen servers and over 400 workstations in the US and Canada).Managed the networking/help-desk support staff (initially 8 members, 5 after streamlining).

• Acted as a trusted adviser to provide complete IT solutions for clients• Conducted network load tests, risk management assessments, and developed network architecture models for several small businesses • Implemented and monitored security measures including Sonicwall firewalls • Design and implementation of VPN connected networks• Deployed/Optimized Windows NT/2000 enterprise server and MS Exchange

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Provided third-tier NT server support for Monsanto's World Headquarters. Supported an international network of servers (200+) running the gamut of applications (MS-SQL, Hyperion, Oracle, IIS 3.0 & 4.0, etc.).Personally responsible for the physical installation of several remote site servers and their successful connection and integration into the Monsanto Global network at subsidiary facilities.Actively worked in a team environment in which 99.98% system uptime was a contractual reality.

Northville, Michigan, Us

Assisted in ISO-9000 documentation in order to receive facility certification.Earned supervisory/management experience as the group leader of a product differentiation application line.Perfect attendance for the last 33 months employed.Completed Monroe Management curriculum and received company's management certification.Pursued Management/Computer Information Systems degree while employed full-time (often working 56+ hours per week and classified as a full-time student).

Masters Business Administration, Mba, Business

Ssbb, Six Sigma Black Belt

Leadership, Organizational Leadership

B.A., Computer/Management Information Systems