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Shoreview, Minnesota

Accountable for two production shifts manufacturing up to 11,000 flow meters monthly, used in respiratory ventilators. Supervised 44 employees.• Interviewed and selected candidates for all four manufacturing shifts.• Collaborated with Engineering on new test equipment and Quality department to resolve quality issues.• Worked with other supervisors to reassign employees to other work centers as needed to reduce labor costs.

Managed production, quality and delivery of custom hearing aids. Developed new ideas and implemented them with engineering support. Cross-trained employees to increase operator versatility and production line flexibility. Coached employees to new positions. Supervised up to 52 employees. • Led transfer of production operations from Chicago to Bloomington to lower costs.• Hired, trained and supervised new production operators to supplement Bloomington workforce.• Maintained Key Performance Indicators during transfer and improved on-time delivery of rush orders.• Made three visits to China to provide process and quality assistance to Chinese counterparts.• Worked directly with customers on orders with challenging fit issues.

Supervised the daily efforts of production line of 36 employees manufacturing custom hearing aids for specific customer groups (Costco, VA). Simultaneously supervised production trainers for Bloomington, MN and Chicago sites.• Reduced Hours per Unit by 18 to 23 % depending on production line.• Improved quality and reduced complaints from Top 5 customers while maintaining consistent volumes.• Reduced turn-around-time by focusing on aged and aging orders.• Represented Manufacturing at ERP Software Modification Review meetings to ensure that software met business needs.

Trained 450 production operators at two sites including new hire training, cross-training, new product training and annual skill recertifications. Supervised 15 production trainers.• Developed and implemented training plan for new product launches at two locations for four new-hire engineers.• Provided training support to third party hearing aid repair facility.• Partnered production trainers with new production “mini-lines” to facilitate concept understanding and teamwork.• Cross-trained production operators to support the elimination of production positions and work force reductions.• Challenged plan for process and tooling changes for contouring hearing aid. Desired outcome was achieved with greater operator acceptance by using existing tooling and targeted training.

Taught beginning to intermediate skiers how to ski in both group and private lesson settings.