Michael Hunter Email & Phone Number

United States

(Manufacturer of Back-up Power Batteries)Production SupervisorDirectly responsible for operators and processes to manufacturing targets. Also, responsible for On-Time Deliver and Quality Assurance while maintaining a safe work environment.• Maintained staff by recruiting, selecting, orientating and training employees/new hires. Responsible for leadership, staff performance, reviews, policy enforcement, disciplinary, work production and feedback etc.• Completes production plans by scheduling, assigning staff, establishing priorities, monitoring progress, revising schedules, resolving problems and reporting result of shift production.• Champion department safety, Kaizen and 5S Programs and cost reduction.• Maintain assembly line balancing, bottleneck identification and time studies.• Worked cross-functionally with other departments to achieve performance goals.• Lead and motivate a diverse workforce.

Lithonia, Ga

Provided training, support, and direction to Union Assembly Employees on standardized production processes and procedures while maintaining inventory.• Trained HS&E and TS16949 procedures.• Implemented 5S Kaizens within department.• Restructured the Vacuum Forming Inspector’s location and process which saved time in the detection and production of defective parts resulting in a $20,000 yearly savings.• Streamlined, reorganized, and labeled department inventory reducing excess parts and range of motion resulting in a $5,500 yearly savings.

Clarkston, Ga

Planned, coordinated and directed the day to day operations of the plant. Responsible for ensuring and improving the performance, productivity, efficiency and profitability of departmental and organizational operations through the provision of effective methods and strategies.• Provided ongoing support for modification and de-bugging of manufacturing and material handler automation equipment resulting in a major reduction in down time by30%.• Created Kaizen events throughout plant which reduced unused inventory by finding private and public buyers that brought in $40,000 in sales. • Reviewed and utilized financial data to improve profitability.

Lead a team through the process of painting earth moving equipment while achieving company goals and focus of continuous improvement and promoting a team based culture.• Implemented 5S standards.• Created downtime report to track performance of paint equipment runtime.• Implemented First Pass Yield (FPY) to monitor quality of paint.• Developed and maintained a visual management board for team performance.

Prepared and painted raw materials used to produce office furniture. Ensured company quality and loss prevention guidelines were met.• Standardized and reduced overall carts required for parts to flow through Autophoretic paint system. • Implemented standardized work flow charts illustrated with pictures used by all employees.• Spearheaded movement of parts from powder line to Autophoretic line that realized $43,000 in annual cost reductions.• Reduced floor space by 30% for parts and freed up 50% of labor force by implementing Kaizen concepts and techniques.• Established a quick return process for powder painted rejected parts that resulted in a 98% cost reduction ($132,480).• Implemented pull systems that converted the paint process to a pass through system.• Developed standardized procedures and initiated reduced setup time by 50% for a robotic welding cell.• Spearheaded a 5-S program as part of the plant’s overall goal to utilize the Toyota Production System.