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Detroit, Mi, Us

Brighton, Michigan, Us

At Unified Industries we build custom designed motion lift assists to customer requests as well as process enclosed aluminum track rail and structures for various industries. Unified is part of the Lifting Solutions group at Columbus McKinnon Corporation. The facility at Unified includes a fabrication area, machine shop, sub assembly area and general assembly area for the motion lift assists. As Operations Manager at Unified Industries, I am responsible for all production, scheduling, purchasing, facility maintenance, EHS as well as our SQDC process in which we track Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost. The goal at Unified is to ship a quality product to customers’ expectations while also living by Columbus McKinnon's values.

London, England, Gb

Overseen all incoming and outgoing quality related issues, in doing so I have implemented a quality control team to mitigate the quality related issues within Center Line National Parts Distribution Center. The objective of this position is to fix the quality related issues through the World Class Logistics Methodology. As Operations Manager my responsibilities fall under overseeing the day to day operation to ensure the team is meeting our KPI (Key Performance Indicators) essentially meeting the metrics that are set fourth at the beginning of the new calendar year. At Mopar the objective is to send the right part with the right quality in the right amount of time, in doing so we satisfy our customers perception of our organizations ability to service them.

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

I supervised the Internal Sequencing Cells at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant.Job duties included the following:• Set up manpower each day• Create One Point Lessons• Report downtime to upper management• Perform Layered process audits• Supervise area of 42 union operators• Work with HR to issue Progressive Disciplines to union employees• Complete quality audit checks on sequenced parts• Set float levels on parts to ensure production line was supplied with enough material• Set up parts in Kanban • Track and update operator job functionsOther Tasks accomplished:-Benchmarked kit cell operations at Saltillo Van, Saltillo Truck and Toluca Assembly Plants.- Analyzed cycle counts for all FCA Assembly Plants.

London, England, Gb

Job Duties:• Trained 40+ suppliers on FCA’s pilot system• Created manual part releases • Set Material Required dates for pilot parts• Reported to upper levels of management on part availability• Trained new hires • Provided status updates on pilot part requests• Communicated part releases to suppliers on monthly basis• Tracked pilot parts from beginning of build until job 1 status• Placed orders for pilot requirements though pilot portal• Supported different vehicle programs pilot part requests• Preformed Annual Physical Inventory Audits across multiple FCA plants• Provided Vehicle Bill Of Material requests to suppliers

I was in the summer vacation replacement program and worked as a Supplier Ship Direct Analyst in Mopar's Inventory Control Department. • Spoke with clients and customers relating to car parts• Created orders for parts• Set parts up as to which department should be taking care of those parts• Changed parts from Depot Stock to Supplier Ship Direct• Filled back order parts and vehicle off road orders for customers which lead to higher customer satisfaction• Spoke with dealerships informing them of when they would get their orders• Called on customers to fill major backorder parts• Worked with a team to get backorders down to zero• Worked with UPS to get direct shipment dates so dealers could give their customers a firm ETA.• Spoke with management to solve company issues pertaining to backordered parts• Kept records of supplier backorders and the dollar amounts they owed

Bachelor'S Degree, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

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