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St Petersburg, Florida, United States

Lakeland, Florida

* Provide leadership and direction to the production team in areas of safety, planning, efficiency, GMP’s, and quality control.* Recommend operating objectives, plans for production facility to meet the plant’s overall business goals.* Ensure the production supervisors held regular safety meetings, monitor safety practices and the use of personal protective equipment.* Hold daily production meetings with Production Supervisors and Customer Service Representative to maintain delivery objectives and customer satisfaction.* Manage the production scheduling process to meet customer commitments by optimizing the use of plant resources to complete assigned tasks for on time deliveries.* Managed inventory control in a joint effort with purchasing to maintain adequate levels to ensure customer commitments.* Ensure plant facilities and equipment is maintained to meet production goals and establish a preventative maintenance program to optimize efficiencies.* Establish documentation and data control to maintain compliance of all OSHA and state regulations of environmental permits.* Analyzed data using the ERP software (SAP) to view system reports.* Assist in conducting annual formal and informal performance appraisals and hiring new employees.* Analyze and review product prices for established tiers and ensure District Sales Managers assigned to the facility adhered to the set company policies.* Generate quotes for current or new customers applying established price book pricing, or creating MLO’s through Product Engineering to effectively establish a competitive price.* Monitored Production Orders and Inspection Reports were accurate and complete before product was released for shipment.* Ensure that operators and secondary operations adhered to work instructions to comply with quality control standards and customer specifications. * Apply the 5S+ Method technique of Lean Manufacturing to eliminate waste by increasing production efficiency.

Moline, Illinois

Machining/Fabrication facility providing worldwide services for agricultural, construction, military, escalator/elevator, and other major industries.* Direct and manage project development from creation to completion.* Create required process documents for projects using ERP system (JobBOSS).* Purchase raw materials, tooling for developed projects and supplies to support the production facility.* Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management.* Develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents.* Effectively communicate project expectations to team members in a timely and clear fashion.* Plan, generate, and maintain the daily production work schedule and uphold customer due dates.* Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.* Create and maintain required PPAP documents to sustain John Deere’s quality methods.* Initiate and implement processes to further develop project manager’s responsibilities. * Assist and generate quotes for project requests from customer base.* Delegate tasks and responsibilities to manufacturing in order to fulfill project assignments.* Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and contractors. * Build, develop, and generate any business relationships vital to the success of company progress.

Bettendorf, Ia

* Participate in a joint effort with other department leads to synchronize work flow in order to meet strict customer deadlines. * Instruct associates in policies, procedures, and standards as needed. * Adhere to union guidelines when addressing personnel requests or disciplinary actions. * Developed statistical and narrative data to evaluate furnace efficiency to minimize furnace downtime.* Plan, generate, and maintain the daily production schedule to assure product deadlines. * Proactively manage changes in daily activities, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.* Synchronize activities with maintenance department to maintain PM’s on furnaces and support equipment.* Effectively communicate and provide data to upper management to improve production techniques and standards, manpower fulfillments, and concerns pertaining to departmental efficiencies.

Kandahar, Afghanistan

In support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the 4/401st Army Field Support Battalion (AFSB) was a multi-functional 2,800 man formation responsible for the fielding and sustainment of rolling and non-rolling government furnished equipment for US and coalition elements for southern Afghanistan.* Performed logistical data analysis, identification of support requirements, and logistical planning for contingencies. * Maintained executive level oversight and execution through the collection, coordination, and dissemination of multi-source information, interfacing with higher headquarters, customer units, Program Managers, and contractors, and providing detailed reporting of current mission status.* Provide assets to current forces or incoming units by issuing from Army Prepositioned Stocks(APS), Theater Sustainment Stocks(TSS), or Operational Stocks(OPSTK) in the Army Materiel Command's(AMC) multifunctional logistical support, consisting of Regional Commands South and West, encompassing across Combined/Joint Operation Area (CJOA)* With guidance from the Support Planning Officer (SPO), coordinate and direct the day-to-day logistical support mission that includes base support, maintenance support, and transportation support operations consisting of a $7 billion dollar materiel enterprise.* Evaluate logistic readiness sustainment reports, lessons learned, & resolve problem areas.* Analyze logistic exercises, contingency operations, & logistic lessons learned to identify operations logistic requirements. * Update reflected sensitive data through ARCENT Theater Common Operating Picture (ATCOP) to provide visibility of assets in an operational, deficient, and essential status itemization. * Submit required directive reports to the 401st Army Field Support Brigade on a daily basis to facilitate visibility of all Theater Sustainment/Operational Stocks within the 4th Battalion’s footprint to sustain Regional Command South and West encompassing 155,000 square miles.

Davenport, Iowa Area

State of the Art heat treat facility specializing in vacuum carburizing for industries which include agricultural, construction, aerospace, and automotive.* Monitor and evaluate the accuracy of the manufacturing process and execute the production plan.* Generate production work orders and analyze data after completion. * Plan, generate, and maintain the daily production work schedule and uphold customer commitments. * Monitor the maintenance department and sustain PM's on production equipment.* Monitor and improve product throughput by applying LEAN Six Sigma Manufacturing techniques.* Developed statistical and narrative data to evaluate key factors of the heat treat process and justify any necessary changes or recommendations using statistical problem solving techniques. * Communicate with customers to explore options/alternatives to minimize production backlogs & avoid impact due to lack of components.* Instruct associates in policies, procedures, and standards as needed. * Implement corrective/preventive actions to ensure that all internal and external customer satisfactions are being achieved. * Assist in program management with core team to obtain new customers through research and development to acquire superior product performance by holding close tolerance dimensional requirements. * Inspect/Verify for compliance in a joint effort with the Chief Metallurgist to assure that blue print specifications are being achieved. * Assist in joint effort with the Chief Metallurgist to develop Statistical Process Control charts to evaluate key factors of the heat treat process. * Participate in a joint effort with core team to review problem resolutions and customer verification processes to produce/maintain customer satisfaction. * Process owner of key areas of TS-16949 Quality System. * Provide information and advice to upper management to improve production techniques and standards, manpower fulfillments, as well as other changes to the facility.

Rock Island, Il

* Monitor and evaluate the accuracy of the manufacturing process through entire production phase for product acceptance. * Advise associates of capacity requirements and verify those capacities. * Inspect/Verify for compliance using customer blue prints that all quality standards on production work performed are being achieved. * Plan, generate, and maintain the daily production work schedule and verify customer commitments were achieved.* Communicate manpower and equipment needs to upper management* Determine and coordinate training measures to production personnel. * Coordinate routine equipment maintenance requirements. * Produce, analyze, and invoice production orders processed.

Bachelor Of Science, Industrial Technology

Associate Of Science, Mechanical Technology Cad/Cam