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North Carolina, United States

Thomasville, Nc, Us

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Split onsite time between 2 facilities. Solicit and evaluate new & current suppliers. Solicit and analyze component bids for production builds, equipment repairs, site improvements, and Cap Ex projects.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Split onsite time between 2 facilities, monitor contracts, orders and expedites delivery; reconciles discrepancies between invoices and purchase orders; arbitrates disputes between end users and vendors.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Split onsite time between the 2 production facilities, researching competition or buying trends, finding potential suppliers, communicating with suppliers, touring supplier facilities, taking of inventory and procurement requests from production, making purchasing recommendations and placing orders for products.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Led 3 Associates, managed inventory control for 4 production departments, shipping and receiving, and materials storage. Scheduled kitting of material based on production planning and scheduling based on sales forecasts. Ensured accuracy of the perpetual inventory system. (Cycle counting)

St. Petersburg, Florida, Us

• Managed 5 shift supervisors. 4 supervisors for the packaging team. 1 supervisor for the assembly team. • SAP Site SME • Hiring, training, and cross training Supervisors.• Verifying daily production reporting.• Conduct daily passdown meetings with Supervisors and supporting staff• Daily tracking of KPI’s, production output• Engage in LSS practices• Write internal & customer corrective action reports for quality issues• Maintain compliance for safety & quality guidelines.• Identify issues in efficiency and suggest improvements.• Verify Production output according to production standards / B.O.M.’s

St. Petersburg, Florida, Us

• Hiring, training, and cross training of Inspector packers• Posting and verifying daily production reporting.• Managing labor placement needs and shortages• Verify production schedules with planning • Engage in LSS practices• Maintain compliance for safety & quality guidelines.• Identify issues in efficiency and suggest improvements.• Submit reports on performance and progress

Quality Control Technician & Process Improvement.NCDOT / ACI certified Field Technician I • Reading blueprints & performing Prepour inspections• Report any and all non-conformance issues to the QA / QC Manager• Perform testing of plastic and cured concrete and record all related information• Concrete Placement• Batch Plant housekeeping & maintenance• Quality inspection before loading of materials• Following Pour Schedule in assigned mold• Finishing & Lifter placement in concrete. • Performing final walk through responsibilities• Writing operational procedures & verifying mold specs• Filling in for absent / vacationing employees• Operate cranes, forklifts, loaders and other equipment safely • Perform daily inventory checks for job specific items.• Reviewing Safety procedures, documentation, & policies with Safety Manager

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Supported the MDF plant start-up. This includes employee screening, evaluating, hiring, & development. • Start-up liaison between Engineering Teams & Contractors while managing teams safely & effectively. • Assembled a Shift Emergency response team after Start-up was complete. • Managed staff & equipment to maintain Flakeboard’s status with North Americas environmental stewardship programs. Sustainability, ECC, CARB (Phase 2 compliance), FSC, LEEDS, ISO 9001-2008 & ISO 14001 compliance.• Strong Cross-training & Team work practices gave our Production, Finishing, Quality, & Maintenance Team the highest number of Employee Promotions out of a 4-shift rotation. • Hold or share Top 5 Press Production & Finishing Shift Performance records. • Managed Production & Quality Technicians to maintain our position at the top of our Monthly KPI Performance Objectives using PDCA’s. • Championed to manage the cleaning, general maintenance, and recommend improvements of the MDF Press & Press building.• Planned & assigned Production & Maintenance activities through subordinates to ensure most effective utilization of manpower and materials.• Monitored production performance against objectives. Identified and enforced counter-measures for below target performance with Direct reports.• Certified to train new hires to use Mobile equipment. (Loaders, Forklifts, Man lifts, & Scissor Lifts)• Coached Production & Finishing employees to continually improve outgoing product quality to dealers & customers. Achieved a consistent Quality level above 95%.• Worked with Technicians to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain equipment to minimize downtime• Assist the Production Planner to actively manage the Production Schedule.• Calibration & Maintenance of testing equipment, Release of incoming goods, QC of IPC, QC Sample & results Management, Final product QC, Release of outgoing goods, and documentation goals.• Maintained Good Housekeeping practices.

• increase Shift Productivity, reduce downtime & waste and develop new color blends.• Support a Process Startup. (installation, set-up, integrating, and troubleshooting of equipment.)• Plant production improved 50% in the first 5 months. Downtime was reduced 25%. • Waste on the their most popular sales item was reduced 50%.• Implement accomplishment-oriented goals and Company GMP practices.• R&D projects: 3 new color blends were introduced.• Monitor Raw Material inventory levels• Equipment Maintenance of production equipment• Daily Production meetings with Production Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Planning, and Quality Manager• Safety team member

Dublin, Ie

• Promoted to Plant Foreman in 2 years• Production planning for 5 Manufacturing processes• Yearly increases in production cycles for 10 years in a row. (Producing over 100K cycles of product Cycle average is 75K). • Safety committee member. Received award for superior safety performance and compliance.• Eliminate wasteful practices: proper utilization of employees & raw materials (Produce only what is needed)• Received recognition for Production increases, reducing downtime, and waste.• Maintenance of Production equipment & parts ordering.• Developed in-house equipment to save the expense of purchasing new equipment. • Negotiated pricing for the purchase and delivery of raw materials and parts.• Participation of the yearly production budget, CAPEX requests, and cost analysis.• Review new sales orders with Leadership, Sales, & Planning • Parts, Maintenance & Repair Planning with ERP system. • Calibration & Maintenance of testing equipment, Release of incoming goods, QC of IPC, QC Sample & results Management, Final product QC, Release of outgoing goods, and documentation goals.• Written and implemented Lock out / Tag out procedures, SOPs and cGMP’s. • R&D project: develop & maintain new batch recipes, reduce raw material costs, & introduce new products• Implement Time management & Process improvements to increase Plant production.• Developed and maintained Master Production Schedules using a S. & O.P. process & Excel spreadsheets. • Traveled to customer sites to improve outgoing product quality and improve customer relations.• Maintained inventory levels of raw materials

Dublin, Ie

• First aid trained and safety committee member• Planned and coordinated production system changes to eliminate production downtime • Received recognition for Production increases, reducing downtime, and waste for 2 years in a row.• Equipment Maintenance of Production equipment. • Requisitioned raw material ordering.

Amsterdam, New York, Us

Cranesville Block is a Leader in the RediMix / Precast industry.Precast Concrete Worker / Foreman:Assist in the construction, erection, repair and modification of precast concrete structures; work with wood, metal and/or concrete materials using a variety of hand and power tools. Precast Concrete work involves any combination of duties and responsibilities that include: • Remove tarps, plastic and dunnage from product every morning or as needed. • Pull cable / tie rebar as layout and plans dictate. • Cut cable, remove recess cups, remove gates and remove block-outs as directed.• Prepare and Install mesh or other items required in product. • Apply form oil / bond breaker as directed. • Grind and clean beds or molds as the product is removed. • Stack, pack, carry, police and arrange materials as directed. • Managing raw material bin levels• Ran batching system to load Redi-Mix trucks. • Repair and maintenance of Precast Equipment, Molds, Conveyors, Mixers, Batching systems, and Packaging systems.• Begin casting product by mucking, vibrating, screeding or other jobs as directed • Clean up tools and work area at the end of shift or during shift as the work schedule permits. • Operated cranes, trucks, forklifts, and loaders and other equipment safely. • Always worked safely and followed all established safety policies. • Performed additional duties as assigned by supervisory personnel.

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

RGIS is the market leader in Supply chain, Inventory, Insights, Merchandising and Optimization solutions. Inventory, Auditing, & Merchandising Management• Responsible for the profitability and efficiency of assigned teams and districts• Meeting with customers to discuss upcoming events, sales, scheduling of inventories and other events• Ensuring appropriate staffing levels for each scheduled event.• Districts weekly, hiring and training of district employees at all levels• The care and maintenance of all equipment assigned to the district• Arranging for the completion of merchandising projects• Received numerous District of the Month awards for highest Profit Margins.• Work on projects for our clients that involve the placement and assembly of selling fixtures, adjustment of shelves and arrangement and placement of products on the shelves for store remodels/resets and store openings. • Promoted to Team Leader after 1 year of service• Promoted to Area Manager after 2 years of service