Peter Close Email & Phone Number

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

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.

• 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

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.

• 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.

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.

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.
• 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.

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