Tom Johnston Email & Phone Number

Corvallis, Or, Us

Corvallis

Manage Lionbridge Manufacturing and Test Operations at Corvallis HP site

Stayton, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon Area

 Coordinate daily activities of 30+ employees including utility aids, welders, grinders, x-ray readers and x-ray shooters Maintain safe work environment conducting daily safety audits, weekly safety meetings and implement safety improvements Plan, organize and supervise shift operation in accordance with production schedules Track and move parts through production floor ensuring that daily production goals are met Work with each employee to effectively resolve grievances and give necessary feedback on employee performance

Eugene, Oregon Area

 Ingredient & Packaging Logistics o Create and communicate quarterly forecasts on ingredients and packaging with Copackers. o Create ingredient contracts.o Coordinate and communicate ingredient and packaging logistics with CB staff, Copackers and warehouse personnel.o Create Purchase Orders for CB managed and owned ingredients and packaging. o Maintain and track inventories of CB managed and owned ingredients and packaging.  Production Scheduling o Coordinate with GM to accurately translate sales forecasts into volume production amounts and orders for all CB products.o Maintain and update production forecasting and ordering spreadsheets.o Create and submit PO’s for production at Co-packers.o Track and reconcile production yields and packaging/ingredients usage. Co-packer, Ingredient and Packaging vendor relationship management o Manage high quality communications and relationships with Co-packers, vendors and all CB staff involved in the quality control, production, sourcing and development of all CB products;o Manage and negotiate Co-packer, ingredient vendor and packaging contracts and pricing;o Coordinate communications with Co-packers in regards to recipe, ingredient and packaging updates and changes.

Corvallis, Oregon Area

Coordinate daily activities of 15 - 23 employees Manage teams in 3 lab working on several projects Create/Maintain Production, R&D and Chemical Lab team schedulesReview deliverables in weekly Operations meeting, adjust plans accordinglyManage performance metrics to meet/exceed goals Assist in the direction of the work flow to ensure goals are met/exceeded Effectively communicate with all levels, creating and adhering to an open-door policy of communication Develop processes that improve/increase effectiveness of productivity and efficiency while ensuring safe work practices Create and ensure a positive, efficient, safe work environment Drive and manage change Other duties, as assigned

Corvallis, Oregon Area

Coordinate daily activities of 8-12 employees on production floorMonitor and evaluate employees based on management-developed metrics and customer needsWork to ensure safe working environment for all employeesCreate/Maintain Production scheduleWork Within Budgetary Constraints Schedule/Plan Operations and Staff Meetings

Recognized as extremely knowledgeable regarding ISO 9001:2000 and Quality Management Systems. Asked to apply for and hired to help lead site-wide Quality System Team. Primary duties included, coaching local Business Process Owners on improving site-wide processes, coaching local Managers to improve efficiency and effectiveness of their organizations, work with Management and Individual Contributors to find systemic solutions to issues found while conducting quality audits. Recruit, train and lead individuals on bi-yearly, site-wide quality audits. Escort external quality auditors and ensure sustainability of ISO 9001:2000 certification. • Completed Green Belt training• Certified by ETI Corporation as Lead Auditor• Completed internal Supplier Auditor training in order to conduct supplier audits• Owner of Site Quality Manual• Mentor of local audit teams• Developed Quality metrics for Management• Owner of Quality System websiteCharged with streamlining Quality Management System. Reduced amount of documentation, significantly. Rewrote Quality Manual to make pertinent to employees. Reduced number of Business Processes. Re-wrote Quality Policy. Redefined Records process to make it less cumbersome and reduce the number of records in storage. Redefined metrology process to ensure all critical gauges were calibrated prior to use in an effort to reduce scrap and increase yields.

Developed local Quality audit process. Lead auditor for local audit process. Trainer for Operators, Technicians and Supervisors in Quality Management Systems and ISO 9001:2000. Developed and taught local auditor class. Hosted External Auditors and reviewed/refined external audit findings.Conducted and designed experiments. Developed new testing processes. Created documentation for training purposes on newly developed testing processes. Developed new calibration/verification process for area gauges. Designed engineering experiments. Conducted gauge R&R’s and Kappa studies. Sent to Chicago for manufacturing line characterization and line buy off.Facilitator and Lead Safety Coordinator for area. Facilitator of local safety committee.Managed work in progress (WIP) through manufacturing lines to maintain schedules and to ensure shipment of quality product. Coordinator of experiments on line collecting data, monitoring and making necessary changes to the process and performing inspections for quality.Assisted Manager with various administrative duties (collecting data and creating spread sheets for meetings, creating rotation schedules for operators and technicians, following up with engineering on various line projects.) Consistently worked to improve teamwork using communications and conflict resolutions skills.

Bs, Political Science

Degree completion - end of winter term 2011

Radio Broadcasting License, Radio And Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician

Activities and Societies: Hosted a morning radio show. Radio Broadcasting