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Production-Superintendent/Supervisor, 04187

Industry: Automotive


Resides: Ohio

Salary: US $Open

 

Relocate: Yes

 

On the Market:

OVERVIEW:


  • Working my way up, rapidly, from assembler to plant superintendent.
  • Managing 10 production departments with 13 supervisors and 357 personnel on 3 shifts, producing as many as 120 Volvo truck cabs daily – running at 100 to 120 percent of goal.
  • Forming partnerships with all levels of personnel, instilling loyalty, building teamwork, increasing productivity, and ensuring customer satisfaction.
  • Increasing productivity while reducing manpower and maintaining quality.
  • Directing optimal production, safety, and quality of products within budgets and deadlines.
  • Communicating effectively with all levels of company and customer personnel, and improving interdepartmental communication.
  • Achieving recognition for creative/innovative designs and procedures, increasing:

-Accuracy        -Efficiency        -Quality            -Safety             -Accountability

  • Decreasing costs and eliminating waste by using advances in technology.
  • Working with engineers, developing process flow and planning strategies for accommodating increased workloads.

 

OBJECTIVE

*     Production Superintendent                     *     Production Supervisor

 

SUMMARY

*    Over 5 years proven success as Plant Superintendent for 256,000 square foot plant

producing 120 Volvo Truck Cabs, daily, sales of $50,000,000, annually, including:

-Advancing rapidly from Assembler to Plant Superintendent.

-Building teamwork, establishing and achieving company goals, meeting customer requirements, and maintaining quality while reducing manpower.

-Managing all levels of salaried and hourly personnel, serving as a liaison with personnel and management, and improving interdepartmental communication.

-Increasing productivity, decreasing costs, eliminating waste, and increasing profits.

-Using QS/ISO 9000 and Total Quality Management to improve operations.

-Achieving recognition and cash bonuses for “improving quality of cab and maintaining production quotas” – culminating in new engineering designs.

 

EXPERTISE

*    Production Management                            *Problem-Solving                     *Safety

*    Staff Development/Training                        *Employee Relations                *Quality Control

*    Team Building                                           *Customer Relations                 *Negotiation

 

EXPERIENCE

PLANT MANAGEMENT

*    Managed operations of all 10 production departments with 13 supervisors, 357 employees, and 4 robots on 3 shifts in fabrication, spot-welding, mig-welding, ecoating, and painting of Volvo Truck Cabs, including:                                                                                        (Personnel)

-Fabrication/Welding – producing aluminum/steel small parts/assemblies                  (45)

-Fabrication/Welding – preparing assemblies/fixtures for large components                   (37)

-Assembly Line – producing almost completed cabs                                                        (42)

-Metal Finish and Repair Area – readying cabs for painting                                           (25)

-Ecoat Preparation and Application – rust-coating                                                         (11)

-Sealer Line – placing optional componentry on cabs                                                    (45)

-Metal Finish Station – inspecting for quality, repairing, and painting prep                       (05)

-Paint System – preparing for painting, drying, checking for quality, and repairing defects re-checks for quality, clearing for shipping                                                                                         (64)

-Research and Development – developing special designs and options according to customer specifications                                                                                                                     (04)

-Tooling/Theodolite Crew – building and repairing all tooling for plant; conducting preventive maintenance, routinely                                                                                                      (12)

*     Interviewed, hired, trained, motivated, managed, scheduled, and evaluated personnel.

*     Conferred daily with company President and Plant Operations Manager.

*     Supervised 28 spot-welders using CNC Machines, Robotics, Touch board, and Panel Mates in production of 1,500 underbodies for Ford Windstar Vans, daily.

INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY AND DECREASING COSTS

*    Achieved daily average of running plant at 100 to 122 percent.

*    Eliminated 4 positions, while running 125 percent, daily, saving $112,000 annually.

*    Conferred with engineers in development of process flow for reconstructed plant to better meet current and additional anticipated workloads.

*    Eliminated ecoating of service componentry for Volvo, increasing ability to handle additional small parts accounts and produce greater sales revenues.

*    Created design of one template, replacing 5 separate templates:

-Enabling easy insertion of 5 different options in roof above driver

-Reducing parts and manpower costs

-Ensuring customer satisfaction and increasing new, repeat, and referral sales

*    Devised procedure for recycling shipping racks, in-house, saving thousands of dollars.

*    Instituted recycling copper welding tips – using money to establish Bereavement Fund.

*    Developed Preventive Maintenance Programs, decreasing downtime by 20%.

TEAM BUILDING AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION

*     Participated in daily team meetings with department heads, including:

-Engineering    -Sales    -Shipping/Receiving     -Human Resources     -Purchasing     -Quality

*     Conducted daily team meetings with supervisors on:

-Safety Issues                                             -Scheduling Projects                 -Problem Solving

-Plant Policies & Procedures                      -Quality Issues                          -Stress Reduction

-Setting Goals                                             -Improving Conditions              -Motivating Staff

*     Increased worker satisfaction, pride, and productivity by getting to know employees.

-Using positive reinforcement                      -Asking for feedback

-Providing assistance day and night             -Serving as a hands-on role model

-Encouraging input                                      -Treating each person honestly and respectfully

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

(Confidential Company name)Ohio

      Supervisor – Spot-Welding Department                                                                1998 – Present

AMERICAN COMMERICAL VEHICLES

(formerly Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp.), Orrville, Ohio                                              1989 – 1998

      Superintendent of Cab Assembly and Paint Plant (13 supervisors)                     1996 – 1998

      Superintendent of Cab Assembly (9 supervisors)                                                1993 – 1996

      Lead Supervisor – all Cab Operations (4 supervisors, second shift)                       1992 – 1993

      Supervisor – Metal Finish Line, Cab Assembly                                                      1990 – 1992

      Utility Man, Spot welding, Assembler                                                                1989 to 1990

MODERN TOOL & DIE, Valley City, Ohio (Auto and tractor parts)                       

      Spot welder, Assembler, Press Operator                                                           1988 – 1989

CONTINUING EDUCATION

*    Front Line Leadership Course                      *Lean Manufacturing Training  

*    QS/ISO 9000 Classes                                 *Total Quality Management Training

*    Supervisory Management Training               *Business Management Courses

*    Ford Global 8D Process                             *Goal/QPC 7-Step Method    

*    McMaster 5 Point Strategy                         *PDSA

*    Six Sigma

 





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