Operations/Manufacturing Manager at Leggett & Platt (2022-11 – Present)
- Oversee the day-to-day processes and production floor. Manage and direct 7 Shift managers to fulfil our customers' requirements and achieve my KPI's.
- Spearhead CI initiatives and promote kaizen with an emphasis on 6S
- Manage manpower direct and indirect labor to meet our optimal efficiencies without exceeding cost margins.
- Work with all support teams and be involved in future projects.
- Also work well with H.R and deal with personnel, tackle attendance and maintain company policies.
Shift Manager at Leggett & Platt (2022-04 – 2022-11)
- Oversee and supervise 70 employees ensuring that daily production goals are met. Conducting and communicating company's goals and customers' expectations.
- Organize manpower to their work cells daily.
- Ensure Safety, Quality and Production requirements are met.
- First-hand responders to deal with problem solving to meet these requirements are satisfied on a daily, to meet our customer's expectations.
- Use 6S philosophies for effective production results in Safety/Quality/Production/Cost/Ergonomics.
Manager at SYNCREON Automotive and Logistics (2009-09 – 2022-04)
- Oversee and supervise over 110 unionized employees ensuring that daily production goals are met. Conducting and communicating company's goals and customers' expectations at start up meetings.
- Proper training of a new employee to complete the task following standard work safely.
- Organizing manpower to their workstations daily. Following up with employees, auditing and ensuring task is completed with the highest Quality in mind.
- Oversee and manage the daily activities of a large logistics operation to maximize scheduling and delivery of commodities and containers to our customer and our suppliers.
- Involve, work with, and use support staff to improve high Quality, to increase production and improve ergonomics of the job.
- Review ongoing performance results to targets, take corrective measures with authorization, escalate as needed.
- Conduct daily task having in mind Cost savings, Quality, Ergonomics, and production.
- Assisted and launched operations and logistic layout in our new 750,000 facility moved from our 635 Spruce wood building to our current 2935 Pillette in August of 2012. Conduct personal performance evaluations for new hires.
- Issue disciplines to employees when required according to the collective agreement.
Machine and Casting Operator at Ford Motor Company (1998-09 – 2007-10)
- Assembler of 5.4-liter Triton engine, production line operator-Windsor Engine plant and Annex.
- Set up and maintain machinery.
- Check and maintain Quality of product. Set up and worked on casting of 3.9-liter aluminum heads-Essex Aluminum plant.
- Set up and maintenance of casting die.
- Die grind and spray sliding die-Low pressure. -Sub union representative at Essex Aluminum-Local 200.
- Trained on forklift driving. Trained and studied Ford Production System-FPS.
- Received Quality recognition for finding defects during assembly-Quality Q1 award. -Recognized and rewarded for top Quality and production of casting aluminum 3.9 heads.
Midnight shifts Production/Manager at Quality Safety Systems-QSS (1992-09 – 1998-09)
- Oversee and supervise over 100 non-unionized employees to ensure daily Quality and productivity goals are met.
- Conducted and communicated start up shift meetings. Organized and delegated manpower to cells daily.
- Held weekly safety talks. -Ensured computer payroll system was completed correctly daily.
- Trained employees to complete and follow work instructions safely. Oversee the assembly of seat belts and automated robotics.
- Handled and trained on explosives-Pretension safety devices. -Sent to Switzerland to study and run robotics/automation. (Allen Bradley PLC 5). -Trained, studied and followed Toyota Production Systems-TPS-Piece per Process/5S/Kanban/Kaizen.
- Work with engineering for continuous improvements of Quality, Ergonomics, and production. Graduated and studied various team building and leadership skills courses within the company.
