Herbert Hanchett

Seasoned manager with 35+ years experience and outstanding skills in management, production, retail, accounting, sales, communication, lean manufacturing, creating and exceeding department goals, scheduling, safety and utilizing various coaching/training techniques.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Great Plains Manufacturing, Salina, KS………………………………………………….March 2013 – Present

Shipping Manager

• Lead a team of 15 – 20 staff to achieve daily and monthly goals in safety, quality, and loading/shipping product domestic and internationally.
• Variety of administrative functions such as scheduling staff and shipments, invoicing, create SOP’s, CCI paperwork, NAFTA documentation, creating BOL’s, lean paperwork, staff appraisals, and capital expenditures for the department.
• Coaching, training, interviewing, problem solving, incident reports, praise and disciplinary actions.
• Working with several programs such as freight rate calculator, PC miler, AS400. 
• Completing and sending CPU/CTA notifications for customer pickups.
• Work and communicate with a variety of departments within the company such as export, assembly, sales, trucking, land pride, service, lean team, paint, safety, HR, fab, engineering, and maintenance in order to provide quick and reliable service to our customer.
• Provide daily accurate cycle count to maintain inventory levels.
• Schedule shipments with dealers, territory managers and various trucking companies in a timely manner.
• Ship product LTL through XPO, Beaver, FedEx and OD.
• Well-versed in running multiple machines such as tractors, forklifts, skid steers, scissor lifts, hoist, tractor trailer to provide help when needed.
• Cross training staff to become better versed in other departments enabling then to be more efficient and productive across multiple departments and areas for the betterment of the company. 

Plant Support Manager

• Set and monitored daily department goals for supervisors and leads to maximize production needs.
• Planned department production based on truck scheduling while maintaining inventory levels.
• Implemented strategies within to improve/grow company goals while eliminating waste to ultimately strengthen the bottom line.
• Involved in shipping, routing trucks, DOT regulations, and logged requirements and limitations due to hours.
• Daily, monthly, quarterly meetings to share strategies, goals and expectations of the company, lean manufacturing, flow of production, production quantity, waste, goals efficiencies, quality, whip, safety and policies.
• Monitored the production flow and changed processes to achieve targeted company goals.
• Communicated daily with all departments regarding any quality issues, safety concerns, etc. to foster a positive, cohesive, successful work environment.
• Maintain close contact and communication with management to move personnel to accommodate/relieve bottleneck issues.
• Scheduled associates according to production needs while being cognitive of over scheduling departments and overtime.
• Upheld Crestwood’s excellent quality standards using methods such as training, quality audits, and coaching, as well as random quality inspections.
• Preserve morale within the company using excellent communication, constructive criticism, instructions, positive affirmation, and uplifting support.
• Knowledge on lock out tag out procedures and machine maintenance.
• Inventory control and cost analysis.

Wichita State University………………………………………………………………………………………………….………1998 – 2003

Internship with Shaver Partnership……………………………………………………………………………………………………1983

Salina Area Vo-Tech……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…1981 – 1982

Drafting and Architectural design

Salina Central High…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1979 - 1982