Operations Manager (234962) Bachelors Operations Management / Chemical Mfg, Injection Molding, Extrusion / Cleveland, Akron OH area
Highly motivated and results-oriented Production / Operations Manager with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. He has a Bachelors and an Associate Degree. He has a diverse professional background with manufacturing, planning/supply, and warehouse management experience in chemicals and materials manufacturing.
His operations experience includes Injection molding, stamping, extrusion, chemical manufacturing, and batch manufacturing operations. In his progressive roles, he has built a track record of achieving inventory, cost, delivery and safety improvements. He is currently employed as an Operations Manager but the plant is scheduled to close. This Game Changer is interested in exploring new production/operations leadership opportunities in the Cleveland and Akron OH areas where he can lead a team to maximize profits and achieve World Class Manufacturing. His notable experience includes:
• Have not had a recordable accident in over 800 days.
• Improved OTD, communications and processes for shipping bulk deliveries from 95% to 99%.
• Created re-order point report for raw materials, this improved proper buying of raw material quantities reducing inventory by 12 %. Improved days on hand by 6 days.
• Improved operating expenses reductions from -7% in 2012 to -18% in 2013 to currently -26% in 2014.
• Improved department efficiency which resulted in increased profit margin from 18% in 2012 to 26% in 2014.
• Reduced Safety incidents by half, through daily start up meetings and Safety start up walkthroughs.
• Led an Inventory Reduction initiative by reducing inventory in assigned areas by over $2M during 2011, with a goal of $750K.
• Review MRP in SAP for over 50,000 products for both regular customers and GSA accounts.
• Adjusting Production Schedules
• Establishing Production Sequences
• Cell Manufacturing Operations
• Batch Manufacturing Operations
• Injection Molding Operations – Oatey
• Forging Operations –
• Aluminum Stamping Operations – Oatey
• Pressing Operations
• Blending Operations
• Assembly Operations
• Fabrication Operations
• Forming Operations
• Extrusion Operations – Oatey
• Non-Destructive Testing
• Shipping / Receiving Operations
• Chemical Manufacturing
• Equipment Parts / Component Manufacturing
• Electrical Instruments / Component Manufacturing.
• Fabricated Metal, and Machinery Manufacturing
• Building Materials Manufacturing
• High Volume Manufacturing
• Batch Manufacturing
• MOC Management of Change
• BOM
• Creating SOPs
• Continuous Improvement Projects
• Process Optimization
• Process Troubleshooting
• Creating/Implementing Operations Metrics
• Running Operations on Metrics
• Demand Planning
• Driving Cost Reduction
• Ensuring Future Material Availability
• Ensuring Optimal Inventory
• WIP Inventory Management
• Inventory Controls
• Managing Safety Stock
• Meeting Manufacturing Delivery Targets
• Increasing Production Capacity
• Increasing Throughput
• Reducing Scrap
• Holding Kanban Events
• Implementing Lean into Manufacturing
• Prioritizing Jobs
• Production Planning
• Identifying Capacity Requirements
• Preparing Production Schedules
• Scheduling Materials / Labor
• ERP Systems
• MRP Systems
• FIFO Systems
• JIT Systems
• Improving Manufacturing Processes
• Developing Cost Effective Processes
• Union Workforce
• Statistical Process Control SPC
• Maintaining Production Paperwork
• Managing Multiple Projects
• Plant Maintenance
• Preventative Maintenance
• Resolving Production Bottlenecks / Problems
• Production Quality experience
• Team Leadership
EDUCATION
• BBA in Operations Management Cleveland State University- Cleveland
• Associate of the Arts degree, Ohio Cuyahoga Community College- Cleveland, Ohio
• Certified Internal Auditor ISO 9001
• OSHA 30-hour training
SOFTWARE SKILLS:
Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, Outlook, AS/400, PRMS, BOSS Warehouse Management System, Triceps warehouse management system, and SAP, Chempax.