John T Williamson

O-*** Heron Drive

Grand Rapids, MI 49534

616-***-****

acelma@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a full time position, within a growing company that

can utilize the skills I have to offer. I am a very dependable and

motivated with the ability to create success in the areas of quality, cost,

delivery, safety and morale.

Related Skills:

ISO 14001

Operations Management

TS 16949 Front

Line Supervision

MRP/SAP Planning & Scheduling Lean Manufacturing

Materials Planning Continuous

Improvement Methods

Inventory Control 5-S

Implementation

Microsoft Office Kaizen

Statistical Process Control Data driven

problem solving

Systems Auditing Quality

Inspection

Work Experience:

Tubelite Inc. - Production Supervisor

10/2012- Present

Supervising the assembly department - Assembly of architectural products.

Responsible for

Operations and continuous improvement in areas of safety, quality, cost,

delivery and morale. Coaching and mentoring reports to achieve optimum

results.

Benteler Aluminum Systems - Production Supervisor

08/2012- 10-2012

Overseeing the processing of various aluminum components and finished goods

assemblies.

Responsible for the overall performance of the structures department in the

areas of safety, quality, cost, delivery and

morale.

Acemco Automotive Inc.- Production Supervisor - Stamping Operations

10/2011-08/2012

Supervising the stamping department- Driving improvement in quality, cost

delivery, safety and morale.

Gill Industries- Production Supervisor - Stamping Operations

04/06 - 09/2010

Overseeing 25-30 people in the sheet metal stamping portion of the

organization; Progressive dies, transfer dies, secondary dies metal

stamping experience.

Accountable for measurement and continuous improvement in quality, cost,

safety and delivery performance of the stamping department.

Engaged in multiple ongoing continuous improvement projects including:

Tooling downtime reduction, Quality/PPM improvement, Quick die change, 100%

Schedule Attainment, Safety initiatives, 5-S shop floor organization, and

Employee Training; Demonstrated marked success in all of the aforementioned

projects.

GinSan Industries/ Vac Lovers Inc. - Production Manager/ Inventory Control

8/03 - 04/06

BOM Improvement initiative - Revising BOM's in operating system to insure

correct inventory for manufacturing and improved inventory accuracy to

expedite inventory reduction initiatives.

Developed and implemented in-process inspection systems resulting in

improved quality/customer satisfaction; Developed and implemented labor

reporting systems to aid in, labor budgeting, cost estimation and product

pricing; Training and coaching Supervisors in 5S, lean mfg. principles,

cross-training, safety initiatives, conflict resolution, etc.

Benteler Automotive Corp. - Materials Planner II, Production Supervisor

10/98 - 08/03

Authored and implemented procedures for vendor returns resulting in

savings of $20,000.00 annually in inventory holding costs; Maintaining

inventory accuracy in excess of 98% cycle count program/MRP system; Plant

Liaison to the corporate logistics provider- My efforts here resulting in

transportation's savings in excess of $150,000.00 per year for year 2001;

Leading an assembly line from a defective PPM of 3000 improving to zero ppm

and maintained the zero PPM rating for a period of 1.5 years; Leading an

assembly line with an on time delivery rating of 85% improving to 100% on

time and sustaining the rating for a period of 1.5 years. The deciding

factor in the plant obtaining Ford Q1 status.

Hansen Manufacturing Inc. - Operations Manager - Metal Stamping Plant

07/97 - 10/98

Implemented a quick die change program reducing setup time by 30% in the

course of eight months; Reduced raw materials inventories by 20% within 90

days; Implemented a preventative die maintenance program resulting in a

labor utilization improvement of 10%.

Center Manufacturing Inc. - Production Supervisor - Metal Stamping and

Assembly 03/ 85 - 07/97

Overseeing groups of 20-50 production employees and several skilled trades'

people; developed and managed robotics preventative maintenance programs

resulting in drastically improved labor utilization. Nearly 30 % in some

cases; Implemented Visual Work Instructions in instrument panel assembly

dept; Implemented 5S shop floor organization in the instrument panel

assembly dept; acting quality liaison between pressroom and instrument

panel assembly dept. Other positions held: Quality Inspector, Automatic

press operator, Production Operator.

Education

APICS 2001/2002

Master Planning of Resources

Detailed Scheduling & Planning

Grand Rapids Community College 1994/1995

Technical math 103

Technical Math 104

Business Administration 103

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