Keith Brown

Experienced Manufacturing Manager

Stevensville, MI

acf3o6@r.postjobfree.com - 269-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE

Intergrated Supply Chain Supervisor/Warehouse Manager

Honeywell - South Bend, IN - August 2013 to Present

Responsibilities

Integrated Supply Chain Manager (Shipping, Receiving and Logistics)

Honeywell Aerospace Division

08/13 to present South Bend, IN

- Responsible for shipping receiving and logistics

- Manager of 5 salaried employees and 20 hourly employees

- Implemented lean manufacturing practices in my area

- Responsible for pricing negotiations

- SAP use and management

- Responsible for employee reviews

- Time and attendance administration and enforcement

- Responsible for answering formal corrective actions

Accomplishments

Bravo Award

Six Sigma Green Belt

Saved more than $500,000 with improvements

Skills Used

Six Sigma

5S

Lean Manufacturing

Problem solving tools

Area Leader (Senior Operations Supervisor)

Alcoa - LaPorte, IN - 2012 to Present

- Responsible for increasing labor utilization of the department

- Budget Management

- Managed Heat Treat department

- Managed and led departmental meetings

- Responsible for reporting and maintaining department metrics

- Managed Hazardous waste-waste streams

- Administered time and attendance

- Handled all disciplinary issues

Senior Supervisor of Supplier Quality

Sullair - Michigan City, IN - October 2011 to Present

Supervisor of Quality Department Receiving inspection

- Responsible for auditing suppliers

- Adherence to ISO standards and guidelines

- Responsible for leading cross functional teams

- Responsible for strict 5S standards

- Performs/ensures investigations and document corrections/modifications are done effectively and in a timely

manner

- Responsible for maintaining and auditing Quality system documentation

- Manage the scheduling of production: set work schedules, provide training and coaching, conduct

performance evaluations, and set departmental goals and expectations.

- Supervisory responsibility includes management of employee performance, development and recourse

planning.

- Acts as a member of the management team and performs other duties as directed by position or required

by leadership

- Insure the appropriate level of accountability for facility goals and objectives at the team leaders and team

members' levels.

- Monitors and take appropriate timely improvement action to meet production quality and quantity.

Team Leader/Supervisor

ConAgra Foods - Indianapolis, IN - 2011 to October 2011

Supervisor of more than 20 hourly employees

- Lead TPM team

- CIP and SIP experience

- Training in Food Defense

- Responsible for strict 5S standards

- Responsible for implementing and maintaining safety standards as required by law, the FDA, and company

policy.

- Performs/ensures investigations and document corrections/modifications are done effectively and in a timely

manner.

- Responsible for creating a high morale workplace with the highest ethical standards.

- Manage the scheduling of production: set work schedules, provide training and coaching, conduct

performance evaluations, and set departmental goals and expectations.

- Supervisory responsibility includes management of employee performance, development and recourse

planning.

- Acts as a member of the management team and performs other duties as directed by position or required

by leadership

- Insure the appropriate level of accountability for facility goals and objectives at the team leaders and team

members' levels.

- Monitors and take appropriate timely improvement action to meet production quality and quantity.

- Utilize problem solving techniques, teamwork building strategies, process control, and continuous process

improvement tools to meet or exceed the facility key operating statistics.

- Management of c(GMP) standards

Production Manager

Sandvik Materials Technology - Benton Harbor, MI - 2007 to 2010

Manager of more than 20 hourly employees, and three Supervisors

- Manager of the maintenance department

- Provide hands-on support to the production personnel

- Manager of Shipping and receiving

- Lean Manufacturing experience

- Adherence to strict 5S standards

- Purchasing experience

- Corrective action response and verification

- Certified in Industrial Storm water management

- Responsible for time and attendance administration and enforcement

- Responsible for writing SOP's and safety guidelines

- Experience in ISO 14000 and 18000

- Safety and Environmental Site Leader

- Responsible for setting and tracking production goals

- Coaching and developing employees

- Report presentation

Supplier Quality Engineer

Bosch Chassis Division - Saint Joseph, MI - 2006 to 2007

Supervisor of Layout department

- Communicated directly with other operational departments as necessary through oral and written presentation

to assure resolution of quality related issues.

- Evaluated field and internal failures by utilizing problem solving and root cause analysis tools and techniques.

- Developed and maintained supplier quality history files.

- Reviewed new design releases or process changes and coordinated adjustments as necessary

- Experience with process improvement

- Experienced use of measurement tools

- Used of SAP for production operations

- Maintained up-to-date supplier capability and rating systems.

- Communicated with suppliers to resolve material problems.

- FMEA, Control plan, 8D review

- Participated in the development of both the short and long term corrective action plans, and follows-up on

corrective action response for rejected materials.

- TS16949 Auditor training

- Audited Suppliers

- Cost of quality trained

Production Supervisor

Bosch Chassis Division - Saint Joseph, MI - 1999 to 2006

Supervisor of more than 70 employees

- Responsible for maintaining strict 5S goals

- Experience working with state of the art equipment

- Responsible for raising employee expectations and standards

- Lean Manufacturing experience. (Bosch Production Systems)

- Maintained high quality standards

- Time and attendance administration and enforcement

- Internal ISO 14000 auditor

- Supervisor of machining and assembly departments

Metallurgical Technician

Bosch Chassis Division - 1999 to 2001

St. Joseph, MI

- Responsible for performing quality audits

- Recognized for innovative ideas

- Performed hourly quality audits.

- Supervisor of Melt department

- Worked with analytical equipment

- Metallurgical analysis of iron

- Maintained metallurgical quality lab

EDUCATION

Master of Science Business Management in Management

Cornerstone University

2009

Bachelor of Science in Biology

University of Arkansas

1996

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

QUALIFICATIONS

TPM Management Experience

Quality Engineer Experience

Production Manager Experience

Continuous Improvement Experience

Experience in P&L Reports

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