J ohn Fernandez

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Warehouse Operations – Shipping & Receiving – Manufacturing

A h ighly experienced Operations Manager who has demonstrated the ability to lead diverse teams to

new levels of success in a variety of highly competitive industries. With Strong technical and business

qualifications and more than 15 years of hands-on experience in all facets of manufacturing and

warehouse management, including Lean Manufacturing Principles 5s, and Kanban systems. Proven

ability to successfully analyze an organization’s critical business requirements, indentify deficiencies,

potential opportunities, and develop innovative and cost-effective solutions to be competitive in today’s

market.

R ecent Accomplishments

I mpact Engineered Labor Solutions

• Successfully managed the start-up and development of a picking and packing operation within

an automotive distribution facility.

• Developed a strong customer relationship to ensure growth within the facility.

• Created and maintained all t raining manuals for Safety, Quality, and Work instructions.

• Within 3 years, help to increase the facilities shipments of product from $1.5 million per month

i n revenue to $5 million per month.

Professional Experience

Impact Engineered Labor Solutions – Smyrna, Tennessee

January 2010 – Present

O perations Manager

• Responsible for start-up and growth of a Picking and Packing operation within an automotive

parts distribution warehouse.

• Successfully acquired and transferred all contract work within the facility to IELS employees.

• Developed all Safety, Quality, and Work Instructions to conform to customer demands.

• Reorganized packing area to allow for optimum output and decrease non-value added steps.

• Created a stable and t rusting relationship with customer to allow for freedom of scheduling

w hile continuing to stay within the customer’s budgets and cycle times.

L aid off From Nashville Wire Products – Lebanon, Tennessee

March 2009 – January 2010

• Stayed out of work due to Family I llness.

Nashville Wire Products – Nashville, Tennessee

2006 - 2009

Shipping and Receiving Coordinator / P roduction Supervisor

• Increased on time delivery of shipments while eliminating 1 of 4 warehouse positions.

• Reduced overtime by 40% in warehouse by increasing employee output.

• Reduced shipping cost by combining shipments, utilizing load plans on full t ruckloads, creating

spreadsheets to t rack shipments and inventories for higher volume customers.

• Logistics coordination of all LTL shipments.

• Developed and cross t rained employees in Lean Manufacturing principles to reduce scrap and

i ncrease productivity.

• Reorganized raw materials to ensure first in-first out utilization for a more controlled

i nventory.

Flexcel – M adison, Tennessee

2002 – 2006

P roduction Manager

• Managed 40+ employees manufacturing large screen television cabinets for our client Toshiba.

• Developed a production line to a 95% on time ratio

• Increased first pass yield of product to 92% from 75%.

• Championed our facility to passing ISO 9002 Certification.

• Led our facility from 20% labor cost to a final 11.5% labor cost overall.

• Facilitated employees to working more efficiently and lowering scrap cost by training in all

aspects of Lean Manufacturing, 5S and JIT techniques.

• Developed new assembly techniques and work stations to create an ergonomically correct

environment for all employees.

TRW Commercial Steering – Lebanon Tennessee

March 1998 – April 2002

Area Coordinator

• Utilized my t raining in Lean Manufacturing, 5s and JIT techniques to ensure all production on

a 2nd shift was produced with a minimum of waste, inventory, and labor.

• Effectively supervised the Machining and Heat Treat departments in the manufacturing of

Rack Pistons to provide the assembly department with the correct products according to

demand in the manufacturing of Steering Gears.

• Facilitated all Safety, Quality, Inventory and QS 9000 Audits certifications within my

department.

• Effectively supervised 30+ employees in a Union Environment.

Education

U niversity Of Phoenix – Online

2000 – 2003

Bachelor’s in Marketing

University of Villanova

2014

Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification

Languages

Fluent in Spanish

Computer Skills

M icrosoft Office, MAS 500, AS 400, Excel, Powerpoint

References

Upon Request

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