John R. Napier
Louisville, Kentucky 40205
acqfa1@r.postjobfree.com
Summary
Over seven years of manufacturing experience primarily in operations management and engineering with extensive Lean application. Effective in manufacturing process development; cost reduction through waste minimization, process control, and inventory management; coaching staff and teams in meeting operational goals; implementation of plant wide programs. Plantwide vision with the tools to implement.
Professional Experience
Industrial Engineer Flextronics Louisville, KY Feb ’14 – Nov ‘14
Measure, adjust, and coach to re-establish control of electronics repair lines
Production launch and station design / build.
Create Kan Ban systems and parts harvesting systems for various repair operations
Last 2 months: supervisor of lines I provided engineering services to +Contract position
Buyer/Planner Infinium Printing Louisville, KY Jun ’13 – Jan ’14
Plan production based upon customer demand and raw materials available
Determine material requirements and purchase materials per flexographic printing job
Order and track bulk products from manufactures +Contract position
Science Teacher Jefferson Co. Pub. School Louisville, KY Aug’09 – May ‘13
6th and 8th grade science teacher
Production Manager UPS Supply Chain Solutions Louisville, KY Oct ‘06 – Aug ‘09
Managed Kitting Department to include:
oDesigning and quoting production per product, set up staffing, do maintenance, manage inventories, production scheduling, and performing other tasks to keep the operations running
My actions directly grew the business from 2 shifts of 1 production line to 3 shifts of 5 lines
Industrial Engineer Accu-tec Inc. Louisville, KY July ’03 –Aug ‘05
Design high speed production lines including process docs, layout, training, costing and quoting, and troubleshooting
Reengineering of business, production, and production related processes.
Leader of Production Re-Organization Project which included redesign of plant layout, material flow restructure, and Lean training for supervisors and leads
Year 2: 2nd Shift Superintendent: Responsible production, quality, and materials groups on my shift +/- 100 employees
+ Loss of major customer resulted in layoff of my whole shift
Forecast Analyst Brown-Forman Corp Louisville, KY Jul ‘02 – Jun ’03
Assisted in development and later became responsible for the global sales forecasting process
Participated in installation of SAP’s Demand Planning module and developed associated business processes, reporting schemes, and sales force training
Used SQL analysis tools to pull and organize data for routine and ad hoc reporting
+ Left position due to low interactivity of work
Industrial Engineer Cutler-Hammer of Eaton Sumter,SC May’01 – Aug ‘01
Changed assembly operation from job-shop to one piece flow Lean Line: Worked heavily with floor assemblers, engineers, and supervisors to build, refine, and operate the lean line to include training, station design-build, time studies, Kanban mapping, and culture change
Development and oversight of plant-wide 5S program + MBA Internship
Education
B.S. in Environmental Science and in Chemistry Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green May 1998
Master of Business Administration University of Tennessee, Knoxville May 2002
Master of Arts In Teaching University of Louisville, Louisville May 2010
Competencies
Several years of manufacturing management experience
Strong logistics, supply chain, materials management background
Strong operations and Lean management background
Proven strong skills in process evaluation, measurement, and analysis
Graduate level Six Sigma technique classes
Chemical process management and quality control
Environmental and Safety management and regulation interpretation
Technology
Advanced in MS Office Suite (including using SQL and Visual Basic)
SAP and Logistical software
Various ERP and MRP business database software systems
Exposure to PLC logic controls
Lean Manufacturing Classes
Lean Enterprise Management Seminar – a one week system and tactical training
LeanWorks Lean Workshop I, II, III – one week each separated by real world application
Lean and Operation Management classes through graduate Industrial Engineer and Operations Management classes
Personal
Running; Construction / Remodeling; Hiking
Veteran – Army