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Manager Plant

Location:

Gainesville, FL

Salary:

110,000

Posted:

September 30, 2015

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William F. Goodman

*** *.* **** ******, Ocala FL 34479

352-***-**** (Home) 352-***-**** (Cell)

acrwpt@r.postjobfree.com

MANUFACTURING/PLANT MANAGEMENT

Cross-Functional Experience and Cross-Industry Expertise

Highly qualified and motivated Production/Plant Manager with broad experience and accomplishments in manufacturing and project management. Proactive ability to manage change and lead employees. Talent for developing budgets and controlling costs. Results-oriented self-starter with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization from the production floor to the boardroom. Ability to recognize opportunities and reverse negative trends. Strengths include:

Productivity/Process Improvement

Strategic Planning

Logistics/in-bound/outbound

5S/Visual Factory/Standard Work

Environmental Health Safety Management/OSHA requirements

Out-source and In-source Management

Internal Material Flows

Customer Relations

Multiple ISO/GMP/FDA disciplines

Cost Management

Team Leadership and Collaboration

Production Scheduling

Order-to-Delivery Processes

Succession Planning

Conflict Resolution

Economic Value Analysis

ERP/MRP

Summary of Qualifications

Offering 20 years of related experience in increasingly responsible positions culminating in the role of Senior Business Manager (Plant level responsibilities) up to Director of Manufacturing.

Expertise in the application of KPI’s, 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, Lean Manufacturing, Visual Management, TPS, TPM, PCAD, and Supply chain management and other innovative methodologies to consistently improve results.

Additional strengths include experience in strategic planning; utilizing financial data to ensure the most effective application of all available resources; and directing management level associates.

Proven ability to develop teams of empowered performers who are well prepared to assume shared responsibility for improved results; use skills in obtaining and utilizing data to identify and act upon ways to achieve desired outcomes.

Recognized as a magnetic leader whose presence on the production floor inspires, energizes and is firmly committed to open communication channels that value input from people who do the work and supporting functions.

Employment History:

Garelick Mfg. (Marine Industry) Largo, FL

Director of Manufacturing- 8/14 – 5/15

Reduce past dues from 176k (285 orders with various sku amounts) to 0 within the 1st 2 months by workplace organization, creating visual quos and taking waste out of the process. Cultural shift and change agent was a synergistic application.

Improved Gross sales and shipments –up 27% Y/Y

Overall on time deliveries from 33% to 87% with refined logistics

Established Cellular flow both u shape and linear indexing lanes visually.

Modeling labor into forecasted growth to accept new business and stabilizing cross training.

Established safety programs with weekly tool box topics to align with OSHA mandated training. Facilitated all HR functions.

Taking experience in other process and utilized them in every day Continuous Improvement methodology. Setting goals and expectations--Better beats best

Winco (Medical Furniture) Ocala, FL

Plant Manager-1/13-7/14

Responsible for overall Plant functions. Inventory processing raw materials to purchased assemblies including logistics of shipping finished goods. Wood shop-CNC router, edge banders and cabinetry work. Metals-Weld and Paint-Cut, punch, benders, presses, Robotic welders, hand welders and powder coat operations. Upholstery-CNC Eastman vinyl/fabric cutters sewers and upholsters. Assemblers, Shipping, and Facilities Maintenance and refined logistics.

Accomplishments

Reduced labor to sales from 14.34% to 8.1% YTD (12-13)

Implemented Safety/Quality/Delivery/Continuous Improvement visual boards

Emergency One Inc. (Automotive-Fire Trucks) Ocala, FL

Manufacturing Production Manager-10/2000-12/2012

Responsible for the overall production of chassis line, that includes 4 product lines and a total of 156 non-union employees. Fabrication (CNC, Brake presses, Trumpf CNC Punch etc.), Welding (Aluminum/Structural Steel), Assemblers, Mechanics, and Electricians. This also includes crew unit leaders and Operations Supervisors. Full P&L responsibility including yearly measurements of safety, quality, cost and delivery improvements through Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing Initiatives.

Accomplishments

Implemented SQDIP boards (visual) to align Strategic Objectives with employees and individual areas of performance to met AOP

Gemba focus- a mechanism for countermeasures (Both type 1 and II) for employees to participate in elimination of waste and bring value and velocity to the organization. With a focus on sustaining 5S, TPM, Standard Work, Takt time, indexing, material presentation and ownership.

Value stream mapping to identify waste and strategically set up Play-books (task assignments) for operators in each cell to achieve desired takt time and level load for optimal indexing of product.

ISO -9000 and other Quality and processing auditor

Mark III Industries (Automotive-Van Conversion) Ocala, FL

Van Assembly Plant Manager -6/1985-6/2000

Responsible for P&L and for defining ways to continuously improve performance in manufacturing of 3 Van products on 9 production lines with multiple variations in configuration that included 200 non-union piece rate employees with 9 production supervisors. Coordinated with multiple support facilities to synchronize product flow from scheduling to final completion, and acted as the Hub for the Van Conversion assembly. Reporting directly to the company’s Vice President of Operations. Utilized a data-driven process that incorporated value stream maps to identify and eliminate waste while maintaining highest quality standards and decreasing cycle times to meet and exceed customer expectations. Started with the company in 1985 as fabricator, 1987-Supervisor, 1992-Production Manager and 1995-Plant Manager.

Education

North Marion H.S., 1979 Honor Graduate

AA in Business, Central Florida Community College

Professional Development

General Motors KCDS training (Quality through SPC) Flint, Michigan

Ford 8D Problem Solving training Loran, Ohio

Proficient at MS Office –ERP/MRP

University of Alabama Management Training (80 hours)

Lean Manufacturing; Total Quality Management; Continuous Improvement; Visual Management Systems; Just in Time Inventory Systems, TPM, 5S SME, Value Stream Mapping

Green Belt-Six Sigma

OSHA -30 Hour Certified (4-3-14)

Bronze Certified in Lean Operational Excellence

6S SME

Covey Trained (7-Habits, Speed of Trust & 4DX & 7-Habits of Highly Effective Managers)

MRMA Board of Directors (Marion Regional Manufacturing Ass.)

References

John O’Connor-Director of Production Control-Yamaha

Work-1-770-***-****

Cell-1-770-***-****

jo’acrwpt@r.postjobfree.com

Andy Callaway-GM at Front line Communication