DONALD P. BUCKLEY

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CAREER FOCUS: MANUFACTURING/PRODUCTION CONTROL MANAGER

Highly skilled manufacturing and production manager with a record of success in providing strong floor leadership, increasing efficiency and improvements in production operations, applying Lean principles to improve lead times, reducing costs, and maximizing profitability. Proactively analyze procedures to improve product quality, maintenance practices, labor relations, regulatory compliance, organizational efficiency, and manufacturing strategies, reducing bottlenecks and work-in-progress while ensuring timely production and effective resource allocation. Drive safety initiatives, maintain safety observances, and promote good safety practices and habits.

Demonstrated success in coaching, training, and developing teams to improve their skills, teamwork, and ability to manufacture industry-leading products of the highest quality. An effective communicator and negotiator adept at unifying skilled trade workers and management through a highly structured approach, optimizing workplace productivity, creativity, efficiency, and company profitability.

SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. (DUNLOP), Tonawanda, NY 2015 – Present

AREA MANAGER, NTR BUSINESS GROUP

Maintain smooth and timely flow of the plant's Commercial Division, ensuring high-quality products are manufactured and delivered to customers. Foster and promote a team-centered environment to achieve operational goals including cost, quality safety, and delivery. Accountabilities include complete oversight of 45 employees (employee performance, attendance, scheduling, and discipline), production goals, and equipment maintenance. Continually monitor plant performance in the Commercial Truck Tire Division to ensure production and quality standards are met and maintained.

Value & Contributions:

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: Demonstrate strong operational knowledge and experience in managing production and maintenance team operations to plan, organize, control, and utilize available resources efficiently while implementing operational improvements.

TEAM LEADERSHIP: Coach, develop, and support employees, ensuring safe, efficient, and timely manufacture of commercial tire products, and providing production capacity for future requirements.

SAFETY & RISK MANAGEMENT: Effectively communicate and monitor compliance to all company policies and safety guidelines, protecting employees from accidents while motivating staff to participate in good safety and health practices.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Proactively troubleshoot, analyze, and initiate solutions to correct operational problems and control costs, maximizing productivity and bottom-line profitability.

LAKE ERIE TOBACCO COMPANY (LETC), Kill Buck, NY 2012 – 2015

PRODUCTION / OPERATION MANAGER

Successfully managed all aspects of operations including adherence to established safety, quality and production standards, staffing, production output, costs, order fulfillment, and sustainment of lean practices. Supervised, scheduled, and observed employees, ensuring production requirements were met at the lowest possible cost.

Value & Contributions:

TEAM LEADERSHIP: Filled leadership void, communicated organizational strategy, vision, and mission, and transformed manufacturing operations into one that emphasized service excellence, quality, efficiency, and productivity.

QUALITY CONTROL: Achieved and surpassed quality goal through development and implementation of an integrated quality control process, to include providing immediate, relevant feedback, visual aids, and product notes.

STAFF DEVELOPMENT: Coached, mentored, and developed personnel in alignment with company goals, enhancing employee performance, and positioning them for promotion and success.

EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION: Devised and implemented an effective employee rewards and recognition program, driving measurable business results, inspiring employee engagement, boosting morale, and reducing employee turnover.

SNYDER INDUSTRIES, Tonawanda, NY 2011 – 2012

PROCESS ENGINEER

Established strategic vision of plant process control and discipline by influencing alignment of the team and processes with the organizational vision. Monitored and improved quality of products and reliability of equipment and processes through daily troubleshooting and resolution of process disruptions.

Value & Contributions:

TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP: Leveraged technical expertise to evaluate product designs and advise plant management on application of new advances and/or modifications related to plant operations and existing plant facilities.

OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS: Drove superior performance by designing, developing, and improving manufacturing and machine processes, and creating predictive and preventative maintenance programs.

REPORTS & DIAGRAMS: Created and maintained process, safety, and environmental documentation, including process flow diagrams, operating instructions, and management of change (MOC) forms.

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P & G STEEL PRODUCTS, INC., Buffalo, NY 2010 – 2011

TOOL & DIE MAKER

Exhibited strong work ethic, leadership capabilities, and extensive experience working with tool and dies in a metal stamping environment. Demonstrated familiarity with various mechanical equipment, computer-controlled machinery, and programming lathes and mills.

Value & Contributions:

TECHNICAL SKILLS: Utilized good written, verbal, and mechanical abilities, including experience with hand tools, to initiate repair and build of dies and fixtures and to oversee improvements to operations made by plant operators.

MACHINE TOOL TECHNOLOGY: Leveraged extensive experience in machine tool technology to master manufacture of jigs, fixtures, dies, molds, machine and cutting tools, and custom-made and other special tools.

SAFETY & MAINTENANCE: Followed all safety guidelines, policies, and procedures while ensuring maintenance was performed to the highest level of quality.

AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, Tonawanda, NY 2000 – 2009

SHOP FOREMAN / TOOL & DIE TEAM LEADER

Drove a culture of accountability and results through strategic deployment and effective performance management. Led a team of empowered employees to continuously achieve and exceed performance goals and objectives. Functioned as Health and Safety Trainer and Team Manager.

Value & Contributions:

TEAM LEADERSHIP: Demonstrated strong technical leadership skills to ensure compliance to detailed engineering blueprints and specifications by performing initial quotation, overseeing production launch, supervising labor, and inspecting final procedures.

WORKFLOW OPTIMIZATION: Improved daily production output by identifying employees' strengths, efficiently scheduling tasks, and leading a plant-wide safety program.

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS: Worked closely with cross-functional teams to address critical productivity, efficiency, and quality issues while spearheading high-impact training, covering OSHA, fire hazards, and confined space regulations.

SAFETY & RISK MANAGEMENT: Monitored safety by continuously assessing risks and analyzing potential hazards, promoting a safety-first environment, establishing employee well-being as a top priority, decreasing accidental rates, and improving order fulfillment.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY: Consistently met and exceeded production goals by troubleshooting equipment issues and offering highly skilled support related to operating and maintaining machines.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

TRAINER & MACHINE SHOP INSTRUCTOR, NEW YORK WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Delivered Mechanical Maintenance training to journeymen, cross-training them in other maintenance responsibilities for General Motors Engine Plant.

PROJECT MANAGER, MOORE ROAD CONSTRUCTION: Assisted in completion of a manufacturing facility and equipment installation.

BOARD OF DIRECTOR, CANAL FEST OF TONAWANDA: Instrumental in coordinating all aspects of the 8-day event for 25 years.

FORMER OWNER, BUFFALO BUCKS SMOKE HOUSE RESTAURANT

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Associate of Applied Science Degree in Jig & Fixture Design including Blue Pint Design

NIAGARA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Certificate in Health & Safety Specialist

FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY

OSHA 501 Training Program in Occupational Health and Safety General Industry

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (SUNY)

Certificate in Safety Management, Industrial Hygiene, Corporate Safety Management,

Hazard Analysis, and Risk Assessment and Evaluations

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS (ASSE)

Lifelong Learning in Workplace, Math, Computer, English, Finance, and Business

MILLARD FILLMORE COLLEGE OF UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO

Certificate of Completion and Apprenticeship as Tool & Die Maker

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Mastercam (CNC Programming Software), Auto CAD, Traverse, and Maximo

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