Armando L. Duarte

*** **** ******** *******, *******, OH 43528

520-***-**** * 419-***-****

acvtz0@r.postjobfree.com

Functional Summary

Planned, organized and directed flow of production. Possess experienced understanding of manufacturing processes and procedures. Ensured proper time charging occurred and approved hourly time cards. Responsible for ensuring personnel received proper security and safety training to perform at maximum capacity.

Responsible for the enforcement of all company policies and procedures.

Coordinated daily production needs to forecast the needs of operational glass furnaces.

Supervised a crew of tradesmen in the day-to-day tasks of operation.

Coordinated process teams, guiding in the achievement of established goals.

Excellent track record in meeting and/or exceeding goals in the areas of safety, quality and material efficiencies.

Focal point for team leadership, communication and flow down requirements for team.

Reporting responsibilities included: team schedule, financial quality (yields, rework, OT).

Defined clear Program and Operations schedules, priorities and goals for the team.

Coordinated with functional managers to ensure all inputs to the team are available to allow for continuous manufacturing flow, including internal and external customers and suppliers.

Led determination of root cause and corrective action on issues that negatively impact cost, schedule, and quality.

Led daily team meetings which are the communication conduit between touch labor team and Operations/Program Management.

Education

Master of Business Administration, University of Phoenix, 2006

Bachelor of Science in Business, Management and Marketing, University of Phoenix, 2003

Six Sigma Green Belt Training / Certification, 2003

Professional Experience

Johns Manville, Waterville Ohio 2015- Current

Currently supervise a team of 50 unionized employees in the areas of production, quality control, shipping, and mechanical maintenance.

Enter daily payroll, monitor and remedy daily / monthly budgets.

Coach, Teach and Train employees in regards to performance as related to KPI’s.

Administer discipline in accordance to CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement)

Duarte / 2

Union Pacific Railroad, Tucson, AZ; Grand Island, NE; Sioux City, IA 2006-2015 Manager of Train Operations

Managed day-to-day Operations of approximately 150 miles of mainline territory as well as classification yard in which 150 people are employed.

Managed strategic goals, 1.2MM financial metrics as well as overall property and equipment maintenance.

Actively developed Standard Work Procedures to reduce risk and variability in each process.

Assessed workforce performance on a per shift basis to meet key quality and performance metrics.

Addressed non-conformance issues with personnel and took appropriate steps to correct.

Unionized environment - met with local grievers to discuss labor relation issues and contractual agreements.

Recipient of Subdivision Safety Award (Golden Bell) having achieved Record Safety results in 2013 / 2014.

First in Performance 2013 / 2014: Key Measures.

Johns Manville, Tucson, AZ 1993-2006

Second Shift Supervisor / Weekend Shift Supervisor / Welder & Fabricator

Actively assisted and provided direction to subordinates in support of meeting the areas of costs, quality and schedule goals.

Process Champion Facilitator

Facilitated process teams in teamwork atmosphere growing employees to make sound decisions and empowerment to become self-governing.

Guide in the application of Six Sigma principles and lead complex project strategies. Acted as a liaison between teams and senior management.

Successful Turnaround Strategy in realigning Tucson Alloy Shop Process Team Goals.

Successful strategy resulted in 5% favorable increase in areas of safety, quality, and metal efficiencies.

2005 - Project Lead: Developed Prototype Fabrication Plan for Tucson Alloy Shop. This project led to the successful implementation of a guiding procedure which now sees an average yield of 10-12% production related savings on a first yield basis.

2005 - Phoenix City DOE: Assigned to carry out Design of Experiments to solve concentricity issues in Pipe Insulation. This action resulted in 30% reduction in scrap, and increased process yield of 15%.

2004 - Phoenix City Start Up Team: Assigned to carry out Design of Experiments in which "recipes" for production were developed.

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