Stephen R. Bare

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Liberty Center, Ohio 43532

419-***-****

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To obtain a management or processing position using the skills I have acquired in the plastic molding industry

WORK HISTORY

IAC Industries, Wauseon, Ohio

• Plastic Injection Molding Supplier to GM and Chrysler

Production Supervisor Aug 2010-May 2011

• Supervised Shift Operations

• Oversaw scrap and downtime of molding machines

• Made sure that productivity was meeting daily plans to stay ahead of assembly

• Molding machines were Van Dorn and Cincinnati

• Oversaw 30 shift employees

Kamco Industries, West Unity, Ohio

• Plastic Injection Molding Supplier to Honda

Production Manager September 1998-March 2010

• Conducted Plant Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE)

• Managed Production and Shipping Departments

• Responsible for Plant New Model Launching and Plant Overall Readiness

• Development of Technical Staff Processing Skills

• Implemented Departmental Business Plans

• Executed Capacity Studies

• Oversaw Production of 27 Injection Molding Machines

• Molding machines were Nissei, Nigatta, Ube and Engel

• Experience with end of arm robots with Star, Yushin and Sailor

• Responsible for trouble shooting molding processing problems

• Reduced Scrap and Downtime

• Performed Root Cause Analysis executed with 5P, 8D, and Kepner Tregoe Techniques

• Managed all Assistant Managers and Supervisors and oversaw their Development

• Oversaw 150-200 employees

• Responsible for New Model Tooling Development and the maturation of each process

• Accountable for Production Supply and Labor Budgeting

• Enforced 5S and Performed Safety Audits

• Improved molding line efficiencies

• Maintained Regrind Inventory

• Supervise Supply, Labor, and Manpower Budgets

• Worked with Honda on Implementing Lean Manufacturing practices

Plaxicon Company, Delta, Ohio

o Stretch Blow Molding

Production Manager June 1993- January 1998

• Planning and Overseeing Production Runs

• Managed Warehouse Operations

• Administered Employee Disciplinary and Attendance Files

• Trained Process Technicians with Troubleshooting Skills

Shift Supervisor/ Process Technician March 1990- June 1993

• Supervised Shift Operations

• Performed Tool Changes

• Stretch Blow Molding Machines used were Nissei

• Exposed to Six Sigma basics

Structural Foam Plastics, Liberty Center, Ohio

o Custom Design Structural Foam Manufacturer

Shift Supervisor March 1983- March 1990

• Oversee Shift Operations and Quality Production

• Performing Tool Changes

EDUCATION

Taylor University, Upland, Indiana

Studied General Courses, including Communications, Mathematics, and Spanish

Liberty Center High School, Liberty Center, Ohio

Studied College Preparation Courses

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