Scheduler/ Manager

Paul D. Hartstein

**** ********** *** • Fort Wayne, IN 46818 • Home 260-***-**** *************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Management professional offering 10 years experience in managing and implementing new process

flows, system upgrades, and general all around communication improvements. Have experience with

Lean Environments, 5S and proficient with Microsoft Office.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CK PRODUCTS, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2011 to 2013

A wholesale distributor and manufacturer for the cake decorating, candy making, wedding cake and kitchen supply

industries.

Production Manager

Schedules and coordinates flow of work within or between departments of manufacturing plant to

expedite production by performing the following duties.

• Managed up to 40 employees including two supervisors.

• Reviews master production schedule and work orders.

• Establishes priorities for specific customer orders.

• Revises schedule according to work order specifications, established priorities, and availability

or capability of workers, parts, material, machines, and equipment.

• Reschedules identical processes to eliminate duplicate machine setups.

• Distributes work orders to departments, denoting number, type, and proposed completion date of

units to be produced.

• Confers with department supervisors to determine progress of work.

• Maintains inventory of materials and parts needed to complete production.

• Improve efficiencies by over 200 bottles and over 2 lbs of product an hour.

• Built and maintained the Bill of Materials for almost 20,000 sku’s.

FOAMEX/ FXI, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2002 to 5/2011

A leading producer of flexible polyurethane foam for the bedding, furniture, carpet cushion and automotive markets as

well as technical foams for diverse applications in industrial, consumer, electronics and transportation industries.

Scheduler/Production Supervisor/Shipping/Inventory Clerk

Supervised a staff of production operators and assistants of 14 people. Coordinated with Human

Resources, Environmental Health and Safety, and staff to engage, train and develop employees, and

resolve any conflicts.

• Provided trouble shooting for product control by locating and labeling product to be sent to

appropriate customer.

• Coordinated inter-plant purchase order logistics.

• Served as a contributing member of the Job Hazard Analysis Team.

• Regulated and controlled ordering and overstock of materials.

• Scheduled production of 15 industrial manufacturing machines and a large capacity foaming machine

capable of producing over 600,000 board feet of material per shift.

• Coordinated with customer service department, production and shipping to meet the needs of

customers.

• Planned, prepared, and revised work schedules and duty assignments according to customer needs,

problems, and work-load.

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• Produced and analyzed detailed reports for plant management ensuring compliance with on-time

shipping requirements.

• Performed in-depth monthly reviews of inventory consisting of approximately 6M board feet.

• Ensured product meets necessary specifications of customer by verifying quality of product with

laboratory.

• Ensured employee safety and compliance by planning and scheduling safety meetings to educate

employees on safety practices.

• Completed orders according to business demands by performing forecasting of necessary staff and

resources.

EDUCATION

Masters of Science, Management 2009

Indiana Wesleyan University, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Bachelor of Science, Accounting 2006

Indiana Wesleyan University, Fort Wayne, Indiana

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