Manager Plant
Resume:
Jerry D. Grissom
**** ******* **. ******, ** ****7
**************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
A position that I will be able to use my knowledge of management in
union or nonunion production manufacturing to advance the company.
SKILLS PROFILE
Management experience of 35 year
Manager over multiple business centers
Great work ethic
Graduated from Institute for Productivity in TN
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
BUSINESS OWNER- NASHVILLE FRIED PIES 2012-Present
Nashville TN
Owner
Supervise business decisions
Manage employees
Work with the general public
Handle payroll
Marketing to bring in new business
BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE CORP 2005-2012
LaVergne and Warren County Facilities TN
Area Business Manager
Reported to production manager
Managed 3 departments with 17 supervisors and 230 hourly
employees
Responsibility were focused on increased production,
safety, quality of product and housekeeping maintenance
ROBBINS LLC 1999-2005
Tuscumbia AL
Production Manager
Reported directly to Vice President
Managed 125 hourly employees and 10 salary employees
Reduced scrap from 28% to 2%
Reduced changeover from 20 minutes to 5 minutes
Increased production from 5 days/one shift to 7 days/two
shifts
Increased production from 32,000 lbs to 48,000 lbs per 8
hour shift
Installation and start-up of $10 million capital
improvements
DUNLOP TIRE CORP 1998-2000
Huntsville AL
Shift Superintendent
Reported directly to the plant manager
Managed three business centers with 500 employees
Responsibilities were focused on production, quality,
safety and scrap
DUNLOP TIRE CORP 1995-1998
Huntsville AL
Business Center One Manager
Reported directly to the production manager
Managed 608 hourly employees, 27 salary employees, 3 engineers and 1
maintenance manager on a 2 shift, 7-days/week production
Increased production, quality and safety during all 3 years of
management
PIRELLI-ARMSTRONG TIRE CORP 1989-2005
Nashville TN
Superintendent- Material Preparation Department
Reported directly to the plant manager
Managed 135 hourly employees and 4 salary employees on a 3 shift, 7
days/ week basis
Managed multiple departments: receiving, batch lab, mixing,
extruding, calendaring
Increased mixing efficiency by 20% and extruding by 18%
Increased quality rating by 3%
Reduced scrap, re-work and defective batch tonnage by 1.5%
Reduced manufacturing cost by $1 million a year
Implemented employee involvement groups in all departments
UNIROYAL- GOODRICH TIRE COMPANY 1975-1989
Ardmore OK
Shift Supervisor
Reported directly to the Mixing Superintendent
Managed 2 salary and 25 hourly employees
Team leader for the TQP team
Established savings of over $1.2 million a year
Quality circle leader for 7 years
EDUCATION
Interactive Management DDI 1980
1997
Looking Glass Experience 1990
LLC
Institute for Productivity
University of TN
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