Willie Antonio Bradford
Trussville Alabama 35173
**************@*****.***
Summary
A Production Management Professional with proven abilities in supply chain
management able to plan direct and coordinate the safe manufacturing of
products in accordance with safety, cost, quality and quantity.
Experience
Ventura Foods, LLC, Birmingham, AL 2008 - 2013
Production Supervisor
. Supervised 16 - 25 hourly production associates in all facets of the
manufacturing oil based food products; margarines, spreads and butter
blended margarines.
. Properly schedule hourly personnel to staff production lines as
needed, while holding labor hours to a minimum.
. Maintained safety, quality and a productive workforce.
. Successfully reduced quality errors, reduced absenteeism and improved
employee morale and safety. Also, through improved training was able
to reduce labor cost by combining responsibilities.
IWS Moody, LLC, Moody, AL
2005 - 2008
Inventory Control Manager
. Managed a staff of 6 inventory auditors; responsible for receiving and
distribution of a 1.2 million unit capacity tire warehouse.
. Coordinated safe storage, proper rotation of FIFO to maintain
inventory age and reduce waste due to site damage.
. Trained staff, properly maintained inventory and successfully passed
wall to wall cycle counts that scored in the top 10% of Michelin's
Distribution Centers.
Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation, Fairfield, AL
2004 - 2005
Environmental Services Manager
. Supervised a staff of 18 hourly employees in the area of environmental
services in a long term nursing and rehabilitation center with 190
beds and also, responsible for maintaining the facility's linen and
laundry care.
. Passed several state inspections of the facility with a superior
rating in cleanliness.
Smurfit/Stone Container, Birmingham, AL
1996 - 2003
Plant Superintendent
. Managed three salaried supervisors and 40 unionized employees in all
phases of the manufacturing of corrugated and conversion into
packaging materials.
. Improved employee safety, quality and productivity; set numerous
production records.
Education
B/S Political Science/Economics, Florida A&M University - Tallahassee, FL
Professional Development and Training
VF Camp - Continuous Improvement Training
WICS - Warehouse Inventory Control System
TQM - Total Quality Management
KIWI - Scheduling System
SPC - Statistical Process Control
Leadership/Motivational Training
Production Management