Quality Plant

Leslie R. Kephart

Phone 712-***-**** ***** **0th

Street

*********@*****.***

Elmo, Mo. 64445

Objective

I am seeking full time employment for Production Supervisor

Employment

Process Improvement Technician, Pella Corporation, Shenandoah Iowa,

January 2003-Current

Job Tasks

Machine qualifications using 3 axis to dial in equipment

Trained in measuring parts and fixtures using calipers

Review daily online inspections and audits

Participated in process capability studies

Lead and participate in Kaizen events (25+ shopfloor, 2P,

plantwide)

Have taken all the Team Leader required kaizen classes

Took lead in plant wide custom hardware cost savings & poke yoke

implementation

Working with plant wide custom muntin labor & cost savings

Have Lead multiple focus teams that has had great success in

driving the business back on track with quality, safety, and

productivity

Drove 5s challenges plant wide challanges

Train weekly Kaizen teams on Kaizen principles

Problem solve through root cause analysis,

brainstorming/trystorming, spaghetti charts, fishbone diagrams,

defect tracking, VSM and process at a glance

Focus daily tasks based on QCDS and hour by hour data

Lead meetings, presentations, huddle teams for immediate metric

improvements

Communicate the importance of continuous improvement principles

with management, operators, and focus teams

Complete process documentation updates (standard work, PCDs, & kit

cart verification)

Develop department cycle time takt time information and staffing

levels

Lead equipment moves

Participate in continuous improvement KPO exchanges

Participated on an week long event in Muray Kentucky

Participated on week long event in Fairfield Ohio

Coach and help employees with employee recognition program

Veneer Coordinator/Moulder Operator, Pella Corporation, Shenandoah

Iowa, 1998-2003

Job Tasks

Organized and facilitated all veneer operations for Shenandoah

operations including holding meetings with management

Responsible for moulder upkeep and tooling

Read prints for template and tooling operations

Quality Technician, Pella Corporation, Shenandoah Iowa, 1996-1998

Job Tasks

Managed plant PCD documentation

Responsible for making quality calls (containment plans, unit

tagging, training)

Performed daily product audits

Organized and carried out machine qualifications

Developed action plans for resolving quality problems and

communicated quality issues with management

Training/Relevant Skills

Certified Kaizen Trainer

Certified Kaizen Leader

Basic SPC

SPC II: implementation

Autocad

Excel 1, 2, and 3

Powerpoint

ERT member

CI 101

Crucial Conversations Level 1

Crucial Conversations Level 2

Crucial Conversations Level 3

Dynamic Team Leadership

Team Leader Orientation

Employee Recognition Completed

Team Leader Certification

Lean Sigma Green Belt Training

Lean Sigma Project Leader

Blue Print Reading

Wood Technology

Glass Technology

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