RESUME
Wayne Kennedy 208-***-**** cell – email: abhiy9@r.postjobfree.com
Jan. 98 to Jan 2011: Trus Joist / iLevel / Weyerhaeuser – Boise, ID.
Type of business: Engineered Wood Products, Product Development Center (PDC)
Title: Production Support Manager – recruited by previous TJ manager Kathy Clancy
Duties: Conduct safety meetings with production crew – Write safety programs and JSAs, (Job Safety
Analysis) - Find ways to cut costs of production processes by implementing LEAN practices, 5-S, and innovations
– Assist each team on new product design, development, production line layout, start up, and move out –
Production scheduling – Purchasing for both PDC and Engineering dept. – Shipping coordinator – Inventory
control – Skilled in MS Word, Excel, and P10 SAP. – Roles in SAP include: Shipment Planner – Master Scheduler
– Purchase requisitioning – ATP MRP corrections for material – XMII JAVA HU create and correct – Inventory
scanning and reporting to accounting and finance – GR both STO and IOs – Cycle Counts. – Voluntarily filled in
on production line when others were sick or on vacation, including loading and unloading LTL and flatbed.
Jan. 97 to Jan. 98: Idaho Truss – Meridian, ID.
Type of business: Residential Plated Trusses
Title: Assistant Production Manager – recruited by previous TJ manager Lionel Brightwell
Duties: Write safety programs - Prevent fights from breaking out – Layout maintenance schedule –
Maintain reports for production – Quality Assurance – Light maintenance – Layout trusses and direct production. –
Voluntarily filled in on production line when others were sick or on vacation.
Aug. 96 to Jan. 97: Micron – Nampa, ID
Type of business: Computer Manufacturing
Title: Labor
Duties: Reclaim returned computers – Disassemble, inventory, and run diagnostics – With the supervisor’s
permission I redesigned their processing process and turned it into an organized production line.
Jan. 94 to July 96: Fleetwood Homes – Nampa, ID
Type of business: Manufactured Homes
Title: Supervisor
Duties: Initiate quality minded production in a safe working environment – Chart safety requirements,
departmental bonuses – Light maintenance on tools - Coordinate work load – Delegate responsibilities and
motivate associates – Conduct entry and exit interviews, associate evaluations, and accident reports.
Prior Title: Quality Assurance Manager
Duties: Ensure all stages of production comply with Fleetwood design, Idaho Water Recourses, National
Electric Code, and Idaho building codes. I was also the editor and a writer for the Fleetwood monthly news letter.
Oct. 92 to Nov. 93 Branson’s Club 76, Inc. – Branson, MO
Type of business: Advertising Agency
Title: Co-owner
Duties: Payroll – Collections – Office manager – Sales manager – Publishing editor of The 76er newspaper
– Ad sales coordinator – Ad design and layout – Write articles of news, entertainment, and dining – Computer
skills in Word Perfect, Windows Excel – MS Publisher – Write data base files, reports, and mailing lists.
Mar. 92 to Sept. 92: Branson’s Variety Theater – Branson, MO
Type of business: Entertainment, Music and Comedy
Title: Manager
Duties: Organize employee work schedules – Program computer for performances – Print tickets – Sell
tickets – Coordinate tour bus sales – Manage concession stand – Assist performers back stage – Building
maintenance.
Dec. 84 to Feb. 92: Trus Joist – Boise, ID
Type of business: Engineered Lumber, Manufacture wood trusses, Joist, Design and build furniture
Title: Quality Assurance and Research Technician
Duties: Oversee operations – Research, build, and test new products – Technical writer – Produce monthly
reports for Engineering department – Computer skills in IBM Symphony data base and Word Perfect.
Prior Title: Assistant Production Manager of Mattwood Furniture Division
Duties: Safety training on wood shop machines and tools – Coordinate work schedules and production
procedures – Purchasing agent – Shipping, Receiving clerk – Associate Participation Group coordinator.
Prior Title: Foreman
Duties: Train, assist, and direct co-workers in production process – Operate gang rip saws, table saw, band
saw, routers and other hand tools.
Education: Boise State University: Studied Communication, Creative and Technical Writing
Management Training Seminars: “How To Deal With Difficult People” – “Developmental Dimensions
International” – “Skill Path Project Management” – “Documented Discipline” – “Lean Manufacturing
Certification Workshop”
Hobbies and Interests: Wood Working, Gardening, Fishing, Photography, Music, Walking, Cooking
I like a challenge.
I work well with others, learn quickly, and perform beyond requirements.