Don York
St. Petersburg, Florida 33710
abkygl@r.postjobfree.com
Work History
Process Lead Supervisor
June 2007 to Sept 2010
Valpak
St. Petersburg, Florida 33716
. Night shift supervisor responsible for managing and communicating the
day to day production and work flow schedules for the pressroom, pre-
press, and warehouse work cells.
. Effectively supervised hourly employees in safety, quality, and
production using a positive collaborative communication style aimed at
gaining employee trust and support.
. Reviewed and maintained various pivot tables and statistical control
charts to track key production metrics using SCADA to analyze process
stability for waste, delay, production, speeds, change over times, and
quality NCR's.
. Facilitated bi-weekly Kaizan events and root cause analysis
investigations to help develop solutions to a variety of complex
problems.
. Six Sigma black belt team leader for CPI initiatives, developing
project plans, team project charters, timelines, costs, resources.
. Managed, collaborated, and initiated department maintenance needs and
goals with engineers, maintenance managers and technicians through
weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly PVMs and critical maintenance
programs.
. Maintained accurate up to date work instructions for all processes and
job tasks "including job aids" within warehouse, pre-press, and press
on employee accessible data base.
. Conducted physical inventory of all goods and reconciled against SAP
twice a week. Formal paper inventory audit was conducted at month's
end.
. Continually validated goods usage against MRP with department Managers
to manage JIT and Lean Best Practices for inventory control, cost
reduction, space management.
. Coordinated and validated hands on demonstration of employees KSA's
through documented training task lists as well as maintaining
individual employee records in SAP and coaching log data base.
Reviewed twice a month with individual employees to set future
training objectives, goals, and needs.
. Developed and managed employee cross functional training agenda and
schedules between departments.
. Technical evaluator for HR Progression certification team.
. Safety committee team leader as well as department facilitator for
monthly safety meetings.
. Facilitated formal classroom training and PIT certification for all
employees.
. Facilitated department best practice meetings.
. Prepared and conducted formal bi-yearly employee performance
evaluations.
. Managed employee discipline and coaching log entries in the HR data
base.
. Conducted new hire interviews.
. Managed employee attendance, time keeping, absences, overtime,
vacation schedules and coverage.
. Hands-on supervisor with the technical knowledge, skills, and ability
to operate and support production employees as needed on the
production floor.
Manufacturing Supervisor
Feb 2005 to March 2007
Quebecor World
380 West 37th St
Loveland, Colorado 80538
. Effectively supervised production employees in various work cells.
. Responsibilities included managing work flow from pre-press, press,
bindery, maintenance and warehouse.
. Managed communications with the department leads in regards to
production schedules, priorities, bottlenecks, and other potential
issues.
. Conducted and reconciled inventory audits of raw materials and
finished product.
. Performed physical audits of inventory and reconciled errors against
MP2.
. Coordinated logistics daily for all incoming and out product.
. Validated employee knowledge, skills, and abilities through proper
work instructions and hands-on certification.
. Conducted and maintained employee performance evaluations and
discipline logs.
. Lean manufacturing team leader responsible for training employees on
lean concepts, facilitating implementation of lean system elements,
and managing project costs, timelines, and resources.
. Safety team leader and meeting facilitator.
. Ensured equipment PVM and critical maintenance items were completed
and documented.
. Hands-on supervisor with the technical knowledge, skills and ability
to operate and support production employees as needed on the
production floor.
Pressroom Manager
Dec 2001 to March 2005
Barnum Printing and Publishing
Denver, Colorado 80221
. Hands-on manufacturing and maintenance manager.
. Responsible for scheduling workflow between departments.
. Communicating priorities and concerns between internal departments.
. Directed a two year equipment upgrade in the pressroom, including
evaluating and analyzing work force utilization space requirements as
well as workflow and design layout of equipment for maximum
efficiency.
. Managed warehouse inventory and control for all incoming and outgoing
products.
. Developed standard operating procedures and training methods to
support and improved employee knowledge, skills, and abilities.
. Established production metrics and data capture systems using pivot
tables, SPC charts, histogram charts, and Pareto charts.
. Conducted employee reviews and discipline.
. Safety team leader and meeting facilitator.
. Hands-on supervisor with the technical knowledge, skills, and ability
to operate and support production employees as needed on the
production floor.
Equipment
GOSS Sunday 4000 auto transfer 8 unit pinless folder- GOSS G-14 & 16, 4 & 8
unit, C2 combination folder, in-line finishing. GOSS C-700 6 unit,
combination folder- GOSS Magnum C500 4 unit - GOSS Suburban & Community -
Heidelberg M1000B 8 unit - M110B 6 unit - Harris N900 8 unit - N954 8 unit-
various glue systems, die-cutting, pad glue, ink jet, UV inks and coatings.
Education
Currently attending St Petersburg College part-time earning an Engineering
Degree in Manufacturing Technology. 3.5 GPA
Six Sigma Green and Black Belt certifications from St Petersburg College,
course work included Project Management.
Mt. States Employment Council classes include Supervisor, Project
Management, Train the Trainer, and Safety Classes. Received Colorado
Association for Manufacturing and Technology Lean Manufacturing
Certificate.
Certified PIT trainer for Suncoast Safety Council
Honor Graduate US Army
Advanced Excel, Word, Access, Project 2007, PowerPoint, Outlook, pivot
tables, SCADA software "supervisory control and data acquisition", SAP
software, MP2 software, and Statistical Process Control charts through QI
Macros software.
References upon request