Manufacturing Management

GREGORY P. LEAVER

*** ******* *****

Phone: 716-***-**** or 716-***-****

North Tonawanda New York 14120 Email:

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

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Accomplished Management professional with extensive

background in

Quality/Operation, purchasing, supervision, process and

procedural manual writing, teamwork training, with over 26 years

of manufacturing experience

. Diverse managerial skills in production operations, and

production planning,

. Strong analytical and manufacturing technology skills

. Skilled in training and supervising various levels of

employees

. Proficient in Windows, Excel and Word.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ceres Crystal Industries, Niagara Falls, NY

2012-2012 Production Manager

. Manage the complete process of Cubic Zirconium crystal growth

from raw material purchases to finished goods shipments.

Solid Surface Acrylics, North Tonawanda, NY

2006- 2011 Quality/Operations Manager

. Set up and documented standard tolerance criteria for

production process.

. Managed flow of production through 5 of 7 stages of the

production process.

. Wrote Standard Operating Procedures for these 5 processes.

. Assisted company growth from 1 million to 1.9 million in a 3

year period.

Delaware Manufacturing Industries Inc., Wheatfield, NY

2004-2005 Purchasing Coordinator

. Manage procurement of all inventoried and raw materials

. Analyze quotes and qualify suppliers for procurement of

merchandise.

. Obtained a savings of 40% per unit cost of forged item that

had been made from a casting.

2001-2003 Shop Supervisor, Quality Control Manager

. Supervise 10-12 machine shop employees

Supervise all quality control activities.

Manage inspection processes and implement quality control procedures.

. Prepared Quality Manual for CSA B51-97AIA Certification and

participated in the successful audit and issuance of

certificate

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Aimco Products, Inc., Amherst, New York

Tool Room Technician

. Prepared all tooling for machine changeovers.

. Repaired broken tooling and altered tooling to fit setup

needs.

Lead Hand

. Assisted supervisor with job assignments.

. Responsible for training employees on correct procedures for

set/up and operating machinery.

. Performed troubleshooting and problem solving for third shift

production and maintenance.

. As Kaizen Project leader, increased productivity by 22%.

Millwright Setup Person/CNC Setup Operator

. Set up and operated rough turn CNC machines.

. Set up and repaired all production manual lathes and presses.

. Inspected all setup pieces for first out inspection.

EDUCATION

Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York

Matriculated in the Industrial Technology program with the Quality

option

Erie Community College, Williamsville, New York

A.A.S. - Manufacturing Technology, 2001 Dean's List 3.53/4.0

GPA

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York

CEEM Training - ISO 9000 Lead Auditor Course, 1999

New York State Licensed Real-estate Sales Person

Additional training and seminars

. Total Quality Management

. Teamwork Discovery (Instructor)

. Kaizon Concept (Team Leader)

. QS-9002 Certified Internal Auditor

. QS-9000 Tooling and Equipment Course incorporating

Reliability and Maintainability

. Training and skills in Windows 98 and Microsoft Word, Excel,

Access, Outlook Express and PowerPoint, AutoCAD R14,

Quicken/QuickBooks, Unigraphics and Mysis/Acpac

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