Manager Manufacturing

William D. Johnson Jr.

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Experience

Sealed Air Corporation

Lenoir, North Carolina

Manufacturing Supervisor Dates active: 7/08 to

current

Supervise 25 hourly manufacturing and shipping employees

on a 12 hour rotating shift. Working with co-extrusion and

blown film polyethylene. Responsible for ensuring manufacture

and ship dates are met, confirm that quality standards are

maintained and to verify that equipment and processes are

operating at or above standards. Conduct monthly safety and

quality review meetings with all associates.

Rexam Beverage North America

Winston Salem, North Carolina

Manufacturing Supervisor Dates active: 8/06 to

6/08

Managed a union workforce in daily production activities

working in an aluminum can manufacturing facility. Responsible

for leading scrap reduction projects, ensuring that daily

manufacturing production and quality needs are met and that

scrap and rework items are addressed in a timely manner.

Working with metal stamping and forming equipment, lithographic

printing presses and automatic palletizing equipment. Weekly

meetings with union stewards to ensure that both company and

union needs are being met.

Centro, Incorporated

Claremont, North Carolina

Manufacturing Manager Dates active: 5/05 to 7/06

Responsible for meeting scheduled production dates,

achieving set production goals and reducing manufacturing costs

while maintaining established customer quality demands. Reduced

manufacturing costs through cycle time improvements, lean

manufacturing principles and labor reduction. Managed 2

manufacturing departments in a plastics rotational molding

environment. Responsible for maintaining Quality standards that

meet or exceed customer demands by performing in-process and

final inspection of parts.

Toter, Incorporated

Statesville, North Carolina

Plant Production Manager Dates active: 6/01 to 5/05

Responsible for managing all manufacturing and support

activities in production areas: manufacturing processes,

shipping & receiving, inventory control, maintenance & grounds

repair, and production scheduling. Streamlined manufacturing

process and reduced total headcount by 10% while maintaining

production goals. Implemented many kaizan principles (lean

manufacturing, 5S and kanbans) that helped to increase

production. Aggressively pursued cycle time reduction to

improve output by 15%. Responsible for maintaining customer

quality and performance demands. Chairman of Safety Committee.

Partner with Human Resources to ensure governmental compliance

with FMLA, OSHA, and Workers Compensation.

Candle Corporation of America

Elkin, North Carolina

Manufacturing Manager Dates active: 9/98 to 6/01

Managed day to day activities within four manufacturing

departments. Worked with Engineering and Maintenance groups to

install new processes and equipment. Helped develop

manufacturing processes and quality standards on new products.

Responsible for Quality systems within areas of responsibility.

In conjunction with Training department, developed training

courses for employee training.

Alcatel Telecommunications Cable, NA

Claremont, North Carolina

Team Developer Dates active: 12/90 to 9/98

Supervised and coached 4 business teams to make decisions

regarding production planning, operating to goals, schedule

completion, and quality fulfillment. Developed and taught

training on process and business theory skills. Developed a pre-

employment hiring training session for hourly employees. Helped

integrate new products into production from R & D/Engineering.

Also held position of Process Engineer.

Education

Gardner Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

Masters in Business Administration (MBA).

9/00 to 5/04.

Lenoir Rhyne College

Hickory, NC

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (BA).

8/91 to 12/95.

Mitchell Community College

Statesville, NC

A.A.S. Liberal Arts/Mechanical Drafting.

11/83 to 5/87.

Moore School of Business - University of South Carolina

Daniel Management Center

Front Line Management certificate program

1997-1998

. Critical Skills for Supervisors; Beyond the Basics

. Leading and Facilitating High-Performance Teams

. Assertiveness Training

. Power of Negotiation

. Time Management

. Conflict Resolution

Forsyth Technical Community College

Winston Salem, NC

Six Sigma Applications training

2007

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