Manager Quality Assurance
Resume:
JERRY THRASHER - **** N State Street
Batesville,AR 72501
- *************@*******.***
Qualifications for...
Distribution/Production Management Professional
Skilled manufacturing, distribution, and management professional with a
10+year track record of success utilizing my experience and education in
the production and distribution of products. I have worked diligently with
teams at each company to improve processes that increase productivity,
quality, customer service, and On-time Delivery. I assisted with layout
for a facility that increased labor efficiencies by 30 - 35%, in eight
months. I excel in all aspects of production control and management,
quality assurance, safety, and inventory management. I am knowledgeable
regarding Microsoft Word, Access, and Excel also including MRP systems SAP.
Core Competencies
- Continuous Improvement - Kanban Systems - Negotiations
- Operations Management - Project Management - Estimating
- Training/Development - Budget Management - Warehouse
Management
- Lean Manufacturing - Forecasting - TQM
- DOT Standards and - Inventory Control - Customer
Regulations Service
Career Track
SNL Distribution
Terminal Manager March 2009-January 2010
Distribution and Inventory
< Manage and oversee the distribution and delivery of baked goods for
Flowers Baking Company. 45 direct driver reports 2 supervisors and 3
shop technicians. Distribution areas included Arkansas, Missouri,
Alabama, and Tennessee. Insure hours of service and other federal
department of transportation rules and regulations were complied.
Conduct accident investigations and react to road conditions and driver
capacity in regards to the flow of baked goods within region. Weekly
billing duties for excess of $100,000 weekly. Produce weekly terminal
reports.
< Track on-time delivery and conduct load tracing for over short and damage
claims.
< Conduct accident investigations and create product loss reports.
< Update and maintain dispatch times with detention monitoring duties.
< Conduct random audits of depots inventory levels and verifying against
shipping bills of ladings and other shipping documents.
Operations
Once the baked goods are prepared, I as the terminal manager had to
determine the amount of equipment necessary to cover the load count. In
addition, I assisted in scheduling equipment maintenance and made decisions
on the leasing of additional equipment either due to maintenance or excess
load capacity requirements. Maintained 24/7 on-call status regarding any
operations related issues.
< Managed Product recall due to quality department recall of product within
region insuring all products were accounted for and disposed.
< Coordinated flour delivery with railroad and managed the transportation
of tanker transportation from rail yard to delivery of flour into
production storage bins at production plant.
< Conduct daily meetings with customer to address issues and acquire
production schedule requirements.
< Audit the continuous seal record documents associated with shipments.
< Repower loads when drivers ran out of hours due to breakdowns or weather
related issues.
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Career Track - continued
Triumph Foods
Traffic Manager September 2008-February 2009
Operations
Conduct accident/incident investigations. Direct report of 6 dispatchers,
2 wash dock personnel, and 3 shag drivers per shift. Manage traffic flow of
shag drivers on pulls and spot backs for shipping facility. Product
protection duties and directing repair of down equipment on refrigerated
units. Conduct daily meetings with production and outside carriers on
current load levels. Communicate with drivers eta's for loading and
billing both domestic and international loads. Oversee wash dock employee
and area to insure HAACP program is followed. Manage schedules of drivers
and dispatchers to insure coverage. I assigned empty trailers to the
loading schedule by carrier and available trailer pool. Conduct payroll
duties for department and resolution of pay issues. Administer discipline
under company policies.
Labarge Inc.
Production Supervisor February 2007-August 2008
Continuous Improvement
Observes and directs operations and works closely with engineering manager
to determine best opportunities for improvement. Assisted in a time study
in March of 2007 on the 860 assembly with the lowest efficiency of 33% to
see where we could make our improvements. Did a line balancing on the
860 top and subassembly areas and achieved an efficiency of approximately
70% in the month of April 2007. I supervised 38 production employees, 5
mentors, and 2 material handler operators.
< Using the time study information and lessons learned from line balancing
the 860 I directed other production line team members responsible for
increasing our efficiencies to 100% by the end of January 2008. Since
January 2008 we have been operating at an average of over 115% efficient.
< Worked closely with the production manager, engineering department,
materials manager, and other production supervisors to provide the
Eclipse work area with a new layout.
< We used lean thinking and put the subassembly work cells next to the top
assembly work cells to open up communication between the two areas and
also give supervisors the advantage of seeing where the product is in the
build. This also gave the supervisor the ability to spot breakdowns in
the process more easily.
Quality Assurance
I worked closely with the quality supervisor to determine the best
practices for the Eclipse program. There was an existing practice in other
programs in the facility that used craftsman stamps for qualified workers
to check their own work.
< We encouraged the QE for Eclipse to prove in this process in Eclipse to
help reduce the waiting time on inspectors. This achieved better product
flow and reduced the manpower need for quality inspectors.
< Once we saw the craftsman stamp use on crimps become such a success it
led us to ask the QE to prove in this process on splices as well. This
is currently a work in process but should have the same positive affect.
Material Management
Our improvement team also worked closely with the materials manager to make
improvements in the material flow for eclipse. We used the demand and
capacity levels to determine the best way to kit material to the floor. We
introduced a two-bin Kanban system for the stock room and wire kitting, a
bulk material Kanban, and material handlers.
< These were key elements in having materials readily available to
production.
< Predetermining how to kit the material from the stockroom made it easier
on planning to make the right decisions.
< Before the wire kitting Kanban was introduced we were continuously
running out of wire because production didn't always know what they had.
The Kanban is a visual tool used by wire kitting to determine how to
schedule their day.
< Introducing the bulk material Kanban reduced the amount of paper work
need to keep up with scrap in Eclipse. Instead of filling out a defect
report every time production scrapped a contact we did a cycle count when
the parts run out once a month and if the scrap rate was high we would do
an investigation to determine solutions to the problem.
< The introduction of the material handlers took away non-value added work
from the production employees. This also provided material to the
fingertips of the operator so that we could increase our efficiencies.
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Career Track - continued
Tyson Foods
Transportation Fleet Manager October 2005-January 2007
Night/Weekend Dispatcher May 2004-October 2005
Distribution Management
Following success with my position as a night/weekend dispatcher I was
promoted to Fleet Manager. I managed a fleet of 50+ drivers and a load
coordinator. The fleet consisted of over the road and a shuttle fleet.
Handle breakdowns, accidents, customer complaints, etc.
< Conducted driver log training and safety meetings.
< Facilitated over/short damage claims and weekly detention reporting.
< On-time service tracking reporting duties.
< Schedule shipping and delivery appointments and communicate estimated
time of arrival on key accounts.
< Load planning duties of shuttle fleet. Utilization reporting.
Budgeting duties.
< Effectively coordinate load movement and delivery of products and raw
materials to multiple locations throughout the United States/Canada.
< Facilitate payment of charges such as lumper fees, traffic fines,
tolls using both T-Check and Comdata systems.
< Provided delivery and pickup information to drivers. Tract key
accounts with whom delivery appointments in jeopardy and communicated
to customer arrival times.
< Coordinate shipments of materials during weather related times of
crisis such as hurricane evacuation. Over short and damage claims
including donations, disposal, and redelivery.
< Handle breakdown and accidents.
PRADCO Outdoor brands
Customer Servicer/Sales Representative May 2001-January 2004
Production Control & Management
I managed the employer's e-commerce site for the hunting division and also
the fishing division. I directed feedback to various departments from
customers regarding quality, price and performance.
< Spearheaded addressing problems regarding quality, price, or
performance.
< Wrote direct and indirect business for various outdoor product lines.
< Product development team member involving presenting ideas, personal
input, and testing.
< Responsible for shipment tracking upon customer demand for
international and domestic customers.
< I operated as the initial contact person for customers regarding
extensive product line for both PRADCO Fishing and Hunting divisions
including history and availability.
< Managed employee purchase programs and answered any questions
employees have on product lines.
< Represented products at fishing tournaments and hunting events to
provide assistance or information for kid's events and professional
events such as Central Pro/Am tournament circuit.
< Managed credit transactions to closeout and collect bad debt or past
due accounts. Provided statistical information to different areas of
business to drive sales/marketing and highlight trends in the market
place. Flag products for review of quality manager.
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Career Track - continued
ok industries
Production Control Inventory
Coordinator December
2000-May 2001
Human
Resources
September 1998-December 2000
Following a successful work history in the human resources department I was
promoted to a newly created position in production control.
< Responsible for the creation of government USDA reports.
Configuration of production yields and reporting results to upper
management.
< Prepared daily labor summary reports and Replied to USDA in regards
to company's noncompliances.
< Prepared production cost reports and trend analysis reporting.
< Researched company accident reports and assisted with risk management
duties.
< Responsible for inventory tracking between production facilities.
< Assisted with training and implementation of new computerized
inventory system.
< Responsible for selecting "Employee of the Month" and issuing company
rewards program.
< Oversee compliance of government guidelines such as Family Medical
Leave Act.
< Responsible for hiring of employees.
< Administered discipline under company policies.
< Assisted in the implementation of employee training/orientation
courses.
< Administered payroll distribution for production facilities.
< Handled vacation request acquiring approval or denial for requested
dates.
Education
Arkansas state university
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration 12/1998
Member Phi Beta Lamda
Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma Executive Training
Straight Talk about Management (16 hour course)
References
Gary Martin (SNL District Manager) 205-***-****
Brad Smith (SNL Safety Manager) 205-***-****
Mike Swint (Flower's Baking Director of
Distribution) 870-***-**** cell 870-***-**** of
Victor Hurst (Flower's Baking Shipping
Superintendent) 870-***-**** cell 870-***-****
Marge Harr (Tyson Distribution) 479-***-****
Walter Whittet (Tyson Transportation)
Michael Felcher (Energy Conservation
Supply)479-***-****
Craig Jones (FAG Bearing Co. Industrial Engineer)(
Brian Higgins (Labarge Production Manager)
870-***-**** x249
Ken Buch (Labarge Quality Manager) 870-***-****
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