Quality Assurance Management
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Bruce Close
Email: *********@********.***
Address: **** * *** **
City: Mishawaka
State: IN
Zip: 46544
Country: USA
Phone: 574-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: $40,000
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Bruce Close
2115 E 4th Street
Mishawaka, Indiana 46544
*********@********.***
Shipping Supervisor
Production Manager ~ Materials Warehouse Foreman ~ Production Scheduler
Focused and hard-driving Supervisor with proven expertise guiding sizeable production, warehouse, and shipping teams to exceed performance goals, control costs, and optimize resources within challenging, deadline-critical environments. Adeptly apply concepts of lean manufacturing, value stream mapping, and manufacturing systems analysis to promote advanced quality control measures and foster a culture of excellence. Inspiring team mentor consistently increasing production, reducing waste, and advancing company goals while serving as a leader-by-example role model. Excellent communicator and coordinator.
Highlights of Expertise
Material Requirement Planning Lean Manufacturing Initiatives OSHA Regulatory Compliance Quality Assurance Management Solid Scheduling Coordination JIT / Just In Time Value Stream Mapping Lean Culture / Change Management Team Building and Leadership Inventory Database Management
Career Summary
Gunite Corporation, Elkhart, IN
Progressed through multiple positions of increasing complexity and responsibility for key business unit within Accuride Corporation comprising 450 employees and $260M annual revenue.
SHIPPING SUPERVISOR (11/1992 to Present)
Promoted to Shipping Supervisor after solid record of success as Master Scheduler and as Foreman. Currently coordinate shipping and receiving dock operations for warehouse management unit of leading North American supplier of wheel-end systems and components for heavy- and medium-duty truck markets. Manage systems, programs, and teams to meet timelines, budgets, and production goals while sustaining top levels of job site security and safety. Communicate across departments, participate in production meetings, and coordinate with customers to identify shipping, scheduling, and logistics requirements. Handle invoicing, logs, reports, schedules, and other records; manage complex databases. As General foreman, directed as many as 19 team members per shift across 3 separate shifts (57 total team members).
As Master Scheduler, handled production schedule for varied product lines including drums hubs, wheels, and rotors to meet on-time delivery goals; led production meetings, oversaw records, managed raw materials, coordinated with line operators, and maintained logistics to meet production objectives. Current position as Shipping Supervisor (3 years) includes accountability for complex team management and all aspects of dock operations. Recently increased accuracy and efficiency of shipping operations from 98.5% to near-perfect 99.7% scorecard results. Controlled cost and supported successful audit by developing procedures for successfully passing a critical ISO/TS 16949 Quality Management System audit. Previous roles as Master Scheduler(17 years) includes successfully increasing departmental productivity by 15% while reducing inventory and related costs by 40%. Skillfully handled multiple conflicting scheduling priorities to maintain on-time scheduling for numerous product lines; technically adept with managing multiple scheduling databases. During brief role as General Forman, Materials, led team to produce $3-4M of material while decreasing inventory by 40%. Early career roles with Gunite Corporation include Inventory Control Supervisor, Assembly Supervisor, and Quality Control Technician; comprehensive details available upon request. Skillfully managed 17 production lines comprised of 35 team members to meet all production goals on a daily basis. Consistently ensured top-quality products by performing detailed quality checks on equipment set-up; commended by management and promoted for exceptional work ethic.
Additional Experience
Chief Inspector
Metal Crafters, Goshen, IN
Set Up Technician
Metal Crafters, Goshen, IN
Security Guard (1996)
Magnum Security, South Bend . IN
Machine Operator
KL Machine, South Bend, IN
Education Professional Development
Advanced Manufacturing Managerial Certificate, 2008
Purdue University Technical Assistance Program, Purdue University
certificate, ISO/TS Internal Auditor
Professional Development / Academic Coursework Excel 2003 Fundamental and Intermediate Lean Culture / Change Management Concepts Principles of Lean Manufacturing Concepts Value Stream Mapping 5S System Statistical Process Control Quality Assurance for Technicians Advanced Manufacturing Inventory Record Accuracy Production and Inventory Control Inventory Management Just In Time (JIT) How to Increase Production Through Solid Scheduling Seminar
Technologies Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) BPIC MRP (Material Requirement Planning) System
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