Will Thompson

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Professional Summary

Department Manager

Adaptive Leader with an uncanny ability to work close within large scale processes. Proven record to dig into a process and dissect into its simplest elements. Repeatedly asked to take on challenging assignments and consistently results of improvements. Common success is work to help the people better themselves and hold a team accountable.

Work History

Department Manager Spacedye, Shaw Lafayette, Ga 2015 – Present

Instrumental in reducing waste 23% (2.3% to 1.78%) in 2016. This is one of the main Plant and Department Metrics, which three years ago was $3 million.

Identified and addressed elements critical to the process

Engaged innovative technology (Faro arm) to quantify variation within the process

Addressed Key Metrics, waste and quality, through individual accountability

Built strong leadership team through constant training and engagement

Department Manager Cable Heatset, Shaw Lafayette, Ga 2013 – 2015

Took Benchmarking and individual accountability to a new level. The Department went from one of the lowest performers to the top performer in the division.

Individual accountability and Best job practices cut waste 47%, from 0.51% to 0.27%

Engaged support staff and drove Superba waste from 1.02% to 0.43%, 58% reduction.

Formed a League of Colleagues – support group of fellow Department Managers whom still constantly benchmark and exchange ideas

Department Manager Extrusion, Shaw Chickamauga, Ga 2012 – 2013

Instrumental in pulling together a group of supervisors in an unstable process to a department that is still the standard today.

Empowered supervisors to make decisions on the floor that instantly impacted the daily product flow

Followed key metrics that reduced waste 32%, from 6.0% to 4.1%, in one year.

Engaged support staffs to accept ownership of critical equipment

Department Manager Needlepunch & Weaving, Shaw Chickamauga, Ga 2008 – 2012

Entered into a Needlepunch process that was relatively new with Shaw while simultaneously optimizing output in the well-established Weaving operation.

Increased pounds per operator hour in weaving during a soft market era

Improved equipment reliability in the Needlepunch area in under a year

Reduced the off-quality level in Needlepunch drastically in under a year

Department Manager Weaving Slashing Rebeaming Trion, Ga 1995 – 2008

Began textile career as trainee, through hands on learning, was a Department manager within a year.

Qualified on every job in the departments in order to have firsthand view of the jobs. This included six week training in Spartanburg as a technician, while a Department Manager

Managed procurement of all base chemicals for day to day operations

Managed over 200 hourly and 8 supervisors in operation that was THE largest in the world at that time.

Organized the innovation and introduction of new products that Sales and R&D provided.

Weaving Department Manager 1995 to 2000

Slashing Department Manager 2000-03 then added Rebeaming in 03 - 08

Education

Shorter College Rome, Georgia MBA 2006 - 2008

Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, Alabama BS Industrial Mgmt 1991 - 1994

University of West Georgia Carrollton, Georgia General Studies 1983 - 1988

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