Plant Manager Operations Manager Quality Manager
Resume:
JUAN VELASQUEZ
Grosse Pointe Park, Mi. 48230
Plant Manager – Operations Manager
EDUCATION Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
B.A. in Industrial Technology
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
B.A. in Business
TRAINING • Industrial Management and Communications
• Lean Manufacturing Certified
• Six Sigma Green Belt
• USDA & FDA certified
• Kanban
ISO9001:2008 & TS16949
• Kaizan
• Management by Fact
• Toyota Production Systems
• Fluent in Spanish
2015- present Quality Manager (3 plants)
Kowalski
Responsible for all quality testing and inspection of foods
Management Representative for FDA and USDA audits
Creating, updating and training all work instructions
Work with customers to resolve any quality issues
Metric implementation
2013- 2015 Production Manager
Grobbel’s
Responsible for managing daily operations on the floor for the manufacturing of corn beef.
Responsible for individual safety.
Creating/updating work procedures.
Implemented 5S system
Coaching Supervisors and Line Coordinators
Implementation of metrics
2009 – 2012 Operations Manager
McQuay Staunton, Virginia
Manufacturer of Industrial Chillers – Water/Air; 275 Hourly, 11 Salaried
Re-generated 5S program
Increased output from 30 units to record 91 units per week (60-75 average)
Implemented visual work systems in all areas
Earned hours up from 900 to 1150 per day
Implemented inline quality audits
2005 -2008 Operations Manager
Sabic IP (formally Exatec a joint venture of GE and Bayer) Wixom, Michigan
• Responsible for HS&E
•Responsible for managing daily operations on the floor of a R&D Prototype Facility for polycarbonate glazing
•Leads the design and build’s of prototype windows for OEM’s auto show vehicles and celebrity show cars
•Oversees facility that includes molding machines, wet coat and plasma lines
•Implemented 5S, Quality Systems and Standardized Processes
•Credited for patents in film injection molding
2003 – 2005 Plant Manager
Libralter Plastics Walled Lake, Michigan
• Responsible for managing daily floor operations which included 27 injection molding machines, assembly and paint departments
•Direct Reports included 6 supervisors, 6 process technicians, 132 operators in a three shift operation
•Trained all employees in the 5S methodology and implemented throughout entire organization
•Increased labor efficiencies for low 80% to 95%
•Reduced scrap from $5000 to $400 a day
•Certified to ISO9000 and TS16949
•Reduction of PPM from 12,000 per month to 8 PPM per month
1998 -2003 Production Manager
Inalfa Roof Systems Auburn Hills, Michigan
• Responsible for management of the daily operations on manufacturing floor consisting of 120 operators
• Responsible for 2 supervisors and 9 lead employees
• Responsibilities included the following but not limited to: operator training and certification, machine efficiencies, labor efficiencies, maintenance, and machine capabilities
• Directed the manufacture of current production, new launch and service parts
• Cross-trained department associates for more efficient operations
• Responsibilities included QS9000 and TS16949 implementation and certification
• Increased labor efficiencies from 75% to 95%
1997 – 1998 Logistics Manager
TMSI Mascot Knoxville, Tennessee
• Responsible for managing 5 supervisors who coordinated activities of operation being all shipping and receiving for the GE Distribution Center
1995 – 1997 Production Shift Manager
Allied Signal Safety Restraints Knoxville, Tennessee
• Responsible for afternoon shift operations of passenger airbag lines and machine shop
• Responsible for the direction of 60 operators, operator training and certification, machine capabilities and maintenance
CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS • New production start-up
• Successful re-organization of a failing company in attaining profitability, re-certifying to TS16949 and being taken off new business hold
• Responsible for HS&E conformity
• Six Sigma Green Belt
• Implementation of QS9000 and TS16949 at three companies
• Working expertise of Toyota Systems
• Implemented Lean Manufacturing & 5S
• Worked on numerous successful Kaizans
• Implemented Kanban systems
• Instrumental in restructuring & reorganization of manufacturing operations for three companies
• Responsible for training and directing three Six Sigma team projects that saved the company $250,000 by implementing lean manufacturing and restructuring work cells
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