MATTHEW HOLDBURG

**** *'Conner Street, Marysville, MI 48040 (C) 810-***-**** ac5d3t@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Manufacturing / Material Supervisor with comprehensive management and logistics experience who thrives in dynamically

changing environments. Utilizing 22 years of manufacturing scheduling and management experience, including cross-

training and scheduling employees, Inventory control, record-keeping and meeting all production deadlines. Exceptional

leader talented at motivating, teaching and building relationships with internal and external customers.

Skills

Deadline oriented Great Customer Service

Lean Manufacturing Material handling expertise

Extensive Production Scheduling Writing Procedures / Operator Instructions

Inventory management specialist Value Stream Mapping

Continuous Improvement Projects / Teams 5S Methodology

Manufacturing Management Experience Capacity Databases

Strong leadership abilities Root cause analysis

Work History

Molding Manager 11/2017 to 05/2018

Omega Plastics – Charter Township of Clinton, MI

Oversaw all three shifts of production.

40 employees including 3 supervisor / leads

Indirectly responsible for activities of 2 die setters and 7 process technicians

25 plastic injection molding presses

Responsible for schedule attainment

Employee Training

Performance reviews

All matters relating to the shop floor

Material Supervisor 01/2015 to Current

Antolin St. Clair – China Township, MI

Actively Scheduling the production floor, overseeing the shipping & receiving department.

Responsible for the discipline of employees at salary and hourly level

Deadline oriented - Understand importance of meeting deadlines such as shipping window times, inventory / cycle

counting reporting.

Created and updated department work instructions and reports on a regular basis.

Maintained and communicated daily inventory and shipment reports for all departments.

Inventory Control Supervisor 03/2006 to 01/2015

Burtek Inc – Chesterfield, MI

Responsible for overseeing the Material Control Department, Cycle Counter, as well as oversee the Shipping &

Receiving Department.

Operated with 3 separate warehouses and a tool crib.

Responsible for coordinating and executing multiple year end inventories.

Managed documentation of and training on production procedures and work instructions.

Recommended and executed improvements for inventory control / cycle counting

Addressed all personnel issues promptly and professionally.

Production Control Supervisor - Master Scheduler 02/2003 to 02/2006

Collins & Aikman Automotive – Port Huron, MI

Responsible for the overall production requirements of an assembly plant, as well as oversee the shipping department.

Forecasting and supervising the Production Control Supervisors.

Created and updated department work instructions and reports on a regular basis.

Production Control Coordinator 02/1998 to 02/2003

Collins & Aikman Automotive – Port Huron, MI

Responsible for scheduling production requirements of an assembly plant, as well as oversee the shipping department.

Lead Material Handler - Material Handler - Production Operator 02/1993 to 03/1998

Textron Automotive – Port Huron, MI

Responsible for overseeing the day to day operations of the Material Handlers and insuring the window times are met.

Responsible setting up assembly lines with product and moving finished goods to shipping dock.

Fork Truck License driving experience 5 years.

Responsible for making production in a timely manner.

Operated Heat Staking Machines, assembled product on Assembly line 1 part every 20 sec.

Trimmed parts and worked as part of a 3 man team setting pace for the assembly line.

Accomplishments

Proficiently supervised production schedulers, oversaw materials analysts, cycle counters, shipping and receiving

departments.

Scheduled production in automotive plastics plants & job shop environments

Conducted yearly physical inventories.

At Textron / Collins & Aikman

Achieved a schedule free production system using Kanban & Heijunka. Saving approx. 1 Million Dollars in

Inventory, Labor and scheduling errors in 1st year. Maintained system for 2 additional years.

Reduced WIP Inventory from 4 days on hand to 1day.

Reduced Finished goods Inventory from 16 hours to 2 - 4 hours.

Achieved inventory tums in excess of 120 turns. Turned entire inventory every 2 days. This took into account Raw,

WIP, Finished Goods & purchased components.

Played a role in achieving Textron's "Best Plants" Award from Industry Week Magazine October 2001. Finalist in the

"Shingo" award & had many Chrysler Awards for excellence

Education

High School Diploma: 1992

Port Huron High School - Port Huron, MI

Continued Education / Certifications

Collaborative Negotiation, Power of Persuasion, Situational Leadership, Project level 1: Database Planning and Tracking,

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) introduction, QS Internal Auditor training (3 days), Safety Training Industrial

Lift Truck Operators (ALTA), Effective Interviewing, HAZWOPER First Responder Awareness Level, Criticism and

Discipline Skills for Managers, Managing Safety: Techniques that work for line supervisors - with audit training, Lean

Manufacturing, Train the Trainer (YALE), Systematic methods for solving problems, Fundamentals of lean manufacturing,

how to be a more effective team leader, Effective Facilitation skills, Basic Inventory Management, Coaching: Brining out

the best in others, Proactive Listening, The corrective action process, Giving and receiving constructive feedback, The

basic principles for a collaborative workplace, Dale Carnegie - 4 hour training on effective communication.

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