Supervisor Manager

PAUL OGONOR

*** ****** **. ***** ****, Texas ****4 Cell-214-***-**** ********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position for a Production Supervisor / Manager within a stable and growing company.

EDUCATION:

University of Dallas-Irving Texas MBA (Telecommunications Management)

University of Central Texas, Killeen Texas MS (Manufacturing/Logistics Management)

Texas Southern University, Houston Texas BS (Engineering Technology)

SUMMARY:

Results oriented with proven leadership abilities and a focus on continuous improvement.

16 plus years of diversified experience in engineering, manufacturing and management with two Fortune 500 Companies.

15 years with lean manufacturing (TPS) experience and utilizing Six Sigma principles in continuous improvements.

Computer experience-Oracle (J.D. Edwards Enterprise One, MRP system); SAP, Visio, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power-point, Auto-cad.

Project management experience, detail oriented and able to quickly isolate problems and generate appropriate solutions.

Skilled in communicating effectively with employees, engineers, customers, and suppliers.

Demonstrated ability to train and motivate others to accomplish goals while fostering a sense of pride in team accomplished quality results.

EXPERIENCE:

Certain Teed / Saint-Gobain, Ennis, TX (Production Supervisor) March, 2012---Present

Conducting daily safety meeting which continues to resulting to no lost time accident and helps to achieving ISO 14001 Certification.

Coaching and resolving operational, manufacturing and production problems.

Implemented 5-S which continues to creating positive impressions on customers, and increasing production efficiency and organization.

Motivating associates through effective communication, resulting to increase in performance.

Participating in Six-Sigma project which drives for start-up waste reduction and thereby, improving customer satisfaction.

Ingersoll Rand/Trane, Tyler, TX (Production Supervisor) Temporary April. 2011-July, 2011

Conducting Tool Box meetings to discuss safety issues, resulted to no lost time accident.

Facilitating operational training program, which continues to improve total product quality and on time delivery to customers.

Coaching, providing feedback to and resolving conflicts among team members.

Identifying customer requirements and communicating them to the teams.

Collaborating to improving plant productivity and increasing efficiency.

Identifying and resolving process issues as they arise.

Chart Cooler Service, Tulsa, OK. (Production/Maintenance Supervisor) Jan. 2009-Feb. 2010

Conducting Tool Box meetings to discuss safety issues, resulted to no lost time accident.

Managing Dept. training program, which continues to improve total product quality and on time delivery to customers.

Implemented 5S process, which continues to result to safe work environment.

Coaching, providing feedback to and resolving conflicts among team members.

Collaborating to improving plant productivity and increasing efficiency.

Identifying and resolving process issues as they arise.

Established Preventive Maintenance-CNC Lathe/Mill Machines, etc. and created work order procedures, resulting to 90% overall equipment efficiency.

Stemco LLC, Longview, TX. (Production Supervisor) Oct. 2004-March 2008

Led Kaizen teams to improve 5S process, OEE, and Factory improvement, resulted to a standard work environment and cost savings.

Conducting jump-start meetings to discuss safety issues resulted to safe work environment.

Maintained shift awareness of ISO policies and processes, resulted to full compliance during evaluation process.

Established weekly meetings to discuss quality processes and training resulted to 50% reduction in product defects.

Worked with the Plant Manager on budget issues, resulted to cost savings for the company.

Armtec Defense Co. Camden, AR. (Production Supervisor) May 2003-April 2004

Conducted weekly safety meetings to discuss safety issues, resulting to safe work environment.

Established bi-weekly quality meetings to improve consistency in product assembly.

Maintained team awareness of ISO policies and processes, as a result, achieved full compliance during evaluation process.

Managed continuous improvement projects, resulting to non-conformance reduction of 30%.

Applied Materials, Austin TX. (Production Supervisor) July 2000--September 2002.

Originated and conducted daily safety inspections and encouraged employees to participate in safe-related activities, resulting in a safe work environment.

Lean manufacturing-managed mixed flow process, using kanban pull system, visual management, Total quality techniques, zero in-process inventory, TAKT Time (minutes), Bar-coding system, and response to customer demand.

Established weekly quality meetings to improve consistency in product assembly.

Managed Producer NC/DMR projects, facilitated Producer quality feedback meetings, and participated in cross-functional quality team instituting actions resulting to non-conformance reduction of 40%.

Maintained team awareness of ISO policies and procedures resulting in full compliance during evaluation process.

Developed training materials for operations certification through which all employees were certified in five operations.

National Semiconductor, Arlington TX. (Senior Production Supervisor) August 1997-July 2000

Conducted daily safety audits within the work center to maintain safe work environment.

Managed daily production activities (bottlenecks, cross-functional line balance, shift setups) and achieved 100% performance goal.

Monitored performance through the shift (pull points, static lots, inventories) and pass-down on a daily plan level, resulted in 30% reduction in cycle time.

Led a small team which put in place a mistake proofing mechanism for wafer scrap and achieved 0% scrap rate.

Led kaizen team (continuous process involvement) for etch oxide bay and, the result was 20% reduction in cycle time.

Applied Materials Inc., Austin, TX. (Manufacturing Technologist/Production Supervisor) Nov. 1993-Aug.1997

Implemented lean manufacturing mixed module flow line, which resulted in 52% reduction of direct labor, reduction of two shifts into one shift, 50% reduction of floor space, 50% reduction in cycle time, and achieving 100% on time delivery to customers with zero defects and overall cost savings for the company and the customers.

Directed employees to be both task and people oriented and built links between employees in teams, and cross-trained employees in other areas, which resulted to 20% cycle time reduction.

Provided the work center with all the materials needed to maintain an established level of production and controlled daily production activities and prioritized business needs, which resulted to 100% on time delivery to customers.

Updated product-build procedures and achieved 30% reduction in cycle time.

Performed simulation test for customers which resulted to customer satisfaction.

MEMBERSHIP: Institute for Supply Management.

Received Applied Materials WMO-Austin Semi-Annual Small Team Award, 3rd & 4th Quarter 1994, for contributions to the Workmanship Standard Team.

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