Supervisor

Mark Chesteen

**** ***** ****** ****** 615-***-****

Huntsville AL 35805

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SUMMARY

Over 30 years experience in shift supervisory roles in military, manufacturing, and shipping environments. Team member involved in designing, implementing and maintaining ISO, Kaizen, 5S, safety, and employee relationship programs in new plants. Experience with all types of forklifts,proper loading of trucks, managing warehouse, supervising delivery drivers, dispatching trucks, driving large bob-trucks. Supervised and trained up to 30 machine operators in a JIT environment, to include proper inspection practice, packing requirements, quality standards (to include color matching) for automotive products. Experience in Tier 1, vendor, and proprietary product environments. Familiar with Excel, Windows, Mac, and shipping/receiving computer programs.

Professional Experience

Military; USAF 1977 to 1985

Voice Processing Specialist- Russian translator assigned to National Security Agency, Ft Meade MD

Numerous leadership/supervisor roles in various functions while working in a very secure, time sensitive, and mission-critical role as down-link operator for satellites, and as a crew-member for U2, SR-71, and TR1 surveillance platforms. Upon recognition of certain criteria, my report had to be in the hands of POTUS (President US) within a strict 10-minute window. An erroneous conclusion on my part could result in conflict between nuclear powers. Courier of Presidential eyes-only material from NSA to Pentagon vault for the POTUS daily intel briefing. Operated under the regulations of the PAP (Personal Accountability Program) which included Nuclear Launch Officers in silos, submarines and bombers. Reduction In Force resulted in separation from Air Force upon the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Manufacturing; GNB Battery Technologies, Flowood MS, 1988 to 1998

Material handler, Process Technician, Die Change, Shift Supervisor

High volume plant shipping over 6 million parts per month, supplying Champion brand auto/marine batteries to Walmart, Sams, Ford, Mazda, and VW. Over 200 workers on 4 shifts 24/7. Responsible for maintaining a 98% uptime on all machines, ensuring supplies on hand, processes monitored and adjusted to maintain targeted goals for quality/production quota/scrap. Scheduling operators, changing tools when production run finished, performing minor maintenance as needed (replacing blown fuses, heater bands, robot alignment, pneumatic, hydraulic, plumbing, electrical). Part of team to design and implement initial ISO compliance. Member of several teams: Safety, Metrics, Associate Morale and Welfare. Worked closely with all departments: Quality, tool room, scheduling, HR, upper management. Participated in plant-wide full inventory count every year. GNB bought out by Exide and then all plants closed.

Shipping/receiving; Fulton Flooring,Pearl MS, 1998 to 2001

Warehouse Manager

Responsible for ordering all materials for major flooring projects in 3-state area for large contractor, tracking all orders to ensure timely arrival to warehouse, scheduling trucks and drivers to deliver to worksite, returning excess material to warehouse. Ensuring all delivery trucks maintained properly to comply with DOT regs. Responsible for ordering ceramic and vinyl tile, carpet, wood, stone, grout, tools. Created an inventory list of materials in warehouse to reduce costs and eliminate clutter. When hired, the warehouse was a complete disaster, as items returning from completed projects were put into the warehouse or outside on the pad in no particular organization--- no one knew what was on hand. I gathered up all the obsolete/discontinued or damaged inventory and donated it to Habitat for Humanity, getting the company a $25,000 tax write-off and getting all materials off the pad and into the warehouse, bins numbered, and a specific area for each type of material, and an inventory list updated daily as items entered or left the warehouse. Implemented a sign-in/sign out procedure for all tools to eliminate losses. Company had 3 large bob-trucks and 13 pickup trucks for work crews. Supervised 3 delivery drivers. For orders too large for in-house trucks, arranged shipments with outside carriers to ensure timely delivery at lowest cost.

Laid off during economic downturn.

Manufacturing: M-Tek Mississippi, Gluckstadt MS, 2001 to 2003

Manufacturing Engineer

Responsible for all tooling, blueprints, and production for new plant, a Tier 1 supplier to Nissan plant opening in Canton MS for in-house production, and all tooling and production for a world-wide network of vendors. JIT program demanded very strict adherence to production runs as racks/dunnage were limited. Responsible for establishing procedures designed to limit die-changes to 10 minutes, last shot to first shot. Most vendors unfamiliar with automotive quality standards, so I had to train the quality department managers, including proper lighting, inspection practices, and operation of color-matching equipment. Timely delivery of parts was critical, as shutting down a Nissan production line resulted in a fine of $6,000 per hour per line (some parts went on all 5 vehicles). This resulted in midnight calls from vendors with damaged tooling which had to be picked up, repaired, and returned before part shortages shut down any production lines at Nissan. Frequent emergency/ no notice trips to Japan for various issues. Member of Kaizen, 5S, and safety teams. Numerous Boards, charts, computer files, etc had to be updated to show progress of project prior to launch. Responsible for all TAR (Tooling Acceptance Reports), which had to be completed prior to payment to mold makers. Responsible for tooling trials to be performed for every die prior to launch, scheduling trial times and coordinating this with vendors, in-house quality managers, and Japanese engineers. When hired, the launch was behind schedule and over budget. 3 M.E. slots were never filled, resulting in me being the only one to do all of these tasks, and the launch happened on time and below budget. I was twice promoted with a doubling of salary in my first year, by request of senior Japanese management, against company policy of one year of service before being evaluated for promotion. Established a computer filing system that was implemented corporate-wide, for a company that has been a Tier 1 supplier for Nissan since 1948. Frequent emergency travel led to family problems, and I worked out a mutually beneficial solution, where I went to work for one of the vendors struggling with scrap issues (American National Molding, see below) and suggested a good replacement for myself.

American National Molding, Flowood MS, 03 to 09

Shift Supervisor

Hired to run 2nd shift to produce parts for Nissan and other customers, and provide leadership on reducing a severe scrap issue which cost the company over a million dollars in wasted material in one fiscal year. Within first year got plant down to the target of 5% scrap rate. Most duties and responsibilities already discussed above. This was the same plant, equipment, and staffing as GNB listed before. The plant closed for a few years and then reopened under new ownership. Supervised up to 30 machine operators. Often I had no quality auditor, material handler, training officer, etc, so I did everything myself. Laid off again when economic downturn led to plant nearly closing.

Personal

In 2010 my father passed away, and I used my inheritance for travel and for a while I partially retired. Last month I bought a house here in Huntsville (where I grew up and attended Grissom High School), and developed a bad case of cabin fever. I am very anxious to again become a productive member of society. I have local and professional references which I can provide if needed.

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