Manager Quality Control
Resume:
John R. Owen
Goshen, IN *6528
**************@***.***
Seeking a General Manager position with leadership responsibilities
including; lean manufacturing, planning, organizing and managing P&L.
An insightful, out of the box thinker, and floor focus team building
manager.
Qualifications & Experience
$ Had an important part In designing and implementing project 25, which
was developed to improve through put by 25%. We exceeded our goals by an
additional 15% with a total company wide savings in excess of 800K.
$ Lead lean 5s program to reduce scrap and improve quality.
$ Developed and implemented the stop program to reduce machine scrap.
Went from a 25% scrap rate per month to a 10% scrap rate, which produced
a total savings of $10,518 per month.
$ Had a lead role in refining and implementing quality for life program
which improved production, quality and inner sales.
$ 12 years management and supervisory experience including materials
management, quality control, and production scheduling in a multi-plant
environment.
$ Management and supervision of welding shops, paint shop, and materials
management departments consisting of a total of 68 hourly employees.
$ Developed and implemented an aluminum scrap recovery program currently
generating approximately $75,000 annual savings.
$ Developed and implemented fastener consignment program, reducing
inventories by 15%.
$ Resolved supplier quality issues, reducing scrap by 6%
$ Resolved supplier delivery issues, improving production cycle time by
approx. 1.5 days.
$ Streamlined welding shop, paint shop operations resulting in measured
productivity increase of 22% over two year period (sold $ / man-hours
applied)
$ Managed welding shops and paint shop labor hours to achieve daily and
weekly productivity targets for 155 consecutive weeks.
$ Led team that built and installed 14 new manufacturing fixtures and
jigs.
$ 8 years of direct production experience in welding, paint shop, and
quality inspection.
Work History
1/2012 - Present Machining CNC Plant Manager, AL-KO Kober Corporation
Elkhart, IN
$ Developed and implemented stop program to reduce machining scrap by
25%.
$ Accountable for budgeting, cost control, payroll and profit and loss.
$ Freight savings realized by using our trucks instead of outside
carriers in returning dunnage back to the foundry for credit and bringing
back castings for savings of $6,000 to $9,000 a month.
$ Streamlined plant operations and helped in cutting down production and
warehousing costs.
$ Assisted in the development of new products and tooling.
5/2008 - 12/2011 Lead Production Supervisor, AL-KO Kober Corporation
Elkhart, IN
$ Vital part in project 25 to improve though put by 25% and labor hours
reduced 5% weekly.
$ Ensure customer orders were getting built and shipped by due date.
$ Supervised and managed 80employees, safety, quality and equipment
throughout production process.
$ Supervised and managed receivers to ensure that the trucks were
getting loaded with the correct product.
$ Cost saving projects in racking layout saving receiver travel time by
3%.
1/2008 - 5/2008 Production Weld Supervisor, Lippert Components, Inc
Goshen, IN
$ Supervised and managed two Monaco fifth wheel frame lines to meet
production orders.
$ Ensured that all safety and quality measures are adhered to in a
production process, from beginning till the end.
$ Ensured that all of the units matched the prints before delivery to
reduce service repairs.
5/2007-10/2007 Materials Handling & Recovery Manager, Pace Cargo Trailer
Middlebury, IN
$ Promoted to position from Welding & Paint Shop Supervisor in 5/07.
Job eliminated 10/1/07 due to falling sales of company.
$ Developed & implemented aluminum scrap recovery and fastener
consignment programs within 3 months of beginning position.
$ Managed 8 person materials handling department and streamlined
production floor materials delivery processes to reduce work-in-process
inventories by 7% during period.
$ Resolved raw material supplier quality & delivery issue by working
with engineering, sales and suppliers.
6/2002 - 5/2007 Welding & Paint Shop Supervisor, Pace Cargo Trailer
Middlebury, IN
$ Scheduled 40+ hourly employees on a daily basis to meet production
schedules. Included two welding shops and paint shop.
$ Streamlined floor process flow, materials handling, and fixture set up
to improve productivity by 22% over 2 year period. Allowed company to
increase production capacity by 30% without increase in workforce during
peak periods.
$ Led team that designed and implemented 14 new fixtures to launch two
new product lines. Achieved 400 unit introductory production target in 6
months, one month ahead of schedule.
$ Improved quality inspection procedures in production departments that
reduced scrap and faulty work by an average of 7% year on year over last
3 years in department.
$ Achieved departmental safety record of 50,000 man-hours without loss-
time accident during last 3.5 years of position.
4/2000 - 6/2002 Lead Quality Control Inspector, Pace Cargo Trailer,
Middlebury, IN
$ Responsible for all facets of production quality in welding and paint
shops including weld placement, paint mill operation, paint baking &
curing.
$ Worked with Quality Control Manager to develop and implement new
process procedures to improve quality and production efficiencies.
5/1995 - 4/2000 Production Welder/Jig Leader, Pace Cargo Trailer,
Middlebury, IN
$ Responsible for production welding of welds to print & specifications,
quality inspection
$ Trained new hire welders on frame jig and production procedures.
Education
$ Completed Supervisory & Management Skills Seminar (2006)
$ Medic First Aid basic training program (2011)
$ Certified Welder - Elkhart Area Career Center
$ Forklift Safety training program - Pace American
Interests
$ Classic Cars, motorcycles, weight lifting, football, family activities
References available upon request.
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