DUSTIN JOWERS

**** ***** ***** ******

Hoover, AL 35244

205-***-****-cell

acffss@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a management or engineering position to help a company improve

performance using knowledge and experience already acquired from

previous experience.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CRB (Carpet and Rug Backing); Birmingham, AL (Plastics/ Textile

Plant)

Technical Manager

Oct 2008 - Present

. Schedule all production to insure proper flow throughout

plant

. Quality Control Manager (Developed sampling plan to measure

variability in products)

. Shipping and Receiving Manager

. IT liaison with corporate IT in Georgia (troubleshoot IT

issues onsite with assistance via phone)

. Order Raw Materials (~$30 million annually)

. Prepare Annual Operating Budgets

. Update & Maintain Computerized Production Systems (AS 400

System, BARCO)

. Assist/Audit Accounting Department's Monthly Physical

Inventory

. Manage all finished product inventory. (Improved inventory

turns by 67%)

. Prepare reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing

information

. Prepare monthly Environmental reports for waste water

discharge

. Update Product Spec sheets and work with customers to develop

new products

. Facility contact for Alabama Power (working with Alabama

Power, we have reduced outages by 75% over past 6 years)

. Member of Central Safety Committee

. Customer Service

Superintendent of Production Jan 2008 - Oct

2008

. Oversee overall Performance of 5 Departments (~140 employees)

. Interview, hire and evaluate new employees

. Coaching Shift Managers

. Scheduling of Departments to insure proper flow

. Spearheading Quality improvement Programs

. Spearheading Waste Reduction Program

. Other misc. tasks to insure Production demands are met

Maintenance & Extrusion Department Manager Sept

2006-Dec 2007

. Scheduling Maintenance on equipment and following up to

insure completion

. Monitoring safety issues and compliance in department

. Monitoring quality issues and compliance in department

. Hiring, training and evaluating new employees

. Ordering and inventorying parts

. Tracking Monthly budgets

. Production Scheduling for Department to meet customer demand

. Troubleshooting run ability/quality issues

Weaving Department Manager Sept

2003-May 2005

. Monitoring safety issues and compliance in department

. Monitoring quality issues and compliance in department

. Hiring, training and evaluating new employees

. Scheduling Maintenance and following up to insure completion

. Ordering and inventorying parts

. Tracking Monthly budgets

. Used root cause analysis to determine run ability problems

. Assisted with production scheduling

Shift Production Manager May

2005-Sept2006

. Monitoring safety issues and compliance on shift

Dec 2000-Sept 2003

. Monitoring quality issues and compliance on shift

. Tracking employee attendance

. Producing daily production reports

. Training and evaluating new employees on shift

. Monitoring production throughout shift

TNS Mills, Inc; Eufaula, AL

Shift Production Manager

Jan 2000-Nov 2000

. Monitoring safety issues and compliance on shift

. Monitoring quality issues and compliance on shift

. Tracking employee attendance

. Producing daily production reports

. Training and evaluating new employees on shift

. Monitoring production throughout shift

EDUCATION:

. Auburn University; Auburn, AL

o Bachelor of Textile Engineering

o Member of Phi Psi Honorary Textile Fraternity

. University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham, AL (2008-2010)

o Took Business classes with focus in Accounting

ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES:

. Habitat for Humanity

. First Aid and CPR Training

SKILLS:

. Windows - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

. AS400 computer system

. ADP Payroll

. Command Spanish Classes

. Forklift certification

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