Production/Manufacturing Manager
Resume:
THEODORE CHARLES FARRINGTON
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MANUFACTURING MANAGER / OPERATIONS MANAGER
PROVEN LEADER, MENTOR AND HANDS-ON MANAGER THAT THRIVES INSIDE ANY MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT.
PASSIONATE LEADER OF PERSONNEL INSPIRING THEM TO ACHIEVE, AS A TEAM, THOSE TASKS THAT WERE THOUGHT OF AS
IMPOSSIBLE. EXTENSIVE SET OF SKILLS DEVELOPED WHILE MANAGING AND FUNCTIONING WITHIN EVERY DISCIPLINE IN A
TYPICAL OPERATIONAL AND MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT. METRIC DRIVEN MANAGER THAT UNDERSTANDS THOSE KEY
POINT INDICATORS THAT DRIVE THE ORGANIZATION AND CAN DEVELOP, MANAGE, AND IMPLEMENT MANUFACTURING
PROCESSES FOR USE WITH ALL TYPES OF LEAN AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES. A COMPLETE AND PROVEN
CHANGE AGENT THAT HAS POSITIVELY MOVED THOSE INDICATORS BY SETTING THE DIRECTION, TRANSFORMING THE
CULTURE, ELIMINATING WASTE WITHIN PROCESSES. PROVEN LEADER OF SITE-WIDE LEAN TRANSFORMATIONS WITH THE
USE OF CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAMS EXECUTING A MULTI-FOCUSED PROJECT ON-TIME, UNDER-BUDGET.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Husqvarna Nov 2013-
Current
Production Manager Columbia, SC
Oversee multiple shifts and supervisors (5 direct reports and 100 indirect), to include both hourly and salaried
employees. This includes the accountability of all supervisors and team leaders on each shift to fulfill expected
job responsibilities.
Provide continuous improvement leadership, including idea and initiative generation and implementation. This
also includes achieving targets set at the departmental level.
Oversee the execution of the safety policy with the appropriate vigilance and documentation, including reporting,
fact finding, job safety analysis, and accident prevention.
Ensure safe and proper operation of all machinery and equipment in the department at the shift level, including
vigilance and response to downtime and operational issues.
Provide a tactical response to quality issues, including oversight of auditing and documentation, and elevation
when issues affect operations.
Maintain appropriate staffing levels for each shift, ensuring proper administration and documentation of
employee status; payroll and attendance; discipline, promotions, and terminations; distribution of labor; and
training.
Ensure proper execution of production priorities, reporting and problem solving. Achieve financial targets as
directed by business objectives and/or senior management.
L&L Products May
2013-Nov 2013
Operations Manager Columbia, SC
Provide leadership and give direction to the supervisory team on all operations throughout the facility - non-
union automotive facility.
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Provide the leadership to develop and implement programs, plans and procedures for meeting and exceeding
performance goals.
Establish performance metrics for the facility and individuals. Measure at predetermined frequencies and report
out.
Develop, coordinate, and implement budgetary constraints and project management across the entire operation.
Liaison with all functional areas within the facility to assure that production schedules, safety, quality,
maintenance, engineering projects and every other aspect of the business are meeting and exceeding goals and
expectations.
Customer requirements, satisfaction and quality are emphasized as the focus of the entire organization.
Lead the development, implementation and testing of emergency response plans and keeping them current.
JABIL ELECTRONICS 2009 –2012
Production Manager St.
Petersburg, FL
Responsible for implementing the safety program and ensuring 100% employee compliance including but not
limited to, use of all PPE by employees, ensuring guards and safety features are working, and promoting good
daily safety practices and habits.
Responsible for all accident reporting.
Responsible for adherence to quality standards and procedures. Responsible to participate in root cause analysis
and corrective action implementation.
Plan, prepare, and control production schedules and material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of
approved materials timed to meet production requirements.
Identify raw material and component requirements for production.
Schedule equipment and personnel.
Oversee management of raw material and finished goods inventories.
Maintain production efficiency and standards at maximum levels.
Review and analyze daily productivity, scrap, and quality reports.
Develop and maintain metrics – labor productivity, quality, material utilization and timekeeping reports.
Supervise, train, motivate, and develop lead employees and production personnel.
Implement and ensure compliance with company policies regarding: Safety, Accident Reporting, Equipment
Maintenance, Plant Housekeeping, etc.
Identify opportunities for improvement in the manufacturing operations and processes which may include
material flow, handling, and/or other application of lean manufacturing principles.
Key Achievements:
Led company by developing and understanding Standardized Work which overall helped improve Quality, Productivity,
and OLE.
Reduced the number of required operations from 20 to 14.
Successfully executed TUV Audit of ISO9001 standards receiving lowest amount of non-conformances to date for St.
Pete.
Train and mentored the entire workforce on lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies.
General Motors 1999-
2009
Senior Supervisor Fairfax, KS –Arlington, TX –
Adrian, MI
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This department consists of 4 Salary Supervisors and 220 UAW hourly employees. Utilized TPS strategies and have
trained the hourly and salary workforce in 8-Step Problem solving, Lean, 8 Forms of Waste (TIMWOODS), visual
management, JIT, Team Concept, Continuous Improvement and 5s.Instilled a GO-AND-SEE (hands on) approach to
ensure the teams are fully engaged on the manufacturing floor and understand problems down to the operator level.
Developed all the KPI metrics.
Key Achievements:
Responsible for Safety, Quality Control, and Throughput of 68 hourly union and non union employees.
Lead daily Global Customer Audits (GCA) reviews with team leader and team member in order to meet quality
objectives, problem solving and promote continuous improvement to sustain standardized work.
Empowered team leaders/members to have a voice in the structuring of Standardized Work without
compromising Safety, Quality, and Throughput.
Responsible for Quality issue root-cause analysis and correction within the process
Responsible for both DRR (Direct Run Rate) and DRL (Direct Run Loss) within my department and the problem solving
necessary to find solutions to the opportunities that are presented.
Led the rerate plan for my area to maximize output while minimizing non-value added work.
Train and mentored the entire workforce on lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies
US Army
1991-1998
Airborne Ranger
Savannah, GA & Eglin AFB, FL
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS
St. Petersburg College Business Administration, Jackson Community College in general
education, Armstrong State University in general education, and Divers Institute of
Technology, Job Setter Technician Certification. Knowledge of SAP, Kronos, People Soft,
ISO 9001, Excel, Word and Power Point. Continuing Education in Business Administration
Professional Training
Commercial Divers License and certifications in Lean/Continuous Improvement, Predictive Index training, Leadercast,
Job Setter Technician Certification, 5s, Root Cause Analysis, Problem Solving, PDCA, 8D, Value Stream Mapping,
Confined Space, Haz/Mat, Lock out/Tag out, Knowledge of SAP, Kronos, People Soft, Excel, Word and Power Point.
Organizations
BAMA (Bay Area Manufactures Association), Commercial Divers Association, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Worked with the National Safety Council in SC.
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