SANDRA SMITH

• **** Holston College Rd • Louisville, TN 37777 • Email: acn4t6@r.postjobfree.com •

Phone:865-***-****

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR with over 15 years experience in manufacturing. My experience

in the aluminum, machining and electronic assembly manufacturing has given me an excellent

understanding of solving problems in a team environment with focus on safety, quality and

meeting customer demand.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Manage resources in 4 departments and 2 shifts to meet or exceed company safety, quality and

production goals

• Improve team member productivity by training, counseling and accountability

• Implement changes in workplace flow to increase throughput by 20%

• Led a group of team members to write all Job Safety Awareness (JSA) for the CNC facility

• Write and train team members on correct processes (SOP) which included safety, quality and

work instructions

• Reduced internal quality defects by 32% within 3 months

• While in charge of safety during major renovations there were 0 recordable incidents with any,

contractors and team members

EXPERIENCE

WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR

Ryder / Conagra June 2014- present

• Meet or exceeds customer demand

• Resolve order issues

• Manage labor to ensure company goals

• Use and interrupt data to improve efficiencies

• Drive lean activities

SUPERVISOR April 2010-May 2014

Woodstream Corp. Knoxville, TN

Woodstream’s Knoxville facility is the number one producer of electric fence chargers in the USA. It

supplies retail customers throughout the US, Canada and Europe.

• Supervise up to 40 electronic assemblers with a temporary workforce of up to 50%. Grew the

department from 5 employees up to 40.

• Instrumental in the successful acquisition of the Zareba brand which included moving production

from MN, inventory setup and accuracy, training and getting the manufacturing operations up and

running without impacting customer orders.

• Manage budget and labor constraints to deliver customer orders on time and with excellent quality.

• Improved throughput rates to reduce costs by 12%.

• Use financial and production data to ensure team members were efficient and department met all

goals for each fiscal month.

• Built a stronger team by counseling, coaching, training and adhering to set standards

• Ensure quality of all raw materials and report nonconforming product to product engineers.

SUPERVISOR June 2007 to April 2010

Thomas and Betts Ormond Beach, Florida

Thomas and Betts is a manufacturing company that provides electrical connectors to utility

companies and contractors. It employs just over 200 team members at the Ormond Beach facility.

• Supervise up to 75 employees to meet or exceed safety, quality and production goals while

staying within the financial goals.

• Forecast and manage resources in 4 departments which include Press-line, Extrusion, PVC dip

and Final Assembly.

• Improve work flow in final assembly to increase productivity and throughput by 20%.

• Reduced internal defects by 32% within 3 months.

• Implemented safety improvements to meet or exceed OSHA standards.

• Reduced setup time and improved efficiency without adding additional cost.

SAFETY AND TRAINING COORDINATOR April 2001 to June 2007

Hydro Aluminum St Augustine, Florida

Hydro Aluminum is the 3rd largest aluminum company in the world. The scrap remelt facility

produces/casts aluminum for the automotive, construction and extrusion markets.

• Write and train all team members on JSA’s for all tasks

• Customized OSHA required safety training for the workplace

• 0 recordable safety incidents in plant while coordinator and 0 incidents on any of the crews I

supervised.

• Trained all visitors on safety before allowed on the plant floor.

SUPERVISOR

• Meet or exceed safety, quality, and production goals.

• Mentor new supervisors on handling new responsibilities

• Ensure quality product by testing, auditing and counseling

• Implement team building strategies to increase productivity

• Wrote, trained and implemented a new observation based safety program that started in St

Augustine and expanded throughout the North America plants.

SUPERVISOR

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation Mead, Washington

Kaiser is a leading producer of aluminum. The smelter produced prime aluminum for

manufacturing including Boeing.

• Supervise technicians and maintenance personnel in a state of the art facility

• Operate, troubleshoot and maintain equipment from conveyor systems to multitask cranes

using MMI, PLC, observation and hand tools.

• Investigate all near misses and accidents to determine root cause.

• Wrote all SOP’s for all tasks and equipment in department.

• Adjusted production flow to meet customer demands. When problems arose found alternate

ways to still meet deadlines.

• Acquire necessary equipment, supplies and contracts through external and internal sources.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• 2-year degree in machine technology, accounting, computer science and general business

• Completed courses on hazardous waste, discrimination, harassment, drug and alcohol,

accident investigation, behavioral science, leadership, lean and 10 hour OSHA.

• Computer skills include: Work, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, AS400, Kronos, SAP,

WMS, ADP payroll and APICS.

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