Manager
Resume:
BOB ANDERSON
Downers Grove, IL 60516
*******@***.***
OBJECTIVE:
Seeking a position in a progressive manufacturing environment.
EMPLOYMENT:
RevZero Chanhassen, Mn – 12/2007 – Present
Plant Manager (8/2011-Present)
Responsible for all Plant Foreman duties, in addition to:
Handling RFQ’s through the shop.
Sourcing vendors for Outside Services.
Providing lead-times and acknowledgement dates, for all orders.
All facets of Human Resources.
Conducting negotiations with job applicants.
Responsibility for all Purchase Orders and approval of all Invoices.
Maintaining a safe work environment. Up until May 2013, we worked 1214 days without a
lost time accident.
Enforcing “lights out” use of the Citizen Swiss department to combat reduced operator
availability as well as reducing manufacturing costs.
Communicating with customers.
Plant Foreman 06/2010 – 8/2011
Responsible for 30-35 employees.
Retained EDM Lead position, and associated responsibilities.
Conduct preliminary and final interviews of job candidates.
Responsible for job-scheduling in all four departments; Swiss, Milling/Lathe, EDM, and
Deburring.
Oversaw set-up reduction
Worked with department Leads and personnel to gain understanding of Swiss and Milling
machine technologies.
Manage production processes to accommodate customer part revision changes.
Made changes to Employee Manual.
Wrote ads for job openings.
Worked closely with Quality manager to insure standards were being maintained.
EDM Lead 12/2007-06/2010
Hired to set-up and manage EDM Dept., overseeing 9 Operators and multiple Agie Wire
EDM’s and Current Hole Drillers.
Write CNC programs for Hole Drillers, manually.
Write CNC programs for WEDM’s using PEPS software.
Scheduled all work within the department.
Responsible for procurement of all consumables.
Maintained and repaired machines.
Experience with prototypes as well as production runs.
Designed production tooling and developed processes for all new parts.
Assisted in the development of production paperwork.
Qualified in OGP “Smartscope” usage.
Created setup instructions.
Developed quotations for potential new products.
Progressive Die & Eng Elk Grove Village, IL 03/1984 – 12/2007
EDM Dept 09/1988-12/2007
One-man operation.
Managed EDM Dept. by programming, operating, maintaining, and repairing multiple Agie
WEDM’s.
Scheduled work flow in EDM Dept, and worked in conjunction with die makers to process
components in the most time-efficient manner.
Programmed machines using LAMA, MECANIC, and PEPS.
Proficient in 3 generations of Agie wire EDM’s.
Responsible for the procurement of all parts and consumables needed.
Estimated the time to produce new parts in a job shop environment.
Due to proximity to my home, I would return to the shop in evenings and on weekends to
ensure the machines were running and/or to set-up a new job.
Tool and Die Maker 03/1984 – 09/1988
Tool & Die Maker for a company specializing in precision, high-speed stamping dies.
Proficient in Bridgeports, surface grinders, and all general shop equipment.
Served Apprenticeship
EDUCATION:
Numerous factory training classes by Agie
Solidworks Training by Alignex
OGP SmartScope Training
Participated in a discussion group on “The Goal” (by Goldratt)
PEPS CAM Training
AutoCAD Training
MECANIC CAM Training
LAMA CAM Training
Proficient with Word, Excel
Certificate from the Tool & Die Institute - Chicago, IL
Nominated for Apprentice of The Year
Associates in Applied Science Degree with emphasis in Accounting - Moraine Valley – Palos Hills,
IL
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