Bradley Peterson
Hanover Park, Il. 60133
815-***-**** (cell) 630-***-**** (home)
************@*******.***
CAREER SUMMARY
Thirty years of diverse Manufacturing experience including, Production
Planning / Scheduling, Shop Floor Capacities / Inventory Control, and
Shipping and Receiving.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Supply Chain Solutions, Carol Stream, IL (2013 - 2013)
Floor Lead
. Direct shift operations from opening to closing of the shift.
. Direct, train and coach in a distribution setting such as in-bound and
out-bound, warehousing, inventory, order selection, packaging,
labeling, verifying inbound and out bound product.
. Assist in determining priorities and placing teams or individuals
throughout the shift as needed.
. Work closely and communicate with Business Processors and Quality
Control when "HOT" parts would arrive to ensure on time performances
to customers.
Leading Edge Hydraulics, Rockford, IL (2012 - 2013)
Foreman / Manager
Manufacture of Customized Hydraulic Steel tubes and fixtures for heavy
construction.
Major customers include Caterpillar and John Deere.
. Oversee 32 operators / 12 packers out of a possible 64 different work
centers.
. Determine priorities for each work center and place operators
accordingly.
. Assure smooth shop floor material flow / for best results.
. Review all in process paper work for accuracy.
. Coordinate communications with scheduler, supervisors and department
leads.
. Follow all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) procedures as
required.
. Assist in writing up Non-Conformance Reports (NCR's) using UniPoint.
. Assist in creating a stockroom function, its location with-in the
plant and procedures.
ABA of America, Cherry Valley, IL (2002 - 2009)
Production Scheduling/Floor Operations
. Develop and implement monthly, weekly and daily production plans
through MRP II generation.
. Determine capacity based on sales, forecasting, confirmed orders,
resources, machine time, trends or history, along with materials in
house and or in transit.
. Worked closely with operations manager, supervision, machine
maintenance, purchasing, sales, marketing, customer service,
engineering, quality control, shipping and receiving.
. Maintain all inventory levels based on lean manufacturing processes.
. Assist purchasing with determining safety levels, re-order points and
lead times based on usages and forecast.
. Determine manufacturing safety levels, re-order points, lead times as
well as "make to order".
. Generate, edit, release and monitor all work orders to the production
floor.
. Monitor and enter all work orders throughout the day for real time up
dates.
. Close out completed work orders.
. Responsible for Work-in-process and finish good parts levels.
. Assisted in developing workplace safety procedures along with Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE).
. Implement ISO 9000-9001 Standard Certification procedures, processes
and written protocol to the ISO daily production.
. Implemented a cycle count program based on: usage for both inventoried
and non-inventoried parts, inventory accuracy, scrap differences, and
work-in-process.
. Responsible for Preventative Maintenance and calibrated equipment such
as: worm gears, stampings, torque tester, calipers, micrometers, go-no-
go gauges, floor / piece count scales etc.
. Assist shipping and receiving in all functions as needed from
receiving product, verifying and entering into inventory, to picking,
packing, generating packing list and apply to outbound product along
with BOL's.
Harlem Community Center, Machesney Park, IL (2000 - 2001)
Director of Recreation
. Implemented year-round youth and adult sports programs.
. Created budgets, coordinated games, practice schedules for 9
facilities and a 15 diamond complex.
. Monitored registration process, fund raising, team and individual
pictures.
. Assigned teams by parent coaches, draft process, age, retention,
neighbors, and transportation.
TESTOR CORPORATION, Rockford, IL (1983 - 2000)
Production Scheduler-Coordinator/Inventory Supervisor and Receiving Clerk
. Directly supervised staff members and worked closely with the Plant
Manager, supervisors, marketing, receiving and other staff to expedite
production.
. Responsible for implementing and monitoring the day to day planning
and scheduling of 180 employees in order to meet monthly sales
forecast based on resources, machine or equipment availability and
sales orders.
. Worked closely with purchasing, sales, marketing, plant management,
machine maintenance, quality control and receiving department to
accomplish monthly forecast requirements.
. Assisted in entering raw material cost into the AS400 Computer Data
Base.
. Assisted in creating building of materials including creating part and
line numbers, categories, unit of measures and quantities of case
packs and usage's.
. Assist in determining usage factors for paints and the pigments for
mixing formulas based on batch sizes.
. Make necessary inventory adjustments for outside inventories for out
sourcing of selected jobs.
. Develop procedures, train staff, and assign teams to be involved in
year-end inventory audits.
. Determine line capacities, number of hours, and shifts for the
beginning of each month, based on the monthly forecast.
. Determine off line hand assembly, becoming work- in- process then into
a finish product.
. Schedule overseas containers for out of town delivery appointments
with dispatchers.
. Schedule local trucking companies for delivery appointments with
dispatchers.
. Verify and identify any shortages, overages and damages on freight
bill.
. Enter all receivings into the computer system.
Education
Western Illinois University
Bachelor of Science - Parks and Recreation Administration
Minor: Public Health Administration
Certifications
Forklift
Lean Manufacturing, 5S and root cause analysis certification
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel, Word, AS400, Accellos and MRP II