Production Manager
Resume:
Kevin Bell
**** ****** ***** ****, *******, Georgia 30650
********@*********.***
Production Director Director of Operations Plant Manager
Qualifications Profile
Multifaceted and accomplished professional, with extensive years of successful career in leveraging exceptional management skills
within the print production environment; combined with solid expertise in quality, machine operations, continuous improvement, and 5s
methodologies.
Adept at meeting or exceeding defined company goals; working closely with a team that consistently achieves company benchmarks; and
implementing system and process improvements. Commended for proven success in maximizing operational productivity, efficiency, and
profitability. Effective at demonstrating analytical skills, along with technical knowhow and leadership aptitudes to tackle problems
and multitask in a vastly competitive, fast-paced environment. Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, workflow processes, and
manufacturing best practices with working knowledge of SAP.
Professional Experience
SGDNA, Sparta, GA, USA
Decoration Specialist Senior Print Specialist Training Manager 2003–Present
Assume full responsibility in overseeing the setup, programming, and troubleshooting of all decorating machines including Kammann
machinery.
Provide expert oversight to the Decoration Department that comprises of approximately 30 people including 7 machines, 3 technicians,
and 7 operators within three shifts.
Prepare and submit monthly presentations to the senior management from France to review progress on training and improvement systems;
while reporting directly to the vice president of operations for North America.
Notable Accomplishments:
Developed and implemented a technical database to document all technical aspects to setup items on various types of machinery; thus
ensuring recurrence of an item within a given time as well as availability of technical data sheet for all technicians.
Gained promotion to senior print specialist or training manager, responsible for executing and facilitating a training plan for all
new hires to ensure the identification and provision of all technical needs.
Reduced average changeover time, from 4 to an average of 1.5 hours, through changeovers and highly detailed documented procedure;
trained personnel in performing a specific task as part of a designated changeover team.
Handpicked to lead a team to implement 5s within the robotic glue line, which received recognition as the only team to complete the
process within the scheduled time frame; thus earning promotion to spray line manager after six weeks.
Earlier Career with Highlights
Polestar Hannibal, Leicester, United Kingdom
Machine Operator Shift Manager
Earned promotion from machine operator to shift manager within four months of employment for provision of suggestions and background
toward the implementation of continuous improvement.
Impresstik PTY, Sydney, Australia
Production Manager Shift Manager
Demonstrated excellent leadership and management skills, which led to the promotion of shift manager, in charge of overseeing 20
presses, checking color and quality prior to production operations, and ensuring quality while monitoring efficiencies and waste.
Harland’s of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
Shift Manager
Gained selection to serve as an integral part of the Business Improvement Team to be trained by Sonoco regarding smart exchange of die
program, which was adopted and used in initiating continuous improvement program throughout the plant; consequently, reducing downtime
and improving quality by more than 15%.
Mason & Jackson Printers, Scott Street, UK
Apprenticeship Training–Heidelberg Machinery
Professional Development
Record of Achievement: Hull College, Hull, UK
City & Guilds of London Certificate (Print Theory, Print Sciences, Machine Printing, and Extended Studies)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Certification (Basic Industrial Safety for Print)
Gallus R160B (Rotary Letterpress)
Gallus R160B (Combination Silk Screen/Rotary Letterpress)
Platemaking (Letterpress)
Plate mounting (Letterpress)
Quality Management Training
Microsoft Office Suite
Solving Efeso, Sparta, GA
5s Theory, Practices, and Implementation
Georgia Piedmont Technical College, Covington, GA
Continuing Education Courses on Supervisor on-the-Job-Training (SOJT)
Institution, Sparta, GA
SAP Basic Training
Sonoco, Charlotte, NC
Smart Exchange of Die System
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