Johnny Barnes
Tunnel Hill, GA
jb1ab2@ hotmail.com
Professional Profile
Millennium Weavers Logistics and Warehouse Manager Dalton, GA 2010-2015
Closed July 2015
Managed Shipping, Receiving, Warehousing, and Distribution of Material.
Assisted Sales and Office Staff.
Scheduling of Inbound and Outbound National and International.
Setup and Maintain W.M.S. Systems.
Managed Warehouse Staff by Recruiting, Scheduling, Orienting, and Training.
Maintained Physical condition of warehouse by planning and implementing design.
Control Inventory levels by conducting physical counts, reconciling with data storage.
Slashed payroll/benefits administration costs 30% by negotiating pricing and fees, while ensuring the continuation and enhancements of services.
Techmer PM Site/Plant Manager Dalton GA 2002-2008
ISO Audit Team Leader
Plastics-Polymer Manufacturer. Annual sales $10-$20 million. Polymer processing, nylons, urethane, polyurethanes, and compounding resins. Shipping Customer base of 171 wholesalers/retailers on monthly basis.
Annual duties included budget, ISO, employee evaluations, safety reports, production reports, loss reports, as well as implementation of yearly goals.
Selected, developed, and evaluates personnel development and succession planning to ensure the efficient operation.
Direct the development and implementation of activities in repair and logistics operations to meet production goals, quality, and cost objectives.
P&L responsibilities, programs execution, and operations management
Developed schedules and manpower requirements for assigned areas. Planned raw material usage, existing inventory levels, finish goods, orders, lab, and maintenance, shipping/receiving. Responsible for major distribution to customers who have very high expectations on delivery. (No Backlog)
Slashed payroll/benefits administration costs 30% by negotiating pricing and fees, while ensuring the continuation and enhancements of services.
Ensured inventory within the location to always meet the customer orders and in line with the on-time arrival of products.
Responsible for all facility budgeting. Increased staffing by 6% while decreasing over all yearly budget by 19% over a 5 year period.
Facility met corporate annual goals and objectives with a 99% success rate.
Implemented ISO 9001 to facility from introduction to certifications within 180 days, shortest term within corporation.
Lead team members using Six Sigma - Lean - and 5S procedures to a gain of 13.2% in production efficiency over a 5 year period.
Polymer processing experience, PVC's, nylons, urethane, polyurethanes, and compounding resins.
Coordinated with Sales, Vendors, Quality Control, IT, and Production departments to establish Red Flag min-max inventory system in order to meet customer needs.
Led Quality Control and R&D teams to reduce new order customer approval turnaround times to a 72 hour maximum. (94% success rate)
Built strong relationships with the various customer designated vendors and other trucking vendors. Developed and established inventory and production control system that reduced inventory from an average end of month high $1.7 million to $950,000 while reducing inventory loss by 87%.
Led maintenance and production in preventive maintenance program that reduced machine breakdown time from 3.4% to .6% over a 3 year period.
Martin Color Fi Lab Manager Dalton GA 1998-2002
Specialized in quality solution dyed polyester stable fibers for the automotive, industrial, and other applications. Polymer processing, nylons, urethane, polyurethanes, and compounding resins.
Interacted manufacturing to resolve formulation and process problems as required.
Preformed organizational duties for research and development of all new products.
Oversee Quality Control.
Qualify new raw materials and products.
Investigate and implement avenues to simplify formulations to improve efficiency.
Management of lab personnel.
Polymer processing experience, PVCs, nylons, urethane, polyurethane.
Durkan Ent. Plant Manager Dalton GA 1986-1998
Finisher of tufted carpets and rugs.
Managed 300 employees.
Weekly and daily functions included scheduling of personnel, machines for production, MRP, SAP, raw materials control, finished goods, orders, lab, and maintenance.
Worked with Sales, Vendors, R&D, Quality Control, Production and Shipping departments.
Responsible for all phases of production and lab operations.
Key Recognitions
Largest success as a team facility with average gain of 13.2% in production efficiency over a five year span with a decreased waste average of 9.8% during same time frame.
Four years and one million man hours without a work loss time accident.
OSHA Safety award.
DuPont Stop Safety Award.
Presidential Leadership Jacket Award.
Education
Georgia Southern University 1980-1982 Chemistry
Green Belt Certification 2005
Computer Skills
SAP Power User
MRP/ERP
AS400
Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and Power Point)
Lotus