FRANKLIN E STEWART
**** ********* ***, ***********, ** 43081
Cell: 614-***-**** - *********@*******.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Resourcefulmanagement professionalbringing acomprehensive background inLean Manufacturingand personnel management.Focused on streamlining processes and systems.
SKILLS
Delegating, Coaching, and
Communication as a Leader
Adept in Microsoft Visual Basics,
Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Minitab
OHSHA 10 hour
Harassment and workplace diversity
training
Familiar with SAP
Excellent leadership, team,
communication, writing, organizational,
project management and time
management skills
Lean/Six Sigma black belt
Cost reduction strategies
Project planning and development
Project management
CERTIFICATIONS
Lean Six Sigma black belt
WORK HISTORY
08/2012 to Current Head of Operations
Mettler-Toledo, Inc. (Heavy Industrial Producing Organization) – Columbus, OH Supervises a team of 7 area managers, Lean Manufacturing team, 5 interns and 80 production associates.
Reviews processing schedules and production orders concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures and duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints Establishes operational objectives and work plans and delegates assignments to subordinate managers
Completes yearly performance reviewsas well asmonthly meetings, offering praise and recommendations for improvement
Oversees the production process and managed the production schedule to meet on-time delivery
Supervise and motivate staff and management
Responsible for identifying capital expenditure needs Compiles and drafts monthly reports for operational KPIs Leads daily Gemba walks through the plant
Manages 4 projects per year involving waste elimination and Flow improvements Reduced overtime by 30% by implementing skills matrix for employees and identifying coverage gaps and then implementing a cross-training plan between departments
Increased productivity by 20% by implementing a sustained daily management accountability system
Improved material flow by restructuring support staff and creating value stream owners
Improved on-time delivery to customer by 10%
Assisted in the design of a Continuous Improvement belt program across 2 Mettler Toledo plants
Developed a safety initiative to create a proactive approach to plant safety and to create greater awareness amongst managers and associates 07/2010 to 07/2012Lean Project Engineer/Manager
Mettler Toledo, Inc. (Heavy Industrial Producing Organization) – Columbus, OH Supervised a team of 24 Production associates both weld and paint as well as 4 team leads
Served as acoach for 6 Industrial Systems Engineering interns Responsible for mentoring and training of production supervisors Developed and Implemented safety, quality, deliver, and cost metrics Designed and implemented Production 5S Program
Manage for daily improvement (MDI) Facility lead for 9 cross functional teams Implemented a new kanban system for production
Developed basic Lean Manufacturing training for operations Developed standard work operations template for plant use 5S facility champion both in the office and production Champion for A3 problem solving methodology process Implemented Kaizens to cut in total 10 days off the lead time of our critical product families
Lead or participated in multiple kaizen events leading to sustained improvement for the operation
Developed strategies to improve product flow through the use of lean tools Compiled, analyzed and portrayed data relating to material outages, OTDmisses and quality defectsto discover root cause
Assisted with developing facility standards around safety & quality Helped determine staffing requirements for the entire production facility 01/2009 to 07/2010Weld Operations Manager
Mettler-Toledo, Inc. (Heavy Industrial Producing Organization) – Columbus, OH Supervised a team of 21 associates and 2 Team Coordinators Maintained welding metrics
Responsible for production part ordering
Weld procedure standardization
Managed department Total Preventative Maintenance(TPM) Established yearly operational objectives for team Reduced variability in welding and fabrication process by 40% through standardization of task
Reduced the number of quality occurrences by 29%
Kaizen Team Leader
07/2008 to 01/2009Weigh Module/Bench Portable Floor Production Supervisor Mettler-Toledo, Inc. (Heavy Industrial Producing Organization) – Columbus, OH Supervised a team of 17 production associates and 2 Team Coordinators Responsible for the electrical assembly and shipping of Vehicle, Floor, Forklift, and Crane scales
Maintained on-time loading metrics, material shortages and defect totals for department
Assisted logistics with scheduling of carriers
09/2007 to 07/20082nd Shift Production Supervisor
Mettler-Toledo, Inc. (Heavy Industrial Producing Organization) – Columbus, OH Supervised a team of 14 production associates, 3 contract employees, 2 interns and 1 Team Coordinator
Responsible for welding, fabrication and finishing of Vehicle scales Developed and maintained weld metrics
Assist with daily/weekly production schedule
Developed weld procedures
EDUCATION
June 2005 Bachelor of Science: Welding Engineering The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH
Welding Engineering
Nov. 2008 Master of Science: Material Science Engineering Wright State University - Dayton, OH
Material Science Engineering
Dec. 2010 Master of Business Operational: Business Operation Process Improvement The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH
INTERESTS
Mentoring Program, Meals on Wheels, Community Care Day Leader