Manager Plant

GARRICK R. COOK

**** ******* ***** <> Fort Wayne, IN 46807 <> 260-***-**** <> *********@***.***

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

I’ve paved the way through my career with hard word, tenacity and a passion for people. Judging by my skills and experience, I can make an impact. It is the ability to meld these technical skills, with human beings that makes organizations successful. I do that well.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Lean Manufacturing (5S, Kanban replen, Standard Work, One-piece flow, DMAIC and many others)

Six Sigma Green Belt

MRP and ERP Implementation and Maintenance

Current-state/future-state mapping

Supply Chain Management

Root-Cause Analysis (Five-Why)

Budget Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Latham Pool Products; Fort Wayne, Indiana (1/2014 – 3/04/16)

Plant Manager

Responsible for seasonal workforce-between 80 and 120 hourly employees, supervised by 4 direct reports. $3.5M budget, 180,000 square feet facility with CNC punches, Bending, and turret presses. Welding and assembly processes as well.

Commonized processes to improve efficiency of main product line. Decreased tooling set up by 4%, and improved throughput by 10%.

Improved WIP inventory by developing a Kanban that pulled demand from the CNC processes. This minimized waste, tidied up the area, and improved efficiency.

Dramatically improved a culture that was circling in a cloud of negativity when I arrived. I did this through tough love, tough coaching, and integrity.

Undersea Sensor Systems, Division of Ultra-Electronics (11/2011-1/2014)

Operations Lead

Responsible for 30 hourly associates and 2 Group Leaders, in the production of a classified, defense product sold to the United States, and other countries’ Naval forces.

Performed a layout of 3 core production cells to eliminate waste, and improve quality using current state/future state mapping. In the first six months afterward, we realized a 5% reduction in in-process errors.

Laid out regressive flow system that clearly identified inbound and outbound product. By doing this, test errors were virtually eliminated.

Lift-All; Fort Wayne, Indiana (1/1995-12/2009)

Plant Manager (12/2001 to 1/2010)

Responsible for the scheduling, planning and execution of the Production of 20M in sales

annually, with P & L responsibility. Management of over 120, non-union employees and

Management of over 100,000 square foot manufacturing facility.

Implemented the application of two robotic welding cells, effectively eliminating 20% in labor cost, and increasing welding quality by 30%. This gave way for many efficiency gains in this continuous processing of welded components.

Achieved highest amount of sales-produced-per-employee in ’06 than any time in company history.

oAttained through applying mass-production principles.

oReforming work centers.

oSystem re-engineering of supply chain.

Consolidated MRO Indirect Materials to two vendors, from 30-plus, for an annual savings of 17% on a $100k spend.

Negotiated price reduction from major vendor of ring gears (integral component) of 14.5% on an annual spend of $83k.

Buyer of Medium-Duty Trucks and Utility Bodies (12/2000 – 12/2001)

Assembly Supervisor (6/1998 – 5/2000)

Responsible for all work centers in the assembly department and managing over

25 employees.

Quality Manager (4/1996 – 6/1998)

Responsible for the testing and inspection of all finished goods.

Assembler/Welder (1/1995 – 5/1996)

EDUCATION

Purdue University

Bachelor of Science Organizational Leadership and Supervision 2007

Associate Degree Human Resource Management

COMMUNITY WORK

Cub Scout leader 2004-2008; Pack 3019

Youth football coach 2006-2009 - St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne, IN

Junior Achievement instructor- St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne, IN

Parish festival committee 1999-present - St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne, IN

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