Production Supervisor

Jimmy W. Wright

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Mount Juliet, TN 37122

Objective

Seeking a Production Supervisor position within the manufacturing field in order to expand my existing 11 years of supervisory experience and skills.

Education

University of Southern Mississippi – Bachelor of Business/Music May 1993

Dual Degree Program in Business/Music Industry (3.5 GPA)

Experience

Production Supervisor – Gibson USA April 2005 – Present

Responsible for meeting daily production quotas and maintaining strict quality standards in world’s leading electric guitar production facility.

Facilitate safe and productive working environment for 40-100 employees

Have supervised a variety of departments throughout the production process

Extensive use of Excel, and other MS Office Suite programs, to prepare daily scheduling, efficiency, quality, and costs reports

Communicate and collaborate with all levels of production team regarding production process and problem solving

Oversee adherence to safety policies

Supervise, train, and mentor department lead and line leader positions

Conduct interviews and make hiring recommendations to achieve staffing requirements

Coordinate machine maintenance and production to minimize down-time

Use root cause analysis to address production and quality issues

Use Kanban methodology to improve and maintain efficient inventory control

Use Kaizen strategies to promote continuous improvement

Collaborated in design of specialized machinery for product construction

Implemented MRP system to improve daily schedule adherence from 45% to 99.8%

Used Lean Manufacturing system to improve quality and efficiency by 50%

Collaborated in design and implemented RFID system to track product throughout production process

Involved in starting plant-wide 5S + S program

Facilitated total flood recovery for 2 departments in 2010 involving clean-up, re-design of departments, and replacement of machinery

Production Line Leader – Gibson USA March 2001 – March 2005

Responsible for overseeing achievement of daily production quotas and maintaining strict quality standards for production line.

Facilitated safe and productive working environment for 30 employee production line

Extensive scheduling involving Microsoft Excel

Prepared parts and materials for daily schedule

Tracked operator production progress

Communicated production progress to department supervisor

Production Line Neck Fitter – Gibson USA August 1994 – March 2001

Electric guitar construction, including special builds for recording artists.

Responsible for meeting daily production quotas and maintaining strict quality standards for electric guitar production.

Extensive woodworking skills

Received Quality Employee of the Month 8/99

Rewarded for development of specialized repair method to reduce scrap

Shipping Associate – Opryland Productions October 1993 – August 1994

Responsible for meeting daily production quotas and maintaining strict quality standards for video tape duplication

Filled orders and met production quotas by shrink wrapping and packaging videos

Maintained Bill of Laden and shipping records

Maintained shrink wrap machine

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