Michael K. Rogerson

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**** ******* **. **********, ** 40299 502-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Use my experience in the management of hourly union operators and salary employees to further my career and ultimately grow with a company.

QUALIFIED BY

17 years of increasingly responsible personnel management experience with skills in:

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

-Organization Planning -Employee Assistance Programs

-Work Force Utilization -Employee Communication

-Security/Safety Administration

LABOR RELATIONS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

-Grievance Handling -Team Building Processes

-Contract Negotiations -Total Quality Management

-Supplier Development

EXPERIENCE

8/15/2012 – Present Integrated Manufacturing and Assembly Louisville, KY

Production Manager

Oversee all activities on the plant floor for both day shift and night shift for over 85 hourly and 3 salary employees.

Responsible for the hiring, training and termination of all hourly employees.

Worked with Chicago & Midwest Regional Joint Board and Integrated Manufacturing and Assembly management staff to negotiate shop floor contract in October 2012.

Provide technical and business leadership to all departments to ensure all goals are met at a department and plant level

Assist with the Quality Department in the development of suppliers as well as supplier relations during launch as well as the life of a program. Assist with approving FMEA and Control Plan for all lines.

Oversee the launching of all new programs. Currently launching the fourth new program since being hired at IMA.

Meet weekly with the Continuous Improvement Manager to eliminate waste by driving the plant in a Lean direction. Have been integral in reducing head count by 10% in the plant this year while still hitting production goals. Assisting in multiple Kaizen projects.

Support Engineering group in time studies and rebalancing of lines to improve process flow and production output. In the processes of ensuring that every operator is at 85% or higher in utilization.

Currently leading the launch of a program that has had a 100% increase of output of seats compared to old model.

Support Human Resources and the union to resolve any conflict and assist with the handling of union grievances.

Responsible for developing world class supervisors by providing constant coaching and continuous evaluations

Assist in the development and updating of the current forecast the future budget for the plant

Work directly with the Shop Floor Union President and all union stewards to ensure the employees are treated equally, fairly and are held accountable.

Responsible for ensuring all hourly pay is accurate by using Paycor time and management system.

1/1/2011 – 8/15/2012 Integrated Manufacturing and Assembly Louisville, KY

Superintendent

Responsible for all daily production, quality, housekeeping and safety activity on the plant floor

Instituted daily production goals which helped to increase jobs per hour, production efficiency and total efficiency.

Total plant efficiency went from 88% to 97% due to increased operator accountability and a greater focus on communication.

Assisted in the development of a semi-monthly union-management meeting which has helped to improve communication and overall morale

Quality efficiency went from 93% to 99% by increasing the operator awareness, posting quality alerts and reviewing standard work instructions at operator stations.

Improved hours per car set from 0.07 to 0.05 by holding operators accountable when they go over-cycle, by retraining or disqualifying operators that are struggling to meet cycle times and by developing an hourly rotation.

Developed an hourly rotation to assist operators in overall speed, ergonomic issues and morale.

2005 – 2010 Lear Corporation Louisville, KY

2008 – 2010

Quality Engineer

Split time at Lear and at customer site, Ford Motor Company Louisville Assembly Plant, to ensure product meets customer standard

Provide assistance to LAP site STA and PVT department to solve any customer concerns with Lear product in process and in warranty

Instituted daily online seat audit at the customer site that decreased nonconforming product by 50% after first six months

Assist in the setting up and complete follow through of any PTRs at the customer site

2006 - 2008

Supplier Quality Engineer

Oversee all aspects related to customer and supplier quality

Assist in maintaining APQP process during launch of new program

Support with the updating and reviewing of PPAPs for the customer and from suppliers

Aid in the writing and maintaining of Operator Description sheets, Control Plan and FEMA

Initiated scrap team which helped reduce scrap by 50% in first year

Member of TS 16949 Internal Audit and Process Audit teams, ISO 14001 Audit team and Environmental Audit team

Manage sixteen UAW inspectors and one lab technician who ensure all seats are contained before leaving facility.

2005 – 2006

Production Supervisor

Assisted with installation of new production line as well as the training of 86 production employees for the Ford Motor Company U251 program

Contributed to keeping scrap below target numbers

Maintained lower amount of man hours than any other production line.

Out-produced all other production lines on both shifts

1998 – 2005 Inland Paperboard and Packaging Louisville, KY

Shipping and Receiving Manager

Managed all incoming and outgoing shipments from the facility

Conducted billing for two of the three off-site warehouses

Trained facilitators on new PeopleSoft computer system

Contributed to a 50% reduction of on-site inventory with daily cycle counts

Member of Waste Team, Emergency Response Team, Safety Team and Accident Investigation Team.

EDUCATION

1996, Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations Otterbein College, Westerville, OH

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Continuous Improvement Introduction to Lean Manufacturing certified in 2007

ISO 14001 EMS Internal Auditor certification in 2006

High Performance Work Team certified in 2007

TS 16949 Internal Auditor certification in 2007

Red Dot Problem Solving Apprenticeship in 2008

Six Sigma Green Belt certification in 2009

First Aid and CPR certification in 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2013

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