Team Leader Supervisor

Norris R. Whitaker

***** ****** ****** **.

Balch Springs, Texas 75180

214-***-**** Home

214-***-**** Cell Phone

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An individual whom has successfully demonstrated leadership abilities and ease working closely

with management and other departments, I offer:

• Numerous years of manufacturing and automotive quality experience, including supervisor

experience.

• Ability to demonstrate strong understanding of industry specifications, installations and

shop floor equipment.

• A positive attitude to support company’s values, and high performance culture.

• Proven teamwork performance in a production environment.

I welcome the opportunity to meet with you to discuss my experience, and expertise that will add

measurable value to your organization.

Sincerely,

Norris R. Whitaker

Norris R. Whitaker

14709 Forest Hollow Dr.

Balch Springs, Texas 75180

214-***-**** Home

214-***-**** Cell Phone

********@*****.***

Educational Background

Captain Shreve High School

Shreveport, Louisiana 1979-1983

Work Experience

Knowledge and Abilities of a Supervisor

Continuous Improvement, Process Improvement, Leadership, Materials, Training, and

understanding that SAFETY is First, but QUALITY is Always.

Team Leader-Supervisor

Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals – Dallas, Texas February 2013--Sept 2013

• Supervised and responsible for the training of a team consisting of up to 25 employees.

• Manage employee schedules and administer corrective action as appropriate.

• Manage work assignment, appraise employee performance.

• Participates in hiring and staffing decisions.

• Manage employee productivity by fostering and promoting a team environment.

• Facilitate employee readiness and capabilities through training and job rotation to ensure

production success

• Investigate all safety concerns, documents and resolves potential safety issues according

to internal safety policies.

Production Supervisor

Navistar International Corporation – Garland, Texas October 2009-- Feb 2013

• Supervised and responsible for the training of a team consisting of up to 50 employees.

• Demonstrated ability to function successfully in a fast paced, and changing work

environment.

• Develops annual operating plans for production.

• Manage employee’s schedules and administer corrective action as appropriate.

• Manage work assignment, appraise employee’s performance.

• Participates in interviewing, hiring, and staffing decisions.

• Manage employee’s productivity by fostering and promoting a team environment.

• Facilitate employee’s readiness and capabilities through training and job rotation to ensure

production success.

• Investigate all SAFETY concerns, documents and resolves potential safety issue

according to internal SAFETY policies.

• Making sure that ALL employee’s understand the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

Quality Assurance Inspector

Navistar International Corporation – Garland, Texas October 2007--October 2009

• Prepare weld area to meet structural integrity criteria

Develop and maintain positive relationships with co-workers as well as customers.

• Perform routine inspection according to established procedure and quality processes and

specifications.

• Make sure piece work output meets specifications.

• Analyze defects to be repair and prevent them from reaching out to the customers.

Team Leader II

Navistar International Corporation – Garland, Texas May 2004--October 2007

• Collaborate with Materials on establishing a lean manufacturing operating philosophy for

materials on the floor.

• Oversee factory supplies budget

• Provide leadership through coordinating employee scheduling in an efficient manner to

meet production demand.

• All other duties as assigned.

Assembler

Navistar International Corporation – Garland, Texas July 2002-- May 2004

• Sort and separate defective materials and parts

• Install correct tire with the proper accessories, making sure tires are properly installed for

inspectors.

• Read and understand shop floor paper according to installation requirement

Technical Skills

MSWord Kronos Pathway Training 5’s

Fishbone Lean Manufacturing Root Cause Analysis

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