Management Manager

Joseph W. Benifield

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Manufacturing Management Plant Operations/Production SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Production management professional with strong leadership, organizational, and time management skills; creative in problem solving and capable of making effective decisions; hard working team player, proficient with multitasking and highly adaptable to new situations.

Production Management: Over 10 years experience as the Prototype Manager, Initiated processing to improve product capabilities from the design phase through the R&D, applications engineering and prototyping phase for release to production. Achieved and exceeded internal and external customer requirements. Coordinated efforts in supplying international sales offices with product for sales and testing. Created effective cost analysis to ensure the feasibility to produce the most cost effective parts. Created the data collection system with over 300,000 data points measured.

Plant Production/Operations: Plant operations in manufacturing components for original equipment and aftermarket sales, production scheduling, research and development testing, alignment of team members and departmental operations. Ensure production parts are manufactured to be the best product available through continual improvement. Supervised the machining mill and turning operation. Very effective in team building and training of supervisors and personnel to increase plant efficiency in manufacturing. I have enjoyed great success in reducing budget requirements.

EDUCATION

AA Program, Transportation Management March 1984

Central Piedmont Community College

Diesel Engine Repair Certification Mar 1990

Dana/Wix Industries

Bachelor of Science, Management Information Systems May 2001 Limestone College

Project Management Certificate Mar 2012

EXPERIENCE

TE Connectivity, Rock Hill, SC

Assembly Supervisor June 2015 – Present

(Plant scheduled to close in 2017)

Responsible for the overall supervision and operation in the data and device component assembly for 3rd shift. Established mentor leadership program for Team Leaders. Published plant earned hour data daily to support T4 functions. Scheduled 5S+1 Improvements and Engineering improvements to processes. Rank Group

PACTIV LLC, Huntersville, NC April 2014 - June 2015 Injection Mold/Straws Supervisor

D Shift Supervisor responsible for Injection Molding and Straw operations, Training, 5S, Safety, Personnel Development, Team Building to world class standards, SQCD.

UCI Fram Group, York, SC July 2013 – April 2014

Operations Superintendent

Responsible for the management of various functions of operations, identifying staffing levels and needs, making sure proper equipment and supplies are available, training, managing and monitoring work performance and budget requirements for long term and short term projects as well as the production schedule to maximize efficiency throughout the plant operations. Background Experience

Performance Friction Corporation, Clover, SC 1996 – 2013 Plant Operations

Mold/Mix Technician 1996 to 1999

R&D Technician 1999 to 2001

Prototype Manager/Operations 2001 to 2013

Career Building Experience in 1983 to 1996

Transportation Management (Dispatch, Driver Safety Qualification)

Warehouse Management

Dock Supervision

Leadership training

Team Building

Military Background

United States Marine Corps 1976 to 1983

Personnel Chief

Midlevel office manager, responsible for company level administration, pay and allowances, database software packages, responsible for the flow of paperwork to ensure proper staffing of all inbound and outbound correspondence, drafting/publishing, and supervising the maintenance and distribution of directives and correspondence.

Training NCO

Developed and maintained all training records; monitors, schedules, and prepared training for the Military Police Company at Parris Island, S.C. Responsible for maintaining positive control over training facilities and equipment.

SKILLS

Personnel Management and Supervision

Transportation Management

Warehouse Management

Project Management

Manufacturing Plant Operations (Molding and Machining departments)

Research & Development

Prototype Management

Quality Inpection

Laboratory Equipment (Rockwell Hardness, SpG, Moisture, PSD, Viscosity, Lab Mixers, Penta)

APQP Process

DVP&R

SPC

PFMEA

8D problem solving

MS Windows

AS 400

People Soft

QS 9000

TS 16949

ISO 14001

TQM

GMP

SAP

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