Manager Manufacturing

Tom Luster

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Production Supervisor with over 13 years of experience focused on producing high quality

products that exceed customer expectations and help achieve company production and

revenue goals.

SKILLS

Strong leadership skills

Manufacturing management

Root cause analysis

Lean manufacturing principles

Inventory management specialist

Quality inspection / Quality assurance

Production line management

AS9100 and ISO9001

OSHA regulations

Cause and effect analysis

Timely safety audits

Use of word, excel, power point, ADP

REFERENCES

*References are available upon request.

WORK HISTORY

06 /2012 to Current Production Machining Supervisor

Alcoa Fastening System & Rings, Ca.

Supervise the day to day operations based on TOC (Theory of Constraints), to determine the bottleneck of the process. To be able to make appropriate decisions in a timely matter to meet daily production needs. Direct supervisor for over 75 employees and 90 machining centers.

Maintain manufacturing results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.

Maintain work flow by monitoring steps of the process; observing control points and equipment; monitoring personnel and resources; studying methods; implementing cost reductions; developing reporting procedures and systems; facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.

Use appropriate techniques (root cause analysis, etc.) to develop solutions to problems; to evaluate courses of action and to obtain productive logical conclusions.

Focused on Kaizen constantly to improve on our processes.

08 /2003 to 06 /2012 Production Machining Supervisor

Hino Motors Manufacturing USA, Inc. Ca.

Supervised day to day production to meet safety, quality, quantity and cost targets

Maintain a collaborative team working style by implementing and enforcing policies and procedures

Use appropriate techniques ( root cause analysis, etc. ) to develop solutions to problems; to evaluate courses of action and to obtain productive logical conclusions

Provide management with necessary reports on a regular basis

Use lean manufacturing techniques by the use of TPS (Toyota Production System); just in time, Kaizen, etc.

Hazwoper certified yearly, dealing with hazardous material, 1st point of contact

EDUCATION

2000 to 2001 Devry Institute and Technology

Attended part time for Computer Information Systems

Courses of study included Word, Access, Power Point, Windows software, Cobol and other programming courses

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