Manager Production / Lean Manufacturing

Charles C. Roy

** ******* ***** ***, *******, GA 31820 • 762-***-**** • *******.*****@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position where I can maximize my skills in lean practices, manufacturing, resource management, production management, inventory control, and shipping and logistics.

SUMMARY OF

QUALIFICATIONS

Result oriented manager with years of management and supervisory experience.

Lean Manufacturing

Change Agent

Project Management

Manufacturing/Production

Shipping and Logistics

Purchasing

Inventory Control

Building & grounds maintenance responsibilities

EXPERIENCE

Custom Truck & Body Works, Woodbury, GA 2014 to Present

Production Manager:

Manage and coordinate overall plant operations for a midsize emergency specialty vehicle manufacturer

Implement and drive “continuous improvement” activities by eliminating non-valued added activities in the manufacturing process

Lead and coordinate kaizen events which successfully eliminate waste

Current state process mapping to define bottle necks and duplicated processes, identify and then prioritize areas for improvement

Future state / value stream mapping

Use the information learned in current state map to rectify any bottle necks and non-value added processes

Heatcraft, Columbus, GA 2010 to 2014

Logistics Manager:

Managed logistics across four facilities

$130M in finished goods shipments, $80M incoming material

Implement Lean material flow systems to meet production requirements for two facilities and 10 production lines

Optimized transportation of materials between facilities

Established and maintained metrics to measure departmental success

Kysor//Warren, Columbus, GA 2007 to 2010

Purchasing Manager:

$35M across 15,000 SKU’s

Managed five buyers

Plan and coordinate the activities of buyers, purchasing office, and related workers

Source purchased materials

Negotiate pricing, lead-times, and terms of sale

Set and managed departmental budget

Review purchase orders, claims and contracts for conformance to company policy

Kysor//Warren, Columbus, GA 2004 to 2007

Plant Manager:

$50M in production, 150,000 sq. ft. facility, 150 associates

Developed flexible production lines which allowed smooth production flow of highly customized and extremely variable units

Successfully implemented Lean Manufacturing in a challenging build to order environment

Lead and coordinated kaizen events which successfully eliminated waste from the material handling and delivering process

Managed sheet metal, two part foam, welding, assembly and materials.

Planned and met operational budgets

Minimized overtime and improved plant productivity

Coordinated training activities

Kysor//Warren, Columbus, GA 1999 to 2004

Assistant Plant Manager:

Managed production supervisors

Ensured that plant metrics in productivity, overtime, quality and safety were meet and maintained

Represent operations on a variety of cross functional teams

Kysor//Warren, Columbus, GA 1985 to 1999

Production Supervisor:

Responsible for 4 production lines, 80 associates

Responsible for assigning and coordinating the work of production associates

Prepared daily time sheets for hourly employees, production summaries, and safety, overtime and downtime reports

Warren Sherer, Columbus, GA 1984 to 1985

Team Leader:

Ensure overall performance of production line to include safety, quality, efficiency

EDUCATION

Business Administration, Troy University, Ft. Benning, GA 2004 to 2007

Completed 88 Credit Hours

SPECIALIZED

TRAINING

Lean / Process Improvement, Georgia Tech, Columbus, GA

Lean Manufacturing and Operations, Taubman Enterprise Consulting, Columbus, GA

COMPUTER

SKILLS

Kronos Timekeeping Systems

BPCS Networking Systems

SAP

MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint

MS Access

Windows

REFERENCES

Available upon request

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