Karen A. Meehan

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Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360

acywfq@r.postjobfree.com 774-***-****

Production Manager

A results-oriented Distribution/Production Manager with 15+ years of experience managing a large, fast-paced, facility. Strong track record of building successful teams. Possesses solid knowledge of costing and negotiating large inventory purchases, coordinating production, created product standards, and overseeing quality control programs. Adept at eliminating inefficiencies, streamlining and automating processes, and managing data. High levels of success ensuring a safe, clean, and efficient production floor while lowering overhead costs and increasing profits. Instituted superior customer care standards, generating higher volume of production through customer demand.

Areas of expertise include…

Supervisor Training

Process Improvements

Production Schedules

Facility Maintenance

Reports & Documentation

Inventory Standards

Customer Order Fulfillment

Employee Scheduling

Visual ERP Software

Customer Service

Professional Experience

PRODUCTION MANAGER AND INVENTORY COORDINATOR, April 2014 to Present

CADENCE MFG., INC. (PREVIOUSLY PLAINFIELD PRECISION), Plymouth, Massachusetts

Lead 2 departments staffed with 20+ workers. Create and facilitate training to ensure adherence to superior industry standards. Manage all operations for purchasing, scheduling, inventory, warehousing, and customer relations. Develop baselines for production times, waste reduction, delivery standards, and customer approval.

Developed and implemented quality production processes, resulting in improved customer satisfaction and higher demand.

Coached and mentored supervisors, creating positive workplace conditions, improved interdepartmental communication, and enhanced operator training.

Optimized the production floor leading to increased scrap reduction and more on-time deliveries.

PRODUCTION CONTROL COORDINATOR, September 2013 to April 2014

CADENCE MFG., INC. (PREVIOUSLY PLAINFIELD PRECISION), Plymouth, Massachusetts

Directed customer orders and raw materials placement through use of Visual ERP software. Created production schedules to fulfill orders.

Strengthened the production floor through precise scheduling and accurate work orders.

Improved the number of quality orders through use of ERP software and delegation of production floor tasks.

DISTRIBUTION MANAGER, BEVERAGE DELIVERY DRIVERS, September 2012 to September 2013

COCA-COLA BOTTLING OF NEW ENGLAND, Needham Heights, Massachusetts

Led a department of 125 workers, ensuring the highest quality delivery standards for 13 million cases annually.

Reduced returns and collaterals.

Increased route productivity by assisting drivers and dispatch employees to conduct time studies to report real time deliveries, creating a more realistic routing procedure.

Emphasized safety as a high priority issue while enhancing customer service and improving trade execution.

DISTRIBUTION SUPERVISOR, BEVERAGE DELIVERY DRIVERS, January 2001 to September 2012

COCA-COLA BOTTLING OF NEW ENGLAND, Needham Heights, Massachusetts

Managed 70+ route delivery drivers, assigning routes, checking out trucks, and sealing in warehouse. Performed employee scheduling.

Reorganized and coordinated delivery routes, generating lower delivery overhead, growing customer satisfaction, and increasing profits.

Reduce department inefficiencies and raised profit margins by redesigning the scheduling process.

Educational Background

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts Associate of Science in Economics