Production Manager Manufacturing

Shad Booth

**** ***** ****** **. *. Puyallup WA, 98373 Cell: 253-***-**** *************@*******.***

Plant Manager

Leadership / Lean Manufacturing / Personnel Development

Innovative, team oriented manager dedicated to developing leaders, creating value, team work, and eliminating waste. Strong lean manufacturing background with successful quality, cost and delivery improvements. Achievements include proactively increasing revenue and driving profit margins.

Expertise

qSix Sigma & Lean Leadership

qPolicy, Procedure & Process Design & Implementation

qLean Quality Tools (VSM, Pareto Charts, Fishbone Diagrams, Six Sigma 5S, 4P Methodology, JIT)

qBehavioral & Organizational Change Agent

qTeam Building & Effective Utilization

qRoot Cause Analysis Specialist

qOrganization Strategic Implementation

qTechnical Training Development

qProject Management Certified

Professional History

PRODUCTION MANAGER – Neumeier Engineering Inc. Kent, WA 11/2015-08/2016

Aligned day to day activities to company strategic goals. Guided 60+ employees including Production and Maintenance Supervisors. Responsible for resource allocation, recruiting, discipline, discharge decisions, and safety. Developed production schedules, KPI’s and company business strategies.

Production Initiatives and Results:

Utilized JIT and other lean techniques to decrease overtime by 50%.

Established compliance with Gulfstream requirements to receive first contract.

Incorporated Six Sigma and lean methodologies to solve a range of design and manufacturing issues.

Developed and conducted company lean manufacturing training including 7 waste, 5S, and flow.

CHIEF OF OPERATIONS – Carlson Formetec Tacoma, WA 01/2013-11/2015 (company sold & moved)

Managed all production operation activities, including customer interface, cost and waste reduction planning, risk and capacity analysis, 65+ people, 8 different departments and leadership training for Supervisors. Responsible for monitoring budget, operating costs, profit margins, deliveries, maintenance, resource allocation, machine purchases among other duties.

Production Initiatives and Results:

Reduced overtime by 80% through the hot forming department.

Increased profitability by 30%, and capacity by 25% in the first 3 months.

Increased the required stock on hand from 30% to 80% of our goal before company was sold and moved.

Developed and lead Lean Management training for 100% of company leadership personnel.

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT ENGINEER SUPERVISOR – Esterline Hytek Finishes Kent, WA 11/2007-12/2013

Promoted to Process Improvement Engineer from Production Supervisor of 80+ people in 10 different departments 3 different shifts. Responsible for forecasting and providing estimates on costs, and raw materials. Reported to Board of Directors, provided direction on implementing lean across platforms around the world. Held “Operational Excellence” conferences for European Platform Presidents and hosted lean tours at Hytek in Kent.

Production Initiatives and Results:

Trained 350 people on 5S, and implemented company wide.

Designed and implemented root cause and corrective action process.

Reduced sick leave days by 30% companywide.

Utilized value stream mapping to increase capacity by %40. Lead 150 people ad 3 different companies, Boeing, Esterline, and Damar in establishing JIT pull system through each company, reducing inventory by 75% while increasing throughput, on time percentage and quality rating to 100%.

Education & Credentials

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT – Salt Lake City, UT

Western Governors University – 2014-2017

Project Management Certification, Comp TIA.

International Business.

ASSOCIATES DEGREE INDUSTRIAL ARTS – Phoenix, AZ

Universal Technical Institute – 1995-1997

Industrial Arts

HVAC Small appliance repair.

CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS:

Lean Six Sigma Certification – Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

Certified Flight Instructor & Commercial Pilot Cert. – Auburn Aviation Academy

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) – Pierce College (5 years as resident firefighter)

Wildland Firefighter Cert. – Milton Fire Department Sponsor

Training within Industry (TWI)

Accelerated Improvement Methodology Train the Trainer

Leadership Effectiveness (LET)

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