Rod Gregory

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Pittsboro IN **167

Cell: 765-***-**** E-Mail: ad1vmc@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

●Mid-level Operations Manager with 30 years’ experience in a fast-paced manufacturing and assembly environment. Concentrating on safety, quality, scheduling, and streamlining maximum production while improving Profit and Loss cost controls.

●Provide daily leadership in a billion-dollar manufacturing industry.

●Innovative problem-solver. Utilize solid skills to eliminate inefficiencies and to enhance performance.

●Thoroughness and attention to detail. Competent in assessing and implementing overall operations to achieve production objectives.

●Exceptional negotiator and trainer. Analyze work and manpower needs to draw accurate conclusions for completion of production requirements.

●Strengths Include: self-motivated, strong organizer, new product launch manager, cellular manufacturing reorganization, one piece part flow processing, employee empowerment, and continuous improvement.

Experience

Indiana University Health West Hospital

Avon, Indiana

Parking Valet (Part-Time)

●Greet visitors, assist visitors with exiting vehicles and providing mobility assistance as needed (Wheel Chairs, Roll aiders & Motorized scooters) then park and secure their vehicles. Secure the car and keys. Retrieve vehicles as visitors are ready to leave. Assisting with loading as needed.

Allison Transmissions INC. 5/2006 to 12/2021

Indianapolis, Indiana

Production Manager - Retired

●Planned, coordinated, and managed all operations involved in the daily production and assembly of the 3500 medium duty automatic transmission on 2nd and 3rd shifts.

●Supervised 2 assembly supervisors, 2 production supervisors, 2 maintenance supervisors and 1 materials supervisor. With 80 to 120 UAW hourly employees.

●Assembly accomplished 94% build completions for 3 years straight.

●Developed and analyzed information necessary for manufacturing decisions.

●Negotiated and settled grievance issues between union and management employees.

●Priority scheduling of down equipment to keep main assembly running efficiently.

●Developed and managed work arounds for new machine throughout the plant.

●Realigned management and production positions to achieve budget performance while maintaining production.

●Developed and prepared reports and communicated department performance results and other company activities to all team members.

Manual Transmissions of Muncie, LLC 8/2000 to 5/2006

Muncie, Indiana

Area Manager

●Oversee the complete manufacturing of two manual transmission production and assembly lines including all production operation and maintenance issues.

●Improved the budget performance by 25% while increasing production in fiscal year 2003.

●Accountable for $67 million annual budget with a $12 million annual payroll.

●Cost improvement team manager with improvements totaling over $6.7 million.

●Participated as a management team member in negotiations of the local U.A.W. union contract.

●Initiated daily warranty improvement tracking program. Reduced warranty claims by 36% since inception of NV5600 product line.

●Utilize diverse hands-on experience to provide planning teams and staff with insight into various aspects of overall production.

●Supervise 12 Production Supervisors, 4 Maintenance Supervisors, 8 Engineers and 292 hourly employees.

●Managed the buildout of the 4500 and 5600 manual transmission production and assembly lines, while decommissioning the plant for shutdown.

New Venture Gear 4/1997 to 8/2000

Muncie, Indiana

Area Planner

●Championed the layout and start-up of new product launch from prototype to customer sign-off (NV5600 product line).

●Developed internal product line inventory spreadsheet implemented throughout the plant. Eliminating thousands of overtime hours per year.

●Coordinated daily production assignments with 8 Salary Supervisors.

Production Supervisor 7/1992 to 4/1997

●Supervised up to 72 U.A.W. machine operators and assembly line employees.

●Restructured the component departments into cellular manufacturing reducing manpower by 18%.

Material Handling Supervisor 7/1990 to 7/1992

●Orchestrated new material distribution procedure throughout the plant.

●Supervised 8 shipping and receiving clerks, 37 forklift drivers, and 3 packaging employees.

Delaware County Sheriff’s Office 12/1987 to 11/2007

Muncie, Indiana

Reserve Sheriff Deputy

●Protect and serve the residents of Delaware County.

●Maintain training and qualification requirements for the Delaware County Reserve Organization.

Education

Indiana Wesleyan University

Marion, Indiana

Master of Science – Business Management

●March 2005.

Bachelor of Science- Business Management

●July 2001

Associates of Science - Business Management

●December 1999

Military Career

Indiana Army National Guard 5/1983 to 6/1993

●Honorable Discharge at the rank of E-4 Specialist.

Skills

●Windows XP, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Power-BI.

●General Motors Global Manufacturing System.

●Kaizen Lean Manufacturing Principles.

●Continuous Improvement Methodology.

●Executive Board Member of the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office Reserve Organization.

●Eagle Scout- Boy Scouts of America.

References

●Available upon request.

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