Thad S. Adams

**** ******** *****

East Peoria, IL 61611

Phone 309-***-****

OBJECTIVE: Obtain a full-time salaried position with the opportunity for advancement.

QUALIFICATIONS

25+ Years of manufacturing experience

4 Years as a Logistics Distribution Supervisor.

●Effectively managed 18-35 employees

●6 Sigma Green Belt Certified

●6 Sigma Lean Certified

●Piloted CPS for Operations @ Morton Dist. Center (Spec. Proj.)

●Met metrics for Emergency Orders for the facility

●ANTARES, LOGnet, SAP and IBM/AIMS experience

●Excellent communications, safety, and customer service abilities

●Very Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

EDUCATION

Currently obtained from Illinois Central College;

●Small Business Management Certificate

●Associate’s Degree

EMPLOYMENT

2021-2023 Quality Specialist, Caterpillar, Inc.

●“On-call” answering Andon calls for non-conforming parts found on the assembly line.

●Writing parts up in SAP, USDOT and waiting for a supplier response in ETQ

2007-2021 Gear Machine Specialist, Caterpillar, Inc. (E. Peoria/Transmissions)

●Operated an Oerlikon C50 Bevel Gear Cutting Machine

●Safe

●Highly Productive

●Incredible sense of Urgency

●Hold a Department record for production ratio versus man hours

2003-2007 Distribution Supervisor, Caterpillar, Inc. (Morton/Logistics)

●Supervised 25+ employees, and 300,000 square feet

●Responsible for 10 shipping/receiving docks converted to a 24-hour turn-around for unloading/loading.

●Assured all orders met ship times safely with excellent quality and a sense of urgency.

2001-2003 Materials Specialist, Caterpillar, Inc. (Morton/Logistics)

●Filled customer orders, packed, and transported material to docks to be shipped

●Non-traditional employee, (Assigned to the Vice Pres. of the business unit), operating two computerized systems of 34 stacker-type cranes that brought material from locations to fill orders at work stations. Over 300K different part numbers.

●Non-traditional FPS Paint-line Operator and an ISO Business Plan Specialist

●Non-traditional Materials Availability Dept. (Expediter)

●Special Project - Facility Manager of the Morton Global DC sent me to Laredo, Texas to translate ISO 9000 for a third party logistics facility, (Emerson).

1999-2001 Drill/Mill/Bore Specialist, Caterpillar, Inc. (Mossville/Engines)

●Team Lead - Mazaak Advanced Mfg. Team, (Flexible Manufacturing System)

●Tool Setter on four machining centers with 120 different tooling spindles

●Downloaded/edited CNC programs meeting production.

1996-1999 Assembly Technician, Mitsubishi Motor Mfg. Of America

●Part-time Supplemental employee - filled in for Assembly Line Fri., Sat., and Mon. for full-time employees with time off

●Occasionally worked with Kaizen Group on assembly production process improvements

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