Paula Smallen, **** Smallen Rd, Loudon, TN, 865-***-****, ad3rxl@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Highly motivated individual with strong leadership experience in administrative and manufacturing positions seeking a new challenges and opportunity to lead, excel, and grow. Education

High School Diploma – McMinn Central High School, Etowah, TN – 1993 LPN – Tennessee Technology Center at Athens – 2000 Experience

Marketing Alliance Group, Chattanooga, TN

Project Manager, July 2021 – Present

• Receive new orders, review current inventory, and order materials

• Prepare and review current production schedules to insure on-time delivery

• Work with Production Mangers to determine shortages and contingency options

• Trace discrepancies in inventories, correct and countermeasure

• Work with customers to countermeasure issues in delivery, quality, and service

• Work with Engineering for scheduling, development, and testing to keep new products development on time and in budget

Production Shift Supervisor, Mar 2020 – July 2021

• Manage production staff to ensure production targets are met

• Resolve issues for production shortages and report out daily

• Complete shift reports on daily and weekly basis

• Train new staff and support production as needed

• Develop and mentor Line Leads in daily tasks

• Select, train, and mentor new Supervisor for other areas/shifts

• Remote out daily and weekly reporting to Management staff up Adient Athens, Athens, TN

Production Supervisor, January 2019 – Present

• Manage daily operation of Volkswagen - 416 assembly programs

• Manage 30+ production personnel daily

• Complete required production documentation

• Review downtime issues and resolve, or escalate to support groups

• Review and approve quality reports per shift

Preferred Precision Group, Chattanooga, TN

Regional Manager, April 2017 – December 2018

• Managed containment and quality sort groups at multiple facilities

• Trained and managed 100+ employees at several sites

• Coordinated data-based tracking to meet customer requirements daily

• Met with potential clients to develop new business opportunities

• On call to support all business relations and guarantee complete customer satisfaction

• Achieved Annual Top Sales goal for 2017

JTEKT Automotive (Formerly TRW/Koyo Steering Systems), Vonore, TN Machining Department Team Leader 2012 – 2016

• Review posted manufacturing schedule and plan shift production and changeovers

• Conduct daily shift meetings with team

• Train and mentor new employees; conduct period review of all assigned employees

• Working with support groups, maintenance, engineering to determine root cause of issues and correct

• Report to shift and senior management about production, issues, and overall status of assigned areas

• Support team as set-up or production technician to reach daily production target goals.

• Lead trainer for new machining team leaders

Set-Up (Resource) Technician 2006 – 2012

• Assist in tool changes and product change overs

• Complete two-hour and F/M/L inspection checks

• Adjust offsets to machine tools

• Complete all start up and operation checks for assigned equipment

• Complete tool changes and product change overs on various equipment

• Identify causes of machine stoppages and quality issues, determine corrective actions

• Assist lead and support staff in correcting quality problems, machine issues, and equipment troubleshooting

• Complete daily production, inspection, and scrap reports for assigned productions areas

• Maintain 5S for assigned production areas

Production Technician 2003 – 2006

• Complete part inspections using micrometers, calipers, height gages, dial indicators, bench centers, and CMM

• Complete all start up and operation checks for assigned equipment

• Identify causes of machine stoppages and quality issues, determine corrective actions or request assistance from manufacturing support groups

• Complete daily production, inspection, and scrap reports for assigned productions areas Etowah Healthcare, Etowah, TN

Licensed Practical Nurse 2000 – 2003

Certified Nursing Assistant 1998 - 2000

Dell Computers, Nashville, TN

Administrative Assistant to Senior Management 1997 – 1998 References

Mrs. Kim Hope

Operations Manager, Adient Athens

Athens, TN

423-***-****

Mr. David A. Rodgers

Principal Manufacturing Engineer, JTEKT Automotive Vonore, TN

(423) 755 – 1764

Ms. Melissa Astrakaus

Senior Technician/QA Auditor, JTEKT Automotive

Vonore, TN 37885

(865) 696 - 6576

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