Quality Control General Manager

Mebratu A. Tamiru

**** ********** ******* ***** *******, Michigan 49428 616-***-**** **************@*****.*** PROFILE

A hard working and reliable business professional with a decade of successful supervisory experience in garment and textile production management, operations, sales, training, and quality control. I am a highly organized team player who goes the extra mile to ensure that employees are well trained and efficiently producing high quality goods that contribute to company success. I am also a quick learner and multitasker with excellent troubleshooting, problem solving, and client relation skills. CORE COMPETENCIES/SKILLS

Garment manufacturing Textile manufacturing Procurement Fabric selection Production Supervisor Quality Control Customer service Client management Office administration Employee training Industrial sewing machine repair PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

• As owner/general manager of MA Garment PLC, oversaw the initial production and sales of approximately 8,000 pairs of boxer shorts per month. In two years, we were producing and selling approximately 34,000 boxer shorts per month, which represented a 300 percent increase in sales.

• As a Garment Production Manager at Goye International Business, PLC, I proactively wrote a step-by-step training manual for a complex machine used in the middle of the manufacturing process. This manual enabled the company to train employees twice as fast as before, which reduced production bottlenecks and resulted in products being manufactured more quickly, as much as twice as fast as before.

• As a chair assembler at Genesis Seating, I am currently assembling 16.6% more chairs per ten hour workshift, compared to the the company’s target assembly goal.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Chair Assembler

Genesis Seating (Division of Leggett & Platt Work Furniture), Kentwood, Michigan (April 2024 - present) Member of 9-person team that assembles rolling, reclining hospital chairs. My responsibilities included:

• Efficiently assembling the base, back, and seat of chairs. Accomplishment:

• The company’s target goal for me involves assembling the base, back, and seat of 30 chairs per ten hour workshift. I am currently assembling 35 chairs per workshift, which is 16.6% greater than my target goal. Owner/General Manager

MA Garment PLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (January 2018 – March 2024) Co-founded and co-supervised a 30-employee company that manufactured and sold men’s boxer shorts to retail stores throughout Ethiopia. My responsibilities included:

• Chose and ordered fabrics used for our boxer shorts.

• Supervised factory production of boxer shorts.

• Managed administrative, sales, and purchasing paperwork.

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• Established relationships with owners of large retail stores: o Provided samples of latest products.

o Set up garment orders for these stores.

• Hired and trained employees, and conducted performance reviews in conjunction with department supervisors.

• Troubleshot and fixed industrial sewing machines as needed.

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Accomplishment:

• Oversaw initial production and sales of approximately 8,000 pairs of boxer shorts per month. In two years, we were producing and selling approximately 34,000 boxer shorts per month, which represented a 300 percent increase in sales. Garment Production Manager

Goye International Business PLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (September 2015 – October 2017) Supervised 40 employees involved in manufacturing bed sheets, comforters, and quilts sold in 20 retail stores in Ethiopia that were owned by the 5,000-employee parent company. Responsibilities included:

• Monitored availability of raw products and ensured that fabrics for various products were correct.

• Ensured that employees were on time and completed their work efficiently.

• Managed quality control of finished products.

• Oversaw repairs to production machinery and ensured spare parts were readily available.

• Wrote and submitted production reports for upper management.

• Trained new employees and conducted performance reviews.

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Accomplishment:

• Proactively wrote a step-by-step training manual for a complex machine used in the middle of the manufacturing process. This manual enabled the company to train employees twice as fast as before, which reduced production bottlenecks and resulted in products being manufactured more quickly, as much as twice as fast as before. Production • Manager

Trio Craft PLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (March 2014 – September 2015) Supervised 50 employees who wove textiles and carpets that were used in top hotels in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, and were also exported to the United States. Responsibilities included:

• Ensured that employees were on time and completed their work efficiently.

• Managed quality control of finished products.

• Wrote and submitted regular production reports for upper management.

• Trained new employees and conducted performance reviews.

• Ensured that paycheck amounts were correct.

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Shift Quality Control Head

G-7 Treading and Industry PLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (September 2013 – March 2014) Managed quality control for a shift of over 100 employees involved in manufacturing jute fiber used for coffee packaging. Responsibilities included:

• Ensured that employees were on time and completed their work efficiently.

• Managed quality control of finished products.

EDUCATION ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Bahir Dar University • Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint Bahir Dar, Ethiopia • Operating and maintaining single needle, overlock, Bachelor of Science, Textile Engineering, 2013 and interlock industrial sewing machines. RESIDENCY

Permanent U.S. resident with green card.

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