Production Supervisor Continuous Improvement

Mark Bolen Warehouse / Production Supervisor

***********@*******.*** • 602-***-**** • Sahuarita, AZ 85629 Motivated and goal-oriented individual with 31 years of experience spearheading complex and effective initiatives for an industry leading Medical Device company. Demonstrated track record of project management, continuous improvement, team leadership and safety advocate. Proven ability to deliver results while complying with budget and time constraints. Ability to deliver results by improving performance, return on investment, and quality through project implementation. Technical proficiency in SAP, EWM.

Areas of Expertise include:

Warehousing & Distribution

Medical Device Production

Stores Management

Inventory Management

Training Management

Team Building

Process Improvement Continuous Improvement Internal Auditor Project Planning & Execution Cost Reduction Problem Solving Audit Preparation & Execution

Invoice processing

Analysis & Reporting

Management of 63 direct reports

Professional Experience

LEAN Blue Belt

AVANOS / HALYARD HEALTH, INC. / KIMBERLEY-CLARK HEALTH CARE • GA, AZ, • 1993 - Present A designer, manufacturer, and seller of medical devices and surgical & infection prevention supplies. INVENTORY CONTROL– 10/2023 TO 6/2024

Develop Process to complete weekly cycle counts while meeting company KPI’s. Key Accomplishments:

• Successfully completed 2023 4th QTR cycle counts meeting target of 100%

• Improved 2024 wall to wall inventory from 2022 wall to wall inventory. Improvement of over $150,000.00 WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR – 01/2021 TO 9/2023

Provide leadership and direction for Shipping, Receiving, Distribution and Staging in line with company guidelines, regulatory requirements, and international standards of best practice.

Key Accomplishments:

• Reorganized warehouse. Identifying and relabeling locations/ bins in two warehouses. Updating all locations into SAP system

• Created culture that was expected to consistently deliver exceptional results PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR – 05/2014 TO 01/2021

Provide leadership and direction for production of Pain Management and Diagnostics products in line with company guidelines, regulatory requirements, and international standards of best practice.

Key Accomplishments:

• Improved productivity by analyzing performance and designing process improvements to deliver increased output and efficiency

• Developed high performance, cross functional teams.

• Drive strong performance results by executing performance indicators and executing standards for the different departments.

• Delivered results on removing non-value-added work in Mic-Key Production.

• Improved Mic-Key process to allow order confirmations to be completed same day vs days or weeks later.

• Improved Mic-Key shipping process from bi-monthly shipments to weekly shipments.

• Created culture that was expected to consistently deliver exceptional results.

• Improved PEG Y-Adaptors production process from 3000/wk to 13000+/wk

• Improved PEG tube production process from 800/wk to 2200/wk PRODUCTION UTILITY – 6/2013 TO 05/2014

Provide leadership and direction for production of Pain Management and Diagnostics products in line with company guidelines, regulatory requirements, and international standards of best practice. Provide leadership to ensure production goals and KPI’s were met. Executed off site project at IFLOW. Managed the start- up of new product line in Tucson.

Key Accomplishments:

• Collaborate with colleagues from across the business on cross-functional teams to execute the transfer of warehouse inventory to new distribution center and relocation of a production line to Tucson within the specified time frame.

• Prepared production and warehouse for successful FDA audit. (Lake Forest, Ca) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

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Mark Bolen Warehouse / Production Supervisor

DISTRIBUTION: 05/2010 TO 06/2013

Distribution of medical devices to domestic and international customers. Key Accomplishments:

• Successfully executed the preparation and shipments of customer orders.

• Updated documents to reflect process improvements and to maintain alignment with Regulatory requirements.

• Managed inventory and maintained 100% accuracy for finished goods distributed from Tucson

• HAZMAT trained

EIM / STORES – 2006 TO 2010

Develop and implement process’ for receiving, shipping and management of Stores inventory. Developed layout for warehouse and Stores Area locations Key Accomplishments:

Delivered excellent results for all inventory / cycle counts.

Delivered excellent results for customer service WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE – 07/1993 TO 2005

Collaborated with members of a cross-functional, high- performance team to deliver results in areas of: Customer Service & Inventory Control.

Key Accomplishments:

On site Forklift Instructor

Developed multiple standards used to measure the team’s progress.

Created training program for Warehouse activities

Successfully executed the roles of Production Coordinator, Safety Coordinator, Quality Coordinator, Inventory Control and Housekeeping Coordinator. Education:

SUNNYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL – /1981 TO 1984

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