Production Supervisor Lean Manufacturing

James Parker

Toledo, Ohio 419-***-**** *********@*****.***

Manufacturing Production Supervision / Management

Offer excellent experience maintaining production and providing leadership to a manufacturing team. Maintain detailed downtime reports and develop action plans to improve efficiency while driving organizational change and execute lean management initiatives. Work seamlessly with cross-functional teams to optimize performance and meet production goals. Guide, mentor and coach direct reports. Offer previous automotive manufacturing experience. Areas of Expertise

Strategy Planning

Leadership

Efficiency Improvement

Production Improvement

Budgets

Equipment Management

Root Cause Analysis

Process Improvements

Safety & Quality Champion

Cross-functional Relations

Training & Mentoring

Problem Resolution

Resource Management

OSHA Compliance

Inventory Levels

5S & Lean Manufacturing

Microsoft Software

Automotive QA Audits

Enterprise Research

Management (ERP / MRP)

Education & Professional Development

Heidelberg University; Tiffin, Ohio - Master of Business Administration 2008 The University of Toledo; Toledo, Ohio Bachelor of Business Administration; Finance – 1989 Safety, OSHA HazMat, HazWoper, Lean Manufacturing Training Career Summary

CUSTOM DECO INC; Toledo, OH 2023 – 2024

Production Supervisor

Reporting to the Production Manager, provided leadership to 22 employees creating custom and personalized decorating services. Worked seamlessly with cross-functional teams to stay on schedule, enforce safety and quality and improve equipment uptime.

TOLEDO HOSPITAL, Toledo, OH 2022 – 2023

Environmental Services Supervisor

Oversaw services including cleaning, sanitizing laundry, pest control and general housekeeping initiatives. Ensured compliance with all regulations, particularly infection control measures. Trained and certified to clean in surgical rooms. Played a pivotal role in ensuring the safety and health of employees, patients, and visitors. SOAK IT UP SANITIZING LLC; Holland, OH 2020 - 2022 Owner

Launched this entrepreneurial business and developed from the ground up. Family members currently operate business. Oversaw a team of eight individuals and trained each on infection control measures. Coordinated customer and staff schedules. Provided services to restaurants, offices, and churches. CLARIOS POWER SOLUTIONS, formerly Johnson Controls; Holland, Ohio 2018 - 2021 Manufacturing Supervisor

Oversaw up to a top-performing team of 30 employees working in all shifts to maintain and improve production requirements. Drove strategies to improve operations spearheading efforts to increase communications with the Production Unit Manager and team members. Ensured a full inventory level, covered call-offs, promoted accountability, and ensured team was working at capacity. Led quality and cost delivery initiatives.

• Developed outstanding employee relationship skills.

• Promoted safety and consistently excelled in increasing quality consistency. James Parker

Toledo, Ohio 419-***-**** *********@*****.***

FAURECIA INTERIORS SYSTEMS, INC.; Saline, MI 2016 – 2018 Production Supervisor

Led a team of 40 employees in production to support Ford Motor and Jeep products. Drove actions for improvement of communications and quality. Managed team performance, defined areas for improvements, enforced teamwork and led problem solving efforts. Facilitated workshops focused on quality improvement methods. Developed good working relationships with employees, unions, and management. Ensured daily team management to include appropriate headcount, respect of standardized work methods, and maintained a presence on the floor to answer questions or address problems.

• Led the quality cost and delivery.

• Promoted lean manufacturing.

HEIDTMAN STEEL PRODUCTS – TOLEDO BLANK; Toledo, OH 2012 – 2016 Operations Manager / Continuous Improvement Coordinator Oversaw a team of 36 employees leading production in a lean manufacturing environment. Ensured 5S compliance, lean, and initiated process improvements. Facilitated Value Stream Mapping training.

• Significantly improved OSHA recordables.

• Improved the cost of materials through vendor relations.

• Spearheaded numerous lean initiative projects

• Maintained Advanced Quality procedures, PFMEA, Control Plan and AQAP.

• Identified and implemented cost savings strategies.

• Played a key role contributing to TS 16949 certification. Earlier Career Experience

LUCAS METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY; Toledo, OH

Housing Choice Voucher Program Administrator (Section 8) CHRYSLER, LLC; Toledo, OH

Production Supervisor: Body Shop, Assembly, Paint Shop Production, Paint Shop Through-put Coordinator, and Maintenance on short-term projects

Provided leadership to as many as 70 hourly product employees (skilled teams, manufacturing and sanitation). Contributed to QS/ISO 9000 Certifications, Lean, OSHA, TpM, 5S housekeeping, 5 Whys, and CDC guidelines. Developed department from the ground up and coordinated and enforced policies.

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