Continuous Improvement Team Lead

Kelly Houseman

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Luebbering, MO 63061

Phone: 314-***-****

Email: *************@*******.***

Master Production Scheduler – 21 years

Develop and Maintain Production Schedules - 21 years

Resource Allocation – 24 years

Monitor and Analyze Production Performance – 24 years

Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams – 24+ years

Ensure Continuous Improvement – 24 years

Provide Reporting Documentation – 24+ years

EMPLOYMENT

Control Tech Automation (A Barry Wehmiller Company)

Shipping/Receiving Team Lead rolling into Scheduler/Planner, 2024 – Present

Keep the production schedule up to date by adjusting hours, dates and statuses on a daily basis.

Currently use Epicor for receiving

Add any new project to the production schedule along with all necessary details and remove those that have shipped to the shipped tab, all done in an excel macro workbook

Setup interdepartmental meetings for all new projects added to the schedule

Update the Kace database when shipping for all of the organization to review

Lead a Manufacturing meeting twice a week with all of upper management including the company that owns and provides work to us to discuss production status.

A key player in testing a new ERP/MRP program to role out to all of our companies June of 2025, IFS

Create the paperwork and schedule the shipments leaving on a daily basis either via LTL, FL or UPS

Manage four material handlers who crate and prepare the product for shipping and who receive the components coming in for upcoming projects

Purem by Eberspaecher

Production Control & Logistics Manager, 2022 – 2024

Tier 1 supplier for GM Wentzville and the service center in Michigan, cold end exhaust, Just In Time (JIT) supplier

Pull and review customer demand daily

Publish daily shipping schedule

Set the build schedule for three shifts, enter the production schedule into SAP, while tracking a very tight quantity of customer racks to build into

Make sure enough material is in transit to cover the production schedule,

First contact for General Motors and all production suppliers

Manage six material handlers over a three-shift operation

A key player in the launch team of this plant, work alongside corporate purchasing setting up new vendors, set up new part numbers within SAP for the St. Louis plant

Created PRs for all start up functions

Created the majority of internal part numbers for all PPE, JanSan material and the maintenance MRO cage

Set up vendor managed inventory (VMI) personal protective equipment (PPE), JanSan and MRO cage programs including a PPE vending machine

Set and update all safety stock numbers for production components

Responsible for all incoming and outgoing scheduling of trucks due to only have three dock doors available

Represent the St. Louis plant on monthly PC&L Manager meetings with corporate to go over KPI’s and plant output

Walker Products

Master Scheduler/Assembly Supervisor, 2021 - 2022

Plan and schedule five lines including carburation assembly and bagging power valves, kit line and gaskets; there are several different types of presses, assembly machines and baggers in the areas

Track and push the parts that hit the backorder report

Track parts that are send to outside vendors, coming and going

All of the reports, planning and system work was done in Epicor

Assist Engineering with BOM updates

Issue job traveler to all areas listed above

Create and run the daily production report for assembly, power vales and bagging which goes to all levels of the organization including the owner

Implemented a process to start the creation of work instructions in all assembly and bagging areas

Created and sustained employee training matrix

Completed employee evaluations as they came due

Issued corrective actions as needed

Created and sustained daily production charts for all areas for the bulletin boards so the team could see their progress

Created the communication board

Hunter International contracted to Eaton

Material Planner, 2019 – 2020

Plan production for the press department to ensure purchasing has the required time to get raw and component materials in to meet the customer demand

Complete daily past due, recommit and press GEMBA reports; GEMA reports are reviewed daily by all upper management including the Plant Manager

Attend multiple weekly meetings with all levels of management including daily meetings with the production supervisor and team leads to go over previous day and current day expectations

Complete MRP processes as needed

Answer customer service requests immediately upon receipt

Print and distribute work orders to all machines that I plan. Seek out and complete various cost saving opportunities.

The ERP/MRP program used here was SAP

Modine Manufacturing

Customer Planner, 2016 – 2018

First contact for multiple customers including production and service locations

Attend and participate in daily production meeting with all levels of management involved

Communicate with customers via phone, email and multiple different customer online portals to maintain good delivery expectations and delivery rating

Set up daily customer shipments to ensure on time delivery

Update monthly reports for corporate on delivery rating for customers which are seen throughout all levels of upper management

Process all MRO purchase orders

Set up new parts on scheduling agreements for current and new programs for suppliers

Work with suppliers who cannot meet the demand as well as the customers who are impacted

Master schedule production line for Oshkosh, John Deere, Cummins, Harley Davidson and ROC line

Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital

Patient Access Supervisor, 2013 – 2016

Supervise nineteen Patient Access Representatives that work in a 24/7 Department

Complete the deposit for Point of Service and ER collections daily

Report out to the Administrative Team daily on how the collections are going

Create monthly and update daily the Lean Daily Manufacturing (LDM) board

Create schedules for all team members working around several student schedules and enter schedule into MyTime Kronos system

Schedule patients for other departments and work around their department schedules

Handle day to day activity of the department including any staff issues.

The system used here was AS400 then we migrated to Soarian

Pace Industries

Master Scheduler, 2011 - 2013

Plan and schedule 22 die cast machines plus all secondary operations for 30 different customers who generally order multiple unique parts

Created and maintained the process for scheduling and controlling the outside service vendors for parts that leave the facility for other operations

Upon being returned, schedule the parts for any final operations and/or pack to complete the product

Work with Maintenance to schedule die cast machine downtime for preventative maintenance (PM’s) as well as Tooling for tool PM’s

Conduct a weekly scheduling meeting with a representative from each department as well as upper management to keep everyone in the loop on what is up coming

Manage a full-blown physical inventory at every month end

Dakkota Integrated Systems

Material Analyst/Supervisor, 2008 – 2011

Retrieve customer releases in EDI and running MRP and RPS

Conduct cycle counts, process through adjustments, scrap and quality hold transactions

Accomplish and maintain correct Bill of Materials in T4M

Organize the warehouse layout and maintain 5S

Supervise six Material Handlers/Shipping Employees within two plants

First contact for all suppliers and able to resolve supplier related issues.

Mando America Corporation

Customer Planner, 2007 - 2008

Translate customer releases into a shipping schedule

First contact for the customers

Keep three plants up to date on Engineering changes and ensure Engineering changes are accomplished seamlessly

Key team member of multi discipline team whose function was to create and test inventory, MRP and release system through Oracle.

Collins & Aikman Corporation

Production/Injection Molding Scheduler/Materials, 2005 - 2007

Schedule production for three assembly lines along with an injection molding area

Processing vendor releases through the EDI system

Enter various inventory transactions, cycle counting, track inventory accuracy

QS9000 Internal Auditor

Correct system parameters to load incoming demand, process MRP and release to suppliers accurately with the assistance of Corporate IT.

Integram - St. Louis Seating

Production Scheduler/Material Analyst, 1999-2005

Tier 1 supplier for Chrysler St. Louis, van seating, Just In Time (JIT) and sequencing supplier

Translate customer broadcasts into schedules for the Assembly lines and Foam production

Expedite trims from vendors when they are late on their releases

Enter various inventory transactions

Cycle counting

QS9000 Internal Auditor

EDUCATION

2017 American Public University - Bachelors in Business Management

SKILLS

Microsoft Suite, including Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, One Note, Teams, Outlook

ERP/MRP Software Including, Epicor, SAP, Oracle, T4M

Timekeeping Software Including ADP, Kronos and Epicor

Customer Portals Including Chrysler Smart, Ford DDL, GM Supply Power

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