Production Manager Project Management

Hubert L. Morris

**** *** ******** *** **. Unit *59 Albuquerque New Mexico, 87113

{706}-699-2940 ****************@*****.***

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Successful and progressive experience in manufacturing facilities, with expertise in metals and refractory, focused on safety, quality, delivery, and cost in union and non-union environments.

CORE STRENGTH

Scrap Reduction Safety Performance Cost Reduction & Cost Management

Project Management Metals and Refractory Downtime Reduction ISO 9000 / Lean Manufacturing / Kazan On-Time Delivery Inventory Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Provide leadership, vision and support to achieve operational excellence in production, logistics, price negotiations, cost estimation, safety, quality, and inventory control.

Managed department operations, over three shifts, including staffing, deliverables, budgeting, incoming melt stock, alloys, refractory, safety performance, man-hour per ton, air emissions, and quality.

Reduced production downtime by 24%.

Manage all equipment and refractory repair and maintenance projects including scope, bid preparation, materials, scheduling, and invoicing.

Complete rebuilds and repairs of cupolas, coreless furnaces, inductors, channel furnaces, pressure pours, and aluminum furnaces; specialized in gunite and shot create work.

Recommend and implement cost reduction and continuous process improvements utilizing ISO and Lean Manufacturing principles and standards; seek innovative ways to improve efficiency and increase profit.

Prepare project cost summaries including labor, equipment, materials and other associated costs.

Complete production planning including raw material procurement, price negotiation, and scheduling.

Manage vendor and contractor qualification process.

Ensure consistency and compliance with all company and regulatory policies and labor contracts.

Proven track record of top performance including the ability to meet rapidly changing production schedule, on-time deliveries, reduction of downtime, and employee development.

Possess thorough understanding of manufacturing operations, based on actual hands-on experience, and ability to easily adapt to a new and different environment.

Posses thorough understanding of air pollution control technologies

Participate in internal and external audit processes.

Complete knowledge of gray iron foundry processes and technologies.

Proficient in reviewing technical documents and MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Refractory Supervisor RHI Magnesita. Lexington, KY 1/2021 - Current

Technician - Wastewater Solutions. Sulfur, LA 4/2020 – 1/2021

Refractory Manager – Gerdau North America. Beaumont, TX 5/2017 – 4/2020

Continuous Improvement Coordinator. Waterloo, IA. 09/2014 – 4/2017

5s Coordinator / Refractory 3 shifts. Waterloo, IA. 09/2014 – 4/2017

Refractory Supervisor Melt Department – John Deere, Inc. Waterloo, IA. 07/2011 – 08/ 2013

Melt Engineer, Melt Department – John Deere, Inc. Waterloo, IA 07/2010 – 07/2011

Production Manager, Melt Department - TRW Automotive, Inc. Warrenton, GA 03/2007 – 03/ 2009

Superintendent / Sales & Marketing - Indiana Refractory. Auburn, IN 03/2006 – 02/2007

Production Supervisor – Melt / Refractory - Wheland Foundry. Warrenton, GA 08/2005 – 03/2006

Superintendent – Hot Crews. Fort Wayne, IN 09/2004 – 08/2005

Production Manager, Melt Department - U.S. Foundry and MFG Corp. Medley, FL 09/2001 – 09/2004

Production Supervisor, Melt Department – Auburn Foundry. Auburn, IN 9/1997 – 09/ 2001

Supervisor / Bricklayer – Hot Crews. Fort Wayne, IN 01/1984 – 09/1997

EDUCATION / TRAINING

21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership John C. Maxwell

American Foundry Society / Cast Metals Institute Lean Principles of Lean Manufacturing

ISO 9001 Emergency Response

Principles of Management / Penn Foster College

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