Plant Manager Operations
Resume:
RICHARD NEELY
Bowmanville, ON
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To obtain a challenging position in a growth-oriented organization which offers diverse job responsibility and the possibility for advancement.
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Driven and determined
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to successfully lead teams to reach desired goals
A creative approach to new campaigns
Good negotiating and interpersonal skills
Good numeric skills and a knowledge of statistics
Plant Manager
Marbel Industries - Whitby, ON, May 2022 to the Present
Conduct employee training on the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Maintain safe work practices according to regulations under the OHSA (i.e., workplace inspections, training of new employees)
Direct the utilization of all machinery and equipment involved in assembly production activities.
Direct prompt assessment, maintenance, and reporting of machine failure during production.
Monitor inventory levels for finished goods and purchased components.
Immediately investigate and implement action as required when a worker identifies a real or suspected safety hazard.
Work in compliance with the standard Organizational Health and Safety policies and procedures, WSIB and all other applicable legislated environmental, health & safety regulations.
Follow through with Engineering changes in Production.
Acting CNC programmer and operator for an undetermined amount of time
Senior Operations Manager
PC350 - Markham, ON, February 2020 to May 2022
Manage a team consisting of a Purchasing Manager, Production Manager, Program Managers, Administration, and Production staff
Oversee all material movement from purchasing, receiving, production, warehousing and shipping
Develop SOP's for the purchasing, and shipping/receiving departments
Develop KPI's for various departments within the company
Manage employee relations
Materials Manager
Teknion - Toronto, ON June 2016 to February 2020
Manage a team consisting of Buyers, Purchasing Coordinators, Inventory Control and Receiving totaling 13 directs and five additional indirect subordinates
Ensure supply chain availability of material to assist in achieving company on time delivery objective
Manage biannual physical inventory process
Collaborate with internal departments and external companies to continuously improve delivery and pricing of manufacturing components
Escalate and negotiate with suppliers on short lead-time orders
Monitor new product launches and existing product lines with declining sales
Materials Supervisor
Woodbridge Foam - Whitby, ON 2012 to Oct 2015
Prepare master production schedule for all facets of the production process
Conduct daily production meeting to ensure all departments are aware of the status of production and the day's hot parts
Maintain an eight-week rolling production schedule
Create weekly MPS; develop short and long-term capacity planning
Utilize MRP to coordinate daily/weekly/monthly deliveries from supply base
Manage all Customer shipments to ensure adherence to JIT/Kanban releases
Supervise 15 associates in Shipping, Receiving, Inventory and Procurement departments
Coordinate logistics for all incoming component deliveries
Manage cycle counting and month end inventories
Materials Manager
Kobay Enstel Inc - Scarborough, ON 2007 to 2011
Develop a strong Materials department through skilled hires and mentoring existing Materials employees.
Managed the launch of new programs within the plant
Champion continuous improvement activities for the department
Train shipping and receiving personnel in Lean philosophies and empower the team to organize and remove waste from their processes
Reduce expedites and improve delivery rating through improved processes and enforced employee accountability to meet and exceed departmental objectives
Increased inventory turns from 8 to 29 within fifteen months
Developed and acted to achieve an aggressive cost and expense improvement program
Managed inventory assets to minimize investment and maximize utilization
Manage human, equipment and systems resources to effectively carry out shipping, warehousing, receiving, material handling and other supply related functions
Acting Plant Manager (Six-month medical leave)
Kobay Enstel Limited - Toronto, ON October 2009 to March 2010
Lean Systems Six Sigma Blackbelt
Rimply - Newmarket, ON 2005 to 2007
Monitor Key Production Indicators for potential BB projects.
Put underachieving processes through Six Sigma methodologies to achieve targets.
Successful completion of three Blackbelt projects with a total hard dollar savings of $850000.
Train Green Belt candidates in Six Sigma methodologies.
Train and lead teams through successful Kaizen blitz's, and one-day focus 5S sessions.
Promote various Lean philosophies and sustain 5S throughout the plant
Promote Continuous Improvement through team meetings
Master Scheduler
Rimply - Newmarket, ON 1997 to 2005
Buyer
Rimply 1994 to 1997
Production Scheduler 1989 - 1994
Rimply
EDUCATION HISTORY
2005 - 2006 Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
CPIM 2002 Attained designation
OMDP 1999 Ontario Management Development Program certificate
1986 - 1989 Operations Management, Durham College
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