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Michael W. Summers

Job Skills

Operations/Production/Value Stream Management

Quality Assurance Management

Inventory/Warehouse Management

Procurement

Product Development

Sales Management

Professional Experience

Area Sales Manager – Mattress Firm, Memphis South District 2016 – Present

Responsible for daily operations of Five Retail Stores

Coach Sales Associates/Store Managers, determine coaching needs, provide solutions to meet profit goals

Implemented Guerilla Marketing approaches that improved In-Store Traffic and 20+% YOY Sales increase

Key member for transition of retail POS system during company merge

Century Club member for outstanding sales

Operations Manager–Paragon Label/MGPC, Petaluma, CA 2015

Reported to the President/CEO; responsible for the daily operations for multiple departments including Pre-Press, Production, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Shipping/Receiving Logistics.

Implemented Warehouse Management System to reduce shrinkage to less than 0.2%.

Determined personnel needs, map value streams, capital equipment purchases and implement continuous improvement countermeasures.

Trained management and employees in 6S/Lean manufacturing directives. Operations/Value Stream Manager–WS Packaging, Fullerton, CA 2013– 2015

Reported to the General Manager; responsible for the daily operations for multiple departments including Production, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Shipping/Receiving Logistics.

Determined personnel needs, map value streams, capital equipment purchases and implement continuous improvement countermeasures.

Posted daily P&L KPIs and directed staff to increase productivity and provide financial improvements.

Managed the installation of HP Indigo 6600 Digital Print Center and achieved world class throughput average of 70fpm.

Led, coordinated, and participated in Kaizen events, sustaining improvements and charting all progress following Lean Manufacturing directives.

Safety coordinator, responsible for on-site training, safety improvements, and coordination with corporate office. Reduced lost work time incidents by 63%.

Trained employees in 6S/Lean manufacturing directives. Operations Manager–Taylor Made Labels, Lake Oswego, OR 2006– 2013

Reported directly to the President/Owner; managed day to day operations of all production departments including Art, Press, Finishing, Inventory, Shipping/Receiving, and Facilities Management.

Implemented inventory management processes that improved shrinkage to less than 0.07%.

Improved production uptime by 20% through process improvements including implementation of FAST plate system, installation of HP Digital Print center, and Ink Room improvements.

Developed improvements to quality processes, inventory control, personnel safety, complaint handling, personnel reviews and formalized procedures.

Won several industry awards for printing excellence including TLMI Best of Show and Best in World.

Key team member in the implementation of a new ERP system (LabelTraxx) and improvements to IT infrastructure.

Designed HP Indigo Digital VDP printing processes including customer/industry specific encoding and the unique quality concerns associated with Food and Beverage related industries. Director, Quality Assurance and Purchasing–Eastern Ribbon & Roll, Odessa, FL 2004– 2006

Reported to VP of Manufacturing; responsible for procurement of raw materials for the converting and printing of paper and films in multi-process printing operation including wide web and narrow web flexographic presses.

Reduced Cost of Raw materials by an average of 10%.

Implemented Quality System that reduced in-process rejections by 75% and reduced reverse logistics by 70%.

Developed specialty products for major retailers (Home Depot, Walgreens) while beating cost targets by 10%. Continuing Education/Seminars/Trade Associations

Former Chairman: Narrow Web Flexo Council - FFTA

HP Indigo Digital Press Production Management: HP Atlanta

Six Sigma/Lean Green Belt training: Thomas Pyzdek Institute

Turning Diversity to Our Advantage: Cascade Employers Association

Performance Appraisals that Work!: Cascade Employers Association

Citizenship in the Workplace: Cascade Employers Association

Team Building: Covey Institute (with Dr. Stephen Covey) Seminar

Bargaining with Vendors & Suppliers: Padgett Thompson Seminar

Supply Logistics Short Course: Georgia Tech University

Internet Commerce: Fred Pryor Seminar

Certified Quality Engineering Training: American Society for Quality

Advanced Database Programming Techniques: Oakton College, Des Plaines, IL

Advanced Statistics: Oakton College, Des Plaines, IL

Defect Prevention: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Design of Experiments: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Flexographic SPC: Mark Andy, St. Louis, MO

Education

Augustana College, Rock Island, IL

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