Rodney F. Bakkala Jr.

**** **** ******

Kenosha, WI 53142

Home phone 262-***-****

Cell phone 262-***-****

ade8fi@r.postjobfree.com

I am seeking a career in Operations Management.

My professional experience has been in Operations, Leadership, Management, Manufacturing, Production, Quality, Cost Reduction, Maintenance, Safety, and Training. These skills make me suitable for multiple responsibilities within an organization.

Competencies

*Lean / JIT Manufacturing

*Production Planning - Scheduling

*Continuous Process Improvement

*Quality Management Systems

*Inventory Management

*Leadership - Training

*Accident Investigation

*Kronos software

*Microsoft Word and Excel

*Power Point

*Personnel Selection

*Data Entry typing: 8,700 kph with a 99.7% accuracy rate

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Production Team Leader, GE Healthcare (10/3/2016 – 11/29/2019) Contact Becky Niklasch / HR Manager 262-***-****

GE Healthcare @ 4855 West Electric Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

produced scintillators for CT Devices providing high quality images. Specific duties include:

* Supervising shift output while maintaining safety / quality levels and compliancy in standard work expectations using GE Healthcare standards.

* Executed daily walk throughs in the production area prior to shift to assign jobs based on available queues at work cells, breakdowns and lack of work scenarios.

* Have daily stand-up meetings with 2 different labor grades discussing Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost objectives along with job assignments

* Keep job objectives aligned with customer goals

* Maintain communication with machine repair, utility support, material handers and electricians about machine breakdowns, CTQ’s and job objectives using Escalation system and entering/prioritizing jobs in Trello board.

* Maintained written and verbal production communication with oncoming shift

* Maintained weekly Kronos timesheets

* Leader of monthly safety room audits

* Participated in SODM and HEAT MAPS

* Entered audit findings

* Assigned or completed audit findings

* Provided follow-up support if necessary

*Incident Commander assisting site wide evacuations, head counts and room sweeps.

*Took part in Incident commander drills including room sweeps, head counts and final communication to the guard shack.

*First Responder Safety Team:

*Trained on CPR and first aid

*Trained on portable AED machines

*Took part in First Responder Drills / Audits

* Worked as a contractor for 9 months prior to hire on date

Production Manager, Expanded Technologies Corporation (1/10/2001 – 3/10/2015) Phone 262-***-****

Expanded Technologies Corporation is a manufacturer of floor protection products, promotional anti-fatigue mats and anti-slip boat mats. As Production Manager, I lead and manage production operations and safety. Specific duties include:

* Ensuring enough production capacity

* Production planning and scheduling for 3 shifts to meet stock levels and customer orders

* Tracking production output/yield

* Develop policy and procedures to create efficient work cells

* Work with staffing agency to maintain production staff requirements

* Maintain/create job cards for production

* Respond to multiple daily time sensitive customer inquiries from sales

* Maintain shift to shift communication through job card notation and/or verbal communication

* Review 3 shifts of job cards to assess efficiency and address corrective/disciplinary measures if necessary

* Manage maintenance / material handlers through floor supervisor directives

* Make sure production is doing jobs to quality / customer standards

* Have weekly production meeting with sales, ownership and department heads

* Have weekly production meeting with supervisors

* Coordinate vacation time between supervisors, permanent and temporary employees

* Order / make available PPE and clerical supplies for supervisors and production

* Establish pricing with supply vendors

* Implement company defined safety programs

* Maintain safe working production environment

* Suggest safety improvements

Production Supervisor, Expanded Technologies Corporation (1/10/1995 – 1/10/2001)

* Unlock facility and turn on lights, air compressor and machines

* Assign production employees for jobs on schedule

* Print / fill out job cards

* Communicate directives to maintenance and material handling to achieve production goals

* Maintain minimum hourly quality and quantity check

* Enter job cards into computer

* Maintain database for evaluating production employees for raises / disciplinary action

* Maintain shift to shift communication through job card notation and/or verbal communication

* Maintain safe working production environment

* Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical issues with production equipment

* Suggest safety improvements

Production Employee, Expanded Technologies Corporation (10/21/1991 – 1/10/1995)

* Do supervisor assigned jobs

* Operated / set-up various mechanical presses (5 ton press, 10 ton press, 50 ton press)

* Operated / set-up heat process jobs

* Operate sit down / stand up fork trucks

EDUCATION

1991 Mary D. Bradford High School Graduate

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