Plant Manager Safety

George E. Williams

Email: adhsby@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 734-***-****

Address: **** ** ****** *** **** St Lucie, Florida

Retired in 2015 and Founded – Mack-Williams, Consulting Group:

Clients:

Android /Avancez Industries Auburn Hills Michigan – HR Director for NA Operations (12 facilities including two in Canada) October 2016 – May 2018 – Hired to improve and institutionalize HR systems and processes

Lead four successful contact negotiations – cost neutral agreements

Implemented applicant tracking system – Newton system

Implemented Talent Management process – emphasis on identifying and retaining HP employees

Implemented process to track demographics

Streamlined company’s HR ARCH database – waste reduction

Lead conversion from ISO to IATF

Conflict resolution go to person

Introduced and lead “safety is a value” initiatives (behavioral based)

Improved KPI reporting processes

Developed process to institutionalize safety audits

Completed leadership training for Team Leaders and Group Leaders

Improvements made throughout entire experience cycle – onboarding through exit interview

Borg Warner / Remy International / Maval Industries – conducting Health and Safety training. July 2016 – September 2016

Leadership Training and Development: (designed and developed a unique leadership training module)

Safety Training and safety systems development/implementation

Team Building and sustainability

Coordinated safety audits and follow through as required.

OBJECTIVE:

Seeking part-time work within the Port St. Lucie area {recently relocated – warmer weather}

EDUCATION:

BS Business Administration – Central State University 1980 (Marketing concentration)

Skills:

Effective communicator

Excellent computer skills

Critical thinker

Ability to work and excel in a diverse environment

Excellent problem solver

Proven leadership attributes

Professional experience

Solid understanding of why Customer satisfaction is important

Flexible and results oriented

Excellent teaching ability

Great listening skills

Team oriented/collabarator

Change agent and adapt to change very easily

Calculated risk taker

WORK EXPIERENCE:

Retired 2015 from General Motors Corporation

Toledo and Willow Run facilities (April 1981 – April 2015)

Human Resource Manager (2005 – 2015)

Served a group of 12 Salaried and 25 UAW employees

Lead all HR activities – our facility served as the benchmark in many categories

Served as lead negotiator for three local cost neutral agreements

Facilitated all team building and diversity initiatives

Lead transition from good to great safety performance

Lead trainer for team building and people development

Lead trainer for leadership skills

Lead safety agent – focused on behavioral safety.

Served as plant’s lead change agent

Plant Manager (2001-2005)

Initial GM site to implement lean manufacturing processes

Served a team of 30 Salaried employees and 300 UAW employees

Built an incredible team – engaged and involved all

Benchmark facility for layered process audits

Improved all metrics by double digit status

Benchmark facility for lean manufacturing and people involvement

Manufacturing Superintendent (1997 – 2001)

Led a team of 321 UAW employees and 15 Salaried employees

Exceeded all manufacturing targets through collaboration and cooperation

Developed and promoted 5 Salaried employees

Mentor and role model for 7 employees

Managed two million dollars of products

Benchmark facility for JIT product flow and lean manufacturing

Special assignments (1981 – 1997)

Change management facilitator – lead plant through various changeovers

Manufacturing Supervisor – (Safety, People Quality, Responsiveness, Cost and Environmental focus)

Industrial Engineer – Implemented work standards, streamlined plant layouts and performed labor analysis

Successfully Implemented various lean principles – plant wide

Served as safety subject matter expert for multiple GM sites

Other/Training/Community services

Corporate award – people and quality improvement

Best speaker – Dale Carnegie

Executive Training graduate – Penn State University

Leader – BSA

President – SBC Usher Ministry

Successful competition of Bigger Faster Leadership conducted by Dr. Samuel R. Chand

Volunteer at Arnold Palmer annual golf tournament in Orlando Florida

Member – Leaders connect Ann Arbor Michigan

Favorite books- The Speed of Trust (Stephen Covey) and Common Sense Leadership (Roger Fulton)

Organizations waste millions of dollars via not thaving a strategy to deal with the following conditions.

Non productive employees

Work related depression

Poor customer service

Disengaged customers

Employee skills not optimized

Lack of teamwork

Lack of recognition

Fragmentation

Lack of risk taking

Lack of understanding EQ vs IQ

Not properly implementing change

Poor management union relations

Not embracing diversity

Poor job placement activities

Poor communications

Poor decision making

Misguided leadership

Lack of mentorship

Lack of conflict resolution

Employee turnover

Ineffective onboarding processes

As a part of your organization I can assist in guarding against the above-mentioned conditions.

BTW, I love my new home town and looking forward to contributing as best I can.

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