Theo “Ted” Vernon

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Bessemer City, North Carolina 28016

Cell: 704-***-****

Email: adjhw0@r.postjobfree.com

Over 25 years successful Production Management, Maintenance Management, Supervisory and Customer Service experience. Dedicated to achieving profitability, providing outstanding customer service, and ensuring long-term client loyalty. Excellent analytical, organizational and people skills. Strong personal ethics and integrity. Work effectively with persons from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. Highly organized team-builder with strong leadership experience. Excellent communicator seeking a position with the opportunity for growth.

Experience

Production Manager (Industrial/Greige) 5/2014 - Present

Firestone Fibers & Textiles, Kings Mountain, NC

· Identify, diagnose and resolve operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems within deadlines.

· Interview, train, coach, schedule and manage up to 35 staff.

· Maintain low staff turnover through effective motivational management.

· Set and monitor daily production targets while reducing downtime.

· Responsible for shift payroll input using Kronos, shift attendance records, employee counseling, and employee appraisals.

· Responsible for keeping Associates readily available for training by working closely with Training and Safety Departments.

· Monitor facility processes to ensure operations of production machinery are fully staffed.

· Execute production schedules based on varying business demands.

· Responsible for safety audits of direct employees, improved safety efficiencies through daily safety talks, and plant organization using 5S.

· Apply Lean Manufacturing and related process improvement techniques to ensure cost-effective manufacturing.

· Establish and maintain acceptable quality levels for all assigned products by regularly monitoring quality standards.

· Interpret and develop reports such as waste, yield, and efficiency reports, including daily employee assignments.

· Accountable for controlling operational budgets (Supply /Repair and Labor).

· Maintain excellent flow of communication between departments concerning needed supplies, changes in production, and new product production supplies.

Production Manager (Warehouse/Texturizing/Warping) 2011 - 2014

B&W Fiberglass, Shelby, NC

· Interviewed, hired, trained, coached, scheduled and managed up to 40 staff.

· Identified, diagnosed and resolved operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems within deadlines.

· Set and monitored daily production targets while reducing downtime.

· Responsible for all payroll input, plant attendance records, and employee appraisals.

· Responsible for all forklift training (Class I, Class II, MSDNs, Hazcom).

· Developed new procedures and processes to improve production accuracy.

· Executed production schedules based on business demands

· Set up safety audit procedures and improved safety efficiencies.

· Set up and implemented plant organization using 5S.

· Utilized Lean Manufacturing, and related process improvement techniques to ensure the most cost-effective manufacturing process

· Established and maintained acceptable quality levels for all assigned products.

· Implemented yarn boards as well as other quality procedures.

· Interpreted and developed reports such as waste, yield, and efficiency reports.

· Set and controlled operational budgets (Supply, Repair, Labor).

· Ordered Manufacturing/Housekeeping/Packaging supplies and worked closely with vendors to ensure dependable delivery.

· Communicated regularly with all departments regarding needed supplies and changes in production.

· Responsible for creating new jobs, opening and closing completed jobs, and balancing inventories in Epicor System.

· Responsible for grounds maintenance and housekeeping of 10-acre tract of land.

Shift Manager 2009 - 2011

Parkdale America, Gaffney, SC

· Responsible for achieving quality, safety, and production goals in a 2.5 million pound per week high-speed, fully-automated Reiter Open-end Spinning plant.

· Managed, coached, and developed a team of 26 personnel.

· Monitored production of all Associates during shift. Ensured each Associate achieved required run rates and implemented new programs to increase productivity.

· Effectively interacted and communicated with Spanish-speaking Associates.

· Proficient in the operation of all equipment and processes, including receiving, opening, carding, spinning, and shipping.

· Machinery types includes Reiter, Crosrol, Trutzschler, and Uster Technologies.

· Conducted daily safety meetings and ensured daily safety compliance.

· Maintained payroll records for all shift Associates using AS400 System.

· Responsible for keeping every process and machine running efficiently.

Department Manager 2006 - 2009

Parkdale Mills, Gastonia, NC

· Managed reclaim, opening, carding, drawing, lap winding, combing, roving, ring spinning, winding, and packing.

· Utilized AS400, MS Word, MS Excel, email, PowerPoint and SPC software.

· Worked closely with Supervisors to obtain data required for planning department activities, such as new commitments, status of work in progress, and problems encountered.

· Utilized Statistical Process Controls for quality consistency and improvement.

· Facilitated preventive maintenance by scheduling and follow-up.

· Coordinated the retooling of department which balanced and allowed a more diversified product mix.

· Helped oversee all aspects of trials for product diversification.

· Monitored and analyzed costs and prepared budget.

· Responsible for all parts ordering in Spinning/Winding.

Shift Manager 1993 - 2006

Parkdale Mills, Gastonia, NC

· Managed, coached, and developed a team of 32 personnel to achieve quality, safety, and production goals in a fully-automated Ring Spinning plant.

· Machinery types included: Schlaforst, Saco Lowell, Reiter, Trutzschler, Marzoli, Crosrol, Murata, and Uster Technologies.

· Conducted daily safety meetings and ensured daily safety compliance.

· Maintained payroll records for all shift associates using AS400 system.

· Conducted daily meetings with regular shift Associates to effectively communicate all changes in plant production, operations, and safety talks.

· Calculated all pounds and efficiency for each process at the end of the shift and adjusted the overall Spinning projection.

· Managed yarn count changes (gear setups, sizes, breaks, etc.) and set up operator job loads.

· Responsible for supply and repair budgets, labor budgets, and special projects.

· Monitored and resolved customer complaints internally.

· Responsible for creating break schedules, maintenance schedules, and updating data.

· Responsible for parts ordering and receiving.

Education and Credentials

150+ Hours Management, Leadership & Customer Service Training

B.A. Degree - Business Management

Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC 2003

A.S. Degree - Textile Management

North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology, Belmont, NC

Computer Skills:

Kronos, SPC, AS400, Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint)

Additional Training:

Six-Sigma, Business Strategy, Job Safety Evaluations, Time Studies

Certifications: CPR, First Aid, Blood Born Pathogens

Certified Forklift Operator (Sit-Down, Stand-Up, Scissor Lift)

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