Jason Gibbs

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574-***-**** E-Mail;adlrgm@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE:

ACTIA-Elkhart, IN Jan 2018-Present

Production Manager

In charge of all production activities for a large electronics manufacturer

Have 75+ direct hourly and 4 salaried supervisor reports

In charge of all electronic techs

In direct control of all OT, staffing and production related decisions

Interview and hire hourly personnel for current openings

Monitor all training and 5S duties of production staff

Accomplishments:

Lowered OT by 82% from 2018 to 2019

Improved retention by 75% from 2018 to 2019

Directing a large-scale manufacturing shift into Lithium Ion battery production (current)

Foamcraft Inc.-Goshen, IN

Plant Manager May 2016-Jan 2018

Lead a culture change at an antiquated operation by teaching 5S and Kaizen manufacturing principles

Manage all aspects of the day-to-day operations of 3 plants specializing in foam fabrication. Averaging $1-$1.25 million in sales per month

In charge of 100 hourly employees and 4 salaried supervisors and an office staff of 8

Perform many duties due to small administrative staffing

HR-Some hiring/some interviews/all discipline/all terminations/policy review and implementation

Purchasing-Purchase some raw & many other materials needed for plant operations

P&L- Monitor and control all labor rates, OT and production activities/rates

Safety-Monitor and comply with all safety regulations and practices

Shipping-Monitor and direct any shipping conflicts or emergencies

Accomplishments:

Reduced on hand inventory by 30% by instituting a JIT purchasing program

Reduced monthly inventory variance by an average of 3% per month

Instituted a new safety program which immediately resulted in 7 months’ accident-free for an operation that once averaged an accident for every 80 hours worked

Reorganized all 3 manufacturing plants to maximize flow and reduce bottlenecks

Improved the housekeeping and overall cleanliness of all facilities by instituting 5S shadow boards & principles

Made several lean production changes which resulted in better flow and efficiency

Guided an important new customer’s introduction and growth with a more focused organizational approach

Changed multiple packaging operations to reduce labor time spent by several hours

Introduced an employee engagement approach to reach out to all workers and truly have an “open door” policy for concerns

Helped launch an exceptional employee program to reward extraordinary actions by certain employees

Instituted a new OT tracking/projection worksheet to help corporate identify OT constraints

Carpenter Company, Elkhart, IN

Assistant Plant Manager October 2012-May 2016

Promoted from area manager to manage day-to-day operations of large manufacturing operation

Lead a team of 2 area managers and 3 supervisors that are responsible for 50+ hourly employees in 4 different manufacturing departments

Responsible for day-to-day operations of the fiber operation, a foam fabrication area, and a laminated mattress line/sewing operation that average $300-600K in weekly sales

I directly report to the plant manager and make many important supervisory, safety, production, staffing and quality decisions daily

Accomplishments:

Increased board feet per hour and reduced labor rates by 25% in foam fabrication area

Redesigned 2 production cells to better utilize space and reduce WIP in foam fab area

Increased production on the laminated mattress line by 40% in 6 months

Instituted a new way to group mattresses together to reduce production time and increase efficiency by 40%

Trained a manager with no lamination experience to run the operation in less than 6 months

Reduced downtime on lamination line by 30% after I instituted a daily cleaning regimen

Balanced line personnel to keep production high & eliminate OT in both sewing and lamination areas

Reduced a 2-shift sewing operation into a 1 shift operation without backorders or production efficiencies decreasing or adding a lot of OT

Increased productivity by 40% on sewing line by cross training, balancing workload and moving personnel to decrease work-in-process times

Instituted a 1-piece flow lean system to eliminate wasted steps and get orders complete without overstock

Lead a project that resulted new layout to keep materials flowing and distributed to balance sewing operations and provide JIT materials to the lamination line

Lead a project to schedule foam fabrication parts JIT & eliminate a lot of overstock materials

Carpenter Company, Elkhart, IN June 2004-October 2012

Area Manager-Fiber

Promoted from management trainee to Area Manager-Fiber in 7 months

Supervised 1 salaried supervisor and over 15 hourly employees

Managed a non-woven cardline that ran 100,000+ pounds of fiber products/week for 7.5 years

Became an expert about numerous fiber blends and polymers in both FR and non-FR applications

Became an expert about cardline operation, bonded oven operation, packaging operation and flame testing FR fibers

EDUCATION:

Indiana University BA of Mass Comm. w/ Business Minor - May 2002

2 years of General Studies at Ball State University

SKILLS AND TRAINING:

SAP- 7+ years

Lean Manufacturing- 15+ years

Kaizen Process Methods-12+ years

5S Methods-6+ years

Supervisor of staff-7+ years

Microsoft Office Suite- 10+ years

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Skilled leader capable of guiding several types of employees and project teams

Strong Communicator

Capable of completing difficult tasks and projects in a timely manner

Confident leader who makes quick, informed decisions and owns up to responsibility of actions

Observe/evaluate all activities through a continuous improvement eye with lean principles

Always trying to eliminate waste and increase efficiencies

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