Production Manager Winona

Summary

Production management professional with over 20 years’ experience in managing a large, fast-paced, multi-line Extrusion facility. Demonstrates ability to design for manufacturability and implement quality standards with a strong understanding of plastics industry manufacturing processes.

Skills

Plastics Manufacturing Processes

Extensive knowledge with plastic resins

Supervision and Training

Competently utilize Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma

Team Leadership

Production scheduling

Process Improvement

Proactive, logical, efficient and self-motivated

Professional Experience

Production Manager Extrusion/Long Fiber / RTP Company- Indianapolis, IN 12/1998-Current

Manage and train Operators in maximizing extrusion output and yield performance.

Maintain and enforced a safe and clean working environment at all times.

Establish and adjust work procedures to meet production schedules and lead times.

Supervise production schedules, production quality and on time delivery.

Review production orders, schedules, and inventory levels to determine product availability.

Train, develop and counsel extrusion employees to develop a high performing team.

Improve efficiency and productivity by eliminating waste and production constraints.

Enforce a culture of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.

Leadership in safety process and coordinating department safety education.

Establish, maintain, assess and foster strong vendor partnerships.

Provide necessary and timely recommendations to upper management concerning product and material needs.

Extrusion Supervisor / RTP Company – Indianapolis, IN 12/1992 to 12/1998

Analyzed procedures and recommend/implement measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, quality of product and implement changes to increase efficiency of department or work crew.

Evaluated employee performance against pre-established standards of performance with company policy.

Monitored and assure a safe work environment through process adherence and hazard elimination/mitigation (PPE, Lockout/Tag-out, Machine Guarding, etc.) and hazard elimination/mitigation.

Maintained a high level of morale and team-work on the production floor.

General Laborer / RTP Company – Winona, MN 04/1988-12/1992

Started and ran all machinery, checking all controls for adherence to operating/safety procedures and ISO standards.

Weighed ingredients to meet specifications and inserts into machinery, or ensures the correct ingredients are delivered to the work area and inserts pre-blended materials into machinery.

Mixed plastics and formed products form raw materials according to specifications.

Achieve and maintain extruders with established cycle time and process parameters.

Education: Winona Senior High School- High School Diploma 1987

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