Manufacturing Manager Supervisor

Antoine Crowell Sr.

*** ******* ****, *********, **. 30253

Phone: 618-***-**** Email: **********@*******.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

·Proven experience as a Production/Manufacturing Manager. Looking to advance my career in production, continuous improvement or quality.

·20+ years of experience with Lean/Six Sigma.

·25+ years of experience in a leadership role with up to 200 direct reports.

·25+ years of experience successfully managing high volume - high complexity manufactured components within multiple industries including Automotive, Trash Bags, Health & Beauty, Ingot, and Eyewear production.

·Extensive Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement experience implementing, leading and managing the process with continuous improvement and changing the company cultures. Specialize in the DMAIC process and the elimination of waste.

·Successfully Increased production in operations resulting in an increase of up time as much as 60% while completing my initial green belt project.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

JELD-WEN Windows & Doors Union City, Georgia 1/2020 to Present

3rd Shift Value Stream Manager coach and counsel all aspects of the building from receiving through shipping on the night shift. Manage 4 group managers and approximately 150 employees to build and ship quality interior doors on a nightly basis using the Key performance indicators of safety, quality, delivery, cost & inventory.

Luxottica – Atlanta, Georgia 2/2019 to 1/2020

Manufacturing Manager 2nd Shift Manage 3 supervisors and 200 employees in the safe production of quality eyewear. Maintain safety along with following established processes to reduce or eliminate breakage and increase throughput to help the bottom line.

5/2018 to 2/2019

Production Supervisor 1st Shift Supervise the manufacture of prescription and regular sunglasses during the critical startup phase. Establish mounter’s work standards and quality expectations for the Atlanta lab. Improve upon the KPI’s day by day.

Vi-Jon, Inc. – Saint Louis, Missouri 7/2013 to 5/2018

Manufactured Health & Beauty products for Private Industry and Company (Signature brand is Germ-X Hand Sanitizer)

Production Supervisor 1st Shift, Coach and counsel hourly employees in the production of health and beauty products. Maintain acceptable levels of Safety, Quality, Delivery, & Cost for all of production.

Highlights: Utilizing my lean manufacturing skills as a production supervisor to make a positive change. Empower my employees for change.

·Lead the Pink line continuous improvement project to identify and eliminate waste of component loss thru scrap reduction ultimately causing a decrease of 40% in scrap cost. The 2 major components were bottles and shippers.

·Successfully went 2 years without an OSHA recordable incident.

·Successful launch of a new production line in 2017 (Copper Line)

·Help to introduce TPM to the production/maintenance teams.

·Team member on Lime line continuous improvement project to identify and eliminate product waste in the form of overfilling the bottles. The average overfill was 13 to 15 grams over which was reduced to 0 to 4 grams over. This resulted in more produced bottles per batch and better batch yield which increased $$. This helped secure funds for future projects.

Alcoa – Various Cities 9/2012 to 7/2013

Alcoa Business Systems Lend Forward – Lean Manufacturing Agent (CI) – Various Cities

Lead consulting activities utilizing the Alcoa Business System to generate business value and eliminate waste. Lead 3 continuous improvement projects.

Highlights:

·Created work instructions for brand new ingot facility in Barberton, Ohio.

·Assisted with the reduction of waste in Wichita Falls, Texas production facility of aluminum parts for the aeronautical industry.

·Improved efficiency at the Dover, New Jersey parts facility through waste reduction and improve process control which resulted in reduce cycle times.

Alcoa Ingot Production Crew Leader – Newburgh, Indiana 6/2011 to 9/2012

Lead a crew of 20 associates in the production of world class quality aluminum ingots. Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost were the KPI’s for success.

Reynolds Consumer Products (formerly Pactiv) – Jacksonville, Illinois 2/2010 to 5/2011

Manufactured Hefty Trash Bags and Private Industry

Manufacturing Supervisor

Responsible for managing/leading a 24/7 non-union operation with 8 Team Leaders and 30 hourly employees.

Highlights:

·Motivate employees to exceed daily production goals.

·0 OSHA recordable incidents while with the company

·Facilitate daily Tier II meetings

·Audit standard work on all 12 production lines

·Actively involved in Daily GEMBA walks

·Participate in short Kaizen projects.

Chrysler LLC – Fenton, Missouri 1/2006 to 11/2008

Manufactured Automobiles for Company (Dodge Ram Trucks)

Production Group Leader

I was responsible for managing production workers in a hostile union environment to achieve safety, production, and quality goals on a daily basis.

Highlights:

·Established the manpower and training matrix for the 2nd shift production team in Chassis.

·Supervised one of the challenging sections in the plant where the frame started production process.

·Develop team members on several Kaizen projects including scrap reduction and job process improvements.

Ford Motor Company – Louisville, Kentucky 6/1999 to 12/2005

Manufacturing Advisor 1/2004 – 12/2005

Provide direct assistance to the Production Superintendent and Area Manager in facilitating the daily production bottlenecks and constraints.

Highlights:

·Responsible for employee versatility development and training.

·Maintain positive union relations.

Body Shop Supervisor 06/1999 – 01/2004

Lead daily production operations of 4 workgroups. Juggle manpower, machinery, methods, and materials to produce the Excursion SUV.

Highlights:

·Six Sigma Green Belt Project was to increase the hourly production from 9 JPH to 12 JPH in the Body Shop. We were able to get to 11 JPH successfully.

·Ran second shift as department head in the absence of the Area Manager.

EDUCATION:

General MBA, Fontbonne University Saint Louis, Missouri 2009

BS in Industrial Technology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois 1993

TRAINING and CERTIFICATIONS:

·Trained in the Toyota Production System

·Certified Six Sigma Green Belt 2000 at Ford Motor Company

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