Plant Manager Cabinet Maker
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Bennington, NE *****
************@*****.***
JIMI J. SMITH
OVERVIEW Passionate leader focused on delivering quality products and meeting customer expectations while driving down costs and maintaining a safe work environment and energized workforce. EXPERIENCE RUCK CABINENT DOOR (2019 TO 2020)
Plant Manager (March 2019 – February 2020)
Responsible for the production and shipment of custom cabinet doors and components leading teams across receiving, milling, assembly, painting, quality control, maintenance and shipping.
• Lead shop floor supervisors and teams to meet daily production, budgetary and safety goals to deliver on-time, quality products.
• Recruit, hire and coach new leaders on production, safety, personnel and quality expectations for the shop, ensuring strong team morale and discipline.
• Work with office staff to ensure order accuracy on specifications and pricing, procuring materials and scheduling to meet lead times.
• Work with team leaders and vendors to resolve issues in a timely and cost-effective manner, improving quality and driving down costs.
• Meet with customers on any quality issues, ensuring effective communication, timely resolution and complete satisfaction.
• Coordinate with maintenance on purchasing of replacement parts, preventative maintenance program and layout and installation of new equipment.
• Conduct trial runs of new products to determine machine settings, lead time requirements and material usage in ensuring product specifications and quality expectations are met.
• Calculate material and production costs for new business ensuring competitive and accurate pricing as well as the development of a new product catalog.
• Work with vendors to launch new products, providing specifications and design criteria from tooling to new paint technologies.
VALLEY OAK CABINET DOOR (1996 TO 2019)
Assistant Plant Manager (June 2018 – March 2019)
Responsible for all production areas as well as procurement, scheduling and customer service.
• Worked with shop supervisors to drive orders through production ensuring meet quality and lead-time criteria.
• Ensured a safe working environment through enforcement of policies, monthly safety meetings, and taking disciplinary actions when needed.
• Reviewed new orders, ensured materials available and scheduled into production to meet lead times requirements.
• Procured materials for production, handled vendor quality and delivery issues, negotiated pricing and terms, contracted with new vendors and suppliers to drive cost and quality.
• Handled customer escalations for order changes, lead-time needs and/or quality issues.
• Hosted new customers providing plants tours and answering questions, making product and material recommendations, drawing up new contracts and orders. Production Manager (June 2015 – June 2018)
Managed the assembly, CNC and specialty departments to deliver quality cabinet doors, valances and components.
• Led production team of 25 in delivering on-time, quality product while maintaining a safe environment and workforce.
• Streamlined processing on door assembly line increasing output by 30% to set multiple production records, exceeding 700 doors a shift.
• Implemented Lean Manufacturing tools, including 5S and level loading to improve visibility, quality and output across the department.
• Handled all quality and production issues for areas of responsibility to keep quality product moving.
• Managed all personnel issues to include hiring, time off, attendance, safety compliance, overtime decisions and disciplinary actions including separation.
• Assessed performance of team through periodic reviews to include annual performance reviews in setting goals and coaching on areas of improvement. CNC Operator (February 2012 – June 2015)
• Operated two CNC machines to manufacture complex doors and valances.
• Set-up machines to run new programs and specifications for new orders.
• Changed out tooling and troubleshooted issues to keep machines running.
• Trained future operators on running and programming machines. Various roles (August 1996 – June 2012)
Held multiple roles across the company including shipping, quality, assembly, specialty components. SKILLS Lean Six Sigma Yellow belt certification, Leadership training, Managing People, CNC Operator, forklift operator, woodworking machinery, cabinet maker
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