Duane B. McDonald
Rainbow, TX 76077
*************@*****.***
HIGHLIGHT OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Demonstrated talent for organizing information and processes and people to complete tasks.
• Substantial supervisory experience for 5 to 33 employees.
• Highly effective in analyzing workflow and communication to maximize performance.
• Successful history of on time delivery and meeting deadlines.
• Created and initiated using an integrated supplier for shop floor supplies and special need items, saving over $40,000.00 in wasted supplies in the first 6 months.
• Responsible for the supervision of OSHA SHARPS Safety program with no lost work days due to injury for 5 plus years.
• 5S Shop Floor Lean Manufacturing Implementation
• Heavy Equipment Operator Certification Job Corps of American San Marcos, TX
• 10 plus years daily use of forklifts both inside and outside of facilities
• Skills Matrix tracking for each individual employee for cross functional purposes
• Developed and implemented standard work for employees to follow processes
• Worked closely with Planning Department personnel to develop work orders that followed best shop practices, while keeping the customer’s specifications in the foreground.
• SAP, SYTELINE, VANTAGE 8.3 Inventory/Warehouse management software
• Six Sigma training, spaghetti charts, fishbone diagrams, 5 why's and process flow charts
Distribution center outbound flow and process improvement
STRENGTHS: Leadership, innovative, decisiveness, and exceptional customer service.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Management/Supervisory 8 years
• Supervised 33 individuals in various shops - aircraft welding, sheet metal assembly and final assembly
• Direct supervisor for 10 person crew for shipping and receiving, tool control and outside processing departments that make up the Transportation Division
Direct supervisor for 19 person outbound crew for distribution center
• OSHA Certified Forklift Instructor responsible for entire company training
• Responsible for two CDL truck drivers one as in-town and one plant to plant
• Named Airgas Employee of the Month for May 2018
• Continuous Improvement Flow and Metrics
Production/Deliveries 10 plus years
• Coordinated tool repair and maintenance work orders
• Day to Day operations of shipping and receiving including crate building and bulk packaging
• Cylinder exchanges with Customers, daily interaction with customers, parts orders in SAP
• Oversaw the outside production department, delivery to outside vendors, control over planning, job travelers and receipt of products back into production
• Production and receiving of Customer furnishedtooli9ng with approximately 5000 tools on site in three plants
• Key Performer of return goods authorization activities, packaged and shipped
• Packaged and shipped vendor returns, faulty parts and tools
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• Used FED-EX, UPS AND USPS and other logistical tools
Equipment/Systems
• IMA/OSHA Certified Fort lift instructor and Operator for Apex Engineering International
• Current Forklift Certification with Airgas USA, LLC
Work Flow/Computer
• Constant hourly and daily updates provided to supervisory and technicians on incoming tools, machine replacement parts and manuals
• Performed daily cycle counts on the SAP warehouse management module to assure accuracy of inventory, Input of daily cycle counts and daily receiving functions
• Monitored and updated Line Killer shortages and other reports for several airplane productions lines thru the use of the SAP system
• Experience with welding gases and welding components
• Maintained Metrics logs in direct correlation of information from MRP system
• Maintained physical hand written logs for government inventory
• Followed and taught co-workers on government policies and procedures
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Assistant Branch Manager Stephenville Location 12-11-2017 to Present Airgas, USA LLC
Warehouse Supervisor 01-03-2017 to 12-11-2017 Airgas, USA LLC Fort Worth, TX
Shipping Supervisor 04-04-2016 to 01-01-2017 Tractor Supply Company Distribution Center
Shipping and Warehouse Operations Supervisor 05-2015 to 04 -2016 Johnson Controls Inc
Shipping Supervisor 12-23-2013 to 05-17-2015 Park Aerospace Technologies Corp.
Assembly and Logistics Manager 11-2008 to 9-2013 Apex Engineering International, LLC
Transportation Tool Control Manager 2-2007 to 11-2008 Apex Engineering International, LLC
Shipping and Receiving Lead 1-2005 to 2-2007 Big Dog Motorcycles, LLC
Maintenance Inventory Lead 8-2004 to 1-2005 Farmland Foods
Inventory Control Critical Shortage
Resolution Team 8-1996 to 6-2004 Raytheon Aircraft Corporation
MILITARY SERVICE
United States Navy Norfolk, VA Served aboard the USS Baltimore SSN 704
Torpedo-man Mate Fast Attack 688 Los Angles Class Submarine
Entered Service February 1991 Honorably Discharged November 1994
Additional Education and References Furnished upon Request