*** ******* ** ● Newnan, GA ***** ●Cell: 414-***-**** ●email: adu40r@r.postjobfree.com

Anthony Yarn

Objective

Pursuing a position in Management where I can utilize my professional skills, extensive experience, and proven abilities as well as provide advancement potential based on my achievements.

Summary

Began my management career at Visa Lighting in 1991 as a Production Supervisor for over 26 years; and now a Production Manager looking to relocate and continue in the management/manufacturing environment. I enjoy managing and training individuals in the production and manufacturing field, I have 20 years of Fabrication experience. I have more than 30 years of experience in selecting; hiring, training and helping employees develop their personal growth and opportunities in the work place. Including problem solving, staffing daily production, 5s, quarterly and yearly reviews, and implementing cost reductions in production.

Skills and Accomplishments

Training and Development

Very Organized

Delegate Skills

Time management skills

Blueprint Reading

Auto CAD programming

CHAKU- CHAKU

5S

Scheduling

Facility Management Skills

KAN BAN

Kaizen

Fabrication

Spot Welding

POKA -YOKE

Other Skills and Accomplishments

Coach for adult men’s basketball league - Community youth sports coach

Proficient in Word, Excel, Power Point, MS Office; MS Publisher

Professional Experience

February 1, 2021 – Present Elite Comfort Solutions

Materials Manager

Manage a team of 15 individuals to ensure training and compliance. Maintain accurate records and log all incoming and outgoing material, work with the Quality, Shipping/Receiving departments to establish and facilitate processes on incoming goods. Directly manage and supervise teams for all material and handling inventory auditing. Monitor and control inventory integrity including products identification and location maintenance, and any inventory discrepancies. Manage all cycle counting, location auditing, inventory control practices and procedures to ensure accuracy and compliance with audit requirements. Responsible for all day-to-day operations in support function, including inventory control, space management, replenishments, and returns. Conduct daily analyses to solve any inventory problems. Manage expense accounts for myself and (2) others. Complete daily reports, work with the production team to organize inventory.

November 2019 –January 31,2021 Elite Comfort Solutions

Warehouse Supervisor

Supervise all staff and daily warehouse activity. Managing, evaluating, and reporting all warehouse productivity. Track and coordinate receipt, storage, in a timely delivery of goods and materials. Order supplies and maintain suitable inventory levels. Track and approve time for all employees, complete employee evaluations. Coordinator with other departments regarding production delivery. Responsible for continuous improvement in the warehouse department. Monitor safety and 5S in the warehouse department. Ensure Ensuring all department deadlines, and prioritizing workflow are met. Position and require that the completion of any write ups and any disciplinary actions be competed as needed.

June 2017 – May 2019 Visa Lighting, Milwaukee, WI

Production Manager

Manage all manufacturing processes and achieve performance safety, quality, on-time

delivery, lead times, manufacturing costs, and housekeeping. Manage and develop shop

floor supervisory team. Support all logistical activities of manufacturing performance.

Direct all manufacturing operations to assist in the control of plant inventory levels.

Recommend capacity adjustments to the plant manager, related to equipment, staffing

levels. Work closely with other department to achieve overall plant objectives including

managing each department like safety, quality, people development, preventative

maintenance, fabrication, assembly, welding, polishing, painting, machining, and

shipping & receiving.

June 2016 – June 2017 Kangaroo Brand, Milwaukee, WI

Production Supervisor

Responsible for overseeing the daily production; monitoring the entire process, from

raw materials to the packaging of the finished product all while ensuring that our safety,

quality and efficiency standards are being met. Supervise, train, coach and mentor a

team of unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled laborers. Enforce guidelines for quality and

safety, ensures proper labor utilization and scheduling, and maintains production records

in compliance with OSHA and Kangaroo Brand standards. Head of and implement continuous improvement on safety, implement quality and deliver service to customer’s expectations, implement and management labor cost and expenses to meet budget expectations, introduce new products and product modification to support business strategies. Report performance metrics.

December 2011 – June 2016 Pereles Bros. Inc, Milwaukee, WI

Production Supervisor

Supervise Production line operation in accordance with plant policies and procedures,

train and coach production line employees, conduct employee performance reviews, and

manage shift schedules including workstation assignments rotations. Coordinate with

human resources for appropriate staffing levels. Coordinate production start-up, shut

downs, and changeovers. Meet shift production goals, Implement quality control, and

adjust as necessary during shift to produce products within specifications.

Reject product outside of specifications. Communicate with other shift Supervisors and

Plant Manager. Ensure a clean and safe work area. Complete all shift paperwork, assist

in production as necessary. Other jobs duties include enter labor and close out jobs, update schedule using MATTEC production monitoring system. Edit date id needed to assure accuracy. Verify timekeeping is accurate for shifts edit is needed. Approve and schedule vacations. Generate and post shift daily efficiencies, Update scrape and press efficiencies daily for previous shifts. Promote and enforce the 5s plant cleanliness program. Manage skilled training for employees. Date, file and schedule operator training request. Update and post individual and group training skills after skills have been verified. Participate in monthly inventory as needed. Provide customer service answers after production scheduler’s hours are done. Lead and participate in improvement teams, an active member of the scrap reduction programs.

June 2011- November 2011 CHR-Hansen New Berlin, WI

Temporary Material Handler

GMP and sanitation practice, UPS/Fed Ex/USPS/Export Shipping, SAP Certified,

Certified in sit down forklift, stand up forklift, Land down forklift,

Wire guide forklift, handling all inbound/outbound shipment, and overhead crane,

Develop continuous plant improvement using 5S’s, kaizen, Poka-Yoke, Kan Ban, and

Chaku-Chaku.

February, 2008- June 2011 Avery Dennison Peachtree City, GA

Slitter Operator

Loading/unloading cores and spacers onto the slitter, cutting cores for paper to be slit, palletizing paper, weight and banding, pulling material to be slit, forklift driver, routine maintenance of all equipment used for this job, putting proper ID on finished goods on pallets. Making all calculations using mathematical formulas, completing all paperwork, setting up jobs to be ran on slitter, packing, setting up & scheduling delivery pick-ups. coordinates activities of workers engaged in operating papermaking machines to make cardboard, paper, and pulp sheets from pulp stock, and winding and cutting paper sheets, installing wet and dry felts and wire-mesh belts in machine, and in threading paper through feed, press, drier, and calendar rolls.

September 2005, October 2007 Yamaha Motor Corporation Newnan, GA

Golf Cart Production Supervisor

Supervise daily production of golf carts’, assist in developing continuous plant improvements, using 5S’s, Kaizen, Poka-Yoke, Kan Ban, Chaku-Chaku. Supervise activities of 43 plant employees and 2 Leads including preparing quarterly and yearly employee reviews. Trained and empowered line leaders implemented Time Preventive Maintenance (TPM) procedures including Amand 5S that reduced frequent breakdowns. I was able to reduce downtime from 4 hours to 45 minutes, improved line productivity from a 4-minute pitch to a 3.5-minute pitch. I was able to change the job structures that saved time and reduced costs. I began my career as a line assembler and promoted to Shift Supervisor within 3 months of employment.

Education

Hamilton High School, Milwaukee, WI

Diploma, 1984

Utica Junior College, Utica, Mississippi

Major: Pre-law –Minor: Physical Education – 1984- 1984

Certifications

MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Principles of Management 1-5, Blueprint Reading Certificate, 1997

Press Break, Certificate, 1997

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