Richard Topp

Production Supervisor

Forest Lake, MN 55025

aduk9q@r.postjobfree.com 651-***-****

Personal Skills

• Experienced professional with 25 plus years of growth and advancement

• Capability of maximizing productivity to achieve company goals

• Self-motivated; works well independently or within a team atmosphere

Demonstrated Success

• Increased productivity greatly by re-designing manufacturing process

• Streamlined inventory process for an annual savings of $20,000

• Processed Quality Action Requests

• Standardized review/feedback process resulting in greater productivity

• Created, coached, and monitored production teams to ensure the highest level quality and yield

• Displayed continuous progression of responsibility, advancement, and problem solving skills

• Handled customer service issues on a daily basis

Experienced Manager

• Ensure company objectives through reports and lean manufacturing process

• Coordinate manufacturing schedules to meet customer expectations

• Interview, hire, train, and motivate production personnel to obtain highest quality standards

• Ensure effective communication between production and management

• Develop, monitor, and maintain effective quality control processes

• Implemented machine set-up specifications and troubleshooting processes

WORK EXPERIENCE

Production Supervisor

Water Gremlin- White Bear Township– March 2016-Current

Responsible for day to day operations, hiring, training, terminations, reviews, budget, safety program, development of employees, 5s Program, responsible for 44 employees, 3-Departmnets, 1st shift.

Operations Supervisor

Kinder Morgan-Dakota Bulk Terminal - South Saint Paul, MN - March 2015 to March 2016

Responsible for daily operations, safety procedures, equipment and employee accountability, training of new

employees.Responsible for hourly/daily production output, employee hiring, reviews, terminations, corrective

action reports, specific operating procedures. root cause analysis. Played a valuable role in the implementation

of the 5S/Safety Program.

Production Supervisor

Strategic Materials - Saint Paul, MN - November 2011 to March 2015

Strategic Materials

Responsible for all facets of production area, responsible for quality audits, employee

scheduling, employee reviews/interviews and terminations. Responsible for productivity

success, training and safety of 23 hourly employees and equipment. Responsible for monitoring and

documentation of lean manufacturing 5s process. Responsible for monitoring inspection, loading/unloading

trucks and silos. Maintain and operate equipment, trac mobile, front end loader, and forklift.

Warehouse Supervisor

Kunkel Corporation - Eden Prairie, MN - 2006 to 2011

Produce Distribution

Responsible for quality, productivity and safety of employees. Inspect, schedule and deliver loads to meet

customer standards in a timely manner.

Production/Shift Supervisor

Rayven Incorporated - Saint Paul, MN - 2000 to 2006

Silicone/ Solvent Coating and Laminate Converting

Responsible for all facets of production, employee safety, interviews, reviews, inventory control,

process writing, and purchasing. Responsible for the productivity and safety of employees and equipment.

Manage safety, cleanliness of manufacturing floor throughout the shift. Attention to detail to insure that the

company's high standards are met.

Production/Shift Supervisor

Zomax Optical Media - Plymouth, MN - 1996 to 2000

Plastic Injection Molding, Printing and Assembly

Responsible for employees, equipment, safety, and productivity. Implementation continuous improvement

of employees and process in production. Use company software to produce reports that lead to greater

productivity results. Responsible for training, safety and motivating of employees to achieve company goals.

Six Sigma Certification.

Production/Shift Supervisor

Padco Plastics - Saint Paul, MN - 1990 to 1996

Plastics injection Molding/Assembly

Started out as an injection molding operator promoted to material handler, then was given the opportunity

become a mold set-up did that for three years and was offered the third shift Supervisor position and worked my

way up to first shift supervisor. Responsible for all hiring, reviews, interviews, training, safety, and productivity

of production employees. ISO 9000 Certification.

EDUCATION

Humboldt Highschool – High School Diploma

1986 to 1990

Saint Paul, MN

References

John Johnston (Water Gremlin (Plant Manager) 651-***-****

David Zayana (Kinder Morgan Terminal Manager) 651-***-****

Micky Hilton (Kinder Morgan Operator) 651-***-****

Kirk Loeffler (Kinder Morgan Operator) 612-***-****

Tom Alberts (Rayven Inc. Plant Manager) 651-***-****

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