William Silk
Feeding Hills, MA.
01030
William.silk@yahoocom
SUMMARY
EXPERIENCE
Pottery Barn 2017 – 2019
Holyoke, MA.
Sales Member
Chicos 2014 – 2017
Holyoke, MA.
Store Lead
Hot Mama's 2010 – 2013
Springfield, MA.
Production Manager
Yankee Candle Company 2008 -2013
Deerfield, MA
Production Manager
LEGO Systems, Inc. 1985 – 2007
Enfield Board of Education 1971 - 1985
Enfield, CT.
Manufacturing Manager
• Directed and coordinated activities of two departments with 130 workers engaged in production, assembly, packaging, and shipping of a high quality construction toy.
• Part of lead team that established and maintain ISO 9001 certification.
• Worked with outside temporary staffing agency to meet production demands with up to 100 temporary employees.
• Directed safety committee for manufacturing and central warehouse.
• Directed production utilizing Visual Factory methodology. 5-S in Enfield and in Europe.
• Consistently met weekly production fill rates at 98%.
• Trained factory in audits for TPM (Total Production manufacturing) projects, safety, and 5-S to ensure a clean safe, environment. Saved significant time on set-up.
• Instrumental in Lean Project management and implementing consisting of point of use inventory ans supermarket pull systems.
• Trained and certified in ISO 2001 audit teams to ensure the quality was in balance with set standards.
• Participant on the committee for production hour changes from 24 by 7 to 10 day rotation..
EDUCATION
Central Connecticut State University, BS Marketing Education, New Britain, CT.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Root cause analysis Meeting Facilitation Skill
Mixed Model (ABC) Scheduling Maintenance Management Awareness
5S Workshop Kaizan Training and Workshops
TMP Workshop Kanban Training and Workshops
Lead Time Reduction Training
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Business Teacher, Enfield Board of Education, Enfield CT.