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Quality Control Specialist

Location:
Russiaville, IN
Salary:
Negotiable
Posted:
February 03, 2025

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Resume:

ROBERT HALE JR.

Skills Requested

Years of Experience

Date most recently Used

Manufacturing Setting

13

April 2022

Union Experience

10

April 2018

Production Environment

13

April 2022

Material Supervision

6

April 2022

Supervisory Experience

6

April 2022

LEAN Manufacturing

4

April 2022

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

Over 10 years’ experience working in a high-volume, fast paced manufacturing environment.

Inventory and Quality Control specialist with experience managing over $30 Million in Inventory and 1500+ parts per shift.

Certified practitioner of implementing LEAN and Kaizen practices.

Provided strong materials management and modeling that drove operations towards significant reductions in cost and improvements in quality & service.

Supervised UAW / USW union employees. Supervised in Non – Union environments

EDUCATION:

American Intercontinental University, Hoffman Estates, IL

Bachelors in Business Administration in the Health Services

Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette Indiana

Associate in Applied Science Sustainable Wind Energy maintenance technician

CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING:

Bronze Level Lean Certification

30-hour Occupational Safety and Health Training

AX 2010, MRP Manage 2000, SAP C2K, WMS, Oracle, Power House.

ISO 9000 and 9001 Certified work environment skilled.

Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point.

Fukai Toyotetsu Indiana

Experience: 12/28/2021

Present

Conveyance team leader

Lead team member during production to ensure on time deliveries to machines

Tracked Kanban within the system

Best company practices for safety of team members

Trained new employees

Worked with all departments to make production smooth

Purchasing group (Buyer)

Work with all suppliers to ensure smooth productivity at FTIC

Negotiate pricing

Read and organize contracts

Create purchase orders

Grade supplier performance

Hale Family Painting Forest, Indiana

Title: Owner residential painting

EXPERIENCE:

6/18- Present

Provide Full Interior and Exterior painting

Haynes International Lebanon, Indiana

EXPERIENCE: Title: Production Supervisor, previous titles Production controller & Inventory

05/15-10/15

Contract

01/16-03/16

03/16-04-2018

Supervised 60 USW employees

Time Keeping

Discipline

Mentor

Cut purchase orders for personal protective equipment and manufacturing needs

Ensured quality products and on time deliveries

Solved daily issues

Dealt with all outside contractors and ran them through safety protocol.

Tracked and organized all production work orders

Met productions goals

Last supervisor at Lebanon Facility (closer)

EXPERIENCE:

10/15 – 1/2016 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

(CONTRACT) Title: Materials Control Supervisor

Manage ruff stock and finished goods

Manage all material movement’s going to production at KTP / ITP / TTP

Manage storage area’s for production

Manage domestic and international shipment’s

Supervise up to 30 UAW employees daily

Time management and discipline

Do Kaizen and 6s activities

Implement best company practices

02/12- 03/15 Donaldsons, Frankfort, IN

Title: Operations Supervisor/Stacker Machine Operator

Directly supervised 6 hourly employees

Conducted LEAN activities and manufacturing concepts for production and inventory control implementing major cost savings to affect reduced lead-time; production utilization, material control inventory, and delivery.

Lead teams to manage inventory levels including establishing turns goals, lead up rotating stock, purchasing and supply base, distribution (domestic/intl.), and developing current methods and procedures

Headed up scrap loss prevention at Stacker

Minimized interruptions to production schedules through effective parts and materials procurement practices.

Provided training and development opportunities required to sharpen the team’s performance skills in packing, funnel table, and welders.

09/10 – 01/12 Went to college

08/04- 09/10 LEP Special Fasteners, Frankfort, IN

Title: Production Manufacturing Material Flow Shipping Coordinator

Analyzed raw materials, and completed materials from manufacturing facility including: bolt making, plating, heat treat, and roll thread to D.C.

Developed long range strategic planning initiatives for production control group, which include continuously evaluating the plant’s needs, capacities, capital, expenses, etc. to meet growth goals.

Worked to increase revenues through slimming inventory, ensuring material is ready for production in a timely manner.

Developed Lake Inventory system to lower scrap, and used recycling to put material back into the facility lowering buying cost; lead to over $30 Million savings in waste.

Oversaw 13 trucks a day, average 20-25 coils per load, accounting to an average of $1 Million of material value per day.

Identified and looked into production orders, future orders and present orders and identified stock of material not going to production within years that would cause possible quality issues such as rust.

Implemented corrective actions for high volume scrap loss, and investigated why scrap was high.

Instituted color coding program for raw materials to slim down and store and rotated based on coil grade.

Developed and maintained formal & informal relationships with supply chain and drove continuous improvement/cost reduction initiatives.

Severed on floor as Union Steward.



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