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.