Manufacturing Shift Lead - Gravure Prepress

KYLE HEINRICHS

OKC, OK *****

405-***-**** ***********@****.***

MANUFACTURING SHIFT LEAD

Accomplished Production Leader and Gravure Prepress Technician with progressive career growth gained in high performance and quality production environments support demanding customers while under critical safety, quality, production, and shipping deadline and cost control pressure. Resourceful and analytical with applied technical skills in Industrial Production, Maintenance, Technical Applications, and Continuous Process Improvement combined with a thorough understanding of tactical planning, operations, and personnel management.

Innovative and industrious with operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting skills on high-speed, wide-web, multi-color, gravure printing presses, and auxiliary finishing components. Results-oriented and accountable with expertise in inventory management, daily production reports analysis, and budget adherence. Focused, versatile and successful managing multiple projects and priorities in high-demand situations Proven effectiveness working courteously and tactfully with customers, corporate leaders, production managers, fellow- leaders in team-based and/or individual assignments with no direct supervision. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Amazon / Oklahoma City, OK DOK3 / 6/2021 to 9/2026 Distribution on the production floor.

Driver Trainer Interim position for three months.

QuadGraphics www.quad.com Oklahoma City, OK 3/2003 to 3/2021 (Plant Closure – Covid-19 Business Impact)

A 400+, union-free, employees division of the international, $4B Sales omnichannel communications company. This plant printed/shipped high volumes of retail inserts. Covid-19 has impacted this market resulting in a plant closure. Shift Lead - Gravure Technician - Pre-Press Department

• Performed plating, engraving and preprocessing, and preliminary functions in the Prepress Department.

• Prepped cylinders for plating by de-inking and de-chroming them.

• Polish-Master / Copper Tank / Chrome Tank Operator - Operated machine that added a layer of chrome on the cylinder. Performed lab analysis on chrome samples.

• Corrector – Worked on gravure cylinders to achieve customer specified colors.

• Viewed monitors for a visual representation of work in progress and instructions and feedback throughout the process.

• Compiled, analyzed, prepared, modified, color-corrected, and ensured accurate page content of customer-supplied digital files, data, and materials into press-ready files for production and archived for future production runs.

KYLE HEINRICHS

Cell 405-***-****

***********@****.***

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I began my career with QUAD in 2003 as an entry-level technician in the Finishing Department later moving to the Offset Press Department. After several years I moved to the Imaging Department (pre-press) and learned and adapted to the various technological and equipment changes the printing industry made and continued taking every opportunity for further education and training, gaining the technical, business, and leadership expertise necessary to advance to the Shift Supervisor in this highly technical department. CECO DOOR PRODUCTS OKC, OK 1998 to 2002

Ceco Door Products is a nation-wide producer of commercial steel core door products. Brake Press Operator

• Custom formed steel window and door frames.

• Read and interpret blueprints and written instructions for each product production run.

• Used precision measuring to create the proper bend in a steel frame.

• Responsible for the safe operation of material handling equipment. EDUCATION & TRAINING

Education: Bachelor of Science, Social Studies, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. Associate of Arts and Science, Garden City Community College, Garden City, KS. High School Graduate, Diploma, Garden City High School, Garden City, KS. Leadership: On-Going professional training / seminars (internal & external) including Business development, Cost-Control, Leadership, Supervision and Effective Communications Practices. Employee evaluation – performance appraisals and constructive performance feedback, Problem & Conflict Solving, Workplace Team Building, and Decision Making, Troubleshooting Techniques, Analytical Problem Solving, and RCA – Root Cause Analysis / Corrective Action, Conflict Resolution, Managing Multiple Priorities. Process Improvement: Continuous Process Improvement and Lean Methodologies (Six Sigma), Kaizen / Just-In- Time Inventory Management & Control, GEMBA walk process. Compliance: HR Policies & Procedures, Business Code-of-Conduct, and Ethics, Labor Law regulatory compliance including Workplace / Sexual Harassment awareness and prevention, Understanding Diversity, etc. Safety & Environmental: OSHA / Safety compliance and Hazardous Materials (MSDS) training, Hearing Conservation, Machine Guarding, Confined Spaces, Arc Flash, Hot Work, Lock-Out / Tag-Out (LO/TO), Fire Prevention & Extinguishers and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Material Handling equipment (including Forklifts – stand-up & sit-down) and ergonomics, Emergency Procedures & Evacuation. Systems: Microsoft 365: Excel, Word, Outlook & Edge user skills plus Business Data-Management systems, used for scheduling, production records, and reporting.

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