Manager Manufacturing
Resume:
Stacy H. Reese
Fayetteville, TN 37334
830-***-**** Mobile
931-***-**** Home
**********@*****.***
Executive Summary
Results producing manufacturing and management career spanning 24+years of experience with demonstrated year-over-year improvements in quality, cost, and delivery. Strong and decisive operations leader possessing excellent analytical, organizational, team building and planning skills. Maintain uncompromising focus on high quality standards and bottom line profit improvement.
Expertise and Selective Achievements
Over 24 Years Manufacturing/Production/Management
Six Sigma Leadership
Lean Manufacturing
Global Manufacturing & Transportation
Process & Performance Improvement
Large Staff Supervision & Development
Manufacturing Quality & Efficiency
Budgeting & Cost Reduction
Professional Experience
Williamson Dickie Manufacturing Company; Uvalde, Texas
January 2003 to Present
Plant Manager
Responsible for Cutting Department along with a strategic sewing department that supplied special
order garment manufacturing
Responsible for operating budget of over $10 million annually
Continued performance improvements and implemented advanced quality systems and group compensation
programs. Compensation systems were based on quality and productivity
Increased production from 200,000 to 600,000+ on a weekly basis, without additional head count
Reduced cutting cost per garment by more than 50%
Created a closed loop transportation system that allowed empty trucks to be staged at the factory
to reduce shipment lead times. Reduced lead time from factory to border crossing from 3 days to 3
hours
Implemented raw materials consignment programs to improve cash flow
Converted a three-shift, five-day operation into a seven-day, 24-hour plant with the same number
of personnel
Implemented waste management where 98% of all factory waste was either sold or recycled
Reduced number of shipments by maximizing container capacity
Developed advanced OSHA compliance adherence programs
June 2000 to January 2003
Cutting Manager
Responsible for the turnaround of a struggling centralized cutting operation
Successfully facilitated the consolidation of all companywide cutting operations into one facility
with no increase in headcount
Cutting cost per unit was reduced to levels competitive with hand cutting in Latin America
Successfully developed high performing teams and core management group
Integrated Marking and Cut Planning operations into the cutting facility without additional head
count – created major savings as an entire department was eliminated out of the corporate office
Successfully integrated advanced cutting and spreading technologies that created a positive
financial gain
Implemented preventative maintenance programs for all major equipment groups
VF Corporation – Lee Jeans Division 1987 - 2000
Cutting/Manufacturing Manager
1997 - 2000
Russellville, Alabama
Cutting/Manufacturing Manager
1995 – 1997
Bayou La Batre, Alabama (Padgett Plant)
Cutting/Manufacturing Manager
1994 – 1995
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Cutting/Manufacturing Manager
1992 – 1994
Bayou La Batre, Alabama (Bayou Plant)
Cutting Supervisor
1987 – 1992
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Hired in 1987 as laborer/take-off worked through the company to become a Cutting/Manufacturing Manager, was transferred to several facilities to increase complete utilization.
Cosmolab; Lewisburg, Tennessee
1986 - 1987
Set-Up Technician
Set-up technician for orders placed
Quality met, assisted machine operators
Full time college student
Education
University of Alabama Huntsville; Huntsville, AL
Motlow State Community College; Tullahoma, TN
Boards, Committees, Awards and Accomplishments
Six Sigma Committee, Ft. Worth, Texas 2000 - 2004
Cloth Alliance GROUP, Ft. Worth Texas 2000 - 2010
Awarded C. Don Williamson Award for Outstanding Leadership of a Manufacturing Facility
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