Planner/Scheduler

Miguel Baxter

**** *** ****** ***** ** Apt B ∙ Hickory, NC 28601 ∙ 919-***-**** ∙ fmbaxte2@hotmail.com________________________________________

JOB OBJECTIVE

Operations management/Production Planner

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Familiarity in supply chain improvement, operations management, and production planning.

• Comprehensive understanding of scheduling, forecasting, and manufacturing procedures and terminology.

• Detailed-oriented, self starter, organized, quick learner with exceptional multi-tasking abilities.

• Go-getter with excellent team-working abilities.

• Highly computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Viscotec Automotive Products, LLC, Morganton, NC

Supervisor of Production Control and Scheduling

February 2006 – May 2010

Viscotec Automotive Products, LLC, Morganton, NC

Assistant Manager of Scheduling

May 2010 - present

SUPPLY CHAIN IMPROVEMENT

• Monitored the flow of production from raw materials to finished goods utilizing the company’s manufacturing system throughout the entire lean manufacturing production process for a Tier III automotive interior fabrics manufacturer.

• Stay abreast of the status of items on production schedules for numerous departments including: Finishing, Face Finishing, Knitting, Lamination, Inspection, Research & Development, Sales, Quality, Maintenance and Shipping.

• Determine which items of production/schedules should be accelerated in order to meet internal and external customer demands.

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

• Practice continuous quality improvement through education on scheduling techniques in order to reduce production mistakes, downtimes, and errors, while increasing profit.

• Promote team dynamic by welcoming opportunities for improvement from other areas of manufacturing.

• Maximize the delivery of quality products and services through effective communication with all levels of production staff.

• Produce work orders for finishing, face finishing, dye house and lamination using sound, accurate judgment and in consideration of both the demands of the customer and the limitations of the company.

• Produce a daily production schedule taking into account machine loads, capacity, temperatures, and staffing to enhance efficient and effective decision-making.

• Conducted a daily production meeting to review status of production lines and upcoming/ongoing issues.

• Work with manufacturing to improve daily achievement ratios of each production line.

PLANNING AND ANALYSIS

• Plan daily production schedules for finishing, face finishing, dye house, and lamination for a 24 hour operation.

• Plan Weekly and Monthly Production and Inventory levels taking into account required lead time.

• Create Weekly knitting requirements for the knitting department.

• Communicate with knitting department to assign raw materials to batches in order to initiate production.

• Create a dye schedule to forecast needs in relation to production schedule.

• Held a Bi-weekly production meeting discussing with all departments the monthly production plan.

• Utilize available resources to schedule production considering machine load capacity, number of operators, and inventory.

• Maintained a close working relationship with Sales, QA, and QC to deliver the end product in a timely manner.

• Maintained, well below, the targeted Work In Process meters, for the day, week, and monthly plans.

• Created APQP Capacity Analysis of Developmental items.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

B.S. Textile Management - Textile Management Concentration December 2005

Managing Employee Performance Certification – WCI Leadership For Employers January 2010

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