Quality Maintenance
Resume:
RONALD W. KLAUS
Katy, Texas 77449-6122
713-***-**** Cellular
**********@*****.***
Summary of Experience
An accomplished manufacturing employee with exemplary experience in Production Planning and Supervision. Expertise in sales, manufacturing, scheduling inventory, production equipment setup/operation, warehousing and operations. Excellent analytical skills and proven problem solving ability. Proven skill in effectively communicating with customers, internal/external staff and vendors at all corporate levels.
Core Competencies
Production Planning/Scheduling Inventory Analysis/Control
Materials Requirement Planning Product Quality Re-Designation
Employee Supervision/Development Customer Product Release/Shipment
Preventive Maintenance Scheduling Process Improvements
2010
Jan. / Feb. Tell Manufacturing, Houston, Texas
Purchaser/Planner
1987 to 05/09 VALERON STRENGTH FILMS @ ITW Company, Houston, Texas
A $ 74 million manufacturer specializing high-strength and high-performance plastic films used in hundreds of different applications worldwide
1991 to 05/09 Production Planning Coordinator/ Master Scheduler. Reporting to the V.P. Operations. Responsible for the scheduling of plant production of 28 employees per shift, maintaining inventory, maintenance assignments, shop floor database error corrections, selecting materials for shipment and quality re-designation.
• Developed and implemented production planning schedules to meet customer requirements for product delivery.
• Reviewed, corrected and maintained shop floor production database.
• Controlled order flow through plant to ensure on-time shipments.
• Worked with maintenance department to schedule machine downtime for preventative maintenance to shop floor equipment.
• In tandem with Quality, determined dollar value of off-specification production and routed the designated the products to saleable goods.
• Reviewed on-site inventory to rotate stock and maintain levels at lowest rate possible.
• Resolved inventory issues and maintained correct levels.
• Selected products to ship to customers based on the customer specifications for the product.
• Managed inventories of over 900 customer product specifications.
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• Team Leader on the ITW 80/20 product reduction Team which reduced the number of parts by one third. Management Team member on the ISO 9002 certification Team. Helped design a data base to schedule the unique planning of the Valeron process.
1993 to 1995 Converted Products Supervisor. Reporting to the V.P. Operations . Held this position in
tandem with Production Planning Coordinator position. Responsible for supervising eight employees utilizing specialty printing, converting and slitting equipment.
• Assigned work and supervised employees in the production process.
• Ensured all safety and operational procedures were performed according to company standards and quality specifications.
• Trained employees and troubleshot production issues.
1987 to 1991 Leadman/Team Leader/Relief Supervisor. Reporting to the Production Manager. Responsible for serving as lead floor operator making decisions based upon past experience with machinery and assisted in training and troubleshooting quality/production equipment issues.
• Served as Relief Shift Supervisor for 20+ employees.
• Used a high degree of ingenuity and worked under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Effectively evaluated workload and prioritized schedules.
• Assisted in the design and implementation of new processes or tooling.
• Kept accurate and complete production records.
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
VALERON: Machine Extrusion Operator. Responsible for operating six machines simultaneously, keeping up with mixtures, monitoring production for quality, performing machine setups, adjusting equipment and handling equipment cleaning/preventative maintenance.
SUTHERLAND LUMBER: Yard Foreman/Counter Sales. Responsible for managing 30+ employees, managing yard operations, stocking product and assisting customers. Took
over burnt lumber yard and rebuilt/restocked in less than 9 months.
EDUCATION: Graduate, S.P.Waltrip High School, Houston, Texas
Some College
PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING: Numerous training seminars including:
ITW 80/20 Methodology, Lean Manufacturing, Safety, Supervision
COMPUTER
SKILLS: AS400 main frame, APICS MRP, Great Plains,
XP Professional PC, Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access
RECOGNITION: Recognized by Valeron Strength Films for Exemplary Service
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