B. WAYNE MICKEY, Jr.
Anderson, South Carolina 29621
864-***-**** Alternate
Email: ********@*********.***
OVERVIEW
Accomplished manager with successful results in all disciplines of manufacturing and plant operations. Particular strengths in cost control, systems, and business strategic planning. Strong leadership and problem solving skills with the ability to improve employee performance through high involvement work teams. Contribute equally in growth and turnaround environments. A Bachelors Degree in Engineering supplemented with a Masters in Management.
Key functional skills:
• Operation Management
• Engineering
• Cost Control/Planning
• TS 16949
• Logistics
• ISO 14001 • Safety
• Production Management
• TQM
• Kaizan
• Lean Manufacturing • Quality Management
• Project Management
• Warehousing
• Inventory Control
• Maintenance/Electrical
• T1 Automotive
Operations...Inventory Control...Distribution...Production
RELATED EXPERIENCE
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 2009 – present
Local Census Manager
Supervise an office of over a 1,000 personnel gathering Census information.
AEROTEK/PLASTIC OMNIUM 2008- 2008
Shift Manager
Responsible for assembly and service teams, develop, implement, and evaluate continuous improvement plans. Responsible for quality and delivery of customer requirements and development of associates.
ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUR 2007-2008
Substitute Teacher
STANKIEWICZ 2002-2007
Manufacturing/Production Manager Spartanburg, South Carolina
Responsible for all production and inventory activities and efficiency, safety, environmental, quality, human relations, lean manufacturing, and administration. Implementation oversight of all company policies and objectives with regards to the management of people, BMW shipments, equipment, time, energy and costs. Focus on optimizing cooperation between shifts, insure consistency, and promote continuous improvement.
BESTCO INC. 2000-2002
Operations Manager Greenville, South Carolina
Reported directly to the COO and managed total facility operations that included electrical production, distribution, inventory control, shipping, receiving and electrical repair. Supervised a team of three managers and 17 associates. Wrote policies, procedures and job descriptions. Hired and trained new employees. Planned and installed a new inventory control system that improved efficiency and accuracy by 100%. Implemented a computerized bar code system for scanning parts that improved the access and distribution of parts. Wrote procedures for Production, shipping, receiving and safety to meet OSHA requirements that significantly improved performance.
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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 1999-2000
Local Census Office Manager/AMFO Anderson, South Carolina
Supervised a team of six managers that directed more than 2000 employees. Directly involved in interviewing, hiring, evaluating, promotions and reassessments. Managed administrative functions that included testing, payroll, accounting, cost control and reporting processes. Directed the technical phases of data collection and implemented all government EEO programs.
• Opened a new office and established public relations that led to the hiring and training of more than 1000 employees. Collected and reported all data on schedule and finished first in the South Carolina Region.
MEARL CORPORATION/ENGELHARD, Hartwell, Georgia 1988-1999
Held positions of increasing responsibility that included Engineer-In-Charge, Superintendent and Production Coordinator.
Managed a staff of three supervisors and operators of a Mining Operation and maintenance, Controlled operational budgets of $1 million. Activities included production planning, Project management, inventory control, writing standard operating procedures, and meeting safety standards. Conducted workshops on Natural Resource Conservation. Developed a High Involvement Team Concept. Project Management , rebuilt the Ore Processing Plant including the design of the new equipment, removal of the old equipment, installation of the new equipment, and the set up of the operating parameters. Designed and installed a water treatment facility and the building and maintaining of settling ponds, design and installation of a fresh water system, design and installation of a sand slurry system. Build an office and Bathhouse complex.
• Increased production 35% through training, maintenance improvement, quality, safety awareness and inventory control while reducing costs by 10%.
• Improved the inventory, raw materials measurement controls and JIT process that resulted in increased accuracy from 75% to 100%.
• Introduced a safety awareness and equipment training program that reduced lost time and accidents to zero.
PHOENIX GALLERIES 1986-1988
Plant Manager Chamblee, Georgia
Managed production, shipping, quality, maintenance and scheduling. Organized inventories to meet production schedules. Supervised a team of 30 employees.
• Established procedures and an improvement plan that increased customer satisfaction and quality by 20%.
Prior to 1986. Excellent foundation in management, supervision and engineering functions. Directed operations for a 350 person underground mining operation. Involved in human resource, health and safety issues.
EDUCATION
Southern Wesleyan University, Central, South Carolina
Master of Science in Management
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Associate in Engineering Electrical and Electronics Technology