Production Manager

Jose Ramon Mella

**** ** *** ****, ***** , FL ***85

Tel. (Home) 305-***-**** , Tel. (cellular) 786-***-****

E-mail: *************@*******.***

OBJECTIVE

A position in which a comprehensive background of education, successful experience and accomplishments in Management and proven Technical Skills would be of value.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Able to develop workforce into productive, co-operative team. Skilled in motivating employees. Shirt sleeve manager who gets involved with details of operations. Able to persuade and influence others. Open

and outgoing….Multicultural experience. Skilled in all aspects of production management. Demonstrated training skills. Able to design and develop production operations including facilities selection, layout, personnel allocation and equipment. Experienced in accounting, financial management, and organizational structures. Skilled in conducting and coordinating quality audits, scheduling, finishing, packaging and distribution.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2007 – Present Eastern Aero Marine Production Manager Miami. Fl.

Responsible for direction and co-ordination of four (4) major Departments in assembly and manufacture of life rafts for aviation/marine industry. Departments include Cutting Operations (where equipment used includes state-of-the-art Gerber Cutter/Feeder), Sewing Department, Small Raft Assembly, and preparation of small parts sub-assemblies. In conjunction with main raft Final Assembly and Packing operations, have responsibility for setting up production and execution of schedules to meet all customer job orders. Responsible for all scheduling, co-ordination of personnel and equipment allocation and programming for these departments with total of 27 employees. Major support responsibilities include hiring and training of all production personnel from initial interviewing through indoctrination and training to be successful full time production employees.

Major accomplishments include maintenance of average production efficiencies of over 98% and average on-time shipping average of over 96%. Key member of ISO/ASO 9000 Program implementation team. Target ISO Certification date of October 2008. Major clients include Air-Bus, Boeing, and Continental and Avianca Airlines.

2005 – 2006 Symphony Medical Inc. Operations/Purchasing Manager Miami, FL.

Main responsibility was Direction of Operations and Purchasing for hospital bed and equipment Refurbishing and Repair Company. Responsible for all scheduling, coordination, personnel and equipment allocation and programming for 12-15 Technician facility. In coordination with Customer Service and Sales Departments was responsible for setting up production and execution of schedules to meet all Customer Job Orders. Main customers included main hospitals in Miami, FL and around country. Purchasing responsibilities covered all sourcing, purchasing, and allocation of materials to meet Production and Facilities requirements. Major accomplishment was being key member of management team in preparing and obtaining ISO9000 Certification for the company.

2002 – 2005 Van Teal Inc. Production/Purchasing Manager Miami, FL.

Responsible for direction of two major departments of lamp/lighting manufacturer. Production (metal shop operations) responsibilities include scheduling/allocation of personnel, equipment and materials for forming and assembly of all metal bodies required as main components for final assembly of lamps/chandeliers produced for major retail and hotel contract orders. As purchasing manager had responsibilities for all sourcing, quote requests and processing for all company material requisitions and requirements. Maintain an extensive network of suppliers. Extensive knowledge of MRP planning made me a key member of company Project Planning/Development.

Jose Ramon Mella

4346 SW 163 PATH, Miami , FL 33185

Tel. (Home) 305-***-**** , Tel. (cellular) 786-***-****

E-mail: *************@*******.***

1999 – 2002 Decorama Desley Cortley Operations Manager Miami, FL.

In charge of all aspects of operations including administrative, customer service, manufacturing, and logistics. Facilities included buildings/offices totaling 48,000 sq.ft. and total personnel/staff of 180.Operation was one of largest custom-made drapery manufacturers in country. Sales generated were $12-14

million dollars per year.

1997 – 1999 Omni-Tech Gencorp Inc. Inventory/Receiving Manager Miami, Fl. Direction and coordination of all operations involving personnel, inventory/warehousing control,production control, incoming receiving, and special projects. Major company involvement in

sales/refurbishing major computer systems and maintaining extensive component parts inventory for client availlability. Major accomplishments included 80% re-structuring and layout of warehouse and achieving stock accuracy of average 95-97% in stock room. Selected by top management to assist in set-up and implementation of computer system to manage warehouse.

1996 – 1997 Apparel Fixables Inc. Production Manager Miami, Fl.

In charge of major apparel pick and pack distribution facility. Major areas involved in shipping/receiving inventory control, pulling/preparation orders, personnel allocation, and documentation/reporting. Major clients include Vanity Fair, Warners, and Hampton Industries. 95-97% efficiency and accuracy of order processing led clients to set-up direct on-line processing of orders at our facility through connection to their database.

1992 – 1996 Sugarman Associates, Inc. Production Consultant/Coordinator Miami, FL.

In charge of set-up and implementation of major sewing programs for top garment clients. Handled all aspects of program operations including planning, scheduling, and purchasing of all components/trims,

manufacturing scheduling/monitoring, quality audits, and final distribution. Achieving high levels of successful sewing programs led us to obtain additional contracts with clients Speedo and Sara Lee.

1991 – 1992 Carmel Textiles Plant Manager Miami, FL.

Managed production for textile mill knitting approximately 80,000 lbs. of fabric/week. In charge of all aspects of operations including personnel/equipment allocation, purchasing, scheduling, quality audits,

reporting, and fabric analysis.

1990 – 1991 Goodwill Industries Production Coordinator Miami, FL.

Provided production co-ordination for small contracts for apparel goods. Reorganized shipping, receiving and inventory control operations. Streamlined production scheduling and enhanced line balancing. Created prototype product samples that won new contracts.

EDUCATION 1975 – 1979 The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Dual Majors in: Production/Operations Management

Transportation and Logistics

LANGUAGES Oral and written fluency in English and Spanish.

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