Manager/Planner
Resume:
MICHAEL NICHOLAS
***** ******** *****, *****, **** 44130
******@*****.***
Objectives
To obtain a position that will help me utilize my leadership skills to further enhance profitability and exceed corporate goals
Experience
Date of Employment : 1997 To Present
Oatey Company
Cleveland, Ohio
Plastics Value Stream Manager (2010-Present)
• Oversee a department with 70 associates, 38 injection molding presses and over 150 molds.
• Responsible for coordinating tooling repairs, capital projects and the overall budget for the Plastics Department.
• Use the Hoshin Planning system to schedule/track/strategies and tactics. Report weekly/monthly metrics.
• Apply Lean management principles (standard work, 6s, kaizens, etc) daily to streamline processes and improve efficiency while ensuring good communication and participation between departments and shifts with timely completion of projects.
• Communicate business objectives, daily goals, performance related information, individual feedback to all levels of the organization. Support corporate initiatives and lead the team by example.
• Created standard work for several operations throughout the department.
• Worked with a team of associates to implement an Autonomous Maintenance Program (several maintenance actions that operators can perform throughout the day).
Manufacturing Plastics Supervisor (2009-2010)
• Prioritized daily manning to ensure production of scheduled products were available to meet the customer demand.
• Responsible for management of 40 associates.
• Drive improvements in key processes and resources to create increased productivity.
• Managed key performance indicators to measure progress toward strategic goals (daily production goals, attainment and efficiency).
• Responsible for cross training associates and developing succession plans.
• Led Kaizen Event- RC Collars improved overall efficiency by 33%
Production Demand Planner (2007-2009)
• Responsible for planning over 1000 finished good products to a 98.5% fill rate
• Responsible for reviewing finished good inventory and communicating critical issues to the Supply Chain.
• Monitored and adjusted safety stocks and forecast levels at several different distribution centers.
• Reviewed various reports to perform appropriate actions: DRP, Backorder, Sales to Forecast, etc.
• Communicate with manufacturing, purchasing, sales, and marketing to ensure customer priorities are met, while optimizing the capacities and constraints in each area.
• Chairs daily production meetings to review requirements and capacity.
Materials Manager/ Re-Order Buyer (2003-2007)
• Responsible for purchasing all raw materials and bought finished products for DBHL Inc., which included the purchasing/planning of approximately 1500 imports from China, Taiwan, Korea, Germany and Italy for both DBHL Inc. and Oatey Co.
• Daily responsibilities included reviewing various reports to perform appropriate actions: MRP/DRP, Backorder, Sales to Forecast, and Open Purchase Orders.
• Reduced raw material inventory by approximately $875,000 (reduced safety stocks, identified slow moving/obsolete inventory and consolidated sku’s).
• Communicate the corporate needs to suppliers by expediting, de-expediting, and canceling orders.
• Resolved vendor/supplier issues as needed.
Warehouse Supervisor (2001-2003)
• Responsible for leadership and prioritizing warehouse replenishment order shipments, customer order shipments, receiving, pick line replenishment, safety, and housekeeping during 12-hour continuous operation shift.
• 10 full time direct reports and 8 full time temporary reports.
• Ensure a consistent flow of materials from manufacturing to distribution to the customers.
Central Planning and Customer Service Representative (1999-2001)- Intern Positions
• Charting inventory reports.
• Input of sales orders, which generated demand orders for the Distribution Center and handling inbound customer inquiries.
Tow Motor Operator (1997-1999)
• Processed incoming products from other divisions of Oatey into storage and filled outgoing orders, assuring a 48-hour turnaround from order placement.
Date of Employment : 9/1/1992 To 9/1/1996
U.S. Navy
San Diego, CA
• Honorable discharge in September 1996
• Dedicated to teamwork and leadership
Honors
• Navy Achievement Medal
• Southwest Asia Service Medal
• National Defense Medal
Academic Education
Dates of Attendance : 1999 To 2001
Baldwin Wallace Berea, Ohio
• B.A., Business Administration
Dates of Attendance : 1997 To 1999
Cuyahoga Community College Parma, Ohio
• Associates of Arts
Dates of Attendance : Apr 2005-Sept 2005
Villanova University
• Six Sigma Green Belt
• Six Sigma Black Belt
Bureau Veritas Training: Apr 2006
• ISO 9001:2000 Internal Auditor
Date of Attendance: June 2008
Lean Enterprises, Inc.
• Lean Mastery
Dates of Attendance : Oct 2009- Apr- 2010
• APICS Training
Paulson Training Programs: July 2011
• Injection Molding Promolder 1 Certification
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