Manager Management
Resume:
Darren Ashley *** Sunshine Road Rogersville, MO **742
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Plant and Production Management professional with extensive leadership and management experience in multiple industries, focused in manufacturing. Well-versed in operations, leadership, team/employee development, staff management, customer relationships, and budget. Areas of expertise and demonstrated success include: managing production from order acquisition to delivery on time and on budget. Skills include inventory, staff, cost/efficiency, scheduling/time, and budget management.
Extensive background in operations. Respected leadership and general management capabilities with strong, interpersonal and communication skills. Accomplished in developing and leading organizations through periods of rapid growth and challenging market environments. Skilled in identifying and capitalizing on opportunities for the organization and its customer base. Recognized team-builder with excellent communication skills committed to maximizing customer relationships and profits.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
● Leadership and Management Experience ● Strategic & Tactical Goal Achievement
● Operations Expertise ● Team/Employee Development
● Cost and Scheduling Management ● Computer Proficient MS Office, MAS-90 Inventory/ Production Scheduling and Lotus Notes
Mid-Am Metal Forming, Rogersville, MO
Mid-Am Metal Forming is the industry leader in metal stretch forming, bending, metal fabrication and painting services for aerospace, military, automotive, marine, and architectural needs. Expertise stretches from simple to exotic designs and includes extruded, brake formed, roll formed, sheet or drawn techniques. Produce revenues in excess of $12-15 million annually. ISO 9001:2008 certified facility.
Production/Materials Manager
Directed the shipping/receiving activities through nine employees for specialized parts requiring contract-dependent deadlines and specialized packing/shipping requirements to meet customer specifications and quality. Inventory and materials had to be critically scheduled and available on time. Average daily shipping included 10 shipments daily to various customers valuing approximately $1M monthly with no significant shipping problems and deliveries on time.
● Ensured that materials were available for 8 production lines, including the shipping, fabrication, paint, and brake metal departments. Coordinated the movement of finished and semi-finished products between three buildings. (Some orders required two or three processes, and it was important to make sure the next step in the process had their materials so that critical delivery dates were met.
● Managed inventory counts for company-owned materials and customer’s materials that were located at
the facility; administered the inventory documentation of all materials and products that arrived at the facilities. Inventory counts critical to determine product run sizes and achieving product delivery on time and on budget (often to meet contract requirements). Inventory documentation was critical if we received damaged material; impacted ability to deliver required order on time and sometimes impacted transport company insurance recovery.
● Ordered necessary materials for custom crating and shipping of all finished products to meet deadlines; materials had to be available so that crating/shipping was done on time. It was critical to have needed wood, chip board and foam to ensure that the finished product arrived to the customer undamaged and on time, often to meet customer/contract requirements.
● Managed the shipping and crating of finished products to customers. Scheduled trucks to ship finished product and create packing lists and bills of lading. Building crates and packing for 10 shipments required constant monitoring (due to size and weight of crates) to order trucks to pick up crates and generate the required paperwork so the material was shipped correctly and to the correct customer. Arranging 10 shipments per day required efficient planning, scheduling, and coordination with other departments.
2011-2012
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Wilcorp Industries, INC., Marshfield, MO 1994-2011 Wilcorp Industries, Inc. is a 22-year-old company that specializes in the packaging of adhesives and sealants. It is a multi-million dollar company and is an ISO 9001:2000 registered in 2007 company. Produced annual revenues in excess of $5-7 million annually.
Plant Manager for Marshfield Plant
Managed 11 production lines and 35-50 production operators, 3 maintenance workers and shipping operator over 3 shifts of operation. Plant average revenues ranged from $5-7 million annually.
● Prepared production schedules for 11 production lines. Arranged daily allocation of materials, supplies and staff for production. Developed run sequences to reduce change-over times to manage cost/efficiencies. Arranging run sequences of products reduced change-over time, reduced solvent usage, and generated more productivity toward order delivery.
● Participated in weekly scheduling meeting with the Supply Chain Planners at the 3M plant in Springfield, MO (major customer). Consistently attained 90-95% product availability which was the standard established by 3M. Worked closely with engineers and production workers to complete Six Sigma projects and solve filling/packaging issues to improve production efficiency.
● Supervised maintenance operations to determine efficient down-time on machines for preventive maintenance and other emergency maintenance. This enhanced productivity and efficiency of operation.
● Implemented training and assisted in obtaining Wilcorp’s ISO certification on initial try and recertification. This certification was critical to maintaining a key customer.
● Prepared documents and received funding from Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to assist with financial cost of ISO 9001:2008 (International Organization for Standardization) certification. The training assistance from DESE off-set approximately 33% of the expenses generated during the ISO certification process.
● Initiated purchases of additional machines, parts and training to reduce change-over times by 50%; reduced costs and enhanced productivity. On one machine, change-over time was reduced from 5 hours to 2 hours using fewer operators, enhanced productivity, and reduced costs.
● Created company handbook; developed and conducted employee evaluations. Experienced in
employee record keeping, hiring, development/training and dismissal of personnel. Addressed, evaluated, and solved personnel issues. Coached and developed staff to their potential. Developed a better work staff skill level and efficiency to improve production, reduce costly mistakes, increase morale, and reduce costly turnover. All contributed to enhanced revenue and reduced costs.
● Resolved safety issues and worked with our safety consultants on training, ergonomics, and potential hazards and reduced recordable accidents from 23 accidents in 2007 to 7 OSHA recordable accidents in 2010. By reducing the number of reportable accidents, Wilcorp’s insurance rates improved and produced significant cost savings.
EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, & CERTIFICATIONS Master of Business Administration, Missouri State University Springfield, MO
Bachelor of Science Marketing/Management, Missouri State University Springfield, MO
Workshops/Courses as Professional Development and Certifications
Finance and Cost Accounting Leadership Training
Six Sigma
Leadership Training
Computer Skills
5 S Implementation for Work Flow Employee Discharge
FMLA and ADA
Workers’ Compensation
First Aid
Hazardous Materials/Waste Disposal Fork Truck Certification 10/2011
Proficient in Microsoft Office: Word for creating charts/correspondence; Excel for charts/graphs; Outlook for e-mail; PowerPoint to create maps. Used MAS-90 for inventory control/production log creation, and Lotus Notes.
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AWARDS
Mid-Am and Wilcorp: met established goals and received achievement bonuses as a result.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
● Elected to two terms as City Alderman for the city of Rogersville, MO.
● Served on Board of Directors for Webco Custom Industries. Webco is a sheltered workshop.
● Coached youth baseball, basketball, and football teams. Involved with Rogersville Baseball Inc.
● Participated in the Watch D.O.G.S. (Dad’s of Great Students) program at Logan-Rogersville schools.
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