Operations Manager Resume

Desired Industry: Manufacturing	SpiderID: 11822
Desired Job Location: Memphis, Tennessee	Date Posted: 3/17/2007
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: April 1, 2007
Desired Wage:
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Management (Manager, Director)	Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25%
Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors	Willing to Relocate: Yes

Objective:
A responsible management position that will effectively utilize my engineering, production, logistics, and lean manufacturing skills.

Experience:
IMPRESSIONS MARKETING GROUP WASHINGTON, NC
Lean Manager (Consultant) October/2006 – present
Highlights
• Training supervisors & production work force on eliminating waste in manufacturing.
• Created Operator Method Sheets (OMS) to assist in training.
• Improved gross margin by 40% on Wal-Mart production line.
• Improved productivity by 60% plus on CNC router equipment.
• Improved productivity by 42% on Shadow Box line for SafeWay.

THE TROXEL COMPANY (METAL TUBE FABRICATOR) MOSCOW, TN
Value Stream Director December/2002 – October/2006
Highlights
• Budgetary and P&L responsibilities.
• Manage daily (kaizen every day) with lean techniques to reduce waste of over 200 employees.
• Facility Manager responsibilities.
• Implemented supermarkets throughout value stream and improved flow.
• Established 6S audits throughout stream and improved scores by 25%.
• Reduced customer complaints by 12% by implementing true root cause analysis and containments.
• Improved productivity by 19.5%.
•Reported to VP of Operations and had 4 Supervisors, Quality Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Maintenance Manager, Shipping Manager, and 2 Account Managers reporting to me.

FIRST SOURCE FURNITURE GROUP (METAL OFFICE FURNITURE MANUFACTURE) HALLS, TN
Production Manager June/2000 – December/2002
Highlights
• Implemented plant wide 5S program, compliance audits etc., and reduced annual worker’s compensation by $415K.
• Developed highly flexible work force, resulting in 23% labor savings of over 300 employees.
• Created “Raving Fans” and developed members to become customer focused.
• Facilitated Kaizen Events throughout plant with specific objectives, resulting in 40% gross margin swing.
• Improved plants delivery performance by 31%.
• Implemented departmental cycle counts.
• Eliminated need for over 20,000 square feet of floor space.
• Implemented flow manufacturing throughout plant.
• Lead departmental Value Stream Mapping event and implemented 65% of discovery.
• Responsible for yearly budget and reported to Plant Manager and had 6 Supervisors reporting to me.

THOMAS & BETTS (ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS & PLATING) SOUTHAVEN, MS
Lean Manufacturing Manager July/1999 – June/2000
Operations Manager March/1999 – July/1999
Highlights
• Responsible for productivity of entire facility, which included Managing for Daily Improvements.
• Facilitate Kaizen Events throughout plant with specific objectives for each improvement team.
• Facilitate Value Added Management meetings monthly.
• Train members on methods to identify and eliminate waste.
• Reported to Business Unit Manager, with responsibilities of over 200 employees, including 8 Supervisors.

TRUE TEMPER SPORTS (COMPOSITE GOLF SHAFT MAKER) MEMPHIS, TN
Operations Superintendent September/1995 – March/1999
Manufacturing Manager November 1993 - September 1995

Highlights
• Responsible for daily manufacturing operations and over 350 employees, including 6 supervisors.
• Responsible for daily shipments in excess of $2 million per month.
• Reported to Plant Manager
• Increased productivity by 10%, and on-time deliveries to 98%.
• Reduced inventory by 35% through improved quality, as well as, realized 50% reduction in cycle time within 2 years.

HAYWOOD COMPANY (PLASTIC & RUBBER MAKER) BROWNSVILLE, TN MEMPHIS, TN
Night Superintendent July 1988 - November 1993
Production Supervisor December 1987 - July 1988
Highlights
• Responsible for overall operation of plant each evening, to include safety, morale, quality, production, and maintenance.
• Managed 7 departments, which included 4 supervisors and over 100 employees.
• Responsible for SPC training for entire facility during evening shifts.
• Member of internal audit team. (Preparing organization for certification; Malcolm Baldridge & ISO 9000)

Education:
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN MARTIN, TN
BS Mechanical Engineering Technology 1984

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY MEMPHIS, TN
Engineering Management (Master’s incomplete) 1991-1993

Affiliations:
*Certified Zenger Miller Facilitator *Fish Implementation
*Achieve Global Leadership 2000 *The Goal (TOC)
*Certified Forklift Trainer *Performance Management
*Time Management *TTSI Effective Leadership
*Statistical Methods (SPC) *Oracle Education (WIP)

Skills:
*Microsoft Office Products *Lotus cc:Mail
*MS Works *Internet
*Oracle *Harvard Graphics
*Transformation *Kronos

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