Dewey Harris
Fort Worth,Texas
Summary
Directed teams in a unionized manufacturing environment to meet and exceed cost, schedule, quality, and safety targets. Championed initiatives that fostered collaboration and high performance among team members. Pursued leadership opportunities within a major manufacturing company to drive operational excellence and product quality.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Distribution Manager
Ford Motors High Velocity Distribution Center
03.2025 - 10.2025
- Manage UAW hourly workforce responsible for all warehousing operations: Receiving, Stockkeeping, Replenishment, Picking, Inventory Control, Claims and Shipping. (Mainly Supervising Inbound Material)
- Responsible for delivering objectives related to safety, cleanliness, quality, cost and productivity.
- Interact with other salary employees, UAW and suppliers to deliver successful results.
- Carry out Company practice/policy in the areas of work standards, discipline, training and personnel administration.
- Maintain a positive working relationship with UAW employees and Leadership, including fair and equal administration of the contract.
- Facilitate crew meetings.
- Lead CIP(Continuous Improvement Process), safety, Ergo teams.
Reconditioning Manager- Detail, Detail IR and Photo
Carvana
10.2023 - 03.2025
- Directly supervises Associates of the Detail, Photo and Detail IR departments.
- Responsible for the effective use of personnel via motivation & training, material, and equipment to achieve production deadlines.
- Plan and coordinate the distribution of labor, adjusting work assignments and responding to fluctuating production needs.
- Manage daily labor efficiencies, downtime, scrap, part quality, payroll, break schedules, and vacations for the shift.
- Achieve production schedules and product requirements by applying lean manufacturing/synchronous principles with emphasis on variation reduction, control costs, and achieve productivity improvements.
- Automotive production style facility. Ensuring we complete our daily production targets using lean manufacturing.
Sabbatical
08.2021 - 10.2023
- Surgery & Paternal Leave
Lead Production Supervisor - General Assembly & Automotive Body Shop
General Motors
01.2012 - 08.2021
- Direct supervisor over 140 union employees and oversight of manpower including set-up and timekeeping.
- Knowledge and communication of Continuous Improvement Processes (CIP) and Throughput Improvement Process (TIP).
- Interpret engineering drawings and blueprints to set work stations to Global Manufacturing Systems (GMS) standard.
- Leads GMS processes and serves as resource supporting launch/pilot activities in assigned areas.
- Utilized Lean Manufacturing to improve production cost and reduce waste through COMMWIP. [Correction (Defects); Over Production; Motion; Material (Transportation); Waiting; Inventory; Processing (overprocessing)]
- Maintains awareness of quality standards, and communicates department quality goals, and leverages resources to solve issues.
- Understands and consistently administer the National and Local Agreements between General Motors and the UAW Union.
Education
High School Diploma - General Studies
Roseville High School
Roseville, MI06.2002
Skills
Implemented best practices in general manufacturing to enhance operational efficiency
Gallup Strengths
- Competition
- Relator
- Achiever
- Adaptability
- Developer
Timeline
Distribution Manager
Ford Motors High Velocity Distribution Center
03.2025 - 10.2025
Reconditioning Manager- Detail, Detail IR and Photo
Carvana
10.2023 - 03.2025
Sabbatical
08.2021 - 10.2023
Lead Production Supervisor - General Assembly & Automotive Body Shop
General Motors
01.2012 - 08.2021
High School Diploma - General Studies
Roseville High School