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Aaron Luckart

Brillion,WI

Summary

Seasoned Area Manager with solid background in overseeing daily operations, managing staff and implementing business strategies. Possess strong leadership skills, adept at problem-solving and delivering measurable results to drive growth. Known for fostering team collaboration while ensuring optimal customer service and satisfaction. Notable contributions include improving operational efficiency, reducing costs, and increasing sales revenue in previous roles.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Area Manager

Worthington Cylinders / Worthington Enterprises
Chilton, WI
05.2019 - Current
  • Ensure team members' safety through process improvements, proactively coaching, and developing new safety processes. Currently 6+ years DART/REC free in department overseen.
  • Utilization of company systems (JDE/L2L/Tableau/IQS) to track, record, and utilize data to ensure KPI capabilities.
  • Cultural and departmental improvements by utilizing employee feedback and suggestions.
  • Collaboration with supporting functions to ensure KPI or business needs are fulfilled timely.
  • New product and process development and implementation.
  • Oversaw the recruitment process for new staff members including interviewing and training.
  • Investigated customer complaints promptly, identified root causes and implemented corrective actions.
  • Supervised business functions, employee staffing, employee retention, and financial accountability for up to 2 departments.
  • Evaluated schedules, orders, and forecasts to plan processes and meet timelines.
  • Supervised up to 60 employees and 5 supervisors while ensuring optimal productivity.
  • Implemented new processes, acquisitions, new products, and procedures tactfully and passionately.
  • Streamlined operational efficiencies by successfully hiring top talent driving productivity.

Production Supervisor

Worthington Cylinders
Chilton
05.2017 - 05.2019
  • Evaluate employee performance through performance reviews and constructive feedback.
  • Supervise and lead up to thirty employees in completing their assigned duties.
  • Ensure employees produce correct, excellent quality work.
  • Ensure company policies and procedures are exercised in the appropriate fashion.
  • Team lead training improvement for employees to develop their skills and enhance productivity.
  • Provide good customer service to employees and customers, internally and externally.

Scheduling Manager

Worthington Cylinders
Winston-Salem, NC
06.2014 - 05.2017
  • Scheduling facilities production and employees to satisfy customer demand and meet 99.5% OTD while ensuring safety stocks are identified, fulfilled, and planned.
  • Scheduled and led a team of twenty-two.
  • Environmental, health, and safety manager.
  • Inventory control of products and supplies to ensure inventory is correct to meet order demands and necessary stock levels.
  • Quality control backup, fulfill job duties, and ensure product specifications meet requirements and are entered in IQS.
  • Also, run analysis on the spectrometer to ensure that product specifications meet requirements.

Group Leader support / Supervisor assistant (Management development program)

Worthington Cylinders
Columbus, OH
12.2013 - 06.2014
  • Group leader, mentor, and succession planning.
  • Lead a three-shift operation with 30 employees.
  • Supervisory roles and responsibilities.
  • Press maintenance and planned work.
  • Team development through training, coaching, and side-by-side influencing.
  • Daily safety, quality, and production guidance and support.
  • Daily support to all operations while operating, maintaining, or planning equipment and personnel.

Production Scheduler

Worthington Cylinders
Columbus, OH
03.2013 - 12.2013
  • Learn various cost center operations to schedule accordingly for a 24/7 facility with 320 employees.
  • Schedule departments as needed to meet customer requirements and OTD.
  • Address production stoppages, restricting the flow of production through the department.
  • Reassign workforce to increase efficiency.
  • Coordinate plant schedule to meet schedules of incoming materials, to eliminate plant stoppage.
  • Ensure stock levels meet plan and customer requirements to avoid shortages.

Paint line Group Leader

Worthington Cylinders
Columbus, OH
10.2008 - 03.2013

Assistant Group Leader

Worthington Cylinders
Columbus, OH
04.2006 - 10.2008

Paint Line Production

Worthington Cylinders
Columbus / Westerville, OH
03.2004 - 04.2006

Education

Kaizen Events -

09.2024

Management Development Program -

01.2013

Lean Academy Graduate -

01.2013

Management training -

Franklin University
01.2012

General Equivalent Diploma -

01.2006

Influencer Training -

Skills

  • Lean Manufacturing Operations
  • Policy / Procedure Development
  • Training and Mentoring
  • L2L, JDEdwards, IQS, ISN Systems
  • Microsoft functions (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Excellent Work Ethic
  • Multitasking abilities
  • Ability to work in fast pace high stress situation
  • Operations
  • Team Development
  • Staff Scheduling
  • Staff Training
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Business Development
  • Resource Allocation
  • Performance Management
  • Database Management
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Quality Assurance
  • Cultural Contributor

Timeline

Area Manager

Worthington Cylinders / Worthington Enterprises
05.2019 - Current

Production Supervisor

Worthington Cylinders
05.2017 - 05.2019

Scheduling Manager

Worthington Cylinders
06.2014 - 05.2017

Group Leader support / Supervisor assistant (Management development program)

Worthington Cylinders
12.2013 - 06.2014

Production Scheduler

Worthington Cylinders
03.2013 - 12.2013

Paint line Group Leader

Worthington Cylinders
10.2008 - 03.2013

Assistant Group Leader

Worthington Cylinders
04.2006 - 10.2008

Paint Line Production

Worthington Cylinders
03.2004 - 04.2006

Kaizen Events -

Management Development Program -

Lean Academy Graduate -

Management training -

Franklin University

General Equivalent Diploma -

Influencer Training -

Aaron Luckart