CARMELIUS R. WALTON
Midlothian,TX
Summary
With a proven track record at MolsonCoors, I excel in leading diverse teams towards excellence in manufacturing and product packaging operations. Expert in process improvement and employee performance, I've significantly enhanced productivity and cost savings. Skilled in MS Office and KRONOS, my leadership is marked by effective coaching and strategic training initiatives.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Group Leader
General Motors Assembly Plant
Arlington, TX
01.2023 - Current
- Assist with onboarding new employees into the organization's culture, policies, and practices.
- Responsible for leading a group of technical personnel engaged in problem-solving, inspection, quality control, and quality assurance.
- Read and react to the manufacturing daily plan in the moment.
- Manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment, with competing priorities.
- Demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, and work effectively with all levels of the organization.
Unit Manager Packaging
MolsonCoors
Ft Worth, TX
01.2020 - 10.2022
- Managed a 25-million-dollar labor budget and substantially reduced overtime by cross-training employees to be multi-skilled, and auditing schedules daily for improved work-life balance through creating a supervisor rotation plan and reduction in forced overtime for hourly employees
- Developed and managed salaried line managers along with Union leadership, and reduced the quality driven reworked product, to minimize costs and redundant work
- Led department in the installation of new Can Line (C2) to increase production in packaging process from 3 days to 7 days of production
- Responsible for operations of 5 can lines, 3 bottle lines, and 1 keg line across 3 shifts in collaboration with 14 salaried managers direct reports who managed 227 union employees
- Coordinates with HR and Union to manage employment functions, such as proposal creation, salary negotiation, hiring, training, termination, as well as corrective actions to resolve employee grievances
- Oversights daily planning for manning, product schedules, and safety to meet plant goals
Sr. Team Leader
MolsonCoors
Ft Worth, TX
01.2012 - 01.2020
- Instituted a strategic training plan to produce muti-skilled employees that ultimately became the standard training plan for increasing productivity
- Hired, scheduled, and delegated employees to maintain optimal staff coverage throughout the working hours
- Managed three 24/7 shifts, comprising 27 Union Employees that operate 2 can lines
- Maintained inter-departmental collaboration to streamline day-to-day operations
- Accountable for training, safety meetings, hiring, and terminating employees
Team Leader
MolsonCoors
Ft Worth, TX
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Successfully distributed work evenly among teams to achieve maximum time management and to ensure the success of the objective at hand
- Supervised a team of 5 employees during an 8-hour shift
- Held quarterly safety meetings for the entire Plant, ensuring safe work procedures and practices were followed at all times
- Ensured disciplined workforce and union employees through training and issuing corrective actions based on performance
Process Manager
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Texarkana, AR
01.2003 - 01.2007
Mill Room Shift Foreman
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Texarkana, AR
01.1999 - 01.2003
Warehouse Supervisor
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Texarkana, AR
01.1992 - 01.1999
Tire Grader
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Texarkana, AR
01.1989 - 01.1992
Education
BA - Business Administration
Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, AR01.1989
Skills
- Employee Relations & Diversity
- Employee Performance
- Process Improvement
- Training & Development
- Corrective Actions & Investigations
- Coaching
- Manufacturing
- Product Packaging Operations
- Cost Saving
- Inventory Management
- MS Office (Word & Excel)
- KRONOS Pay System
References
Available upon request
Awards And Accolades
- Recipient of 'Perfect Attendance Cooper Tire' (1989-1994; 1997-2007) and Perfect Attendance MolsonCoors' 2007-2012; 2013-2021
- Attended MolsonCoors PMPD training Milwaukee 2012
- Received 'MolsonCoors Safety Award' 2015-2016; 2019-2020
- Achieved MolsonCoors 'Win the Summer' for 2019 – 2022
Professional Attributes
- Behaves in a professional style and uses tailored communication when interacting with stakeholders to establish long-term relationships
- Excels in solving practical problems and dealing with a variety of concrete variables, mainly in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Solid ability to be results-oriented, taking the initiative to make things happen, accepts accountability, and possess a can-do attitude
- Holds well-equipped analytical skills to scrutinize daily operational metrics and initiate process improvements to enhance efficiency
Timeline
Group Leader
General Motors Assembly Plant
01.2023 - Current
Unit Manager Packaging
MolsonCoors
01.2020 - 10.2022
Sr. Team Leader
MolsonCoors
01.2012 - 01.2020
Team Leader
MolsonCoors
01.2007 - 01.2012
Process Manager
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
01.2003 - 01.2007
Mill Room Shift Foreman
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
01.1999 - 01.2003
Warehouse Supervisor
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
01.1992 - 01.1999
Tire Grader
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
01.1989 - 01.1992
BA - Business Administration
Henderson State University
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