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CASEY BROOKS

Mt. Zion,IL

Summary

Marketing, design and management professional. Recent Engineer background. Help improve safety and help eliminate unsafe procedures. Determine priority and job sequences. Schedules and prioritizes constrained resources and adjusts to meet customer needs based on top priority. Practices and teach CPS procedures. Actively involved in CI board processing and correction action projects. Leads creation and implementation of standard work. Deploys section value stream improvements with team. Check tooling and processes are followed to meet production schedules. Lead workforce training. Accomplished marketing professional with demonstrated success in developing and implementing strategic approaches to drive market growth and bottom-line profitability. Strong communicator with natural leadership talent and high energy. Impactful and successful manager proficient in building teams and motivating personnel to new levels of performance.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Quality Auditor

Caterpillar Inc
Decatur, IL
02.2022 - Current
  • Audit mainline product for defects
  • Write CI cards for incorrect processes to be fixed
  • Completed accurate measurements on parts with rulers, calipers, gauges and micrometers and documented findings in official records
  • Inspected, tested and measured materials for conformance to specifications and regulatory requirements
  • Juggled multiple projects and tasks to ensure high quality and timely delivery
  • Produced official reports of findings to meet regulatory standards and assist senior leadership with improving operations.
  • Monitored product performance and identified areas for improvement.

Supply Chain Engineer

Caterpillar Inc
Decatur, IL
12.2017 - 03.2021
  • Improve MES procedures that are no longer sufficient
  • Work on CI board opportunities
  • Work with assemblers to create improved standard work and processes for quicker build rate
  • Encourage teamwork
  • Develop workforce training and standard procedures to maintain current build schedules
  • Document and record data to improve current processes
  • Exceeded customer satisfaction by finding creative solutions to problems
  • Provided excellent service and attention to customers when face-to-face or through phone conversations.

Team Lead

Caterpillar Inc
Decatur, IL
04.2017 - 12.2017
  • Maintained up-to-date records at all times
  • Provided training to new staff members
  • Ran reports and supplied data to solve build issues
  • Recommended design modifications to eliminate machine and system malfunctions
  • Led cross-functional team to share technology across departments to improve operational efficiency.

Manager

Styles & Smiles
Mt. Zion, IL
09.2015 - 01.2017
  • Identified key growth opportunities for the business through setting goals and achieving them
  • Conducted cost, schedule, contract performance, variance and risk analysis
  • Prepared bookkeeping & financial performance reports per 2016
  • Reduced total operating costs through digital online tools such as Five star marketing company
  • Directed schedule of weekly projects and anticipated timelines for milestones and completion dates
  • Leveraged market knowledge and leadership ability to help drive profit increases.

Sales leadership

Buckle
Champaign, IL
06.2013 - 06.2015
  • Coached and mentored several staff members by offering constructive feedback and taking interest in
  • Leveraged knowledge of customers, market trends and principal to successfully market growth
  • Maintained high levels of customer satisfaction through connections made with guest loyalty and personal shopping appointments
  • Attend meeting on new products and individual selling points of each product
  • Unpacked freight & visually merchandised store to new floor set
  • Introduce and promote new products.

Dental Assistant & Lead Receptionist

Familia Dental
Decatur, IL
10.2011 - 06.2013
  • Opened Decatur office in October 2012
  • Cleaning rooms, assisting in dental procedures, seating patient, sanitizing tools
  • Filing paperwork, answering phone calls on a multi-line phone, explain dental prices & procedures, checking in patients, doing treatment plans, taking payments, emailing end-of-day results to corporate scan in patient documents, schedule appointments, check insurance eligibility Open and close store
  • Assisted dentists in permanent and temporary restorative procedures, including applying dental fillings, placing temporary crowns, seating permanent crowns, and cleaning teeth.

Sales associate

Fashion Bug
Decatur, IL
04.2010 - 12.2012
  • Highlighted the difference between competitive brands and managed brands through innovative merchandising campaigns
  • Maximized company credit card sales by promoting guest to apply
  • Capitalized on industry changes to maximize company revenue
  • Highlighted the difference between competitive brands and managed brands through innovative merchandising campaigns.

Head Waitress

Golden Glaze Donut Shop
Decatur, IL
02.2006 - 04.2010
  • Managed the day-to-day tactical and long-term strategic activities within the business
  • Strategize how to promote food sales and advertise
  • Completed closing duties by emptying trash, safeguarding alcohol and polishing silverware
  • Updated repeat customers on menu changes and new food and beverage offerings to maintain quality service relationships.

Education

Organizational Leadership -

Millikin University
01-2026

Fashion Marketing & Management -

IL Institute of Art
01.2018

Manufacturing Engineering -

Richland Community College

Skills

  • Leadership mentoring
  • Operations management
  • Performance tracking
  • Documentation accuracy
  • Time management
  • Team building
  • Excellent communication techniques
  • Design instruction creation
  • New product introduction (NPI)
  • Exceptional customer service
  • Strong problem-solving ability
  • Root cause analysis
  • Troubleshooting skills
  • Material handling system
  • Time management skills
  • Process Implementation
  • Continuous Improvement

Accomplishments

  • Recipient of three top ten sales in company awards at Buckle in 2014.
  • Top credit card sales at Fashion Bug twice in company.
  • 12-year girl scout gold award member in 2010.
  • Improved sales by at least 32% at Styles & Smiles
  • Consistently maintained high customer satisfaction ratings.
  • Negotiated with vendors, saving the company money annually.
  • Promoted from Team Lead to engineer in less than 12-months
  • Improved shipping by redesigning packaging, realizing overall increase in customer satisfaction and cost efficiency.
  • Brought sales up 1.5 million dollars to a current schedule production in 3 months.

Additional Information

http://www.linkedin.com/in/brooksc-0abbb6125, Bob Fitzgerald, 217-480-6926, Doug Aurthur, 217-853-6092, Kim Ellis, 217-519-8759

Timeline

Quality Auditor

Caterpillar Inc
02.2022 - Current

Supply Chain Engineer

Caterpillar Inc
12.2017 - 03.2021

Team Lead

Caterpillar Inc
04.2017 - 12.2017

Manager

Styles & Smiles
09.2015 - 01.2017

Sales leadership

Buckle
06.2013 - 06.2015

Dental Assistant & Lead Receptionist

Familia Dental
10.2011 - 06.2013

Sales associate

Fashion Bug
04.2010 - 12.2012

Head Waitress

Golden Glaze Donut Shop
02.2006 - 04.2010

Organizational Leadership -

Millikin University

Fashion Marketing & Management -

IL Institute of Art

Manufacturing Engineering -

Richland Community College

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