LEVI RAY
Loves Park,IL
Summary
I would be honored to share the success of the company and be regarded as a useful asset, as well as a respected and dependable resource for fellow colleagues. I look forward to embracing the opportunity to help the company reach its corporate goals and business expectations through the continuous process improvement initiatives mitigating the challenges of a rapidly dynamic evolving work environment. A personal interview would allow myself to demonstrate such talents and I would look forward to hearing a response to schedule a meeting.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Supervisor
PCI PHARMA SERVICES
Rockford, IL
05.2023 - Current
- Direct daily activities of the production floor in compliance with the company’s policies and procedures, along with all federal, state and local regulations including OSHA, FDA cGMP standards and employment law.
- Responsible for the Safety culture and results on the production floor as well as owning and driving safety improvements within my designated value stream. Ensure all safety incidents on my shift are investigated, root caused determined, and corrective actions are identified and implemented to mitigate future risk.
- Communicate operational challenges and execute course corrections with regard to Safety, Quality, Service, Cost or Personnel, Facilitating line/shift handoffs before departure every day.
- Planning and executing activities with procurement, maintenance, warehouse and quality departments through active communication to achieve and sustain results.
- Understanding of operating challenges and utilizing problem-solving tools to drive continuous improvement opportunities for my value stream.
- Manage daily schedules to ensure proper staffing levels to include periods of vacation and holidays to meet required service levels.
- Oversee and participate in the interview/selection process of hiring.
- Educate and train staff using TWI methodology to ensure adherence to performance expectations as defined in current best practice documentation.
- Perform associate evaluations through Quantum, providing feedback and development as needed.
- Own and actively drive KPI for my value stream through visual control boards and line communications.
- Analyze the performance of equipment, and personnel and shift for improvement opportunities, develop plans and execute projects to improve the process.
- Manage time and attendance daily and approve payroll.
- Perform other duties as assigned by Managers.
Stamping-Group Leader
Stamping
Normal, IL
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Establish strong team member relations, at all levels and provide support for people development, coaching and mentoring focusing on teamwork and inclusion
- Work closely with international team members from with-in, as well as other customer.
- Create continuous improvement strategies relative to KPI achievement and in translating those strategies into concrete action plans.
- Provide supervision to Stamping team leaders and team members in overall strategies based on company policy management and priorities
- Share information, communicate goals, and coach team members to achieve objectives
- Coordinate activities with the Stamping & Body Weld team to improve quality as necessary
- Lead activities to eliminate production bottle necks and/or chronic downtime
- Identify waste in our Stamping process and implement activities to improve overall efficiency
- Manage all day to day operational supervisory team aspects including time keeping, PTO requests, scheduling, etc.
- Communicate critical updates to teams about changes/updates that need to be cascaded
- Continuously establish, enforce and improve standards for their zone and seek to do so for adjacent zones as well
- Keep team appropriately staffed by interviewing and supporting onboarding of newly hired Team Members
Operations Team Lead
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Belvidere, IL
03.2012 - 01.2022
- Responsible for achieving production requirements. Trained staff and directed labor employees to perform assembly and manufacture of product.
- Ensured that all health and safety guidelines were followed.
- Assisted machine operators with finished pieces. Perform quality checks on products and parts while being heavily involved with the WCM (World Class Manufacturing) standards..
- Experience in meeting business expectations for KPIs, Suggestions, and Kaizens to help reduce Cost Deployment.
- Ensure production line employees operated in ergonomically safe environments.
- Motivated and trained employees to maximize team productivity.
- Enhanced operational performance and reduced labor expenses by developing and optimizing standard practices.
Operations Supervisor
Aero Electronics, Woodward, Inc
Niles, IL
03.2019 - 06.2019
- Responsible for developing, implementing and
maintaining departmental and individual goals and
performance measures. - Developed, reviewed and maintain staffing
requirements. - Responsible for annual performance evaluations,
development, discipline and terminations. - Responsible for interviewing and selection of new
members. - Identify training needs related to safety, quality, new
technologies and application tools. - Responsible for maintaining training plans (job specific),
ISO,WS,FAA,Certification etc) and ensure members
certifications are kept current as required per their
positions. - Knowledge of Six Sigma processes and the ability to
apply Six Sigma principles to production processes for
Education
BBA - Business Administration and Management
Upper Iowa University
Fayette, IA05-2018
Associate of Science - AS - Business Administration and Management
Rock Valley College
Rockford, IL12-2015
Skills
- World Class Management/Manufacturing
- Computer Systems and PC tools Specialist (WISE,SAP,MS Office)
- Resource tracking
- Production planning
- Quality assurance
- Continuous improvement
- Data analytics
- Staff development
- Schedule coordination
- Workflow analysis Lean Manufacturing Operations
- Knowledge of Six Sigma Principles
- Safety and Ergonomic Coordinator
- 5s Principles
- Loss Prevention Strategies
- Root Cause Analysis Participation
- Operational Efficiency
- Operations management
- Staff management
Timeline
Production Supervisor
PCI PHARMA SERVICES
05.2023 - Current
Stamping-Group Leader
Stamping
01.2022 - 01.2023
Operations Supervisor
Aero Electronics, Woodward, Inc
03.2019 - 06.2019
Operations Team Lead
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
03.2012 - 01.2022
Associate of Science - AS - Business Administration and Management
Rock Valley College
BBA - Business Administration and Management
Upper Iowa University