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Dwayne Lawson

Summary

Focused Manager adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Experienced in directing manufacturing employees and keeping efficient production in accordance with quality standards. Applying creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Materials Accounting Manager

PURINA PET FOOD
02.2021 - Current
  • Production management professional in large, fast-paced, multi-line facilities
  • Proven track record of achieving sustained improvements in quality, cost and delivery functions
  • Key Contributions:
  • Provide oversite of inventory management and ensure all practices are compliant with company standards
  • Support production identify, diagnose and resolve operational, manufacturing and maintenance problems within deadlines
  • Lead a team of salaried employees to ensure proper consumptions and usage of materials to process orders
  • Leveraging SAP to maintain inventories, provide cycle counts, and array of other key activities relating to SAP.
  • Collaborated with other departments to achieve accurate and prompt financial reporting.
  • Completed bi-weekly payroll for company employees.
  • Investigated daily variances and corrected errors to resolve discrepancies.

Maintenance Supervisor, Production Maintenance Supervisor

NESTLE BEVERAGE
08.2018 - 02.2020
  • Production management professional in large, fast-paced, multi-line facilities
  • Proven track record of achieving sustained improvements in quality, cost and delivery functions
  • Key Contributions:
  • Provided strong leadership and technical expertise to maintain existing procedures and continuous improvement
  • Effectively lead, coach and develop a large work team to accomplish operational objectives
  • Support and lead TPM initiatives to allow for the successful planning and execution of operational activities
  • Work with controls team to trouble shoot and investigate problems related to plc's

Project Manager

Frito Lay
01.2014 - 08.2018
  • Experience managing a million dollar construction/innovation projects, coordinating workforce team of contractors, engineers, and Frito Employees, and performing budget allocation and analysis
  • Key Contributions:
  • Managed the 1.5 million dollar budget deciding on project priority and feasibility and distributing work to 6 other project managers that I assisted with project completion
  • Write and distribute bid packages that clearly define the scope and general provisions of potential contracts
  • Ensure that the project team understands all aspects of the prime contract relating to their respective responsibilities, and demonstrate a thorough understanding of the prime contract checklist and organizational structure
  • Negotiate, analyze, and prepare purchase order agreements, subcontracts, and cost control budgets
  • Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.

Electrical Intern

Rolls Royce North America
01.2010 - 08.2010
  • Custom designed and tested helicopter engines at Rolls Royce PLC
  • Designed electrical engine and electrical circuitry using AutoCAD to generate detailed computer drawings
  • Participated in research and marketing projects to determine if proto-type met spec
  • Key Contributions:
  • Worked under senior electrical engineers to design electrical circuitry in the helicopter cockpit
  • Preformed quality test on engines to determine if equipment was performing at full capacity
  • Captured and analyzed data on the performance of the equipment and presented my finding.

Education

MBA - Business Administration And Management

Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
05.2021

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

ROSE HULMAN INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY
10.2014

Skills

  • TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY
  • SAP, AutoCAD, C, C, Ladder Logic, MS Studios, Excel, HTML, and SQL
  • Agile Methodology
  • Project Deadlines
  • Data Review

Timeline

Materials Accounting Manager

PURINA PET FOOD
02.2021 - Current

Maintenance Supervisor, Production Maintenance Supervisor

NESTLE BEVERAGE
08.2018 - 02.2020

Project Manager

Frito Lay
01.2014 - 08.2018

Electrical Intern

Rolls Royce North America
01.2010 - 08.2010

MBA - Business Administration And Management

Indiana University

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

ROSE HULMAN INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY

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