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Gary King

Production Manager
Delaware,OH

Summary

Result driven professional with 9 years of experience in fast paced detail oriented environments. Motivates employees to align performance with company objectives in fast-paced production environments. Experience in production management, lean manufacturing, product development and quality management. Proven expertise in reducing variance and establishing optimal operating stability. Driven to reduce operating cost by implementing quality and lean manufacturing techniques.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Production Project Manager

Federal Heath Visual Communications
Delaware, OH
06.2018 - Current

• Lead Continuous improvement initiatives such as Kaizen events to drive gains in quality, productivity and output resulting in over $60,000 in annual savings since 2018.
• Implemented a new quality management system plant wide to reduce noncompliance product by 35% since 2018.
• Standardized production procedures and Standard Operating Procedures that have resulted in reducing variance by 30% plant wide.
• Reduced warranty claims by over 50% from 2020 to 2021 by implementing quality check system resulting in over $100,000 savings in warranty cost.
• Constructed an employee cross training program that has resulted in 15% increased productivity.
• Designed metrics charts specific to each product line to focus on best actions to increase productivity, quality and variance.
• Prototyped products for 2 separate accounts which brought in 6 million dollars in new business since 2020.
• Created a new production planner which aloud scheduling to send work orders to the production line by calculating daily capacity resulting in 20% gain in productivity.
• Assisted in forming a safety committee team to comply with corporation and OSHA standards.

Expeditor

Federal Heath Visual Comminications
Delaware, OH
06.2015 - 05.2018

• Served as communication liaison between production, sales, vendors and upper management
• Analyzed needs and ordered product according to production forecast
• Constructed weekly and monthly reports to sales and management on production progress
• Coached and developed a product development and change team that designed and prototyped 4 new products bringing in 18 million dollars of new business.
• Addressed obstacles to prevent delays while maintaining 98% on time delivery.
• Authored Excel production planner to optimize time and assets allowing for a 20% increase in productivity.
• Created 3 lean focused production lines to optimize productivity while maintain quality and safety standards.

Floor Lead/Welder

Federal Heath Visual Communications
Delaware, OH
06.2013 - 06.2015
  • Fabricate and weld out of company products.
  • Assisted supervisor with feedback for employee performance evaluations.
  • Increased output of fabrication department by 50% by building fixtures for standard product.

Education

Completion of Six Sigma level 1 training . SMQDC trained -

Six Sigma
Delaware, OH
02.2018

Associate - Criminal Justice

Central State College
Ontario, OH
1993

Skills

Production optimization

Assembly and production

Manufacturing management

Production line management

Project management

Production planning

Quality control

Prototype development

Continuous improvements

Kaizen

Root Cause Analysis

Quality manager

Strong leadership abilities

Metrics management

Lean Manufacturing

Timeline

Production Project Manager

Federal Heath Visual Communications
06.2018 - Current

Expeditor

Federal Heath Visual Comminications
06.2015 - 05.2018

Floor Lead/Welder

Federal Heath Visual Communications
06.2013 - 06.2015

Completion of Six Sigma level 1 training . SMQDC trained -

Six Sigma

Associate - Criminal Justice

Central State College
Gary KingProduction Manager