Jacob Garvey
Southwick,MA
Summary
Strategic Supervisor with expertise prioritizing projects, planning workflow and managing employees to achieve operational goals. Resourceful individual with 8 years of active experience managing efforts within deadline-driven environments. Diplomatic individual with strong leadership and decision-making skills.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Foreman of Special Operations
Westfield Electroplating Co
08.2023 - Current
- Handle issues with relative ease by implementing best practices and applying critical thinking skills to find best solutions.
- Heavily assist in new product development and training
- Reworked positions and workflow based on individual abilities and production targets.
- Verified completed projects met approved time, quality, and cost estimates.
- Develop and support standard work and continuous improvement processes.
- Interact with customers to identify needs or issues; develop and support standard work and continuous improvement processes.
- Insured crews maintained training and performance standards.
- Set expectations with co-workers with regard to performance standards including consistent and outstanding delivery of service and maintaining the company brand.
Production Supervisor
Serta Simmons Bedding
01.2022 - 08.2023
- Managed a team of 55+ hourly employees and 4 Leads across four separate departments/cells.
- Leadership development- host 1 on 1 meetings with department leads twice a month.
- Achieved on-time shipments goal by empowering employees to continued success.
- Accomplished targets and met demand by assessing equipment performance, reviewing materials supplies, and organizing manpower.
- Prepared in advance for and addressed production problems, material deficits, equipment failures, and unavoidable delays.
- Trained staff of direct labor employees to perform assembly and manufacture of specified products.
Second Shift Group Leader
Westfield Electroplating Company
01.2017 - 03.2018
- Trained new team members by relaying information on company procedures and safety requirements.
- Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts.
- Attended staff development meetings and workshops and applied information from those events into daily activities.
- Reviewed daily requirements and forecasts and delegated work for optimal coverage.
- Resolved conflict quickly to limit operational disruption and maintain positive, productive working environments.
- Delegated tasks strategically and monitored progress for timely completion.
- Prepared, calibrated, and monitored production levels to achieve targets.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to maintain project progress.
- Collaborated with other departments to optimize production workflows.
- Used problem-solving and issue-resolution skills to promptly and successfully address production related problems.
- Met production targets and tight deadlines by collaborating closely with team members.
- Made sure that products were produced on time and are of good quality.
- Effectively supplied coverage of the entire shift in the absence of shift Foreman.
Senior Plater
Westfield Electroplating Company
06.2009 - 01.2017
- Kept abreast of production schedules, altering job tasks to meet deadlines and maintain quality levels.
- Reviewed each production phase to verify product conformance with project specifications and adjusted settings to achieve desired targets.
- Implemented correct plating procedures based on materials used, desired plating levels and specifications laid out in work orders.
- Controlled temperature and speeds to achieve desired plating quality.
- Adhered to safety protocols, company procedures and OSHA regulations in areas of work to optimize performance, minimize downtime and protect team members.
- Effectively trained new employees based on standard operating procedures.
- Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines.
- Participated in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
Education
High School Diploma -
Westfield Technical Academy
Westfield, MASkills
- Job Planning
- Project Leadership
- Project Planning
- Workplace Safety
- Employee Training
- Effective Communication
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Task Delegation
- Project deadlines
- Production and processing
- Quality Control
- Leadership Development
Certification
- AIM Human Resource Management Training
AIM Human Resource Management Training
The program teaches skills in strategy, business partnering, coaching skills, labor relations and negotiation, organization development and change management.
Timeline
Foreman of Special Operations
Westfield Electroplating Co
08.2023 - Current
Production Supervisor
Serta Simmons Bedding
01.2022 - 08.2023
Second Shift Group Leader
Westfield Electroplating Company
01.2017 - 03.2018
Senior Plater
Westfield Electroplating Company
06.2009 - 01.2017
High School Diploma -
Westfield Technical Academy
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