James Hardin
Cleveland,TX
Summary
Focused professional knowledgeable about devising innovative solutions to diverse business concerns and goals. Strategic and forward-thinking leader with self-motivated and tactical mindset. Excellent relationship-building and critical thinking skills with determined and decisive nature.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Planning/Warehouse Manager
AKSA Power Generation USA
09.2023 - Current
- Use excel to schedule production priorities based on customer demand and accessory availability
- Request accessory and consumable inventory purchases
- Direct inventory and warehouse personnel to build job kits for released jobs
- Ensure warehouse personnel receive goods into inventory and update inventory quantities
- Assist warehouse in all job functions.
- Correspond with international vendors to update part status and estimated arrival dates
- Set minimum and maximum stock inventory quantities
- Keep inventory within specified quantities by submitting purchase requisitions when quantities are below set minimum availability
- Provide priority list to international vendor to set estimated completion dates
- Update open order report with job status and provide estimated ship dates to sales representatives
- Receive goods from international vendors by comparing goods with PO and entering all serial numbers into the open order report
- Provide Bill of Lading, assist with final quality inspection, oversee loading of parts onto trailers and photograph loaded material
- Download all shipping documents and photos into job folder
- Lead weekly production meeting to discuss issues and help provide solutions, reevaluate priorities, discuss missing parts and update the production schedule
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop strategic plans, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives
Scheduler
Sabre Industries
08.2022 - Current
- Using Epicor ERP software, run MRP for unfirmed job requests, firm jobs, provide and maintain a production schedule for CNC, kitting and Fabrication shops
- Print and distribute production work orders
- Work with inventory and purchasing to ensure raw material and sub-contract fabrication component availability
- Provide job cut sheets for saw operation
- Using BOM, build production job folders that provide a copy of the BOM, finished part drawings, part identification tickets and QC inspection log
- Lead two daily production meetings to ensure the schedule is being followed and updated correctly
Production Supervisor
Steris Medical
01.2022 - 07.2022
- Responsible for the production of medical grade extruded plastic components used for endoscopy
- Supervise production employees, resin material handlers and process technicians across four 12 hour shifts to ensure overall equipment effectiveness is at ninety-six percent or better and prevent inventory balance variances
- Take part in Kaizen and other lean manufacturing drills to improve safety, decrease manufacturing defects, improve material production flow and provide positive reinforcement to production operators
Supervisor
Sabre Industries
06.2021 - 12.2021
- Strategically oversee six production areas and manage two production leads
- Methodically schedule raw material deliveries to work cells, prioritize work orders based on production schedules, perform daily inventory/WIP counts and account for daily production throughput data
- Correspond with safety, quality, inventory and upper management to increase product work flow
- Use lean manufacturing techniques to increase production, housekeeping and morale while decreasing quality defects, machine down-time and production waste
- Update schedule to ensure production status is communicated to all departments
- When necessary, responsible for making work orders, building job folders, printing material queues for inventory and update MRB job operations
Scheduler
Sabre Industries
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Using Epicor, Perform Labor entry, run and print MRP’s for production to match supply with demand
- Adjust order folders after job completion, coordinate schedule needs with production leads
- Provide fabrication schedule to ensure sub-assembly component availability
- Communicate with inventory and procurement to schedule job start dates
Production Planner/Scheduler
Weatherford International
06.2019 - 04.2020
- Review and date manage MRP sales order based on product lead times, customer demand and supply/demand inquiries using JD Edwards
- Process messages for current and future orders and re-confirm late orders
- Work with purchasing to schedule raw material deliveries
- Research material shortages and update purchasing with needed material and required dates
- Work with sustaining and manufacturing engineering departments to prioritize product development, push non-conformance parts through production and final inspection and estimate lead time
- Hold production meetings with manufacturing departments to receive product/order updates and update sales order completion dates
- Update customer service on current and late order processing for customer requests
Production Scheduler
ACS Manufacturing, Inc
08.2017 - 05.2019
- Methodize and schedule jobs for production to ensure on-time delivery and maximize efficiency
- Work with production supervisor, departmental managers and project managers to optimize production to meet customer's expectations
Production Supervisor
Dura-Line
11.2016 - 07.2017
- Supervise a shift responsible for production of natural gas distribution pipe
- Ensure material handling systems operate correctly for extrusion line efficiency
- Perform hourly quality checks to prevent/ decrease scrap rates
- Oversee production lines, team building, and disciplinary actions
- Increase shift throughput by utilizing employee skill set for maximum performance
- Inventory tooling and consumables and follow production schedule to meet customer's delivery requests
- Review daily production rates and record production data, material usage and quality defects
- Work with scheduling, planning, maintenance, and quality control to plan shift work schedule
Production Supervisor
Progress Rail
09.2015 - 11.2016
- Plan production schedule and maintenance down times
- Update process efficiencies, manpower, payroll
- Assist all departments in ensuring product is delivered on time with the highest quality
Quality Control Inspector
United Machine Works
10.2014 - 06.2015
- Perform first article, in-process and final inspection of manual and CNC machine parts using precise measuring instruments including tape measure, micrometers, dial calipers, depth gage, pi tape, optical comparator
- Process non-conformance reports and perform root cause analysis to improve production quality and throughput
Production Activity Control Supervisor
NOV (Previously known as R&M Energy Systems)
08.2010 - 09.2014
- Advanced through diverse Area and Production Lead positions of increasing responsibility and authority to ultimately oversee production and quality control activities
- Leverage deep command of Lean / Kaizen manufacturing strategies and methodologies to optimize production operations and ensure on time delivery of products to internal and external customers
- Liaise effectively across departments to facilitate the scheduling of parts for production; work closely with procurement group's material manager and shipping / receiving to expedite delivery of raw materials to production lines
- Tenaciously monitor production activities to ensure absolute compliance with quality standards and calibrate throughput / workflows
- Update and analyze production throughput records daily to identify curves in production, establish level loading, and verify work in process; utilize MOVEX software to track and build inventory of parts allowing production to optimize tool usage
- Reschedule production to expedite customers' 'rush' requests for parts
- Train all new personnel in company procedures, safety policies, and machine operations; skillfully mediate employee conflicts
- Aligned tooling and production scheduling to customer service data, incorporating an efficient onepiece flow that maximized throughput while decreasing work in process (WIP) levels
- Successfully employed Kaizen methodologies to eliminate multiple wastes in work cells and trigger higher production numbers
Power Section Discovery Technician
R&M Energy Systems
08.2008 - 08.2010
- Thorough inspection of products returned from the customer for warranty analysis
- Compare failure modes to run data submitted by the customer
- Customer reports composed to discuss failure modes and any manufacturing defects noted during the inspection
- Provide engineering and quality departments with failure data and suggest alternative manufacturing procedures
Shop Production Leadman
R&M Energy Systems
08.2006 - 08.2008
- Successfully manage a shift, comprised of forty employees
- Enforce HSE policy to minimize incidents and improve throughput
- Train operators to safely perform assigned duties to maximize efficiency in work cells
- Communicate with all departments to ensure production quotas are met or exceeded
- Interview candidates for open job positions
- Member of the plant emergency response team
- Trained in CPR and first aid response
Lead Welder
R&M Energy Systems
08.2005 - 08.2006
- Managed a team of six welders spread across three shifts
- Inventory consumables daily
- Cut, weld and machine various sized carbon steel tubing and stainless bar stock
- Work with the maintenance department to repair broken machine components
- Ensure raw materials are delivered in a timely fashion to prevent customer part delays
- Train new hires to company manufacturing procedures to pass X-ray weld test
Lead Injection Operator
R&M Energy Systems
08.2000 - 08.2005
- Assemble, using overhead cranes, and inject power section stator molds using pre-set injection parameters
- Load and cure mold assembly in an autoclave using pre-set cure recipes
- Disassemble mold assembly and move parts to next work cell
- Perform preventative maintenance on molds to increase life span and prevent manufacturing defects
- Work within a team of two others to maximize efficiency in the work cell
- Follow company manufacturing procedures to process all parts and ensure all HSE policies and procedures are followed
Weld Lead
Tubular Perforating Manufacturing LTD
04.1997 - 06.2000
- Skillfully directed welding teams in production operations for manufacturer of custom, spiral-welded tubing
- Partnered with owner and shop foreman to determine schedules and scope of work; onboarded, trained and supervised welders
- Operated chop saw, angle grinder, arc welding machine, mig welding machine, and tig welding machine to cut, debur, and repair perforated tubing and / or fabricate tubing for shop
- Trained all welders to safely and accurately weld challenging nickel, stainless,and carbon steel products
- Meticulously tracked and recorded production throughput and company orders in log sheet
- Consistently achieved on-time delivery of parts to other work centers by precisely forecasting staffing needs and scheduling employees for overtime
- Played instrumental role in developing tooling for manufacturing perforated tubing / perforated auger tubing; contributed to creating a pull press to ensure compliance of inside diameter of perforated tubing with customer specifications
- Completed cross-training in all areas of shop manufacturing operations to ensure uninterrupted coverage of all positions during employee absences
- Promoted to role as shop's lead welder within 3 months of hire based on swift mastery of welding processes
Mechanic / Driver/ Loader (M1A1 Abrams)
U.S. Army
01.1994 - 01.1997
- Earned numerous awards and commendations for work ethic, attention to duty, and performance and training excellence
Education
Excelling as a first-time Manager or Supervisor -
Skills Path Seminars
01.2007
Principles of Lean Manufacturing -
University of Houston
01.2005
Associates - Military Science
United States Army
01.1997
Skills
- Supply Chain
- Manufacturing
- Scheduling
- Teamwork
- Quality Assurance
- Excel
- ERP
- Communication
- Lean Manufacturing
- Warehouse Operations
- Inventory and Stocking
Military Service
United States Army, E-3
Professional Development
- Excelling as a first-time Manager or Supervisor, Skills Path Seminars, 2007
- Principles of Lean Manufacturing, University of Houston, 2005
Personal Information
Authorized To Work: US for any employer
Timeline
Planning/Warehouse Manager
AKSA Power Generation USA
09.2023 - Current
Scheduler
Sabre Industries
08.2022 - Current
Production Supervisor
Steris Medical
01.2022 - 07.2022
Supervisor
Sabre Industries
06.2021 - 12.2021
Scheduler
Sabre Industries
01.2021 - 06.2021
Production Planner/Scheduler
Weatherford International
06.2019 - 04.2020
Production Scheduler
ACS Manufacturing, Inc
08.2017 - 05.2019
Production Supervisor
Dura-Line
11.2016 - 07.2017
Production Supervisor
Progress Rail
09.2015 - 11.2016
Quality Control Inspector
United Machine Works
10.2014 - 06.2015
Production Activity Control Supervisor
NOV (Previously known as R&M Energy Systems)
08.2010 - 09.2014
Power Section Discovery Technician
R&M Energy Systems
08.2008 - 08.2010
Shop Production Leadman
R&M Energy Systems
08.2006 - 08.2008
Lead Welder
R&M Energy Systems
08.2005 - 08.2006
Lead Injection Operator
R&M Energy Systems
08.2000 - 08.2005
Weld Lead
Tubular Perforating Manufacturing LTD
04.1997 - 06.2000
Mechanic / Driver/ Loader (M1A1 Abrams)
U.S. Army
01.1994 - 01.1997
Excelling as a first-time Manager or Supervisor -
Skills Path Seminars
Principles of Lean Manufacturing -
University of Houston
Associates - Military Science
United States Army
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