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James (Jimmy) Lewis

Director of Operations
Saint Johns,FL

Summary

Detail oriented, data driven, results oriented leader who is experienced with mergers and acquisitions. Known for rejecting status quo, changing culture, and working in cross functional teams. Committed to adding value to employees and organizational development to create a positive work environment. Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Operations

Solar Stik
Saint Augustine, FL
10.2021 - Current
  • Responsible for the material flow and production of ruggedized hybrid power solutions
  • Manage a staff of 12
  • Developing KPI's for On Time To Request and helping to attain ISO 9001 certification
  • Maintained and improved the value stream process
  • MRP was in place and underutilized
  • I familiarized myself with it and began running formal MRP on open orders to accelerate the ordering process and shortening lead times
  • Trained on inventory process and counting methods
  • Deployed a cycle count process
  • Revised shipping process and requirements to better capture the parts being shipped
  • Developed a PM process to maintain equipment

Production Manager

Ring Power Corporation
Jacksonville, FL
10.2019 - 10.2021
  • Responsible for a shop upfitting vehicles for use in the Utility industry
  • This is one of the only production environments held by Ring Power
  • Full P&L responsibility
  • Shop of 23 technicians assembling 12 trucks a month
  • Reversed a track record of budget misses
  • 11 budget misses in 2019, 6 in a row budget attainments in 2020
  • Currently on track to make 2021 NOP budget
  • Developed and deployed a safety program to include audits, inspections, and employee engagement
  • Safety Training schedule moved from 2 months behind to keeping it current within a week
  • Developed a production schedule based on budget attainment
  • Partnered with materials, based on a schedule, to bring in needed goods to complete builds rather than waiting for the needs
  • Deployed 3 safety projects based on employee feedback to create a safer work environment
  • Deployed a PM plan in Fabrication Shop to maintain equipment
  • Successfully transitioned time keeping systems without any interruptions in pay.

Plant Manager

LC Industries
Daytona Beach, FL
12.2015 - 10.2019
  • Full P&L responsibility with annual revenue around $1.4M
  • Organization is a not-for-profit with the mission to employee people with visual impairments
  • With the programs implemented below, we have successfully become a top supplier within our business competing against larger facilities
  • Developed a skill matrix as well as a rotation plan for the team
  • This allowed us to increase our ability to make deadlines by 12% and a 16% increase in output
  • Deployed a PM process and plan for the facility
  • Available time increased to nearly 97%
  • Created a Kanban material replenishment process to stop stock outs of raw goods
  • Bid on and win several sewn goods, and engineered them to be sewn with blind or visually impaired labor.

Operations Manager

Allegion PLC
08.2013 - 10.2015
  • Lead the work force of a very vertical manufacturing facility; processes included machining, assembly, powder coat, and packaging
  • The plant makes door closers for commercial and industrial doors
  • Facility was responsible for revenue of $200M
  • The workforce has 250 hourly employees reporting to 7 supervisors on 2 shifts
  • Developed and implemented a Supervisor Apprentice Program
  • Created manning boards and staffing plans to control and monitor labor utilization
  • This system allowed the team to change their staffing scenarios to match fluctuations in demand
  • Helped to teach and deploy Lean Manufacturing to the facility, particularly helped to develop tools for the team to better understand Takt time
  • This helped to increase Takt attainment from 60% to 68%
  • Participated in a yearly Value Stream Analysis to better meet the performance metrics set out by our company.

Operations Manager

Honeywell First Responder Products
09.2012 - 08.2013
  • Responsible for yearly revenue of $100M across 6 product lines in a cut and sew high mix low volume manufacturing facility that produces PPE for First Responders, including but not limited to, fire fighters
  • Currently the team consists of 350 associates reporting to 7 supervisors
  • Facility's operating plan included a 3% growth
  • Year to date the facility is ahead of the plan's target by nearly $1M and ahead in the Operating Income by approximately $250K
  • Started scheduling within our facility that reduced stock outs in raw materials by 90%
  • Began using visual metric boards that allow leadership, myself included, to know the status of any production line with a Gemba through the facility
  • Reduced labor hours per unit on primary production line from 8.1 to 7.07 in the past 6 months
  • Developed a culture around safety that observes, coaches, and corrects 12,000 unsafe conditions and behaviors in a year
  • Full P&L responsibility and have increased the OI ratio from 9% to 13% based on the labor savings above.

Education

Bachelor's - Business Management

Indiana Wesleyan University
May 2011

Associates - Business Administration

Sinclair Community College
June 2009

Skills

  • TPM
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Leadership Development
  • Microsoft Office
  • Plant Management
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Kanban
  • Lean
  • Six Sigma
  • Production Management
  • Manufacturing
  • Acquisitions
  • 5S
  • Process Improvement
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • MRP
  • Certifications and Licenses
  • Six Sigma Green Belt
  • Present
  • Assessments
  • Analyzing data — Proficient
  • July 2023
  • Interpreting and producing graphs, identifying trends, and drawing justifiable conclusions from data
  • Full results: Proficient
  • Management & leadership skills: Planning & execution — Proficient
  • April 2023
  • Planning and managing resources to accomplish organizational goals
  • Indeed Assessments provides skills tests that are not indicative of a license or certification, or continued
  • Development in any professional field
  • Strategic planning and execution
  • Operational Efficiency
  • Effective leader
  • TPM
  • Reliability
  • P&L Administration
  • Adaptability
  • Procurement
  • Budget Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Profit and loss accountability
  • Manage operations

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteHybrid

Important To Me

Work-life balanceCareer advancementCompany Culture401k match

Timeline

Director of Operations

Solar Stik
10.2021 - Current

Production Manager

Ring Power Corporation
10.2019 - 10.2021

Plant Manager

LC Industries
12.2015 - 10.2019

Operations Manager

Allegion PLC
08.2013 - 10.2015

Operations Manager

Honeywell First Responder Products
09.2012 - 08.2013

Bachelor's - Business Management

Indiana Wesleyan University

Associates - Business Administration

Sinclair Community College

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