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Jessica Martin

Liberty,KY

Summary

Ambitious Production Support Manager with years of experience in the production field. Efficient, proactive and a top-notch leader. Proficient in process development, strategic planning and process improvement strategies. I possess the skills to motivate teams to strive to be successful and excell each day, which has proven to improve SQDC scores.

People are the most important thing in manufacturing. If you motivate your teams and work for them they will in return work hard for you. If it is important to you it will be important to them. I live by the saying "Always follow through and always follow up".

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

PRODUCTION SUPPORT MANAGER

American Woodmark
04.2021 - Current
  • Manage and monitor workload of 3 direct reports and roughly 100 indirect production employees
  • Strive to reduce expenses and increase productivity across all product lines
  • Implementation of Lean systems
  • Recommend and implement measures to motivate employees and to improve safety, production methods, equipment performance, product quality, and efficiency
  • Conduct personnel actions such as hiring, promotion, and termination
  • Ensure uptime of equipment through management of production mechanics
  • Ensure all production documents are clear, accurate, and complete
  • Conduct and review performance reviews of direct reports
  • Confer with other supervisors / managers to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments
  • Provide guidance to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance
  • Create, monitor, and manage metrics approved by upper management
  • Produce products to schedule and establish highest safety and quality
  • Develop actionable plans to increase capacity and decrease scrap according to business plans

EDI Systems Coordinator

UGN
01.2019 - 01.2021
    • Monitor and update BOMS
    • Process EDI errors in Oracle
    • Schedule daily production
    • Order raw materials
    • Set up transportation requirements
    • Issue deviations
    • SMR's
    • Work closely with suppliers and customers to keep a great working relationship and meet production requirements
    • Research and implement cost savings
    • Run and compile weekly forecasts
    • Cycle counts to maintain safety stock and inventory levels
    • Update Kan Ban systems daily
    • Maintain min / max levels for raw materials
    • Participate in physical inventory activities
    • Problem solving and root cause analysis on inventory discrepancies
    • Designed, planned and implemented new systems and enhancements to existing systems to improve productivity.
    • Built automation to report status of products and devices.

Production Coordinator

UGN
01.2017 - 01.2019
    • Schedule manning to accommodate other shifts
    • Supervise team members and team leaders on appointed cells
    • Enter production and scrap daily
    • Maintain employee time and vacation in Kronos
    • Ensure team members are following standard and maintaining
    • Ensure team members are producing quality parts with minimal scrap and daily production needs are met safely
    • Coordinated with production team to support productivity targets and deadline management.
    • Monitored and tracked progress of all production tasks for on-time delivery.
    • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align production plans with customer requirements.
    • Problem Solving
    • Ensure 5S is sustained
    • Safety Audits
    • Administer forklift training and testing
    • Research and implement cost save ideas

Quality Supervisor

Bruss North America
01.2016 - 01.2017
    • Assist Quality Engineers with PPAPs, 8D's, PFMEA, & Control Plans
    • Document Control
    • Set up internal and external sorts
    • Validated new methods and equipment to properly integrate improved strategies into quality control processes.
    • Collaborated cross-functionally with supervisors from departments such as Production to coordinate effective solutions to systemic problems, resulting in direct reductions in error and rework rates.
    • Maintained QA programs.
    • Directed and supervised 20 employees involved in product inspection and quality control procedures.
    • Developed monthly reports showing inspections and improvements.
    • Supervised and directed quality control personnel through effective mentoring, coaching and work delegation.
    • Supported audits and led teams to fully investigate quality control processes and root out deficiencies.

Quality Tech / Team Leader

Dana
01.2002 - 01.2015
  • Perform layered audits and enter into system
  • Make quality decisions on production defects based on customer standards
  • Measure PPAP and production parts and create dimensional reports with data
  • Update production and quality documents
  • Assisted with documenting key processes and procedures
  • Completed thorough physical inspections to check parts against design drawings and related specifications.
  • Read and interpret Blue prints
  • Write programs for the CMM and Fabrivision
  • Conduct Gage R&R per customer requirements
  • Write SPC programs and maintain programs
  • Assist production employees with changeovers
  • Provide production with the materials required daily
  • Perform Man Man transactions to move product, enter production numbers, look up material, and create barcodes
  • Controlled, calibrated and maintained test equipment for quality control.

Education

Some College (No Degree) - Business Management

Somerset Community College
Somerset, KY

Skills

  • Quality Improvement
  • TPS - Toyota Production System
  • IATF 16949 / ISO 9001 Auditor
  • Inventory control
  • Cost Reduction and Avoidance
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Excellent customer / supplier relations
  • Time management / Lean manufacturing
  • Problem solving skills
  • Strategic Planning and Implementation
  • Employee Engagement
  • Leadership

Accomplishments

  • Lean Certification; American Woodmark INC.
  • Supervisor Development Course; American Woodmark INC.
  • OSHA 10 Hour Certification; UGN INC.
  • UGN Leadership University; UGN INC.
  • TPS for Executives; UGN INC.
  • CMM Certification; Dana Corporation LLC.
  • ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 Certified Auditor


Timeline

PRODUCTION SUPPORT MANAGER

American Woodmark
04.2021 - Current

EDI Systems Coordinator

UGN
01.2019 - 01.2021

Production Coordinator

UGN
01.2017 - 01.2019

Quality Supervisor

Bruss North America
01.2016 - 01.2017

Quality Tech / Team Leader

Dana
01.2002 - 01.2015

Some College (No Degree) - Business Management

Somerset Community College
Jessica Martin