KELLY BURTON
Charles City
Summary
Unit Supervisor with expertise in operational management and team leadership. Streamlined processes to enhance efficiency and reduce costs while maintaining high service standards. Recognized for fostering positive work environments and resolving conflicts effectively. Proven track record in meeting demanding manufacturing targets and ensuring compliance with quality standards.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Unit Supervisor III
John Deere
Waterloo
08.2023 - Current
- Responsible for coordinating, scheduling, and providing leadership to salaried and hourly employees on non-routine and self directed tasks required to meet safety, quality, delivery, and efficiency objectives.
- Monitor control plans, troubleshoot workmanship problems and generally supervise production activities to ensure manufactured products meet or exceed quality standards.
- Responsible for all Safety, Quality, Delivery, Efficiency and CI Processes of a departments.
- Administer employee policies, practices, procedures and work rules Unit Supervisor III.
- Prepare the current Cab operation to transfer to another facility and integrate a new line and process in the next 12 months.
- Oversee transition from a 2 shift operation to 24 hour – 3 shift operation.
- April 24 downsized and reduced to a 1 shift operation while increasing output.
- Maintain a budget and monitor P and L for the CAB business unit.
Unit Supervisor (contingent)
John Deere (Galaxy Solutions)
Waterloo
10.2022 - 08.2023
- Supervised daily operations to ensure workflow efficiency and team productivity.
- Trained staff on safety protocols and best practices in equipment handling.
- Managed inventory levels and coordinated supply orders for timely availability.
- Implemented process improvements to enhance operational effectiveness on the floor.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams for project planning and execution support.
- Conducted performance evaluations and provided constructive feedback to team members.
- Organized training sessions to develop skills and knowledge of team personnel.
- Monitored compliance with company policies and industry regulations in operations.
- Communicated with management to facilitate efficient unit operation.
Plant Superintendent
Smithfield Foods
Mason City
02.2022 - 09.2022
- This position is accountable for providing effective direction and coordination for the assigned plant through a group of first-line Production Supervisors.
- The plants have operations ranging from non-skilled, semi-skilled and skilled production employees.
- Plants produce products to meet scheduled commitments and may operate up to three shifts per day seven days a week.
- Guides and advises production supervisors in interpretation of plant and company policies and procedures.
- Takes appropriate action to maximize production yields, plans for future capacity and maintains flexibility in the production operations needed due to the variances.
- 0 recordable injuries and lost time incidents.
Production Supervisor
Hormel Foods
Knoxville
07.2019 - 11.2021
- Ensures the successful manufacturing of food products by supervising a staff of approximately 45 employees.
- Leads team members by managing, and executing plant processes.
- Manages team members in attaining production and quality goals.
- Ensures appropriate resources (including materials, equipment, and staffing needs) are available to maintain production schedules.
- Supports continuous improvement processes to ensure that goals in safety, quality, cost, and customer service are met.
- Creates and maintains an engaged and team oriented work force to improve business results.
- The position is very hands-on - supervisors are usually in the production area 'on-their-feet' about 80% of the shift.
Inventory Coordinator Group Leader
Vermeer Corporation
Pella
02.2018 - 05.2019
- The Inventory Coordinator Group Leader assists the area manager with parts flow through production, departmental constraint resolution and job coaching, training for new employees and development of current employees.
- Organize workflow between departments according to production schedules.
- May order manufactured and purchased items to facilitate production.
- Communicate with area manager, line workers, and other personnel to identify and eliminate bottlenecks in the system.
- Verify that product is prepared for shipment to the next level.
- Develop and implement LEAN manufacturing ideas to support the product teams.
- Assist in completing designated 30-day follow-up list items from Kaizen events.
- Update Q-Boards and assist with start-up meetings.
- Facilitate the delivery of tools from the tool crib for production personnel and verifies accountability in the event of termination of employment.
- May perform a line function in the area assigned to.
- Train employees on safe work practices and enforces safety rules and procedures.
- Directly leads employees in production, maintenance, & engineering.
- Carries responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
- Responsibilities include training employees, planning, assigning, directing work and resolving issues.
- Be assigned the area manager's duties in their absence.
Inventory Coordinator
Vermeer Corporation
Pella
05.2017 - 02.2018
- The Inventory Coordinator coordinates the flow, inventory levels, replenishment, and allocation to production of manufactured and purchased materials required for production activities.
- Organizes and manages manufacturing and/or purchased parts inventory according to Standard Work, or in a logical and orderly manner.
- Responsible for inventory replenishment activities and the coordination of inventory level adjustments based on production schedules.
- Works with purchasing and area managers to maintain appropriate inventory levels.
- Tracks and expedites lost or missing parts for internal & external customers.
- Organizes and delivers parts kits from machine shops, supermarkets, or central receiving to internal and external customers according to standard work or referenced from the bill of materials.
- Keys any transactions into the computer as material is issued using Glovia, or follows standard work for order processes where appropriate.
- Ensures accuracy of all transactions including back orders through examining P.O.’s and investigating all aspects of the order to discover any and all discrepancies, missing or excess items, or any other issues that arise through the examination of the transaction.
- Coordinates production activity with regards to parts going to other plants including Parts Center.
- Creates, organizes, interprets and distributes computer generated material to the appropriate production personnel where necessary.
- Coordinates with outside vendors for completion of outsourcing processes such as heat treat and zinc plating.
- Read, interpret, analyze, measure and track a variety of reports in daily activities to accomplish objectives and further develop the process.
- Supports 5S/workplace organization goals of the department and offers suggestions and makes improvements that achieve the department’s performance board metrics.
- Write routine reports and intra-department communications.
- Calculate figures and apply concepts of fractions, percentages and ratios.
- Effectively present information verbally and written and respond to questions from groups of managers and suppliers.
- Perform problem solving techniques and root cause analysis.
- Perform multiple tasks simultaneously; ability to assess, evaluate, and carry out appropriate action for a given situation.
Production Coordinator
Pella Corporation
Carroll
09.2015 - 04.2017
- Oversee multiple areas and employees.
- Worked to improve consistent performance to goals and tracked progress with MDI.
- Assisted with implementing new quality specs, reduction of inventory and the new work instructions / staffing levels.
- In all areas performed daily staffing working with other departments to allow assembly areas to function, monitored production, coached a safe environment, and built relationships.
- Schedules and coordinates flow of work within or between departments of manufacturing plant to expedite production.
- Reviews master production schedule and work orders, establishes priorities for specific customer orders, and revises schedule according to work order specifications, established priorities, and availability or capability of workers, parts, material, machines, and equipment.
- Reschedules identical processes to eliminate duplicate machine setups.
- Distributes work orders to departments, denoting number, type, and proposed completion date of units to be produced.
- Confers with department managers to determine progress of work and to provide information on changes in processing methods received from methods or engineering departments.
- Compiles reports concerning progress of work and downtime due to failures of machines and equipment to apprise production planning personnel of production delays.
- Maintains inventory of materials and parts needed to complete production.
- If needed ensure materials are expedited. This includes making certain enough parts are on hand for needed and upcoming repairs.
- Use computer system to track and locate production units.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Buena Vista University
Ottumwa, IA05-2006
Associate of Arts - Psychology/ Criminal Justice
Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa, IA05-2006
Skills
- Process improvement and optimization
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Team leadership and management
- Effective communication skills
- Conflict resolution strategies
- Training facilitation and development
- Employee engagement initiatives
- Policy implementation and interpretation
- Expense and resource management
- Operations and logistics management
- Policy development and compliance
- Employee management and retention
- Operational downsizing techniques
- Line speed optimization methods
- Continuous improvement processes
- Process documentation standards
- Driving accountability
Timeline
Unit Supervisor III
John Deere
08.2023 - Current
Unit Supervisor (contingent)
John Deere (Galaxy Solutions)
10.2022 - 08.2023
Plant Superintendent
Smithfield Foods
02.2022 - 09.2022
Production Supervisor
Hormel Foods
07.2019 - 11.2021
Inventory Coordinator Group Leader
Vermeer Corporation
02.2018 - 05.2019
Inventory Coordinator
Vermeer Corporation
05.2017 - 02.2018
Production Coordinator
Pella Corporation
09.2015 - 04.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Buena Vista University
Associate of Arts - Psychology/ Criminal Justice
Indian Hills Community College