Kenny Warden
Seminole,OK
Summary
Organized multitasker offering twenty six years of experience in manufacturing. Passionate about scheduling and efficiency improvements.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Manufacturing Manager
Vault Pressure Control
Shawnee, OK
12.2022 - Current
- Created strategic production plans to optimize efficiency and meet deadlines.
- Lead weekly safety meetings.
- Work with other department leaders to ensure company goals and objectives are being met.
- Managed production staff, fostering a positive work environment and encouraging professional growth.
- Recruitment and onboarding of new hires.
Master Scheduler
Vault Pressure Control
Shawnee, OK
08.2021 - 12.2022
- Lead daily Production Meetings and coordinate various functions/actions to ensure on-time delivery, both internal and external.
- Produce and manage the weekly Dispatch List, working with Planners to establish priorities and hand-off to Production Team.
- Identify, negotiate, and resolve conflicts with respect to material/capacity availability and order-promising integrity
- Quote delivery dates for sales requests within the defined lead-time
- Own the manufacturing load/capacity planning; assist with managing utilization of resources and overtime, and prioritize constraints as needed
- Communicate when demand cannot be met and recommend alternatives on how the requested demand could be satisfied
- Maintain and report as needed on metrics including on-time delivery, backlog, shipments, and manufacturing hours.
- Supported plant lean, safety, quality and continuous improvement efforts.
US Operations Project Controller
Baker Hughes
Shawnee, OK
03.2018 - 08.2021
- Identify resource constraints and schedule machine shop and assembly
- Release work orders for 18 work centers within the machine shop
- Prioritize work within the assembly area in alignment with critical customer demand
- Primary point of contact for urgent customer requirements
- Lead weekly session to discuss customer impacting issues and urgent delivery issues
- Significant participant and contributor to annual physical inventory
- Member of site Emergency Response Team
- Proficient in resource planning, material allocation, Oracle ERP systems
- Consistent change driver and collaborator.
Production Planner Scheduler
GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control
Shawnee, OK
01.2011 - 03.2018
- Identify resource constraints and schedule machine shop and assembly
- Release work orders for 18 work centers within the machine shop
- Prioritize work within the assembly area in alignment with critical customer demand
- Primary point of contact for urgent customer requirements
- Lead weekly session to discuss customer impacting issues and urgent delivery issues
- Significant participant and contributor to annual physical inventory
- Member of site Emergency Response Team
- Proficient in resource planning, material allocation, Oracle ERP systems
- Consistent change driver and collaborator.
Branch Manager
Wood Group Pressure Control
Oklahoma City, OK
10.2009 - 01.2011
- Led a dynamic team in achieving departmental goals and fostering a collaborative work environment
- Streamlined operational processes to improve overall efficiency and maximize productivity
- Provided exceptional customer service to ensure client satisfaction and build long-lasting relationships.
Inside Sales
Wood Group Pressure Control
Oklahoma City, OK
08.2005 - 10.2009
- Provided leadership, mentoring and staff appraisals of a 26 with three
- Managed daily operations of and facility
- Created monthly estimates, set, inventory and production goals
- Allocated constrained material
- Prioritized resources to critical customer requirements.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration General Business
East Central University
Certification - Conventional and Computerized Machining Technology
Gordon Cooper Technology Center
01.1996
Skills
- Collaboration
- Customer Service Sales
- Employee Training
- ERP Systems
- Forecasting
- Inside Sales
- Inventory Control
- Team Supervision
- Manufacturing Resource Planning MRP
- Lean Manufacturing
- Machine Shop
- Netsuite
- OnBoarding Management
- Oracle Applications
- Procurement
- Project Management
- Scheduling
- Supply Chain Experience
- Welding
- WIP
Timeline
Manufacturing Manager
Vault Pressure Control
12.2022 - Current
Master Scheduler
Vault Pressure Control
08.2021 - 12.2022
US Operations Project Controller
Baker Hughes
03.2018 - 08.2021
Production Planner Scheduler
GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control
01.2011 - 03.2018
Branch Manager
Wood Group Pressure Control
10.2009 - 01.2011
Inside Sales
Wood Group Pressure Control
08.2005 - 10.2009
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration General Business
East Central University
Certification - Conventional and Computerized Machining Technology
Gordon Cooper Technology Center