La'Kina Hill Wilkins
Tuscaloosa
Summary
Detail-oriented, organized customer-focused, strategic and data-driven individual with 10+ years of supervising and manufacturing experience in optimizing supply chain operations, reducing costs, and improving efficiency. Skilled in supply chain
analytics, inventory management, and quality. Proficient in software tools and able to communicate effectively with suppliers and internal stakeholders. Seeking a lead position in a reputable organization where I can utilize my skills to drive operational excellence.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Restaurant Owner
Kali Rai's Catering
01.2019 - Current
- Managed cash flow by setting budgets for expenses such as labor cost, food cost, ensuring timely payment of bills and taxes as well as monitoring accounts receivable and payable records .
- Optimized profits by controlling food, beverage and labor costs.
- Oversaw daily operations of the restaurant including staff scheduling, budgeting and inventory management.
- Maintained relationships with suppliers and distributors in order to secure best deals on orders placed .
- Trained workers in food preparation, money handling, and cleaning roles to facilitate restaurant operations.
- Coordinated catering services when requested by customers .
- Performed regular inspections of kitchen facilities to ensure cleanliness, safety requirements are met as well as adherence to health codes, regulations set by state, local government agencies .
- Developed successful marketing plans to increase sales and profits while managing costs.
Production Associate- AF2
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama
01.2023 - 06.2024
- Adhere to all policies and procedures including safety, attendance, behavior, and performance.
- Working in an environment that requires personal protective equipment to be worn and follow all safety standards
- Responsible for understanding and following operation standards
- Responsible for understanding and following all standard work procedures
- Responsible for identifying and reporting abnormal conditions of product and equipment
- Participate in product improvement activity such as defect analysis and quality improving
- Work as a team and be assigned to different work task to complete production or other assignments required. Bend, twist, lift, stand, walk, reach, see, move, and hear as required by specific department.
Production Supervisor/Quality Engineer
Inoac Systems/Engineered Plastic
03.2014 - 08.2021
- Manages, motivates, and leads Production Associates.
- Reviews production reports and resolves operational problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.
- Implements general safety policies and procedures in compliance with local, state, and federal OSHA rules and regulations.
- Resolves worker grievances or submits unsettled grievances to the appropriate manager for action.
- Analyze production schedules and estimates labor requirements for completion of job Ensures that operators are being trained in accordance with work instructions.
- Assures that all first piece requirements are completed on the appropriate shift.
- Empowered with the ability to stop the flow of production to correct quality issues.
- · Assures that all production and quality reports are completed on the appropriate shift.
- Input daily production and report scrap into electronic reporting system.
- Responsible for 5S on the production floor.
- Conducts shift to shift meetings to review daily activity with direct and indirect personnel.
- Start-up and Shut-down of equipment.
- Complete Layered Audits and put corrective actions in place as needed.
- Other tasks as assigned by supervisor or any other member of management.
- Complete and document Airbag Deployments
- Test and inspect parts, products and processes to ensure conformance with standards.
- Compile and evaluate statistical data to determine and maintain quality and reliability of products.
- Inspect materials or products using fixed or variable measuring instruments.
- Compare products with specification to detect irregularities and defects.
- Keep documentation up to date and accurate.
- Assist in developing and monitoring incoming process, and final inspection systems.
- Assist in start-up and shutdown activities for production part qualification, augmenting operator inspections and SPC checks.
- Support PPAP submissions, including layouts, control plans, gage R&R’s and SPC documentation.
- Instruct and monitor employees in inspection criteria, SPC, and quality procedures in a “hand on” fashion, and review SPC charts or problems solving and corrective action.
- Prepare PPAP submissions for Customers. Interact with Suppliers to complete first submissions. Coordinate with Materials and Production departments to insure effective, on time implementation.
- Understand full build process to provide World Class Interiors products to Customers.
- Follow through with Supplier processing of changes to implement changes according to plan.
- Coordinate the engineering build of development samples to verify proposed changes.
- Provide leadership in troubleshooting to analyze a timely resolution to material and/or any internal problem which may cause and interruption of world class product delivery to our Customers.
- Working knowledge of PFEMA’s, control plans and operator instructions.
- Proper judgement in communication with Customers when required.
- Communicate quality concerns to appropriate Engineering personnel, and participate in corrective action.
- Collect scrap product from the floor, analyze it to determine if it is the fault of the supplier or facility, and input into scrap daily report.
- Communicate Quality (Supplier/Customer) issues to the floor to ensure they know and understand what product/process has failed.
- Perform product audits. Review returns from Customer to help in the corrective action process.
- Participated in operational excellence initiatives and projects to drive a culture of continuous improvement to achieve site operational excellence goals (including but not limited to 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen and Developing Defect Free Processes (DDFP).
- Adhere to safety and company policies and procedures.
Launch Trainer/Team Leader
JCIM-Intertec
02.2013 - 03.2014
- Responsible for learning the processes of the new W205 Process for Mercedes.
- Responsible for working with the cross functional launch team.
- Responsible for the inventory of the W205 Launch Process.
- Responsible for the training of new hires for the W205 Program.
- Responsible for creating the ODS (Operator Description Sheet) for each the W205 machines.
- Responsible for operating varies manufacturing equipment.
- Provided technical support to AQE’s and SQE’s solve quality problems in the production development and manufacturing launch.
- Utilized statistical methods, such as, process capability data analysis (PCDA), statistical process control (SPC) to ensure processes capability and repeatability to determine statistically valid control plans.
- Perform duties related to the start-up, set-up and operation of equipment and process related to the manufacturing and shipping of completed IP’s.
- Operate machinery and equipment in a safe and productive manner while assuring all production ODS’s standards, product specification, product tolerances, environmental and quality standards are met.
- Inspect all unassembled IP parts and completed IP’s using Blind Audit checklist.
- Communicates with supervisor, process technician and quality technician regarding any equipment problems or defective IP parts that may need preventative maintenance or repair work performed to ensure maximum operating efficiency.
- Maintain equipment and surrounding work environment in a safe, clean, neat and orderly manner.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Business Administration and Management
Shelton State Community College
Tuscaloosa, AL05-2012
Skills
- Exceptionally detailed, organized, and focused on quality and safety
- Motivated with a strong sense of dedication and support to the mission of quality as well as safety
- Knowledge and ability to comprehend leadership concepts and resources
- Skills in presenting and modeling leadership concepts to all levels of management
- Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing
- Knowledge and ability to communicate efficiently and effectively presenting information to groups in a classroom or in a workstation environment
- Ability to work in a constant state of awareness
- Ability to recognize relationships between facts, information, or situations as needed to integrate information from various sources
- Ability to interact professionally with company representative, trainees, coworkers, and the Customer representative public
- Ability to analyze problems to include asking the appropriate questions and gathering additional information in order to identify causes of and solutions to problems
- Knowledge and ability to observe machine operations, material supplies, and position of work pieces for defect, malfunctions, or misaligned parts
- Knowledge and ability multi-task day to day tasks such as maintaining information files, and processing paperwork in a timely and organized manner
- Knowledge of terminology pertaining to quality assurance as needed to respond to questions and provide oversight
- Have the ability to use solid communication skills and decision-making capabilities based on analytical skills and critical thought process
- Knowledge and ability to use Microsoft Word, QuickBooks, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Practice Works, and Calculations to perform essential job functions
Certification
- Certificate Annual Health and Safety Summer 2024
- Certificate Culturally Response Care
- Certificate Getting Started: Summer 2024
- Certificate Center Play and Behavior Management
- Director's Series: Working While Mindful
- Administration and Management (AM)
- Certificate Fostering Healthy Social and Emotional Development Early
- Certificate Alabama Historical Heroes
- Certificate School Readiness: Creating Life-Long Learners
- I Can Handle It! Promoting Emotional Intelligence in the Out-of-School Setting
- Certificate Music to Our Ears: The Benefits of Music and Movement
- Certificate Engaging Parents and Families for Children's Positive Development CCDF-16
- Certificate Best Practices for Language Acquisition: Read, Write, Talk, Sing and Play
- Certificate Attachment Styles: How to Bond with Babies
- Certificate Caring for our Children: Managing Infectious Diseases and Safely Administering Medications-CCCDF 1&3
- Certificate Early Math Success: Math Skills for Infants and Toddlers
- Certificate in Medical Records
Timeline
Production Associate- AF2
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama
01.2023 - 06.2024
Restaurant Owner
Kali Rai's Catering
01.2019 - Current
Production Supervisor/Quality Engineer
Inoac Systems/Engineered Plastic
03.2014 - 08.2021
Launch Trainer/Team Leader
JCIM-Intertec
02.2013 - 03.2014
Associate of Applied Science - Business Administration and Management
Shelton State Community College
- Certificate Annual Health and Safety Summer 2024
- Certificate Culturally Response Care
- Certificate Getting Started: Summer 2024
- Certificate Center Play and Behavior Management
- Director's Series: Working While Mindful
- Administration and Management (AM)
- Certificate Fostering Healthy Social and Emotional Development Early
- Certificate Alabama Historical Heroes
- Certificate School Readiness: Creating Life-Long Learners
- I Can Handle It! Promoting Emotional Intelligence in the Out-of-School Setting
- Certificate Music to Our Ears: The Benefits of Music and Movement
- Certificate Engaging Parents and Families for Children's Positive Development CCDF-16
- Certificate Best Practices for Language Acquisition: Read, Write, Talk, Sing and Play
- Certificate Attachment Styles: How to Bond with Babies
- Certificate Caring for our Children: Managing Infectious Diseases and Safely Administering Medications-CCCDF 1&3
- Certificate Early Math Success: Math Skills for Infants and Toddlers
- Certificate in Medical Records
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