Rawley Harris Jr.
Sarasota,Florida
Summary
Seeking a challenging position with a Manufacturing, company that offers the opportunity for me to utilize my skills and experience to assist with your goals and objectives.
Twenty-five years of Leadership experience in Manufacturing, with an excellent track record of accomplishments and proven ability to organize, motivate, and lead others. Improved Efficiency by 15% through lean initiatives. Reduced product completion time from 16 days to 14 days. Successfully reduced back log from $8,000,000 to two million in six months.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Purchasing Manager
10.2022 - Current
- Reduced over ordering of material by changing process
- Implemented Cross-training to develop team for growth and create coverage for PTO
- Improved Workload balance by redistributing workloads to reduce parts outages
- Established inventory evaluation process for on hand material.
Shipping Manager
09.2021 - 10.2022
- Reduced Eze Breeze back log in Common Carrier and out of state from $450,000 to less than $30,000
- Negotiated purchase of Used truck to reduce our leases
- Reduced our DOT incident rate by 10% Improved our shipping performance in Comon Carrier reach 97% Implemented IFTA Reporting system from NSW trucks.
Shift Administrator Material Handling
07.2020 - 09.2021
- Improved transaction process by using scanner for Fenevision
- Reduced monthly inventory to yearly inventory
- Created SOPs to improve process
- Reduce monthly cost forklifts by 20% by switching them from rental to lease.
Area Leader Material Handling Windoor
03.2019 - 07.2020
- Improved receiving process to receive items in 4 hours or less
- Created process to pull material, package, load, and ship material to vendors to be painted, schedule trucks, drivers, work with vendors to determine delivery timing
- Followed-up on short parts from vendors and on damaged parts from vendors
- Improved transaction accuracy by 15%
- From 65% to 80% Established a system to send orders to line that can be fully completed by creating and maintaining a staging location for painted parts and glass that matched.
Shift Administrator Material Handling
PGTI
05.2018 - 03.2019
- Provided Leadership for all shifts seventy-six team members
- Improved transactions performance errors from two hundred per month to less than 20 per month
- Reduced Glass breakage from 11.8 per day to 5.5 daily.
Supervisor
Kimbell Electronics
03.2018 - 05.2018
- Improved run rate from two thousand units daily to 2500 units with a stretch goal of three thousand.
Commercial product line Leader
Pierce Manufacturing
07.2006 - 01.2018
- Provided leadership for seven areas with ninety-two direct reports and five leaders
- Able to meet online objectives consistently, used eight forms of waste to make improvements in area
- Met offline goals in final assembly after taking over area, responsible for more than $6,000,000 of trucks sales per month
- Redesigned current work area to reduce one day in process, by using Lean initiatives
- Reduced the backlog of sales from 8,400,000 to under two million over a six-month period
- Implemented standard work in all areas of responsibility over the last year
- Developed skills of leadership team that work for me, through classroom environment and OJT
- Reduced manufacturing lead-time in offline process from 16 days to 14 days
- Made ergonomic improvements in several areas
- Help implement lean initiatives in Pump 1, Pump 2, Chassis Prep area, and Electrical 1
- Led Kaizen events in several areas that reduced through put time, eliminated waste, and stream-lined processes.
Lead Supervisor
Parker Hannifin Corporation
05.2000 - 07.2006
- Provide company with organization and Leadership, over three shifts and assisted with reviews and planning
- Supervised daily operations and lead teams on all three shifts to reach monthly objectives of 2.7 million per month in sales
- Help relocate product line from Kalamazoo Michigan to Sarasota Florida
- Help relocate product line from Germany to Sarasota Florida
- Proved out new test equipment and learn operations of testing equipment in Oklahoma and trained team members in Sarasota on how to use test equipment
- Scheduled product for two product lines
- Started PGP Product line in Sarasota and help with the hiring and organizing of three shifts for this operation
- Responsible for all parts pullers, assemblers, testers, machinist, and packaging people on all three shifts
- Implemented lean manufacturing concepts in PGP product line and P16 product line
- Reduced headcount from eight people to five people, in this area.
Lead Supervisor
Dana Corporation
03.1993 - 05.2000
- Provide company with Leadership, organization, ongoing planning for all three shifts, effective decision- making utilizing labor effectively
- Supervised daily operations and staff, successfully motivated staff to meet production goals of 3.2 million per month in sales
- Scheduled assignments, conducted meetings with supervisors on all shifts, provided employee development
- Scheduled and released products for seven product lines
- Work closely with purchasing to maintain inventory
- Relocated product line to Sarasota Florida.
Education
Highest Award for Achievement -
Dale Carnegie Course
Completed Leadership Simplified Course
Bachelor’s degree of Science in Business Administration -
Argosy University
05.2018
Managers Mechanics Course
01.2017
Greenville Technical College
12.1998
Dale Carnegie Course
12.1998
Certified Supervision Program
12.1998
Product Cost Analysis, Problem Solving / Decision Making, Fundamentals of Supervision -
Dana University
01.1996
Increase Work Site Efficiency -
Big Bend Community College
01.1991
Skills
- Data Analysis Understanding
- Resourcefulness
- Procurement Expertise
- Bid Coordination
Military Experience
uS Army Corp of Engineers, Desert Storm Veteran, Non-Commissioned Officers Academy, Primary Leadership Development Course, Southeast Enlisted Soldier of the year
Timeline
Purchasing Manager
10.2022 - Current
Shipping Manager
09.2021 - 10.2022
Shift Administrator Material Handling
07.2020 - 09.2021
Area Leader Material Handling Windoor
03.2019 - 07.2020
Shift Administrator Material Handling
PGTI
05.2018 - 03.2019
Supervisor
Kimbell Electronics
03.2018 - 05.2018
Commercial product line Leader
Pierce Manufacturing
07.2006 - 01.2018
Lead Supervisor
Parker Hannifin Corporation
05.2000 - 07.2006
Lead Supervisor
Dana Corporation
03.1993 - 05.2000
Highest Award for Achievement -
Dale Carnegie Course
Completed Leadership Simplified Course
Bachelor’s degree of Science in Business Administration -
Argosy University
Managers Mechanics Course
Greenville Technical College
Dale Carnegie Course
Certified Supervision Program
Product Cost Analysis, Problem Solving / Decision Making, Fundamentals of Supervision -
Dana University
Increase Work Site Efficiency -
Big Bend Community College
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