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Robbie Cox

Mt. Vernon,IN

Summary

With a proven track record at Kaiser Aluminum, I excel in material resource planning and fostering teamwork. My expertise includes enhancing production efficiency by implementing lean manufacturing principles, leading to significant operational improvements. Skilled in contract negotiation and problem-solving, I consistently achieve and surpass production goals.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Production Planning Specialist

Kaiser Aluminum
Newburgh, Indiana
01.2022 - Current
  • Provide input and feedback to management regarding schedule adherence and performance
  • Develop short-term and long-term production forecasts including backlogs, unplanned work and rework orders
  • Collaborate with multiple departments to ensure efficient scheduling of machines to meet monthly production goals and customer demands
  • Oversee end-to-end management of customer orders, including inventory retrieval from our warehouse and coordination with logistics partners to ensure prompt delivery of products for onsite processing
  • Work closely with Maintenance to schedule downtime on the production lines for routine maintenance and outages
  • Plan and coordinated shop floor work to meet production and schedule requirements using SAP

Owner

TLC Properties, LLC
Mt. Vernon, Indiana
01.2013 - Current
  • Oversee 3 rental properties which includes residential and commercial
  • Contract lease negotiations
  • Marketing for rentals
  • Budget development and forecasting
  • Dealing with any property maintenance requirements
  • Undertaking regular quarterly property maintenance inspections
  • Owned and Operated Wildcat Wash which includes 3 self-serve bays, and 1 Auto bay

Finishing Production Superintendent/Area Coordinator

Kaiser Aluminum
Newburgh, Indiana
05.2018 - 12.2021
  • Responsible for 24/7 operation of the crews and production of the slitters in finishing
  • 68 operators and 4 salary employees
  • Responsible for Pack Ship Department
  • 4 Salary and 64 union operators
  • Accountable for Environmental, Health, and Safety results, Production improvements, and Employee Development
  • Implementation and leading Lean Manufacturing principles, including Kaizen, Daily Management, TPM, 5S, Problem Solving
  • Responsible for coaching and counseling front-line supervisors and Union operators in my area
  • Setting, executing, and reporting 30-60-90 day plans in support of the departmental A3
  • Development of the department’s annual budget and controlling R&M and other costs
  • Participating in the development and implementation of maintenance policies, procedures, and best practices
  • Run weekly Maintenance meeting for assigning priorities on work orders

Assistant Operations Manager

Green Plains, Inc.
Mt. Vernon, Indiana
12.2017 - 05.2018
  • Collaborate with Plant & Operation Manager to ensure production goals are met, plan equipment downtime and plant outages, develop contingency plans when unexpected events occur, and delegate project tasks to rotating crews
  • Analyze equipment efficiency and manage settings to ensure daily goals of alcohol, dried distiller grains, and corn oil production are achieved
  • Participated in cross-functional work teams to complete root cause analysis and develop action plans to resolve plant issues
  • Supervised week long, plant-wide shut down to ensure all activities are scheduled and completed
  • Analyze laboratory and operational data daily and communicate results to operation and plant manager
  • Resolve equipment issues and mentor operators to improve their understanding of unit operations
  • Oversee Production employees which include 4 Production Team Leads and 16 operators

Production Manager

Vectren, AB Brown Power Plant
Mt. Vernon, Indiana
01.2015 - 11.2017
  • Oversee Production department which includes 28 union employees and 8 Production Supervisors
  • Oversee the Lab Department which currently includes 4 Lab Techs and the Plant Chemist
  • Responsible for all equipment and responsible for daily generation of electric and environmental compliance
  • Settle any 2nd or 3rd step grievances with union employees using proper paperwork and format and dealing with Union Business agent
  • Reprimand union employees on attendance, overtime compliance issues, sleeping on the job, and insubordination following Vectrens company procedures
  • Coordinate and supervise all environmental compliance testing and oversee and budget our contractor AQS that we spend a million dollars with yearly
  • Budget O&M cost for Production
  • Work with Wholesale Power Marketing to dispatch daily generation and coordinate any outages

Production Coordinator

Vectren, AB Brown Power Plant
Mt. Vernon, Indiana
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • I was the liaison between Production and Maintenance departments
  • I facilitated daily planning meetings for work order processing and prioritization
  • I reported out on KPIs monthly to management
  • During this time I was the Project Manager for the Scrubbers during the scheduled outages
  • While I was the Project Manager improvements were made in our maintenance in the absorber towers
  • First I bid out the installation of handrails in the scrubber towers to allow safer maintenance work in the towers and eliminated multiple fall hazards
  • I also started installing 317L alloy that does not require coating year after year in the support structure of the towers
  • I also introduced removal of the coating with 20k pressure water instead of the traditional sand blasting
  • This cut the price in half for the liner removal as well as resulted in a cleaner environment for the repair work to be performed in
  • Every outage I managed came in under budget allowing the purchase of more 317L alloy to be purchased for the following outage

Production / Lab Supervisor

Vectren, AB Brown Power Plant
Mt. Vernon, Indiana
01.2013 - 01.2014
  • Oversee 5 Union Lab Tech employees at plant during my shift and on call with Operations 24/7 for any water or chemistry problems that may arise
  • Quality control of incoming samples that are gathered in the field by Lab Techs and the analytical testing: titration, specific gravity, gas chromatography, moisture analysis
  • To analyze test results to determine whether product meeting internal/external specifications
  • Work with Environmental to insure we stay within our environmental permits and testing requirements/documentation
  • To generate, approve and implement procedures and processes, to ensure and improve lab performance and to comply with internal and external standards
  • To compile, review, assure accuracy of information and submit in proper format to appropriate recipients
  • To supervise the operations of wastewater treatment systems
  • To troubleshoot and identify production processes through lab analyses to propose corrective actions or improvements

Production Supervisor

Vectren, AB Brown Power Plant
Mt. Vernon, Indiana
08.2008 - 01.2013
  • Oversee all 7-10 Union production employees at plant during my shift as well as all maintenance and coal handlers on weekends and night shift
  • Conduct morning planning meetings with electrical and mechanical maintenance for emergency work that needs to be done for that day and schedule noncritical work through our maintenance planner
  • Conduct afternoon meetings with electrical and mechanical maintenance to see what work has gone on for the day and what is on the schedule for the next day
  • Scheduling emergency overtime for union production employees and union mechanical and electrical maintenance
  • Overseeing writing procedures and training on new dry fly ash system
  • Weekly safety meetings with union production employees
  • Preparing clearances and making sure employees isolate equipment properly for maintenance work
  • Signing off on clearances after maintenance has checked tags and issue the clearances until work is finished
  • Monitor critical equipment using PHD trends and doing physical rounds to troubleshoot for any problems
  • Filling out and calling in daily logs for production work that has gone on for the day as well as problems that have arrived for the day and how the overall plant is running for the use of all AB Brown supervisors and managers to hear and read
  • File any grievances union employees have using proper paperwork and format
  • Reprimand union employees on attendance, overtime compliance issues, sleeping on the job, and insubordination following Vectrens company procedures
  • Writing work orders for equipment that needs to worked on using our Avantis program

Production Team Member

Toyota Motor Manufacturer, Indiana (TMMI)
Princeton, Indiana
04.2003 - 08.2008
  • Weld Stamp Automotive Parts using Toyota Production System
  • Writing Standardized Work for Processes
  • Area Safety Representative
  • Specialized Training & Assignment through Toyota: Fire & Safety Team, Expectations of Leadership Course, Teamwork Training Course, Adaptability and Flexibility Training Course, Communication and Coaching Training Course
  • Toyota Volunteer Program Committee: Meet once a quarter to discuss upcoming volunteer programs and fund raising ideas
  • Captain of Toyota Team during the Alzheimer’s Association Walk for two years in 2004 and 2005
  • Task Force – 6 Month Assignment
  • Rotated through various jobs in body weld as needed
  • Quality Team: Was assigned quality problems and worked as a team to fix quality defects
  • Pilot Team – 1 year Assignment: Trained in Japan for six (6) weeks on new equipment for new Tundra pickup truck for body weld Production under rear line
  • Came back and trained 16 production team members on new equipment
  • Wrote standardized work for all eight (8) processes in under rear and back up procedures
  • Helped set up new equipment when came to Princeton Plant and made improvements to guns and jigs to make more user friendly for production team members
  • Standardize Work Team: Went through current processes on Sienna, Tundra, and Sequoia and updated procedures and trained fellow team members on current procedures and best ergonomic positions while doing them

Education

Associates of Applied Science - Business Management

Oakland City University – Evansville Campus
Evansville, Indiana
12.2014

High School Diploma -

Mt. Vernon Senior High
Mt. Vernon, Indiana
12.1996

Skills

  • Material resource planning
  • Business development
  • Contract negotiation
  • Meeting planning and leadership
  • Goal setting
  • Teamwork
  • Attention to detail
  • Maintain inventory
  • Problem-solving
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Multitasking capacity
  • Communication skills
  • Computer literacy
  • Scheduling proficiency
  • Software utilization
  • Lean manufacturing principles

References

  • Rodney Cox, Former Owner Four Seasons Motel, Highway 69, Mt. Vernon, IN, 47620, (812) 453-2957
  • Adam Cobb, Vectren – Center Point Production Manager, Newburgh, IN, (812) 781-1309
  • David Litterel, Toyota Production Group Leader, 4000 Tulip Tree Drive, Princeton, IN, 47670, (270) 748-0794
  • Tammy Thompson, Formerly Green Plains Accounting, Mt. Vernon, IN, 47620, (812) 204-8029

Timeline

Production Planning Specialist

Kaiser Aluminum
01.2022 - Current

Finishing Production Superintendent/Area Coordinator

Kaiser Aluminum
05.2018 - 12.2021

Assistant Operations Manager

Green Plains, Inc.
12.2017 - 05.2018

Production Manager

Vectren, AB Brown Power Plant
01.2015 - 11.2017

Production Coordinator

Vectren, AB Brown Power Plant
01.2014 - 01.2015

Owner

TLC Properties, LLC
01.2013 - Current

Production / Lab Supervisor

Vectren, AB Brown Power Plant
01.2013 - 01.2014

Production Supervisor

Vectren, AB Brown Power Plant
08.2008 - 01.2013

Production Team Member

Toyota Motor Manufacturer, Indiana (TMMI)
04.2003 - 08.2008

Associates of Applied Science - Business Management

Oakland City University – Evansville Campus

High School Diploma -

Mt. Vernon Senior High

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