Robert Cotton
Madisonville,KY
Summary
Experienced Supervisor leading team members on-time job completion. Assign tasks, train employees, provide feedback, mediate interpersonal conflicts and implement company procedures. Excellent communication and listening skills. Provide leadership and vision which drives teams to meet goals.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Common Carrier Supervisor
Clark Associates
Madisonville, KY
12.2014 - 03.2021
- Created successful work schedules for each team member to maintain deadlines and fully staff shifts.
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- Developed training, task and process guidelines and communicated clear and concise directions to employees.
- Trained and certified new forklift operators, informed maintenance department of major machinery failures, safety hazards and lift that need service.
- Interviewed, hired and trained new employees for production positions.
- Introduced team contests and goals to enhance productivity and improve employee morale.
- Utilized standard operating procedures, effective crew resource management, communication and procedures specified in company operation manual.
- Maintained compliance with company policies, objectives and communication goals.
- Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas.
- Set overall vision and provided team leadership.
- Performed annual evaluations and reviews for large staff of employees.
- Mentored newly hired employees on operating equipment and safety and developed training manual to use for reference.
- Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts.
- Identified individual employee's unique work styles and adapted management methods.
Machine Operator
Huhtamaki
Hopkinsville, KY
01.2012 - 11.2014
- Complied with company and OSHA safety rules and regulations.
- Set up and ran machinery to produce exceptional products for industrial needs.
- operated machinery throughout shift while minimizing downtime in able to meet production goals set by our company.
Education
High School Diploma -
Hopkins County Central High School
Madisonville, KY05.2012
Skills
- Priority management
- Operations management
- Team Building
- Training and mentoring
- Strategic planning
- Problem-Solving
- 7 years operating lift trucks
- Certified lift trainer through Raymond Lift services
Certification
I became a certified lift trainer with my previous employer. I am certified to train operators on the following lifts
- Reach trucks
- Counterbalanced lift trucks
- Motorized pallet jacks
- Turret trucks or SRT
- Order Picker
Timeline
Common Carrier Supervisor
Clark Associates
12.2014 - 03.2021
Machine Operator
Huhtamaki
01.2012 - 11.2014
High School Diploma -
Hopkins County Central High School
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