Robert Miller
Munster
Summary
Results-driven Shift Foreman known for maintaining high productivity and efficiently completing tasks. Skilled in workforce management, safety compliance, and operational troubleshooting. Key soft skills include leadership, communication, and problem-solving abilities. Excel at motivating teams and ensuring projects are completed within deadlines and to high-quality standards.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Shift Foreman
Gerresheimer Glass
Chicago
03.2025 - Current
- Ensure that the quality of glass ware produced meets or exceeds customer requirements.
- Ensure the quality of the following packaging items in accordance with customer requirements.
- Coordinate the training of employees (SOP's, TOP's, SPC, safety practices, work skills and teamwork/communication skills.
- Provide appropriate follow-up (direction, revision, review, approval and control) for all policies and procedures, including SOP's, TOP's and forms.)
- Maintain good manufacturing practices.
- Ensure the maintenance of shift forming records including job histories, downtime records, process information and other records.
- Generate, direct and coordinate all safety policies and procedures. Provide leadership to instill a safe environment and a culture for safe work practices.
- Ensure that proper housekeeping is maintained and that the plant is clean, floor spaces are clean and items are kept in order.
- Ensure that all interdepartmental requirements area communicated and met.
- Supervision and development of employees involved in the glass manufacturing process, ensuring job competency, employee development, training plans and performance appraisals.
- Drive the proper usage of statistical process control, process data collection and analysis.
Hot End Shift Foreman
Anchor Glass Container Corporation
Jacksonville
05.2023 - 02.2025
- Ensure that the quality of glass ware produced meets or exceeds customer requirements.
- Ensure the quality of the following packaging items in accordance with customer requirements.
- Coordinate the training of employees (SOP's, TOP's, SPC, safety practices, work skills and teamwork/communication skills.
- Provide appropriate follow-up (direction, revision, review, approval and control) for all policies and procedures, including SOP's, TOP's and forms.)
- Maintain good manufacturing practices.
- Ensure the maintenance of shift forming records including job histories, downtime records, process information and other records.
- Generate, direct and coordinate all safety policies and procedures. Provide leadership to instill a safe environment and a culture for safe work practices.
- Ensure that proper housekeeping is maintained and that the plant is clean, floor spaces are clean and items are kept in order.
- Ensure that all interdepartmental requirements area communicated and met.
- Supervision and development of employees involved in the glass manufacturing process, ensuring job competency, employee development, training plans and performance appraisals.
- Drive the proper usage of statistical process control, process data collection and analysis.
Selecting Shift Foreman
Anchor Glass
Jacksonville
02.2022 - 02.2025
- Supervise the activities of selecting personnel engaged in all facets of the manufacturing function.
- Authority for personnel actions and oversees most day-to-day operations of the group.
- Responsible for overall leadership of shift activities through final inspection in the manufacturing of glass containers.
- Ensure that the quality of glass ware meets or exceeds the customer requirements.
- Coordinate the training of employees (SOP's, TOP's, SPC, safety practices, work skills and teamwork/communication skills)
- Provide appropriate follow-up (direction, revision, review, approval, and control) for all policies and procedures including SOP's, TOP's and forms.
- Maintain good manufacturing practices.
- Ensure maintenance of shift selecting records including job history's, downtime records, process information and other records.
- Generate, direct and coordinate all safety policies and procedures.
- Provide leadership to instill a safe environment and culture for safe work practices.
- Ensure that the proper housekeeping is maintained and the plant is clean, floor spaces are clear and items are kept in order.
- Ensure that all interdependent requirements are communicated and met.
- Supervision and development of employees involved in the glass manufacturing process, ensuring job competency, employee development, training plans and performance appraisals.
- Drive proper usage of statistical process control, process data collection and analysis.
Paint Department Manager
Masonite
Jacksonville
01.2020 - 02.2022
- Meet the safety and quality goals and objectives for the paint department. Comply with government and company regulations.
- Direct the development and implementation of activities in the paint department.
- Prioritize production based on introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply.
- Develop schedules and manpower requirements for assigned areas.
- Implement leverage lean and six sigma tools and drive continuous improvement to develop and maintain measurable safety.
- Modified programs to resolve problem areas.
- Utilized routine inspections, facilitate training to develop personnel and be empowered to stop any operation if there are any safety or quality issues.
- Kaizen Facilitator at the Yellow belt level.
Master Painter
Masonite
Binghamton
06.2011 - 01.2020
- Read order ticket to determine the exact specks of the unit.
- Then visually inspect the unit for imperfections.
- If the unit is satisfactory then proceed to the appropriate phase of paint, whether it be administering adhesion promoter, primer or applying the Finish coat.
- Knowing the correct viscosity of the paint and adjusting the paint accordingly.
- Have the ability to use and understand the hvlp paint gun system including on the spot repairs if necessary.
- Applying an even coat of paint and keeping it in the correct mills according to speck.
- Operating and maintaining the flash tunnel and ovens for curing products.
- Clearly explaining current status to management and delegating the proper tasks to the paint technician and paint crew.
Bakery Manager
Walmart
Johnson City
05.2010 - 06.2011
- Attending the daily management meeting and then delegating the proper tasks to each bakery associate.
- Filling in if needed, Whether it be baking, cake decorating or stocking shelves.
- Knowing and understanding the p.o.s. ordering system and the on hand ordering system.
- Resetting mods and maintaining the general appearance of the department.
Education
Culinary Arts - Technical highschool degree
Greater Southern Tier BOCES
Skills
- Staff development
- Microsoft Outlook
- Workday
- Delegation
- CPR
- Weight handling in the workplace
- Performance evaluation
- Attention to detail
- Customer service
- Hospitality
- Retail sales
- Quality control
- Windows
- Phone etiquette
- Caregiving
- Conflict management
- Continuous improvement
- Community engagement
- Manufacturing facility
- Sales
- Product prep
- Food handling
- SOX
- Janitorial experience
- Manufacturing
- Materials management
- Assistant manager experience
- Baked goods
- Microsoft Excel
- Communication skills
- Supervising experience
- Training
- Kanban
- Computer operation
- Time & attendance systems
- Cooking
- CMMS
- 5S
- Production planning
- Microsoft Access
- Manufacturing management
- Mobile devices
- Payroll
- Microsoft Office
- Cash handling
- Stocking
- Team development
- Manufacturing company experience
- Restaurant experience
- Root Cause Analysis
- Supply chain management
- Decision making
- Management
- Implementing lean manufacturing processes
- Cake decorating
- Customer Service
- Productivity software
- Computer literacy
- Recruiting
- Team motivation (leadership skill)
- Managerial communication
- Warehouse management system
- Organizational skills
- Customer communication
- Experience with individuals with mental health conditions
- Time management
- Root cause analysis
- Food industry
- Interpersonal skills
- Leadership
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Painting
- Lean Manufacturing
- Staff scheduling
- Quality standards in production
- Training & development
- Kronos
- Bakery
- Retail management
- GMP
- Employee engagement
- Food hygiene
- Process Improvement
- Food sanitation practices
- Guest services
- Lean Six Sigma
- Heavy lifting
- Writing skills
- Cash register
- Mentoring
- Production inventory management
- Power tools
- First aid
- Production Management
- Project management
- Paint prep
- Analysis skills
- Interpersonal communication
- Computer skills
- Stock organizing
- Managing kitchen staff
- Cross-functional team management
- Lean
- Team training
- Baking
- Team leadership
- Task prioritization
- Warehouse supervisor experience
- Quality assurance
- Warehouse experience
- Paint
- POS
- Crew management
- Inventory management
- Assembly
Certification
- Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Present
- Kaizen Facilitator Yellow Belt Certificate, 11/01/21 to Present, Certificate of completion in training for Kaizen Facilitator Course. To encourage the Kaizen team to discuss critical issues openly. Choose the appropriate Lean tools to provide solutions to the critical issues. Keep the team on track and concerned with the critical issue and ensure that the team comes to a consensus on the solution.
- CPR Certification, Present
- Six Sigma Certification, Present
- Driver's License, Present
Languages
English
Willing To Relocate
Chicago, IL
Personal Information
Authorized To Work: US for any employer
Timeline
Shift Foreman
Gerresheimer Glass
03.2025 - Current
Hot End Shift Foreman
Anchor Glass Container Corporation
05.2023 - 02.2025
Selecting Shift Foreman
Anchor Glass
02.2022 - 02.2025
Paint Department Manager
Masonite
01.2020 - 02.2022
Master Painter
Masonite
06.2011 - 01.2020
Bakery Manager
Walmart
05.2010 - 06.2011
Culinary Arts - Technical highschool degree
Greater Southern Tier BOCES