Terena S. Hinton

I earned my yellow belt patch for continuous improvement. I received an area trainer patch after taking a course and interviewing for the trainer position. As part of being an area trainer at Perrigo you are also an interim line leader when needed, I performed this position several times. I took initiative to earn my advance skills of setting up machinery for customer change overs. I was signed off on every line in strip cartoning at Perrigo, which is 7 lines in total. I cross trained in the blisters department. I was not fully signed off in the operations due to not having a trainer. I learned the wash room for washing all the parts that came in contact with product on a clean procedure. I was signed off in the wash room.

I kept up to date on all SOP that were up loaded into my account for reading. I was trained and signed off on all paperwork that needed to be done for the FDA. I often helped train new associates and answered any work related questions co-workers had. I helped the line leaders as much as possible to keep the line moving smoothly.

• I am responsible for the day to day operations of the contract manufacturing of medical devices for Stryker Medical. My duties include: training team members, maintaining SOP/SAP, inventory, making production labels, scheduling, corrective actions, tracking attendance, disciplinary actions, keeping track of ship dates, preparing stock for shipment, creating work orders, filling out work orders, ordering supplies for my department, receiving inspections, final inspections, organization of all inventory part numbers, warehouse organization, opening/closing building/setting alarm system, and part of the safety team. Programs that I work with at this position are Sage 500, Unipoint, and Microsoft.

• Cashier, key holder, opening and closing the store, setting alarm, making deposit, returns, setting planogram end caps, stocking shelves, FIFO, and customer relations.

• In my daily responsibilities, I am responsible for making sure I have all my equipment to perform all guest needs on the floor. I can cash vouchers, make change, make passport cards, process jackpots, answer quest questions regarding machine play, guest opportunities, push in chairs, and keep the playing area neat and clean for the next guest.
• I recently received my training for a step-up lead position. I am performing those duties 2 days a week. I handle guest opportunities, process jackpots, looking for stolen vouchers, push in chairs, and keep playing area neat and clean for the next guest. I use Advantage Monitor and New Wave daily.

• I started my career towards real estate in February of 2013 after being laid off from Western Michigan University due to lack of funds. I wanted a career change, and I love real estate. I went back to school for my pre licensing class. After I finished and passed pre licensing, I had to take the state exam which I passed in June 2013. I had to search for a brokerage office to hold my license and feel that they were a good fit for me to start my career with. I felt that Berkshire Hathaway was that fit for me. I work with buyers/sellers that are looking for their next home. I try hard to find a good fit for their family to start making new memories. I work with their financial institution, schedule inspections, write addendums for repairs, schedule their closing, marketing, and hold open houses. Most of all I go over the contract to help them understand the process of buying and selling a home.

• Working in a team environment to make sure all the facilities are clean for the students and staff at WMU. I've had extensive training on Kaizen machines, back pack vacuums, floor scrubbers, floor sweepers, cleaning lecture halls, classrooms, hallways, break areas, blood born pathogen clean-up, and common rooms. Our job varies everyday as to which building and which area we will be working in.

• Assembly of various parts for Stryker medical beds. I have essentially 4 work areas to sub-assemble of the beds, each took varied amounts of time. I had to be flexible with my time to move around to make sure everything is running smoothly.

• Assembly of foreign and domestic mirrors. Step by step operation of assembly and final inspection to customers. Working with teammates to achieve daily, weekly, and monthly goals.

• Assemble and final inspection of various products. Including office furniture, production totes, and mold injection windows. During this time I worked at 3 different manufacturing facilities. ODL, Haworth, and Bradford which I was actually hired in after my probation period but choose to leave for a better opportunity at Gentex Corporation.

• Assembly of foreign and domestic products such as visors and applying warning labels to visors. Customers such as Nissan and GM. Helped implement TPS system with management and co-workers.

• Most importantly waiting on customers. Daily inventory, scheduling for co-workers hours, nightly balancing of cash and deposits, calling customers with late rental reminders, promoting new movies.

• Started out as a checker, inventory daily production and working with associates on the floor to solve product defects. Promoted to supervisor after 2 years with the company. Supervised 45 associates. Conducted monthly meetings, progress reports of company, daily shipments, keyed daily production, attendance records, and attended meetings in the area of Kaizen and TPS.