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William Davis

Winchester,VA

Summary

I have 37 years of manufacturing and warehouse experience. I have always tried to grow my skill set to maximize my knowledge required for each job. I have participated in train the trainer and boss to buddy classes taught at the HP Hood facility in Winchester via zoom . Another in plant class attended was Leader In Training classes also via zoom have participated in employee involvement committees such gain sharing and scrap and waste team. I served as an auditor for Hp Hood's Safe Quality (SQF) program. I am looking for to work for an organization that offers the opportunity for continued growth.

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience

Work History

Production Coordinator

HP Hood LLC
Winchester , Virginia
08.2021 - Current
  • Directed and motivated 11-person team of production staff. Manage the filler room to help achieve our goals. Filling out the proper paperwork to ensure that we are producing a safe quality product that our customers have enjoyed for years.
  • Conduct safety spot meetings and safety standdown and strongly encourage employees to wear their PPE. Also fill out incident reports when employees have accidents or damaged property.
  • I always try to encourage my employees to do better in form of a personal message and in their evaluations.
  • I participated in a boss to buddy class onsite at my workplace.
  • I keep track of attendance and submit requests for corrective action when an employee violates the policy.
  • Partner with the other department coordinators to ensure we are staffed.
  • Prepare information for shift change hand off and meet with the incoming coordinator to update them.

Farmer

Self-employeed
Winchester , VA
01.2018 - Current

Operation of tractors and implements related to the operations of the family farm. These include baler ,disc mowers,plows and brush hogs.

Senior Shipper

HP Hood LLC
Winchester, Virginia
01.2019 - 08.2021
  • Directed warehouse team in stocking merchandise, pulling orders and setting up loads. Assisting the warehouse coordinator and planer with staffing and product allocation issues.
  • Compared bills of lading against actual merchandise received, inspected for damaged goods and communicated to inventory control for cost recovery of damaged goods.
  • Operated forklifts, hand trucks, or other equipment to load, unload, transport and store goods.
  • Coached new staff preparing outgoing and receiving incoming shipments.
  • Promoted improvements in process efficiency and productivity by running reports and recording data on the spreadsheet regards to performance of individual shippers.
  • Supported the HK conveyor technician in keeping the cranes and conveyors running. This included communications with production on causes and timing of repairs.
  • My duties required me to fill in where needed in the warehouse or as planner and/or dispatcher. Also I filled in for the coordinator when on vacation or absent.
  • My duties also include supporting the training of new hires. Process vacation requests and requesting shift swaps.

Warehouse Planner

HP Hood LLC
Winchester , VA
01.2015 - 01.2019
  • Identified potential issues with inventory and reported them to Coordinator to determine if we could ship the product or not.
  • Maintained steady flow of work in the queue without exceeding the Allotted time for onetime loading. By prioritizing and releasing orders per stops. Also responsible for communicating with the dock person to find pallets that have not been confirmed to trailers.
  • Coordinated planning, programming and management of programs such as AS/400 , TMS and YMS. This determines what what order to plan and assign trailers based on the availability of drop trailers
  • Responsible assigning doors to live carriers and send new message to the YMS system for them to go to that door. It was also expected that I communicated with the yard jockeys to ensure drivers went to the proper doors and left in a timely fashion.
  • Overall the planner job is very multi task oriented having to do multiple functions simultaneously. Communication Is key to your success whether it's with coordinator ,dock person or quality. Also it is very important to keep the warehouse on time.

HK Conveyor Controller

HP Hood LLC
Winchester , VA
01.2012 - 01.2015
  • Removed debris to keep plant floors free of obstacles.
  • Completed daily paperwork, noting operational issues and machinery shutdowns.
  • Working in a safe manner to keep the cranes running and picking product for loads.
  • Keeping pallets moving on the conveyors and identifying how to get pallets unstuck quick and safely.
  • communicating with maintenance to ensure that the conveyors and cranes are working at optimal capacity.
  • identifying crane faults and knowing how to clear them and they determining if they have spilt product.
  • Working with maintenance to complete mechanical work related to preventive maintenance or break downs.

Warehouse Shipper

HP Hood LLC
Winchester, VA
08.2004 - 01.2012
  • Operated lift and hand trucks to transfer materials to and from target areas.
  • Using RF units to complete assigned task to fill customer orders via case picking or pulling pallets from the VNA racks.
  • Learn all the functions of a shipper including loading and receiving as well as case picking and driving the VNA. That made my job easier as I was not stuck in one place all the time.
  • Worked as HK controller technician before it became a tech job and was awarded the job when it first was posted.
  • I also learned the position of dispatch so I could fill in when people are out. Using AS/400 and TMS to check drivers in and sign them out after having them verify their destination and sign the bills.
  • I became a trainer for or the warehouse and trained many of my coworkers to safely operate their lifts by taking the time to get them comfortable with the equipment.

Lamination Technician

PolyOne
Winchester, Virginia
10.1986 - 08.2004
  • Safely checked materials, positions, adhesion and appearance for each product before initiating full production.
  • Adhered to company, production and safety procedures to maintain optimal working conditions.
  • Adjusted all components and machinery settings to calibrate equipment for each production run per process controls.
  • Inspected finished product by checking appearance, measurements and looking for defects.
  • Operated and adjusted laminating equipment by controlling speed, pressure and temperature.
  • Working with my teammates with little to no supervision often being just a team on the weekends. Knowing when and who to call when issues needed to be communicated.
  • Correctly labeling finished product for the nex process or shipping.

Repack Coordinator

nexPolyOne
Winchester, VA
11.2002 - 09.2003
  • Coordinated workflow through communication with production planning.
  • Managed die changes to maximize production and minimize downtime during the regular shift. This was achieved by having the die change take place at night when machine was down At night.
  • Participated in. a kaizen project which streamlined the blanking process of the corefine machine. This was achieved through changes in how the product was produced and modifications to how it was inspected and packed.

Education

Principles of Supervision

Lord Fairfax Community College
Middletown, VA
2002

Introduction To Word And Excel

Lord Fairfax Community College
Middletown, VA
1998

High School Diploma -

| James Wood High School
Winchester Virginia
06.1986

Skills

  • Workflow Management
  • Creating Purchase Orders
  • Maintaining Records
  • Wave Planning Background
  • Organizing Materials
  • Basic Math
  • Friendly, Positive Attitude
  • Reliable & Trustworthy
  • PPE Use
  • Problem Resolution
  • Good Work Ethic
  • Active Listening
  • Relationship Building
  • Training & Development
  • Supervision & Leadership
  • kronos time clock system
  • Vacation and shift swap approvals
  • Computer Skills
  • Team Building
  • Resource Allocation
  • Recordkeeping
  • Coordinating Production Schedules
  • Workflow Control
  • Production Scheduling
  • Production Reporting

Myself

I have always been unselfish when it comes to my family. Our family farm is a small operation that keeps me busy all year. Have been supportive of my nieces in their fair projects.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Production Coordinator

HP Hood LLC
08.2021 - Current

Senior Shipper

HP Hood LLC
01.2019 - 08.2021

Farmer

Self-employeed
01.2018 - Current

Warehouse Planner

HP Hood LLC
01.2015 - 01.2019

HK Conveyor Controller

HP Hood LLC
01.2012 - 01.2015

Warehouse Shipper

HP Hood LLC
08.2004 - 01.2012

Repack Coordinator

nexPolyOne
11.2002 - 09.2003

Lamination Technician

PolyOne
10.1986 - 08.2004

Principles of Supervision

Lord Fairfax Community College

Introduction To Word And Excel

Lord Fairfax Community College

High School Diploma -

| James Wood High School
William Davis