Experience

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  Supervisor of imaging and printing services jeppesen sanderson

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2006

  Bindery supervisor/ safety administrator

  Large aviation and flight operations company that caters to the every need of the world aviation community Supervisor of Imaging and Printing Services with 14 to 16 direct reports and up to 5 Temporary workers on any given day. Principle duties include overall Pressroom and Pre-Press/Pre-Flight Management, extensive vendor relations, complete paper and consumable inventory management to include MRP and Kanban, Production Schedule prepare and adherence, budget analysis and development, and regulating proper chemical handling procedures. Lean/5S Workshop Leader based on the Toyota Method. Successfully implemented quality control systems using Lean manufacturing techniques and maintained them through our certification in IS 9001 standards. Was the Project Manager for acquiring new digital based and updated offset printing technologies. Developed each of the pressroom's work guides, training manuals, daily use forms and safety protocols. We produced over One Billion flight charts per year with less than 5% product defect rate. As our department ran on an eight week revision schedule, our on-time performance had to be 100% as lives depended on the information daily!Received OSHA 40 hour HAZWOPER training to facilitate new safety and chemical; awareness.Maintained optimal paper and pressroom supplies utilizing several vendors, while implementing JIT procedures.Implemented recently created Lean Continuous improvements within the entire Distribution facility that achieved a first time operational efficiency gain of 18-26% in performance throughput. This also made an immediate pressroom budget savings of $12,000, eventually reaching an overall department savings of $120,000. The initial four year period after implementation of continuous improvement principles resulted in an average of 15% per year savings or impact on Labor costs and overall operation efficiencies. With an annual department budget of $15 million each Lean Initiative had a massive impact. Show less

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  Jeppesen/boeing

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2006

  Imaging and printing supervisor
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  Jeppesen sanderson

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2006

  Large aviation and flight operations company that caters to the every need of the world aviation communitySupervisor of Imaging and Printing Services with 14 to 16 direct reports and up to 5 Temporary workers on any given day. Principle duties include overall Pressroom and Pre-Press/Pre-Flight Management, extensive vendor relations, complete paper and consumable inventory management to include MRP and Kanban, Production Schedule prepare and adherence, budget analysis and development, and regulating proper chemical handling procedures. Lean/5S Workshop Leader based on the Toyota Method. Successfully implemented quality control systems using Lean manufacturing techniques and maintained them through our certification in ISO 9001 standards. Developed each of the pressroom's work guides, training manuals, daily use forms and safety protocols. We produced over One Billion flight charts per year with less than 5% product defect rate. As our department ran on an eight week revision schedule, our on-time performance had to be 100% as lives depended on the information daily!Received OSHA 40 hour HAZWOPER training to facilitate new safety and chemical; awareness. Maintained optimal paper and pressroom supplies utilizing several vendors, while implementing JIT procedures.Implemented recently created Lean Continuous improvements within the entire Distribution facility that achieved a first time operational efficiency gain of 18-26% in performance throughput. This also made an immediate pressroom budget savings of $12,000, eventually reaching an overall department savings of $120,000. The initial four year period after implementation of continuous improvement principles resulted in an average of 15% per year savings or impact on Labor costs and overall operation efficiencies. With an annual department budget of $15 million each Lean Initiative had a massive impact. Show less Supervisor of Imaging and Printing Services. Principle duties include Pressroom Management, vendor relations, paper and consumable inventory management to include MRP and Kanban, Production Schedule prepare and adherence, budget analysis and development, and regulating proper chemical handling procedures. Lean/5S Workshop Leader based on the Toyota Method. Successfully implemented quality control systems using Lean manufacturing techniques and maintained them through our certification in ISO9001 standards. Developed each of the pressroom’s work guides, training manuals, daily use forms and safety protocols. Other duties include:Team Building , Training and LeadershipProduction SchedulingCapital Acquisitions Extensive vendor relations and PurchasingOSHA Regulatory compliance Budget analysis and adherenceSafety and Health awareness Supervisor Show less

  • Supervisor of Imaging and Printing Services

    Jan 1994 - Jan 2006

  • Bindery Supervisor/ Safety Administrator

    Jan 1994 - Jan 2006

  • Manager/Supervisor

    Jan 1994 - Jan 2006
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  Jeppesen

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2006

  Imaging and printing supervisor
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  Publication printers inc.

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Safety administrator & bindery supervisor

  Supervised and coordinated the first shift of a 24/7 Machine Bindery Team. This was a high volume and fast paced Web Printing and fulfillment environment that kept quality and production the number one objectives.Was the Safety Administrator for the entire facility that employees over 320.The three key principals of training were Hazcom Awareness, Forklift Training, and Fire Safety. In addition to these, other duties include insurance reporting, waste removal and compliance, vendor analysis, and inspections. Show less

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  Publication printers corp

  Sept 2006 - Sept 2007

  Machine bindery supervisor and safety administrator

  Large WEB printing and bindery printing facility specializing in magazine publication Supervised and coordinated the first shift of a 24/7 Machine Bindery Team of (58) direct reports. This was a high volume and fast paced Web Printing and fulfillment environment that kept quality and production the number one objectives. We produced over one million impressions per day to create high-volume publications such as mass-market books, magazines, newspapers, catalogs and brochures.Worked as the Safety Administrator for the entire facility that has over 320 employees. The three key principals of this mandatory training were Hazcom Awareness, Forklift Training, and Fire Safety. In addition to these, other duties include insurance reporting, waste removal and compliance, vendor analysis, and inspections.Implemented first phase of Lean /5S Principles that increased process flow by 23% and improved the safety culture greatly! Show less

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  Xybix systems inc

  Jan 2007 - Jul 2008

  Small sized ergonomic office furniture manufacturer tailored for emergency response and call centersCoordinated staff of 12 in a cross-training program successfully within 9 months for redundancy back up and to eliminate any single source of failure. This included the use of a temporary staff of (4).Top Graded applicants during staff building and interviewing as well as facilitated a 40% staff reduction due to downturn in the current economy.Complete redesign of Operations floor plan and process flow that improved throughput by 20% by utilizing Lean techniques. The three main beneficiaries of this increased performance were Assembly, Shipping and Installation. Overall defects were not tolerated so a pre-check process of all products moving throughout the shop was reduced to less than 1%.Managed and coordinated the production and warehouse staff of (8) fulltime operators and up to (4) Temporary staff members in a small ergonomic office furniture manufacturer that is quality driven and completely custom. Each order had its own special application and delivery specification but tailored to 911 dispatch centers. Safety Management, purchasing, inventory control, RMA handling where additional responsibilities each week. Handled all duties and responsibilities of trucking and shipping. Coordinated with national and local LTL, OTR trucking lines and brokers as well as DHL and UPS World ship. We maintained a 100% on time delivery for our instillation crew and decreased a missing part deficiency from 15% to 5%. As a small company with large unit shipping needs, it was a constant endeavourer to reduce OTR cost so self brokerage became to method to driving cost down. Show less Managed and coordinated the production and warehouse staff of a small ergonomic office furniture manufacturer that is quality driven and completely custom. Each order had its own special application and delivery specification but tailored to 911 dispatch centers. Safety Management, purchasing, inventory control, RMA handling where additional responsibilities each week.Handled all duties and responsibilities of trucking and shipping. Coordinated with national and local LTL, OTR trucking lines and brokers as well as DHL and UPS World ship Show less

  • Production Manager and Shipping Manager

    Sept 2007 - Jul 2008

  • Production Manager/ Safety Manager

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2008
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  Ctg at ricoh infoprint solutions

  Apr 2010 - Sept 2012

  In-house all Digital Print Production based on Print on Demand Principles I manage a workgroup of digital printing production professionals. The department is tailored to quick, qualitative turn around of digital direct marketing materials and print samples. This would be focused for small to medium size quantities with an emphasis on flexibility and collaboration. Other areas of my participation include inventory, data gathering, MRP, workflow coordination, UPS World ship and IT. Show less

  • Production Manager

    Apr 2010 - Sept 2012

  • Digital Print Operations Management

    Apr 2010 - Apr 2012
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  Playtime, llc

  Apr 2012 - Oct 2014

  Product and process engineer, project management, safety manager
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  Ricoh americas corporation

  Oct 2014 - Mar 2023

  Manager digital sales operations
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  Newmark

  Feb 2023 - now

  Facilities manager