Gary C. Smith

herrimangary@msn.com

6003 Fragrant Lane                                                                                                                       Cell: 801-755-2205

Herriman ,Utah 84096                                                                                                               Home: 801-568-560

 

Professional Summary                                                                                                                                                            Highly accomplished Production Manager and Supervisor with over 20+ years of professional experience in manufacturing and operations. Successful in obtaining very positive results in the areas of Safety, Quality, On time deliveries, Efficiencies and Reductions in waste.  An understanding and applied experience of Lean Manufacturing and other continuous improvement methodologies. Proven Leader to coach, train, develop and motivate team members to levels of accomplishment and exceeding company expectations.

Skills

Leadership and Management	Planning and Forecasting	Organization
Develop strong Teams	Communication	Trainer
Quality improvement	Cost reduction	Efficiency improvement
Team work	Lean Manufacturing	Safety
Materials Management	Team Building	Multi tasking

Experience

·   Design and implementation of improvement process resulting in a 54% increase in tin line product output.

·   Design and Implementation of KanBan inventory process reducing wait time ,inventory inaccuracies and a reduction of headcount by 3 per shift. 

·   Development and implementation for accountability for Quality. Decrease in customer complaints, Less reworks, better workmanship. Reduced reships by 41%. 

·   Responsible for Seasonal staffing during Holidays (300+ people). Ensuring staffing level to work loads were efficient to ensure Labor costs did not exceed set number.

·   Consistently ensure strict adherence to Safety, GMPs, HACCP and a 100% on time delivery on all product.  

Employment

·   Famous Brands  - Production Manager  2006 – 2014

·   Modus Media – Production Supervisor 1993 -2006

Education

·   Lean Practitioner certificate–EMS Consulting

·   MMI Modus University Leadership course

·   Food Safety Manager  certificate

·   OSHA  10 hour certification