Shannon M. Cheatham
Production Supervisor, Electrical components
Fort Wayne, IN · (847) 555 0147 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/shannonmcheatham
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Twelve years in manufacturing, seven supervising production teams.
INDUSTRIES
Electrical components, wire harness, automotive and off highway supply.
SPECIALTIES
Shift leadership, lean manufacturing, changeover reduction, labor planning, corrective and preventive action.
SYSTEMS
SAP, Plex, Minitab, Kronos time and attendance, Microsoft Power BI.
CREDENTIALS
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Occupational Safety and Health Administration 30 hour general industry card.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in operations management, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Results at a Glance
91%
Percent in fourteen
29%
Percent by rebuilding
46
Corrective and preventive
Executive Summary
Production supervisor with twelve years in electrical component manufacturing, seven of them leading shifts. Runs a first shift team of thirty four across wire processing, crimping and test cells. Owns the daily production plan, labor coverage, first pass yield and the safety record for the area, and reports to the plant manager each morning.
Signature Achievements
- Raised first pass yield on the crimping cells from 91 percent to 97 percent in fourteen months by adding a pull force check at the start of every run.
- Cut scrap cost in the area by 214,000 dollars a year through a defect review the team runs every morning at the board.
- Reduced average changeover between harness families from 46 minutes to 28 minutes using a single minute exchange of die workshop with the setup technicians.
- Took the shift from four recordable injuries in a year to none across the following twenty months.
- Lowered voluntary turnover on the shift from 29 percent to 12 percent by rebuilding the onboarding plan and pairing every new hire with a certified trainer.
- Closed 46 corrective and preventive action items on time during two customer led quality escalations.
Professional Experience
Production Supervisor
Three Rivers Electrical Products, Fort Wayne, IN 2021 to present
First shift supervisor over thirty four operators and two setup technicians across wire processing, crimping and electrical test.
- Build the daily plan against the schedule, assign labor by certification and adjust when an order or a machine moves.
- Lead the shift start meeting on safety, quality and output and run the hourly count board with the team leads.
- Investigate quality escapes with the quality engineer and write the containment and corrective and preventive action steps.
- Coach team leads on performance conversations, attendance and the certification matrix for each cell.
- Sit on the plant lean steering group and sponsor two improvement events a year in the area.
Team Leader
Wabash Connector Systems, Huntington, IN 2017 to 2021
Led a cell of eleven operators producing molded connectors on second shift.
- Covered supervisor duties on absence, including labor moves and downtime escalation.
- Ran daily statistical process control checks and stopped production when a chart showed a shift in the mean.
- Trained new operators to the standard work and signed off their certification cards.
Machine Operator
Maumee Basin Wire Products, Auburn, IN 2014 to 2017
Operated molding and assembly equipment across three product families.
- Ran production to standard work and recorded scrap and downtime by reason code.
- Volunteered for the plant safety committee and completed the internal auditor training.
- Suggested a fixture change on the connector press that removed a recurring flash defect.
Licensure and Certification
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, 2020
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 30 hour general industry card, 2021
Member, Association for Supply Chain Management
Education
Bachelor of Science in operations management, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2019
Associate degree in industrial technology, Ivy Tech Community College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2014
Core Skills
Shift leadership · Daily production planning · Labor and certification planning · Lean manufacturing · Statistical process control · Changeover reduction · Corrective and preventive action · Safety observation programs · Performance coaching · Downtime analysis · Standard work