John Robert Gentry
Lookout Mountain
Summary
To obtain a Value Stream Improvement Champion position that utilizes my extensive experience in Lean Manufactuting, along with my 5+ years of Quality Engineering experience, 9 years of extrusion department management experience, 8 years of yarn department manager experience, and process improvement projects’ experience with a focus on innovation and process monitoring.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Engineering Manager
Shaw Industries
06.2020 - Current
- Managed all HW Quality initiatives, Strategies and Day-to-Day Operations
- Facilitated the Corporate SMS Audit to recertify Plant HW
- Communicated directly with Financial Service Director, Corporate Quality
- Led and created Standard Work in Quality Technician job roles
- Responsible for all Financial Services Customer Claims, reclaimed $350,000
- Coordinated on-site and off-site Customer visits for Claims review resolution
Senior Process Manager
Shaw Industries
06.2019 - 06.2020
- Managed Phase1 extrusion department, scheduling, and process and product specifications
- Created and managed all process changes for department scheduling compliance
- Contributed to FAVORABLE Plant Variance of ($120,000) annually
- Standard work implemented in Plant PSA program
- Responsible for Speed up initiatives on key products,6 products completed
Twisting/Heat set Department Manager
Shaw Industries
09.2014 - 06.2019
- Managed two department processes, Twisting and Heat set performance measures
- Labor Reduction and Pounds/Labor Hour Increase in Twisting and Heat set
- Maintained FAVORABLE Plant Variance of ($40,201) in2018, ($416,473) in2017
- Standard work implemented in all departments
- CPM of Twisting Single End Monitoring Project
- Managed4 Six Sigma projects, Productivity/Quality, Cost, Labor, Waste
Department Manager
Shaw Industries
01.2013 - 09.2014
- Managed and assisted in the following Twisting and Heat set performance measures:
- Labor Reduction and Pounds/Labor Hour Increase in Twisting
- Twisting productivity improvement RPM increase of6 %
- Implemented Changeover Optimization/Reduction procedures from Kaizen
- Managing six sigma project in Power Steering on Yarn on Tube Waste
- Customer Supplier Team Meetings to Address Customer Quality
- Maintaining FAVORABLE Plant variance of ($30,000)
IE/Six Sigma Manager
Shaw Industries
12.2011 - 01.2013
- Managed and assisted in the following Twisting and Heat set performance measures:
- Maintained FAVORABLE Plant variance of ($54,864)
- Waste Champion, responsible for MRM system, reduced from1.54 to1.34%
- Twisting productivity improvement on Ends Down from8.7 to4.8%
- POVA-Weekly and monthly plant reports with weekly Explanation Reports
- Managed7 Six sigma projects in Power Steering
Department Management
Shaw Industries
04.2008 - 12.2011
- Managed and assisted in the following Tufting department performance measures:
- Safety- Incident rate of ZERO based on .84 goal for last2 years
- 42% reduction in low line claims based on25% goal
- Created daily labor staffing calculation report, managed staffing requirements
- Machine upgrades/rebuilds on5 key tufting machines for QUALITY/RPM optimization
- 3% Tufting efficiency increased from78.3 to81.6%
- Off Quality rate at .035 % based on .045% goal
Value Stream Manager
Synthetic Industries, a division of Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
12.2002 - 04.2008
- Managed Extrusion, Beaming and Weaving Departments
- Achieved Ebida financial metrics for4 yearly bonus incentive payouts
- Implemented Lean standard work and job combination standards
- Managed $12 Million capital project to decrease waste and increase production rates
Lean Manufacturing Consultant
Dr. Maruf Rahmam
09.2002 - 11.2002
- Lean Manufacturing/Value Stream Mapping Consultant
Education
Six Sigma Training, Black Belt - undefined
Shaw Industries, SI Corporation
Principles of Lean Manufacturing - undefined
Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama01.1999
B.S. - Operations Management
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama01.1990
Skills
- Project Manager and Lean Consultant
- Black Belt -6 Sigma, Quality Engineering, Lean/Standard Work Champion
- Process Control utilizing HMI, Infinity, SMS, QIT, MOC, SPLUNK
- Targeted Selection Process, Kaizen Leader, RPT/EIT Leader
- AODocs, Shopflex, YSF, USF, USF2 Administrator
- Impact Reporting, Budgeting and Cost Standards
Certification
Lean Manufacturing Principles Certification
Timeline
Quality Engineering Manager
Shaw Industries
06.2020 - Current
Senior Process Manager
Shaw Industries
06.2019 - 06.2020
Twisting/Heat set Department Manager
Shaw Industries
09.2014 - 06.2019
Department Manager
Shaw Industries
01.2013 - 09.2014
IE/Six Sigma Manager
Shaw Industries
12.2011 - 01.2013
Department Management
Shaw Industries
04.2008 - 12.2011
Value Stream Manager
Synthetic Industries, a division of Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
12.2002 - 04.2008
Lean Manufacturing Consultant
Dr. Maruf Rahmam
09.2002 - 11.2002
Six Sigma Training, Black Belt - undefined
Shaw Industries, SI Corporation
Principles of Lean Manufacturing - undefined
Huntsville, Alabama
B.S. - Operations Management
Auburn University
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