I am looking for a permanent full-time management position with a good company. I currently consult on quality and efficiency issues for senior plant management to aid supervisors and production teams who need help solving any production or process challenge.
Here are links to some of my Training and Management Experience in Planning, Scheduling and Writing Training Programs and Procedures. If you cannot access the link, please call and I will email it to you so you and your operations manager and H.R. Hiring Team can pause and review my experience at-will.
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Advising and Supporting Plant and Department Managers, who want to spare the President, CEO as well as the rest of the board members, from having any unresolved issues or concerns, by alleviating any chronic problems, (which could give them a headache too, should they go unresolved!) Positions/Industry Experience:
Quality Control Consultant, Corporate Trainer, Process Engineer, Post Processing Manager, ProductionTrainer, ISO Consultant, Policy and Procedural Manual Writer, Copywriter, Inventory and Document Control Specialist, Troubleshooter of Equipment and Process Improvements, Project Management and Team Building. Print/Mail/Plastics/Fluid Power/Construction/Tool & Dye
Retain On-going, On-Call Availability 24/7 Client Consult On-Demand: Trouble-Shoot and Assessment of Best Options suited to your needs.
(This service is available by special arrangements designed to your needs and assignment of sufficient resources supporting full “in-the-loop” data tracking and feedback reporting to identified standards of established performance capability...for accurate assessment purposes only.
I offer a free assessment and strategic recommendations with the aid of existing production reports compared to capacity considering all related and dependent elements required to positive change implementation or corrective actions. Arrangements to establish parameters may require an on-site initial visit but in some situations, this may be accomplished with requested and supplied video or processing procedures which can be viewed compliant by other reporting as well as video attachments.
The need and preferred level of assistance will determine the frequency and features of the plan and solution. Client objectives directly contribute to formulating strategy to invoke actionable change with the appropriate support package to best serve you, any-time, anywhere, come-what-may.
You will have the comfort and extra peace of mind, to extend help to your personal staff, whenever you need it. Initial Reports within 24 hours, followed by Clarification and/or Confirmed Change Order Reports, which are collaborative-dependent. Text in an emergency before thousands of dollars are lost on any single days worth of production, due to any process, equipment or manpower related issue.)
Dear Recruiting Team, Thank you for taking the time to consider my qualifications for a position with your company.
I would bring my problem solving skills, leadership and ability to deliver results, and passion for overcoming challenges.
Problem-solving: After training or supervising over 10,000 employees on equipment and operational procedures and best methods in multiple industries, I am comfortable quickly learning and then assessing and solving any equipment or production process. Highly experienced in detailing and simplifying perfected, best-methods, achieving consistently high standards. From Conception and Planning through to Processing, I have honed and mastered the practical trouble-shooting skills and techniques. Adept at foreseeing or spotting and converting a “weak link” or production “bottleneck” to move work forward correctly and briskly. The end result encourages all workers to follow suit.
Leadership: Years of experience taking the lead on new, difficult and time-sensitive client jobs, special projects and campaigns. I learn rapidly, frequently test and perform the work I train others to do well, while acknowledging and “leaning into” the valuable “Tips, Tricks and Tactics” of the highest-achieving and quality-conscious efficient minds using optimal methods of those who are all-too happy to have them “Paid-Forward,” and passed right-along.
Delivery Results: I am an experienced scheduler and coordinator of multiple jobs and cross functional department priorities, controlling detail, steps and costs. I have conducted over 12,000 employee job performance evaluations resulting in secondary evaluations with data confirming over a 95% positive rate of improvement. I champion plant policies, procedures, initiatives and collaborations, communication and cooperation, while focused on critical quality and efficiency factors. I have designed and written thousands of procedures relating to jobs, processing steps, methods and equipment.
Passion: I’m a quick study and “Field-Tested” energetic coach at-heart, always “In-Service,” always ready, willing and able to “Train the Trainers,” and work along-side or facilitate training with or for any Department, Manager or Supervisor.
Thank you for your consideration for possible employment, and I look forward to speaking with you personally or with another member of your recruiting team.
Sincerely,
Rickey Bates
Advanced Management Skills: Experienced in the operation of, and training people on the equipment and the scope of duties in the printing and mailing industry, tool & dye, fluid power and plastics from pre-production planning through post-production. A tested and seasoned troubleshooter of equipment and processes streamline sustainable quality and efficiency improvements. Policy and Procedure Writer: For Employee and Supervisory Training and Development. Practical applications instructional methodology designer/developer in multiple production and manufacturing industries and environments.
High Marks Manufacturing Strategic QC Consultant, Corporate Trainer & Copywriter for hire. Presently Writing Policy, Procedures and Recommend Solutions to Company and/or Industry Challenges from planning through design, processing, details, steps and costs as well as Quality an Efficiency Standards and performance improvement suggestions for processing. Training Consulting for individual and team development..
WOW OMG PROPERTIES: 12/2016 -Present Real Estate Investor/Rehab Specialist: Company and Client Scope of Work: Includes: Interior and Exterior Updates and Renovation: Egress, Roofing, Soffit, Fascia, Siding, Tuck-Pointing, Painting, Window Installation, Flat-work, Demo, Trades Help.
Gateway Fluid Power Inc. Granite City Il.: 5/08-2/09 Procedure Documentation & Inventory Control Specialist Q/C implement identified steps in process for each position including Welding, Automation Elevated Hydraulic Drilling Platform, Inventory by each power unit model’s handbook in AutoCAD and controlled inventory track controls, for method systems to monitor quality and accuracy of schematic-technical detailed equipment operational manuals and procedures; E-2 Inventory Control, WIP, BOM, Schematics, Control Longs, Pick tickets, part Quantity to Job Assignments. QA and QC for Standards for Inventory, fabrication and Assembly Departments, including receipts, Purchase Order, Quick Pick Ticket/Travelers, Control Logs, and Operational Support Systems, and Procedures.
ECO-CENTERS/TOTAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS, INC. 8/98-2/2000 Process Engineer and Post Processing Manager Scheduling, Vendor and Client Planning & Coordination, Hire/Train/Supervise Post-Production, Cost Accounting Billing for Work., Postal & Cost Account Billing, Shipping and Certification of 3602's,Stamp/Meter Machines/Equipment Client: Xerox 4635 and Docuprint NPS 180 variable printers, PB FlowMaster BC, Variable Selection Inserter, FFolders, Programable Cutter, MBO/Balm Folders/Glue Attachers, Bowe Cutters.,Manage production steps and details for print, bindery and mail services for public corporations and government mailings, (2 shifts).. Designed cost and labor savings operational steps and equipment processes for complex first-time campaign multi-match time-sensitive jobs for Reynolds and Reynolds, Novus Discover (Lanyap), City of Philadelphia, GPO-Navy and while coordinating additional capacity and increasing daily production output; including equipment procurement, modifications, and related plant adjustments with training support programs.
R.L. Polk Co (The Polk Company), & NorthBridge Marketing. 10/87-4/98 Production Supervisor and Polk Corporate Trainer: Coordinated daily plant training, directing 6-12 group leader job priorities, aiding for quick, new start up checking job details, methods, with demonstrations, one on one, and in groups, supervising compliance to quality and efficiency standards. (400-600 Union & Probationary Employees) Conducted Employee Orientations, OJT, and coordinated the training of “Advanced Skills and Techniques”, for: unique operations or methods, consistently exceeding production standards and expectations. Helped design and coordinate and/or Conducted the our Plant’s Employee Performance Development and Review skills assessment, evaluation and data collection with measurement standards and performance criteria being clear, for 50 plant management staff members, and their employees. Toronto: Plant Trainer for “American Production Processing Systems and Procedures” Oversaw Daily Production Start-up Operations for New Jobs, Monitored Monitored hourly and daily counts plantwide on job and employee efficiencies in 4 machine departments, including a clerical department, conducted New Hire Orientation, Multiple Evaluations, Corrective or Disciplinary Action, conducted classroom and individual skills advancement training, managed training department evolving print support and training material for all procedures and machines, including all custom Quick Reference aids for all Operators, Helpers, and Supervisors, Provided prompt feedback to H.R., employees, supervisors, department managers, shift, and plant managers. Trouble shooting for plant equipment and processes, included Needs Assessment, Time Studies, QA and QC.
V.I.P. Business Systems: 11/85-2/87 Manager: Print and Mailings, Estimates and Production.
Corporate Communications Center/Southwest Newswire Service: 10/80-07/85 Same day news releases printed and mailed to Publicly Held Company stock and shareholders, including internal and external lists, postage, news media point deliveries. This including servicing all SEC reporting requirement of Dividend, Earnings Reports, Dividend, Quarterly and Annual as well as Proxy mailing needs for both the Internal Relations and PR departments. Offset, List Work, Varied Labels and Sources and operations, Varied Postage Methods, Itek and Metal Plates, Ryobi, and A.B.Dick Offset T-Heads. Hired trained and supervised employees. Planned, monitored production, posted, closed and billed clients with notarized statements of delivery. Balanced Monthly postage accounts and usage.same Day News Release Financial Earnings Report Document Printing for Stockholders, Shareholders, Messengered to Newsmedia of Publicly Held Companies, Handling all Print, Mail, Supervise, Train, Posting, Estimates, Coordinate Schedules, fulfilling accuracy in reporting to the SEC.
Dallas Scottish Rite Temple: 1/79-10/80NPO Fraternal Order of Freemasonry Printer: Coordinated, planned and produced all printing including Multi-Color custom printing applications of Newsletters, Weekly mailings, business cards and any printing need of the 24,000 members and for events scheduled for associated Orders of: The Knights Templar, White Shrine, Eastern Star, Order of DeMolay and The Rainbow Girls.
Mercantile Trust Company 3/78- 01/79 Management Information Center: Graphic Design Creation of Slide and Print Support Preparation for 27 bank subsidiaries board meetings and presentations.
EDUCATION AND COURSEWORK Belleville Area College (2.5 GPA) 1977-79, General Course Requirements; Business and Marketing, 2013-2015 SWIC, Belleville, IL English Lit I & II and 4 Journalism Writing Courses (4.0 GPA) , Zignon Train the Trainer Employee Performance, Development and Review Practices
Accomplishments in the Direct Mail Industry: Trained: Thousands of Operators, Many supervisors, Many Group Leader Trainers, Planned and Supervised the production of thousands of jobs to USPS certification guidelines and passes. Thousands of updates to On-Going DMM training material to keep up with advancements. Conducted thousands of Employee Evaluations as many as 700 per year at times, managed solutions for countless problems in advance of costing production levels to drop, and improved individual and team performances both "one on one" and through classroom advanced training skills. Have consulted with hundreds of high level clients to serve them to the point of spoiling them with our success on their behalf. Continually assessed and resolved to correct any plant quality or efficiency issue or concern.
Equipment Proficient/Skills List: I'm experienced in quickly learning and adapting to technical and trades, plastics or tooling equipment, and processes. Print/Mail: Bindery: Xerox 4635 and Docuprint NPS 180 variable printers, Bursters, Folders (MBO, Baum) Glue Attachers, Collators (including modified tandem systems), Cheshire, Label Aire, Addressing Ink Jet, Supervised production for Docutech and Xerox Digital Printers Phillipsburg and Pitney Bowes Stacker and 9x12 Master Mailer Inserters and Modified Conveyor Configurations Inserters to from 6 to 12 stations. Pitney Bowes Master Mailer Flowmaster Master Mailer Conversion to 10 station Video and Barcode combination of stream and friction fed components for Barcode Variable Selected Sensor Matching Inserting, and/or In-line Postal Metering Machines (Up to 6-way Component Matching), Plastic Inserters. In-line Slitter/Trimmer, Bowe Cut & Trim. Various versions of Typesetting and Graphics Software for Different Applications from Slide Dissolve Unit Presentations, Newsletters, Flyers, Political Posters, to Business Cards. Adobe Graphics, Coreldraw Graphics and AutoCad. Durst, Itek and Varied Cameras for Developing and Stripping Multiple Color Negatives and making Plates. Coordinated and Accounted for multiple job and up to 30 machines of production included metering, stamps, live postage, for Bulk Automated and sortation of mail, and inspected quality for on-site USPS Weigh station standards and requirements daily. MBO Booklet Glue Machine. Note: Specific modes or unique machines are not all listed. The Norm was to learn all equipment to the point of writing procedures and teaching others to be proficient and safe during operation. AS400 IE Data Tracking designer and contributor.. ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Microsoft Office, Mac, Adobe, Corel Draw, WICS, AS 400, Franklin Estimating, AutoCAD, Microsoft Windows & Mac, 80+wpm. Additional Experience: Managing all aspects of Shipping, Receiving,, Scheduling, Planning logistic, through P&G, Tool & Dye Industry ISO Plant Standards for Processes from Engineering thru all Departments, Equipment and Operational Procedures.
Turf Visions LLC, Edwardsville Il.: P/T Seasonal 6/2003-4/2006 Designed and Installed Professional Grade Synthetic Turf to custom specifications and undulations of Chipping and Putting Greens and other sporting applications.
NBS Systems, Edwardsville Il. Printer 11/2000-5/2003 Printing and Procedures for Training Operators about quality control steps and issues and change order procedures controlling production of high-volume critical Forms, Numbered & NCR Check, KeyRec Systems and Business Forms.
*P.F.I. Plastic Fabricators, Inc., 4/2000-10/2000 Temp/Contract Quality Control Inspector, procedural documentation, monitoring production sample testing with gages and micrometers, writing change orders and delivering appropriate training to improve thermoforming and injection molding quality and efficiency.
Imprint Graphics (Union Printer) 4/98-8/98 Consultant Hired to Improve Local Market Share, Sales Manager and Consultant; Quoted Jobs through Franklin Estimator Software, Eliminated all backlog of delinquent accounts, transforming most to 30 day paid in full account receivables, including many over a year in the rears, while generating new business and winning new political campaign bids to doubling revenue.
Savvis Center Website Consult, Web Corrections: Over 50 problems and issues discovered and corrected to protect and preserve company website integrity with client base, pulled and reviewed within 12 hours and within 24 hours all changes implemented. President contact.
*E.F. S. Energy: Solar Energy Project Manager Consultant: Initiate change practices in work roles to accomplish higher standards of collaborative communication, ethics and summarize change orders and adjustments prompt engineering attention through prioritization.
*P.R.I. Progressive Recovery, Inc.: Procedural Writer: RMD Weld Operations (Regulated Metal Deposition) Weld Assessment Procedures reviewed, purged of errors and variables responsible for frequent and costly radiograph confirmed imperfections, flaws and failure rate. Confirmed accurate and subjective, exacting procedures to minimize and/or eliminate employee variant order and quality affected by each welders prerogative and judgement, well beyond equipment settings, changing the order of work steps, procedures and methods and final product weld quality and strength.(Video/Photo & Procedure)
*The Dickey Grabler Company: 5/98-8/98 ISO Implementation Team: Metal Stamping Tool & Dies: ISO 9000-1 Certification Consultant Developed Scripts and produced training videos, and coordinated engineering meetings reviewing the detailed steps of production of all parts. Flow Charts for each production job, and Back-Up Plans required for ISO Certification of Equipment, Production Methods and Safety standards for OBI Single Hit Presses, Tappers, Welders, Assembly Standards and Progressive Die Presses.
*IMPRINT GRAPHICS (Pt Time) 4/98-8/98 Sales Manager and Consultant; Quoted Jobs through Franklin Estimator Software, Eliminated all backlog of accounts receivable, including many which were more than a year overdue, while generating new business and political campaigns.
Construction Rehab and Property Maintenance: With and in addition to WOW OMG Properties, Sub-Contracting, Flatwork, Remodeling, Additions, Porches, Patios, Fence Installation, Drywall Hang/Tape/Float/Painting, Vaulting, Window and Framing.
