Joe Elkins, MBA (LION) 2000's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

Progressive advancement in manufacturing and retail management. Financial, P&L, Budget, Cash flow analysis, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory, POS, Sales Analysis, Strategic planning, Safety, Procurement, Human Resources, IT, Implement Software packages, New Store planning, New Store Set up, New Department planning, New Product planning. Production Planning, Production Scheduling, Production safety, Plant Safety, Strategic Safety Planning, Merchandising, Power...

Progressive advancement in manufacturing and retail management. Financial, P&L, Budget, Cash flow analysis, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory, POS, Sales Analysis, Strategic planning, Safety, Procurement, Human Resources, IT, Implement Software packages, New Store planning, New Store Set up, New Department planning, New Product planning. Production Planning, Production Scheduling, Production safety, Plant Safety, Strategic Safety Planning, Merchandising, Power Point Presentation, Product Demonstration, Data Analysis, Spreadsheet, Manager Training, Laison with Consultants. Manufacturing Operations, Retail Operations, Develop Policies, Technical writing, wrote ISO procedures, wrote safety manuals, Conduct safety audits, conduct safety incident investigations, Demonstrated success by setting production records., Employee Survey, Create employee training data bases, grant applications, Train Supervisors, Provide Conflict Resolution Survey. Executive Committee, Cutomer Relations TQM, Continuous Improvement, Team Building, Cross-functional teams, SPC, Pareto, Root Cause Analysis, Six Sigma, ISO 9000, SPCC, Flow Chart, Implemented Cost Savings Participation , HACCP, GMP, SSOP, SOP, Animal Welfare, KPI, Quality Facilitator, Demonstrated Success in Completed Projects, Sawmill Quality , Lumber quality, Forest Products Quality, Heavy Metal fabrication quality, Establish Quality program with SPC Sales, Retail sales, Department retail sales, Specialty store retail sales, Book Retail, Digital Imaging Equipment & Software Sales, Training Sales, Medical Sales, DME Sales, Customer Service, SP Lumber Sales, Southern Hardwood Sales, retail link Adjunct Faculty, Production Operations Management, Break Even Analysis, Decision Making, Production Planning, Scheduling, Quality Management, SPC, Reliability, Efficiency, Productivity, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Project management, Creative trainer, Dale Carnegie Course Trainer, Manager trainer, supervisor trainer,Task Supervisor @ Call Center, Gov't contractor, Lead teams to top 10% of production. Have had up to 1600 at facility, 220 per floor, teams up to 27. Produce metrics on individual performance through Excel spreadsheets. Communicate daily on technical changes in various software systems, quality, and site policies. Coaching team members to top performance. Collaborative teams for process improvements. From November 2013 to Present (2 years 2 months) Quality @ From January 2011 to Present (5 years) Adjunct Instructor, Enrollment Speacialist @ From 2010 to February 2011 (1 year) Customer Service @ From 2011 to 2011 (less than a year) Operations Mgr. @ Served as Operations Manager for retail DME (Durable Medical Equipment)and CPG retail organization. Changed Quick books accounting to include individual store P&L's, added POS (Point of Sale) inventory system to interface with accounting package, IT, opened additional stores increasing sales 60%. Responsible for all financial reporting, asset management, human resources, Store Managers & Specialty Dept.Managers, and Manager Training. From June 2005 to September 2008 (3 years 4 months) Production Manager @ Managed manufacture of Collated Nails to meet customer and industry specifications in a timely and cost effective manner and a new QC department. This included two production shifts, production supervisors, QC supervisor. Scheduled production crews, machines set ups, preventive maintenance, shipping, material requisition, and Quality of materials. Started Quality training for employees. Dealt effectively with discipline and terminations to minimize impact on production. From July 2004 to October 2004 (4 months) Adjunct Instructor - Walton College of Business @ Taught Production Operations Management. Emphasis on practical use of Excel in decision making skills ( break even analysis, supply chain management, inventory management, statistical process control, quality management, and project management). From August 2002 to May 2004 (1 year 10 months) Trainer @ From 1990 to 2002 (12 years) TQM Facilitator and Training Coordinator @ Resurrected failed TQM effort providing successful teams within six weeks. Introduced employee participation plan to share in savings. Served as a member of the Executive Committee with Quality Assurance. Conducted Root Cause analysis under Presidents full authority. Served as ISO 9000 internal auditor. Wrote portions of Standard Operating Procedures, ISO manual technical performance documentation. From February 1998 to February 2000 (2 years 1 month) Production Supervisor @ Supervisor of Tie Grading Station, Special Services, and Shipping & Receiving, serving the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Rail Roads and other national and international customers. Started with operation running at 14% capacity and lead team to improve equipment to reach 80% to 90% capacity consistently, based on down time reports and preventive maintenance scheduling. Lead the plant in TQM teams, wrote standard operating procedures, ISO 9000 SOP's and helped achieve the OSHA Star Award for Safety. From December 1987 to September 1996 (8 years 10 months) MBA, Business Administration @ Texas A&M University-Texarkana From 1990 to 1993 BSF, Forest Land Management @ Stephen F. Austin State University From 1980 to 1983 Joe Elkins, MBA (LION) 2000 is skilled in: TQM, Process Management, Team Building, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Customer Service, Safety Management Systems, Business Analysis, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Project Management, Microsoft Excel, Technical Writing, Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, Budgets