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Miriam Greene

Churubusco

Summary

Result Driven, Motivated and bilingual with with excellent communication skills and troubleshooting ability. 10 years in management/leader/Quality role with a strong background in machining for the orthopedic and automotive industry. Additionally, an extensive knowledge in GD&T. Willing to share over 16 years of experience in CNC machining and quality Assurance to refine, enhance and maintain Continuous Improvement leading to sustained success in a manufacturing setting.

Diligent with proven ability to manage and lead teams effectively. Successfully implemented process improvements that enhanced operational efficiency and team productivity. Demonstrated strong problem-solving and communication skills to drive team success.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

3rd Shift Machining/Die Cast Supervisor

Aludyne
08.2023 - Current
  • Ensure that all employees had the training necessary to perform their jobs properly and reduce quality issues
  • Supervise an average of 22 employees in the machining area
  • Cover for die cast when necessary during the week or weekends
  • Manage attendance, discipline action and timecards and reported to payroll and HR
  • Collaborate with engineering, quality and maintenance on daily issues with quality, maintenance and continuous Improvements or any issue with fixture and robots
  • Schedule all work, organize and place employees to the right work areas according to their knowledge, and skills
  • Follow up and made sure 5s is completed in the machining area
  • Collaborated with other shift supervisors to ensure seamless transition of operations between shifts.
  • Maintained accurate records of employee attendance, performance evaluations, and disciplinary actions for effective personnel management.
  • Resolved conflicts promptly and professionally, maintaining a positive atmosphere in the workplace.
  • Developed strong relationships with team members, providing support and guidance for professional growth.
  • Reduced employee turnover rate by cultivating a positive work culture focused on teamwork and open communication.
  • Conducted employee training for new hires, ensuring thorough understanding of job responsibilities and expectations.
  • Managed staff scheduling efficiently while considering individual preferences and maximizing output in production.
  • Managed shift operations, supplied resources and monitored team performance to keep business profitable and running smoothly.
  • Resolved conflicts between employees to maintain positive and productive work environments.
  • Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts.
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot issues with maintenance and tooling that arose during production processes, facilitating swift problem resolution.
  • Provided constructive feedback to employees through regular performance reviews, promoting continuous improvement in job performance.
  • Enhanced worker safety by enforcing strict adherence to company policies and conducting regular safety inspections.

Area Manager

CLC Inc.
11.2022 - 08.2023
  • Ensure that all employees had the training necessary to perform their jobs properly and reduce quality issues
  • Coach, mentor, and build teams that improve 35% to 45% more production
  • Improved the Corvette production Teams performance from the worst to the best performers
  • This Resulted in 60% output improvement resulting in Leadership Promoting me additional Areas to help get them under control
  • Interact with the customer weekly to assist with planning and implementing permanent solutions with shipping Challenges together with our team
  • Manage attendance, discipline action and timecards and reported to payroll and HR
  • Collaborate with engineering, quality and maintenance on daily issues with quality, maintenance and continuous Improvements or any issue with fixture and robots
  • Schedule all work, organize and place employees to the right work areas according to their knowledge
  • Champion in my area on 5s
  • Serve as a Spanish translator as needed for college and Human Resources business

2nd shift Production Supervisor

Carlex Glass
10.2021 - 11.2022
  • Production supervisor, over 41 employees and seven assembly lines ensuring all the lines met production targets
  • Coached and mentored employees to work better together, ensuring successful teamwork
  • This netted an overall 30% increase in productivity
  • Improve the overall performance of the second shift team, taking them from the worst performers to the best performing production team across three shifts
  • Manage attendance time cards, and any disciplinary actions with employees as required
  • Collaborate with all cross functional teams, including maintenance, engineering, quality and scheduling to coordinate maintenance of the equipment and continuous improvement projects as needed
  • Schedule and prioritize the production requirements each day, organize and place employees to their production lines that best suits their skills to maximize throughput
  • Serve as a Spanish translator in meeting or any official Human Resources business as needed

Metrology Lead technician

Zimmer Biomet
01.2019 - 09.2021
  • Lead of value stream that manage an average of 300 gages each month, manage 2 team mates and assign daily work, to ensure all calibration is done on time
  • Perform calibration on different type gages, review and inspect cert for gages that had been outsource to make sure that all supplier complies with our standards and engineering drawings
  • Maintain and enter calibration data to ETQ including equipment record, certs, and other document to maintain a history record for all our gages
  • Calibrate gages like height gages, overlays, calipers, thread plugs, thread rings custom gages etc
  • Perform Lay out on all new gages for the area
  • Coordinate, transfer, communicate with area leads and supervisor to make sure all gages that are due monthly is properly swap on time
  • Communicate with supplier to track all gages that where send out, to have them back on time for the area
  • Assist leads and supervisor on any daily needs to make sure they have the correct gages for production
  • Store, organize, and oversee that we have all gages needed to have a smooth transaction in all the swap for each area

Tool and die Supervisor

ASMO (DENSO)
07.2018 - 12.2018
  • Manage 21 associates across three shifts and three different areas that included; injection mold repairs, die press repair and CNC machine shop
  • Manage time sheets and schedule overtime
  • Evaluate and plan needs for the department in regards to training, work instructions and implement them into the department for better workflow and speed up repairs
  • Coordinate with production on work that needs prioritize and follow up's
  • Work with upper management on pinpointing reoccurring issues, and formulate planes how to fix them and have weekly meeting to follow up and complete any task that was assign to me
  • Manage tooling, quotes and suppliers to ensure the company has the adequate tooling in a timely manner and best price as possible
  • Coordinate all PM's and shot counts
  • Assist in reviewing dimensions, assist with designer to ensure all internal and suppliers questions are enter correctly to comply with all customer drawings requirements
  • Train on Kaizen, Quality circles, and time studies
  • Drive all or any daily issues related with my department (quality, equipment maintenance, drawing and personal) and coordinate with other to get them resolve
  • Schedule daily task and workload
  • Oversee and help manage budget for the department
  • Perform review for all new associate

2ND Shift CNC supervisor

BURKERT
01.2016 - 07.2018
  • Day to day supervision of six production associates
  • Maintain associate evaluations; assisted in hiring process, terminations when necessary, training, and employee conflict resolution
  • Assisted manager in production capabilities and availability of products scheduling for expedited orders
  • Organized shift scheduling and OT, vacations, and daily work assignments in conjunction with production needs and customer orders
  • Hands on, training, couching, troubleshooting on day-to-day needs on set up, programing, on are CNC shop
  • Develop and implement training, work instruction, and update set up sheets, in machining for better and faster process
  • Analyze, improve and implement tool life on current CNC programs, and reduce scrap by 25% and speed up process by 10%
  • Implement preventive maintenance for CNC machine shop

CNC Mill Machinist

Greatbatch Medical
03.2011 - 11.2015
  • Setup; operate CNC machines that manufacture implant and instruments for the orthopedic industry including companies such as Zimmer, Depuy, Stryker, Biomet, Smith & Nephew, and Medtronic
  • Setup machines, dial in first piece for production, and troubleshoot programs from start to finish
  • Cut fixtures, touch off tools
  • Pre-stage tooling for new jobs
  • Run 3, 4, 5, machines daily, perform first piece inspection and train new employees
  • Experience running Micron, Mori Seiki, Hass, Kitamura, vertical and horizontal machines
  • Machine Medical Implant plates and medical instruments for customers that include Zimmer, Accumed and Depuy orthopedics
  • Additional responsibilities include, setting up and dialing in part programs from start to finish too meet quality requirements set forth by the customer blue print, utilizing 5axis CNC machining centers

Shift Lead/CNC machinist

Busche Enterprise
01.2008 - 01.2011
  • Run high and medium volume production parts for the Honda accord minivan and john Deere using Toyoda and Okuma machining centers
  • Responsibilities include doing tool changes, offsets, problem solving and troubleshooting on fixtures on my machining as well as my co-workers
  • This includes working with engineering to figure out and fix ongoing problems that cause excessive scrap and to pro-long tool life
  • Primary trainer for new employees on CNC machining centers that includes training new employees how to operate machining centers and how to perform quality checks and use of all appropriate gages on the parts they are running
  • Successfully completed four courses on my own time to become a certified SOM "Set-up own machine", courses include Mastering CNC Lathes, Precision Measurements for machinist, Mitutoyo Basic CMM Programming and CNC Machining Centers
  • Assisted day-to-day supervision of 30 production associates
  • Assisted in work assignment, training, and problem solving
  • Assisted manager in production capabilities and availability of products scheduling
  • Tool setter, responsible for change over's, troubleshoot on fixtures and programming for CNC machining centers
  • Performing tool and program changes as needed for day-to-day operations

CNC Machinist

National Tube Form
01.2006 - 01.2008
  • Responsibilities included running tight tolerance subs used in the assemblies for customers that included EMD, Ford motor company and General Motor Corporation
  • Used, experience with calipers, micrometers, plug and height gages
  • Set-up CNC Mills, including selecting vices, tooling, and finding center point of parts, teach, and dial in operations
  • Utilized end mills, face mills, drills, reamers and center drills
  • Operated Mazak Lathe CNC, Fadal CNC machining center and Mazak CNC machining center

Receiving Inspector

Freudenberg Nok
01.1998 - 01.2002
  • Verify incoming material from suppliers, contacted suppliers when defective parts were found
  • Issued defective material reports, tracked supplier's corrective actions/requirements and responses for DMR
  • QAD transfer, MRB area

Education

CBETis # 83 -

Pachuca, Hgo
01.1998

Goshen High -

Goshen, IN
01.1995

Skills

  • Training and mentoring
  • Goal oriented
  • Staff management
  • Employee motivation
  • Decision-making
  • Complex Problem-solving
  • Staff development
  • Team building
  • Conflict resolution
  • Payroll processing
  • Quality control

Languages

Spanish
Full Professional

Timeline

3rd Shift Machining/Die Cast Supervisor

Aludyne
08.2023 - Current

Area Manager

CLC Inc.
11.2022 - 08.2023

2nd shift Production Supervisor

Carlex Glass
10.2021 - 11.2022

Metrology Lead technician

Zimmer Biomet
01.2019 - 09.2021

Tool and die Supervisor

ASMO (DENSO)
07.2018 - 12.2018

2ND Shift CNC supervisor

BURKERT
01.2016 - 07.2018

CNC Mill Machinist

Greatbatch Medical
03.2011 - 11.2015

Shift Lead/CNC machinist

Busche Enterprise
01.2008 - 01.2011

CNC Machinist

National Tube Form
01.2006 - 01.2008

Receiving Inspector

Freudenberg Nok
01.1998 - 01.2002

Goshen High -

CBETis # 83 -

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