Production Coordinator

Senior Production Coordinator — Apex Manufacturing Solutions

Chicago, IL | August 2023 – Present

• Coordinated material requirements and production schedules for 6 assembly lines, boosting overall manufacturing throughput by 14% and reducing idle machine time by 22 hours per week.
• Led a cross-functional waste reduction initiative that lowered raw material scrap rates by 18% and saved the company $42,000 in monthly procurement expenses using lean principles.
• Utilized SAP ERP to track real-time inventory levels, maintaining 99.8% material availability for 3 major product lines and eliminating overnight shipping surcharges for critical parts.
• Standardized the shift-handover reporting workflow for a team of 45 assembly personnel, resolving workflow blockages 35% faster and decreasing minor compliance infractions to zero.

Production Coordinator — Vertex Assembly Group

Naperville, IL | June 2021 – July 2023

• Monitored daily production schedules and resource allocations for 4 parallel packaging lines, improving order-fulfillment on-time rate from 88% to 98.4% over a 12-month period.
• Facilitated daily production meetings with 3 department leads to review safety metrics and quality assurance audits, reducing post-assembly defect rates by 24% using Six Sigma tools.
• Managed the procurement of auxiliary production supplies worth $120,000 annually, negotiating vendor contracts to cut standard supplier lead times by 5 days across 12 key materials.
• Conducted monthly safety inspections and trained 35 new line operators on facility guidelines, achieving 700 consecutive days without a recordable workplace injury at the site.

Production scheduling, Inventory management, Quality assurance, ERP systems, Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, Resource allocation, OSHA standards, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Excel, Jira, Vendor relations, Process optimization

ERP System Implementation

Role: Production Lead Coordinator

Tools: SAP, Jira, Microsoft Excel

Managed the transition of 4 production lines to a new ERP platform, completing migration 2 weeks early and increasing real-time inventory tracking accuracy by 15%.

Assembly Line Redesign

Role: Lead Process Coordinator

Tools: AutoCAD, Lean Six Sigma, Asana

Coordinated the layout reorganization of 2 main assembly areas, which reduced physical material handling distance by 30% and increased daily output by 12%.

• Certified Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) (2022)
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (2023)

• Languages: English (Native), Polish (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Safety coordinator for community building restoration projects (2022-present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice