Don Ray Watkins
Manufacturing Supervisor at Parkway Products, LLC- Claim this Profile
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Confronting Bias: Thriving Across Our Differences
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Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
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Mastering Self-Leadership
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Experience
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Parkway Products, LLC
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United States
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Plastics Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Manufacturing Supervisor
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Aug 2022 - Present
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Production Supervisor
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Nov 2020 - Aug 2022
Facilitate the operations of equipment while maintaining safety, quality, and productivity. Safety: Hold daily safety meetings to discuss that days topic as defined by the human resources department. Constantly looking for unsafe conditions and taking care of the problems. Quality: Perform point of contact audits on machines throughout the shift to ensure running to SOP. Productivity: Constantly checking on down equipment and escalation of problems when they arise.
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Standard Motor Products
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Shift Supervisor
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Mar 2019 - Nov 2021
Facilitate the operations of components and clean room environment while maintaining safety, quality, and productivity. Safety: Hold monthly safety meetings to discuss that month’s topic as defined by the human resources department. Constantly looking for unsafe conditions and taking care of the problems. Quality: Perform point of contact audits on machines throughout the shift to ensure running to SOP. Productivity: Constantly checking on down equipment and escalation of… Show more Facilitate the operations of components and clean room environment while maintaining safety, quality, and productivity. Safety: Hold monthly safety meetings to discuss that month’s topic as defined by the human resources department. Constantly looking for unsafe conditions and taking care of the problems. Quality: Perform point of contact audits on machines throughout the shift to ensure running to SOP. Productivity: Constantly checking on down equipment and escalation of problems when they arise. Cross training operators in different areas. I trained on Tsugami, Winder, and Taylor Winfield’s in order to help maintain production Show less Facilitate the operations of components and clean room environment while maintaining safety, quality, and productivity. Safety: Hold monthly safety meetings to discuss that month’s topic as defined by the human resources department. Constantly looking for unsafe conditions and taking care of the problems. Quality: Perform point of contact audits on machines throughout the shift to ensure running to SOP. Productivity: Constantly checking on down equipment and escalation of… Show more Facilitate the operations of components and clean room environment while maintaining safety, quality, and productivity. Safety: Hold monthly safety meetings to discuss that month’s topic as defined by the human resources department. Constantly looking for unsafe conditions and taking care of the problems. Quality: Perform point of contact audits on machines throughout the shift to ensure running to SOP. Productivity: Constantly checking on down equipment and escalation of problems when they arise. Cross training operators in different areas. I trained on Tsugami, Winder, and Taylor Winfield’s in order to help maintain production Show less
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US Engine Valve
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Production Supervisor-different areas
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Aug 2013 - Jan 2019
Facilitate the operations of the facility while maintaining safety, quality, and productivity. Directed a team of 26 to 32 hourly employees. Filled out reviews, kept attendance book. Member of the Diversity Council, Health 101, and Wellness teams. Safety: Held daily before shift meetings to discuss safety concerns. Member of safety committee. Conducted monthly safety audits as assigned by the safety coordinator. Presenter at several symposiums for safety. Quality: Trained as a… Show more Facilitate the operations of the facility while maintaining safety, quality, and productivity. Directed a team of 26 to 32 hourly employees. Filled out reviews, kept attendance book. Member of the Diversity Council, Health 101, and Wellness teams. Safety: Held daily before shift meetings to discuss safety concerns. Member of safety committee. Conducted monthly safety audits as assigned by the safety coordinator. Presenter at several symposiums for safety. Quality: Trained as a TS1649 internal auditor. Trained as a quality auditor. Performed point of contact audits on machines throughout the shift to ensure running to process control sheet. Performed Layered Process Audits. Member of the scrap team. Productivity: Constantly checked the production floor to ensure machines were running and would escalate problems when they arose. Cross trained operators in different areas. Schedule machines to run based on inventory, and customer demand. Supervised all areas of the facility. Member of the Safety Committee, Diversity Team, Health 101, Wellness, Set Up Reduction, and Set Up Improvement teams.
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Production manager
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Feb 2011 - Aug 2013
Responsible for meeting all balance scorecard goals and objectives. Directed a team of 5 salaried supervisors. Filled out reviews, kept attendance book. Member of the Diversity Council, Health 101, Wellness, Scrap, and Safety teams. Scheduled production based on inventory and customer demand. Handled Human Resources issues on the off shift including but not limited to absent employees, safety concerns, quality concerns and production concerns.
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Production Supervisor
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Jun 2010 - Feb 2011
Managed 25 direct reports Managed all aspects of forging, machining and heat treatment of engine valves Monitor and control all safety, quality and productivity for department Set goals for department and teammates Semi annual and annual evaluation of all direct reports
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Production Technician
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Jun 2000 - Jun 2010
Responsible for ensuring all machines assigned to stay running and produced quality parts. Ran all machines from slug shear, press, cut off saws, nitride operation, heat treat operation, seat grinder, auto inspection machine, die assembly. Unload raw material Load finished products onto trucks Received several immediate impact awards Super reserve program-fill in for supervisor
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Education
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Limestone College
Associate's degree, Business Administration and Management, General -
Tri Coutny Technical College
Office Management and Supervision