Carl Center

carlcenter@gmail.com
Carl Center
Production Manager/Quality Control – All Season Feeders

210-827-9679
Floresville, TX 78114

Production Manager/Quality Control All Season Feeders San Antonio, TX
March 2009 to Present
United States
Supervisor: Zach Gates

Hours: 40+
Duties: Include day to day management of shop workers and shop organization. Daily retrieval of purchase orders for daily shop activity, line out orders and crew to begin production. Regularly analyzes stock status reports in order to create purchase orders for raw material. Performs job costing, weekly payroll processing, hires and dismisses employees, as well as issues and monitors welding tests for new and potential shop employees. Views production reports and establishes productivity goals to meet or exceed production expectations. Daily monitoring of job costing, performs work orders, research and development, and shop equipment maintenance. Safety and PPE checks, collaborate with other divisions in order to expedite large orders. Maintains shop supply levels for consumables. Inventory control for raw materials and consumables. Quality control for welding paint, fit, finish and function. Customer service oriented individual that has closed retail and wholesale sales of products. Has performed field repair and regular maintenance of products. Marketed and sold products at trade shows and conventions. Weekly job safety analysis to maximize shop production. Operates forklift, laser, press break, sheet metal machine, plasma table, sheers, welder, ban saws, computer. Basic knowledge of Metal Studio (CAD) program. Quarterly inventory, build kits in MAS90 that pull all materials used when product is turned in, for raw material inventory control. Establishes daily, weekly, and monthly production goals. Frequent interaction with CEO and managers and weekly progress report meetings. Trains and guides new employees. Organizes and initiates employment for temporary workers for manual labor hire. Has acted as Manager on Duty on multiple occasions for extended periods of time. Has innovated new and improved products and designs, also performs field research tests to ensure quality and performance. Regularly conducts Market analysis in the outdoor industry.

Warehouse Manager UNIVAR San Antonio, TX
May 2007 to March 2009
United States
Supervisor: Scott Kirby

Hours: 40+
Duties: Handled logistic planning for inbound and outbound trucks, loaded and unloaded food grade to hazardous material/chemicals, knowledge in use of MSDS and SDS sheets, timekeeping, analyzed JSA, drummed off and blended various chemicals to customer specification. In a timely manner, coordinated waste disposal to appropriate disposal facility. CPR and First Aid certification. Provided Hotshot delivery in urban areas. Maintained accurate maintenance schedules and logs for appropriate fleet vehicles. Dispatched drivers according to drive time log books. Compliant with hazardous material transport rules. Daily use of DOS (UVX) and Microsoft office (Excel, Word, & PowerPoint). Would train new staff members on job safety analysis. Skilled in Warehouse management in FIFO & LIFO, also according to lot number, and batch number. Oversaw international shipments which required specific Customs regulation requirements in order to be exported from the United States. Did basic lab processing as a laboratory technician to ensure that inbound and outbound chemicals were to specification. Frequent usage and knowledge of gas chromatograph, specific gravity meter, Carl Fischer machine, and refract tests. Maintained shop and laboratory equipment to ensure accuracy, including recordkeeping of maintenance schedules. Also, scheduled LTL Carriers for freight.

Ranch foreman G4 Ranch Bigfoot, TX
May 2006 to May 2007
United States
Supervisor: Burnell Gates (Owner)

Hours: 40
Duties: Maintained a 2000 acre ranch containing cattle, native and exotic animals. Daily heavy equipment operating including tractors, skid steer, hay bailers, and auger trailers. Maintained a feeding schedule for captive breeding deer as well as cattle. Time management skills with minimal supervisory needed. On occasion utilized basic electrical, plumbing, and carpentry skills.

Night Supervising Welder All Seasons Feeders San Antonio, TX
June 2005 to May 2006
United States
Supervisor: Jonathan Talamantez

Hours: 40
Duties: Welded for production shop constructing and assembling outdoor products for retail purchase. Maintained organization in shop and managed crew, operated heavy equipment and machinery.

East Central High School

2005

Microsoft Office, Computer Literate, Forklift Operator, Sales, Hazmat, Management, Supervisory, Analytical