Larry D. Gray
12 Burgess Drive  [Send email to request phone number] 93.6341 Home
Glendale Heights, Illinois 60139 847.217.7920 Cell
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Career Objectives:
To secure a career within a successfully growing business entity that will
provide opportunities to enhance my managerial skills in a manufacturing and
non-manufacturing environment.

Professional Accomplishments
 *  Supervise, direct and coordinate the activities for the production of
electronic / mechanical assemblies.
 *  Plans, organizes and directs the daily production personnel teams. Over 95%
of the daily shipments were met.
 *  Served as department liaison with the union officials, staff members,
suppliers, and other entities.
 *  Interfaced with Engineering, materials management and technical supports on
daily bases regarding the accomplishments met by the team  's goals and standard
achievements.
 *  Recommended personnel actions such as, promotions, transfers, discharges,
and disciplines.

Cost Developments
 *  Insure the utilizations of personnel, cost reductions, quality assurances
and scheduling requirements are maximized as results; the company experienced
reduced operating cost of $400,000.
 *  Established the highest quality standards for the conditions, operations,
user-maintenance of machinery.
 *  Advise the Material Planning and Scheduling of impending part shortages.
Implementation of procedures and policies ensured in a timely manner.
 *  Conducted OSAH audits to ensure compliance with OSHA regulations. Ensuring
the elimination of potential finds. 
 *  Recruit and maintain direct and indirect labor force necessary to accomplish
goals by selecting, developing, motivating and training competent work teams.

Training
 *  Ensuring the development, motivation, and effective utilization of manpower
to department standards. 
 *  Assures the proper training and certification process is implanted
 *  Organized and coordinated with the training instructions of the prescribed
training format and structural processes. 
 *  Instrumental in the development and the training of the manufacturing
operations, technical and engineering supports in the prescribed Six Sigma Global
standards and regulations.
 *  Promote good housekeeping and safety practices. 
 Larry D. Gray
12 Burgess Drive  [Send email to request phone number] 93.6341 Home
Glendale Heights, Illinois 60139 847.217.7920 Cell
 Email: 

Professional Experiences
2009  *  2009 Elite Manufacturing, Inc.
 Lead / Documenter

2007  *  2008 SRI /Sterling Engineering, Inc. 
 Production Supervisor

1999  *  2007 Zebra Technologies, Inc. 
 Production Supervisor/ Manager

1988  *  1999 Motorola, Inc. 
 Production Supervisor 

1988  *  1989 Navistar International Corporation
 United Postal Services (Contractual Assignments)
Additional significant career information listed below:

Electro-Motive Division /General Motors Corporation
 Safety Representative / Industrial Security 

Education
M.P.A. Personnel Administration Roosevelt University Chicago, Illinois 
B.A. Liberal Arts Northeastern University Chicago, Illinois

Professional Development

Additional courses were taken at the Motorola University, Schaumburg, Illinois
and Zebra Technologies, Inc. 

 *  Team Building
 *  Manufacturing Process Technologies 
 *  Problem Solving
 *  Six Sigma
 *  Computer courses
 *  Time management 
 *  Managerial structural courses, procedures and policies and others.