Phil Hedden

Background

About Phil Hedden

Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications. • Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems. • Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints. • Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances. • Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports, to detect production problems. • Prepare and maintain production reports or personnel records. • Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines. • Institute employee suggestion or involvement programs. • Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets. • Initiate or coordinate inventory or cost control programs. • Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality. • Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations. • Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, or statistical studies. • Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes. • Negotiate materials prices with suppliers.