1. Kathy Johnston
27 Oak Street Kitchener, ON
226-336-2557
kathyj1900@live.com
Education:
Ontario Management Certificate
Grade 12 diploma Many workshops and training
program’s listed below. St. Johns Ambulance Certificate.
Overhead Crane Training and more.
HPAuthorized Customer
6/12/2015

2. Educational Experiences
Education and Training Workshops and Seminars
High school diploma focusing on behavior science and
mathematics
Effective labor relations
Ontario,Management,Development Program Powerful Presentations
Certified production and inventory control The art of Organization
Management for Results Customer service Excellence
Spill Response Training Holding Effective Meetings
Overhead Crane Certificate Critical and Creative Thinking
Due Diligence and Bill C-45 Developing Effective Teams
Saint John’sAmbulance Coaching Employees
First aid and CPR Proper Brainstorming Tectonics
WHIMS Five why Training
Certified Inventory Control Specialized TrainingKANBAN
and how to maintain set min/max requirements
Achieving desired end result while maintaining company
policies when dealing with delicate subject matters
Employment History
o Personal Support Worker for a 37 year old women living with permanent brain injury due to an automobile
accident.June 2012-present
o Sub-Contractor Canada mass merchandising 1.5 years October 1, 2010-July,2012 Title : Inventory control
o Waste management Mount Forest Ontario contract 6 months contract position. Title : Compactor Specialist
/DispatcherJanuary, 2010-September,2010
o Oetiker Limited Alliston,Ontario Title : Group/Team leader,Management January 1993 - December 2009
o Durham Furniture Durham Ontario Title : Production Associate,1988-1993
Experience
o Managed a staff of 50 personnel independently responsible for maintaining all operations,production,health
and safety and quality standards.
o Worked with employees to provide fair and reasonable guidelines to insure that your business is running to its
full potential.
o Conceived that rules are made to be followed by everyone including management and that if you do this
regularly and consistently your team will be confident in your ability to provide fair and unclouded judgment
in every aspect of their working environment.
o Trained and enforced the importance of providing clear and obtainable guidelines and work documentation,
which includesdisciplinary actionsfor work that is unsafe or unacceptable to your company’s policiesand or
procedures.Was responsible for documentations compliance with ISO and quality standards.
o I am advanced in Microsoft office application,which allows me to take advantage ofthe programs applications
to get all jobs done quickly and effectively resulting in a professional understandable and aesthetically
appealing finished product.
o Have completed the Ontario management course with a 98% average, with effective labor relations being my
non-compulsory focus.
o Member of a quality circle team for seven consecutive years, this helped me improve my PowerPoint, public

3. speaking and communication skill, leaving me very comfortable addressing a variety of different approaches
to problemsolving tectonics,project complication and presentation skills..(Continuous Improvement)
o As a result of thisknowledge my team won the internal competition 4 times,placing fourth and first in external
competition which was a great accomplishment for myself my team and the whole of Oetiker Canada and
abroad.
o Was assigned the continental group leader position at Oetiker due to my ability to address problems effectively,
to handle high stressful situations,my ability to keep all situations under control,and mostly the confident my
superiors had in me to carry out all tasks independently in the absence of supporting staff,
o Department wide trainer for the new computer program implemented in December '07 (IFAS). Also involved
in the two previousprograms(Edge and magic), was praised for my ability to recognize the learning curves of
each individualsassociate planning different training schedules and tectonics for each groups unique learning
style. This helped to resulted in the programs early release to the production floor.
o We worked with a just in time delivery process which made it necessary to continuously prioritize workloads,
adjust scheduling and determined set-up capabilities..This was extremely important for the continuoussuccess
of Oetikerlimited, not only for our reputation but also for the astronomically charges thatwe would have incur
if our negligence caused any production downtime to our customers.
o Prioritizing workload was very important although it was always secondary to the safety of our staff and the
quantity of our product.
o Worked in inventory control performing cycle count organizing overtime, and replenishment of inventory
included detail cost reportsand investigated count discrepancy.Maintaining Kanban and min max levels.
o Worked in accountspayable and receivable for 1 year to cover for maternity leave.
o Worked as set-up operatorin set-less rings and oscillating departments to cover for staff vacations time.
o Was the scheduler/planner for swing couplings and bar stock, covered sick leave and vacation time for the
production scheduler/planneralways achieving 100% on time deliveries
Skills and Attributes
 skill retention and improve-
ment
 Precision/Attention-to-detail
 Customer Service
Excellence
 Microsoft Office specialist
 Strong organizational skill
 Prompt and detailed
responses to all issues
pertaining to customer's,
employee and management
concerns or complaints
 Instruction and Teaching
 Enthusiastic Attitude
 Strong interpersonal and
communication skills
 Excels under pressure
Volunteer Contributions
Children Christmasparty committee for 11 years.
Adult Christmas Party trustee and member for 15 years.
Safety committee president for 4 years.
RRSP and pension board for 5 years.
Trustee and member of the 50-50 committee for 17 years the whole time I was at Oetiker LTD
References available upon request