The document is a resume for Jo'Casta Neeley, who has over 13 years of experience in supply chain and production planning roles in the manufacturing industry. She currently works as a Flow Forecaster and Supply Chain Planner at Michelin, where she manages production planning and scheduling. Previously, she held supervisory roles overseeing production operations and employees at various manufacturing companies. Neeley is seeking a leadership role where she can utilize her skills in production planning, process improvement, budgeting, and managing cross-functional teams.

1. JO’CASTA NEELEY
(260) 225-8202 | jocneeley@hotmail.com | www.linkedin.com/in/jocneeley
Skilled and experienced Supply Chain & Production Planner focused in the Technical and Manufacturing
Industries. Possessing a background of 13+years in the industry specializing in the ability to bring about
fundamental changes needed to streamline production and forecast objectives. A demonstrated project
manager with effective cross-functional communication. Highly skilled in supervising methods, procedures,
and managing employees to effectively accomplish operational tasks. Seeking to bring acquired knowledge to
a leadership role in a company that will add value to the organization and increase revenue.
 Critical Thinker
 Project & Case Management
 Led Cross-Functional Teams
 Production Planning
 Time Management
 Supervisor
 Budgetary Maintenance
 Streamline Processes
 Create Design Standards
 Compliance
 Inventory Control
 Risk Mitigation
 Interpersonal Communications
 Microsoft Office
EXPERIENCE
Flow Forecaster – Supply Chain Planner | Michelin - BFG Goodrich
Production Supervisor | Michelin - BFG Goodrich
Fort Wayne, IN 7/2012-Present
 Manage and coordinate direct labor planning for 36-50 hourly unionized production worker crew
 Plan production requirements to meet inventory management goals and schedule compliance
components
 Identify and communicate production schedule capacity gaps to internal supplier and customers
 Utilize findings to report any potential impact identified in the process to the production department’s
ability to meet demand and delivery goals
 Motivated and mobilized tire builders to achieve daily production targets within scope of efficiency
requirements resulting in rate times to increase by nearly 10%
 Participate in regular Transverse meetings to review current daily production results, future production
launches and back order demands
 Monitor and evaluate production statistics, including; downtime, productivity, and scrap
 Advise on performance interferences on the statistics that led to production losses
 Collaborate with maintenance, validation, and engineering to optimize equipment performance and
reliability
 Promote and ensure a safe working environment and adhere to environmental compliance standards
Case Manager | INDIANA MENTOR @ THE MENTOR NETWORK
Fort Wayne, IN (Site Closed) 10/2010-03/2012
 Provided support and supervision for foster and pre-adoptive children creating a safe environment
 Scheduled regular visits to foster homes appropriate to cases and service plan goals
 Documented and reported to juvenile courts on the status and progress of permanency for cases as
assigned
 Provided placement stabilization services and management of disruptions

2.  Conducted home studies for DCS to determine eligibility of potential foster families including; initiated
background checks and conducted interviews with candidate(s)
Production Supervisor | EXEL LOGISTICS, INC./PROCTER & GAMBLE
Leipsic, OH 3/2008 – 5/2010
Lead Operations Supervisor | EXEL LOGISTICS, INC./PROCTER & GAMBLE
Fort Wayne, IN. (Site Closed) 7/2004 – 3/2008
 Coached daily production and work activities for all hourly and temporary production team employees
 Initiated sound business decisions and mitigated risks based on forecasting, knowledge, experience,
and strong judgment to consistently deliver against business objectives
 Facilitated all aspects of planning, including; logistics of raw component deliveries with vendors,
packaging material requirements, inventory control, and meeting delivery schedules
 Reviewed existing inventories for accuracy and as a cross check to SAP reports
 Created Access databases as needed to track production measurable, report and chart BPM, efficiency
rates, and MTBF
 Organized and participated in continuous improvement projects related to operational productivity
resulting in reduced manpower without negatively impacting production
 Created and documented processes to address gaps when a process was not in place to accomplish the
given task
 Monitored and reported on process improvement change/execution through conducting a time study,
resulting in a 20% increase in production capacity due to work flow issue resolution
 Provided objective associate performance reviews, development and/or succession planning as
appropriate
 Operated within agreed budget (P&L) for site including; allocation of overtime and purchasing; if
variances existed, identified the reasons and implemented corrective actions
 Maximized performance of the site by directing daily activities to streamline processes
 Provided leadership, motivation, training, and development of the workplace executing against
customer contract requirements and operational performance
EDUCATION
Fox Valley Technical College, APICS Partner
CPIM Certification – In Progress
Cornerstone Christian Bible College, Fort Wayne, IN
B.A. Christian Business — 2002
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Knowledge of Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint – Intermediate to advanced), SAP,
Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)