Joe Lynn is a manufacturing professional with over 25 years of experience leading operations at various manufacturing plants. He has skills in lean manufacturing tools like 5S, value stream mapping, and problem solving to reduce costs and increase efficiency. As an operations manager, he chaired daily meetings to establish goals and ensure customer needs were met. He has experience overseeing production plants in steel tube manufacturing and outdoor furniture manufacturing.

1. Joe Lynn
67 5 East Street Rd. Apt#807 Warminster, PA 18974
M-267 -981-4568
H-215-485-5720
Jlynn1969@comcast.net
Summary Manufacturing professional, skilled in leading high producing teams,utilizing Lean
Manufacturing tools to reduce costs and increase process efficiency.Dedicated leader
with proven ability to train,manage, and motivate team members to achieve
organizational objectives.
Skills  Scheduling,Planning,Project Management and Purchasing
 Safety,Quality,Delivery,Cost and Innovation
 Process Certification,Value Stream Mapping
 Maintenance Planning,T roubleshooting,and Problem Solving
 Lean T rainer,5S, and 5why Trained
 SPC, T PM and DMAIC
 T ube Mill,Slitting,Levelling,and Offline operations
 Warehousing and Distribution
Education Penn State-Abington Campus
2 years course study in Liberal Arts
 Varsity Soccer
Father Judge HS-Philadelphia
Graduated 1987
Experience Operations Manager Allied T ube Philadelphia
January 2010–October 2014
Head of all plant operations for 3 shift steel producing plant. Plant included3 tube
mills, high speed coil slitter, and multi process secondary Rigid Department. Chaired
team meetings daily to establish customer needs and define goals. Worked along with
Human Resources to establish staffing requirements. Funneled customer service
needs to production floor and assigned ownership.Actively involved with all
departments to align areas for successful goal attainment.
Plant Superintendent Allied Tube Morrisville/Nova Steel Inc.
January 2009- January 2010
Assessed and facilitated training ofall personnel for integration into production plant
and designated areas ofassignment. Operated and supervised operation ofall
machines in the process. Planned, defined, and scheduled all maintenanceoperations
both real time and preventive. Established and developed the plants maintenance
documentation system for OEE documentation.
Eventually promoted to role ofOperations Manager when facilitywas purchased in
November 2009 by Tyco Intl.,and operated under the Allied Tube Division..

2. Plant Manager RIO Brands Inc.Philadelphia
November 1991-December 2008
Responsible for all areas offacility with main focus on all plant production for 10
Line, multi-functional production process in the outdoorfurniture business.
Designed line layouts, optimized production flow, and involved daily in all aspects
of customer Quality. Reported directly to ownership.Handled all staffing needs,
coordinated all supervision, and directed all maintenance staff. Heavily involved
in all product testing, prototypebuilding,and vendorcompliance. I started on the
loading dock with the company in 1991. Promoted over 7 times overthe years until
I was eventually in chargeofall plant operations
Additional areas ofskill
- Overhead crane trainer
- Induction Heating
- Galvanizing process
- Tube Mill trained by Roll Kraft Indus.
- Coating/Painting systems
- Die setting
- Working knowledge ofRS Logix software
- Fabrication
- Product testing
- Process capability studies
- Forklift Trainer
- KPI Tracking
References are availableupon request