William Michael Coby is an experienced production supervisor with expertise in streamlining processes and team management, demonstrated through roles at various companies including Sage Vfoods and Cameron Valve. He has a solid track record of meeting production goals, implementing training programs, and driving continuous improvement initiatives that resulted in significant cost savings. Coby holds a high school diploma and has completed Lean Six Sigma training, achieving greenbelt status.

1. William Michael Coby
6418 Westminster, Benton, AR 72019 - Cell: 501-548-2113 - mcolby592@aol.com
Professional Summary
Production Supervisor accomplished in streamliningproduction processes,projectplanning,trainingand
development. Results driven with exceptional communication,problem solvingand leadership skills.
Skills
 Lean Six Sigma
 Statistical Process Control
 Root causeanalysis
 Quality assurance
 Production linemanagement
 Inventory control and record keeping
3rd
Shift Production Supervisor / Sage VFoods Little Rock,AR (May, 2011 to November 2015)
 Supervising 2 teams - 21 team members, Frozen Rice production and Instant Rice production. Diversified
workforce of full time and temporary team members.
 Directly responsible for meeting production goals, implementing competency training, maintaining daily,
weekly and monthly KPI metrics.
 Responsible for maintaining accurate daily process control data, quality assurance data and customer
specification data.
 Responsible for CI project recommendations, implementation and meeting project deadline goals.
 Utilizing hands on approach for supervising teams. Directly involved with equipment troubleshooting,
equipment setups and maintenance needs.
2nd
Shift Plant Manager / 1st
Shift Continuous Improvement Manager
SFI ofArkansas - Conway, AR (February, 2010 to March, 2011)
 Supervised 3 plant locations - 35 team members, consisting of Steel Fabrication, Laser, Paint, Welding and
Shipping operations.
 Directly responsible for development, coaching and performance evaluations of 4 Supervisors.
 Responsible for meeting production goals, efficiency goals, shipping, daily reports and controlling payroll.
Supervised Continuous Improvement Team.
 Completing 26 projects within 6 month period, cost reductions totaling $80,000.00
 Accomplishing overall improvements with Work Processes,Safety, Quality and 5S.
1ST
Shift Production Supervisor at Cameron Valve and Measurements – Little Rock,AR
(September, 2008 to February, 2010)
 Supervising 3 teams - 17 team members within the plug valve production business unit.
 Directly involved with the production of Plug Valves, Slip Bonding and Slip Cell machining operation.
 Worked directly with customer third party inspectors ensuring industry/customerspecifications were met.
 Developed our Quality Alert program, the program was adopted by several of our facilities located in
Houston,Oklahoma City and Ville Platte.
 Successfully completed Lean 6 Sigma training levels 1 through 3 achieved Greenbelt status.

2. Plant Liaison for Android Industries - Shreveport, LA
Working within the General Motors,Assembly Plant (September, 2002 to June, 2008)
 Promoted to Plant Liaison for Android Industries within General Motors (May, 2004)
 Directly involved with the production of the Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon, H3 Hummer
and Hummer H3T – solving & containing quality issues.
 I worked directly with the quality engineers, production superintendents,material superintendents,and shift
managers to ensure that production of the 355, 345 and 745 platforms continued without interruption.
EDUCATION:
1978 Delhass High School Graduate, Bristol, PA
1979 Penn State University
1980-1984 United States Air Force