Miyako Oglesby Turner
Medical device manufacturing management| MSc Electronics Engineering Biomedical Engineering|Pharmaceutical manufacturing management| Automation management
- Role
- Production Supervisor at Flex
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Miyako Oglesby Turner
Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manager with over 30 years of progressive experience in manufacturing operations, process optimization, and team leadership. I am a proven expert in defining product goals, implementing lean management principles, and driving significant improvements in manufacturing throughput and efficiency. I am adept at leading cross-functional teams, managing complex automation systems, and ensuring stringent regulatory compliance in high-stakes production environments.My experience includes developing and implementing a supervisor onboarding manual, which reduced leadership turnover by 3%. I have managed operational budgets and expenses, achieving an 11% cost savings per customer. I championed Lean manufacturing implementation, increasing productivity by 42% and reducing waste by 38%, and increased press throughput by 52% while simultaneously reducing scrap. I also have experience directing packaging operations for high-quality biosimilars, ensuring regulatory compliance and achieving a zero-defect rate.I have a strong background in continuous improvement, having driven initiatives through ANDON system abnormalities and constraint management, investigating bottlenecks to improve efficiency by 21%. I also implemented 5S and DMAIC continuous improvement initiatives within Ford Production Systems, rebalancing personnel and increasing station metrics by 15%. My expertise extends to maintaining operational readiness of automation systems by troubleshooting PLC, robot, and other automation faults, and ensuring strict compliance with ECPL for safe operations.My skills include Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Medical Device Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt, Automation & Controls Systems, PLC Programming & Troubleshooting, and Team Leadership.Machine Learning~Deep LearningManufacturing Engineer~Process EngineerAgile continuous improvement High precision Injection molding plastics from pellets to productSterile medical device & drug delivery manufacturing~Automated Assembly21 CFR 820~ISO 13485Constraint management Pharma 4.0~Industry 4.0
Experience
Production Supervisor
Apr 2025 — Present · Buffalo Grove, IL, US
Education
Real Estate Associate Program (Project REAP Chicago)
Associate degree program, Commercial Real Estate
2016 — 2016
Norfolk State University
Master of Science - MS, Electronics Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Purdue University
B.S, Biology; Chemistry minor
2000 — 2005
Chicago Real Estate School
License, Real Estate
2015 — 2016
Ford Motor Company
Certificate, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Champion
Ford Motor Company
Certificate, Ford Production Systems
Harvard Online
Adult Education, Computer Science
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