Operations - Plant Manager, 04457

Industry: Manufacturing / Plastics

Resides: Texas

Salary: Open

Relocate: Yes

On the Market:

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BACKGROUND

30 years of experience in Engineering Management, injection mold design, procurement and project management.  Extensive knowledge of plastic commodity design.  Also, MRP, SPC, SOP, GMP, ISO 9000, FMEA, OSHA as well as FDA regulations.  Plant turn around and P&L responsibility. Production and Plant Management.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

·      Served 4 years apprenticeship under auspices of NC Apprenticeship Council.  Mold design engineering (8,000 Hours OJT, 488 Classroom Hours).

·      As Senior Tooling Engineer for Abbott Critical Care Systems achieved $2,000,000 plus in annualized cost reductions.  Also lowered machine hours required in the molding department by 24,900 hours annually through productivity improvements.

·                Received Abbott Presidential Award for Employee Excellence.

·                Managed international molding and tool procurement programs.

·      Turned around molding plant after two years of losses.  Now has continual profitability.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY          

                  Plastics Company                                                                  1999-2002

 TX. 

General Manager

·         Direct responsible for P&L

·         Increased effiency of the manufacturing operation. Improved quality to less than 1% customer returns on 12 million in sales.

·         Reduced cost of SG&A and over all operating cost.

·         Responsible for plant sales forecast, operating budget and capital expenditures.

·         24 hours a day 7 days a week operation. 128 employees.

Plastics Company                                                                                      1997-1999

                      KS.

 General Manager

·          Took over three plants in bankruptcy.

·          Managed corporation without court appointed trustee.

·          Reduced losses in Kansas and Texas plants.

·          Turned around Kansas plant from $280,000 per month loss to profitability in three months.

·          Downsized New Braunfels, Texas plant ran at break even, then closed and sold plant.

·          Marketed and sold El Paso, Texas plant as ongoing profitable plant

Plant Manager in Texas

·          Turned around plant from a year of losses to a profitable plant

·        Improved quality, reduced scrap, improved on time deliveries, reduced cost of SG&A, and general expenditures.

·        The manufacturing floor ran 24 hours a day seven days a week. Employed 120 directs 22 indirect and 9 department managers.

 Production Manager

·         Managed 53 machine molding department with 180 employees.

·         Improved quality and JIT deliveries to customers.

·         Reduced scrap, increased efficiency and lowered over all operations cost.

Corporate Engineering Manager

·                Managed project engineers, quoting department, and manufacture engineers in three plants.

·         Manufacturing manager responsible for above with added duties of all manufacturing in three plants. With a total of 101 molding machines.

Textek Plastics                                                 1994-1997

San Antonio, Texas

Tooling/Engineering Manager

·                Managed on-site mold maintenance and repair shop.

·                Managed Textek mold building shop in Georgetown, Texas.

·                Procurement of all new molds and managed engineering changes for 3 plants.

·                Managed program managers, project engineers, and quoting group.

·                Products medical, computer, industrial, appliance, and electronic communications.

·                Worked to improve mold cycles, manufacturing processes and cost reduction programs.

·                Hot stamping, silk screen, robotics, and automated assemblies.

·                Developed and managed budgets for Technical Staff and Departments.

LAH Consulting                                                  1990-1994

Browns Summit, North Carolina

·                Worked with medical device manufacturers to improve quality, productivity, problem analysis, and resolution.

·                Molded component cost avoidance or cost reduction.

·                Injection mold design and procurement.

·                Worked with custom molders on manufacturing and molding problems.

Abbott Critical Care Systems                                 1985-1990

Salt Lake City, Utah

Senior Tooling Engineer – Critical Care Systems

·          Procured all new injection molds, blow molds, transfer molds, and compression molds to produce a large variety of disposable medical components.

·          Technical interface on new products, existing products, and engineering changes with both in-plant and division engineering/R&D.

·          Managed Tool Room, which maintained and upgraded in excess of 400 molds.

·          Prepared and managed tooling budget.

·          Directed critical molded component purchases.

·          Failure analysis in injection molded components and problem resolutions.

Edward Week & Company, Inc.                         1982-1985

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Senior Plastic Engineer/Project Manager

·                Established molding department for the manufacture of plastic disposable medical products.

·                Interfaced with R&D to ensure moldability and manufacturing feasibility of products.

·                Procured all injection molds (both prototype and production) and related secondary equipment.

·                Selected and provided assistance to vendors running molded components.

·                Managed projects involving disposable plastic and non-plastic products.

·                Planned and directed setup of in-house molding department.

Thiokol/The AFA Corporation                                 1977-1982

Toccoa, Georgia

Manager of Engineering

·          Managed engineering, design department, and in-house Tool Room.

·          Technical liaison between salespeople and customers.  Resolved technical and quality issues with customers.

·          Assisted vendors with conceptual design of prototype/production molds.

·          Managed procurement of all tooling.  Set standards with tool vendors.

·          High volume molding of closures and trigger sprayers.

Southern Plastics Engineering                                        1976-1977

Greensboro, North Carolina

Tooling/Engineering Manager

·          Designed/built testing equipment, special tooling, and injection molds.

·          Supervised tool modifications, repairs, and purchases of new molds.

·          Responsible for molded component, assembly and decorating quotes.

Modern Tools                                                      1972-1976

Greensboro, North Carolina

Tool & Die Design Engineer- Apprenticeship – NC State

·          Designed molds to specifications and assisted customers in development of productions to meet their requirements (injection molds, compression molds, embossing dies, and blow molds).

·          Purchased materials for design and manufacture of molds.

EDUCATION

·                Central Carolina Technical Institute, Plastic Processing/Mold Design

·                Greenville Technical Institute, Jig Fixture Design

·                Almanac Technical Institute, Machine Shop Theory and Practice

·        Guilford Technical Institute, Mechanical Drafting and Design

·        New York University, Advanced Mold Design

·        Edison State, Working Toward B.S. Business Administration

·        Accounting for non Financial Managers

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