EXPERIENCED MANUFACTURING EXECUTIVE

An inspirational Six Sigma Green Belt Plant Manager, experienced with plant

design/redesign and multi-plant management, with a talent for production

efficiencies; increasing manufacturing throughput, improving customer

response times, developing successful inventory controls, creating

effective safety standards and raising the bar on quality standards while

decreasing loss and improving cost to budget ratios.

KEY STRENGTHS

Employee Development

Budget Management

Plant Safety

Supply Chain

Root Cause analysis along with corrective actions.

Knowledge of KPI's

Union Experience

Quality Control Paint Manager

5' S

Six Sigma Green Belt

OSHA/Environment

Plant Design/Redesign

Customer Response

Able to communicate with Spanish speaking employees

Management Representative for ISO9000

VPP Safety Program

SAP

Multi-Plant Management

ISO 9000 auditor

Policy Development

Efficiency Expert

P&L Experience

Knowledge of GMP's

Knowledge and use of SPC techniques

Usage of the 5 Whys

EXPERIENCE

Koch's Painting

August 2012 to Present

. Painting Houses interior and exterior.

Ennis-Flint, Bakersfield, CA

July 2011 to July 2012

Plant Manager

Responsibilities: Manage day to day operations of a manufacturing

facility that produces 5 million gallons of highway coatings and 15,000

tons of thermo plastic coating. Responsible for production and

performance management of 68 people nonunion facility.

. Overhauled safety program.

. Created an employee training and motivational program which

included developing a Safety Committee, morning huddles and

employee feedback, creating a more cohesive work environment.

. Improved State of California approvals from 57% to 99% through

training.

. Laid Off due to merger.

DUNN EDWARDS CORPORATION, LOS ANGELES, CA

May 2008 to June 2011

Plant Manager - promoted August 2008

Responsibilities: Manage day to day operations of a manufacturing

facility that produces 6 million gallons of architectural coatings

annually. Responsible for production and performance management of 85

union and non-union employees and four (4) supervisors. Managing an

operating budget of approximately $7 Million.

. Overhauled safety program resulting in September 2010 being

first calendar year on record with no lost time injuries.

Company had never accomplished this goal.

. 2010 inventory resulted in 2% net loss; first year documented

such low loss rates due to improved cycle counts and new

documentation system for raw materials used.

. Improved on time delivery to distribution center from 84% to

98.5% within less than 6 months.

. Developed plant metric for output, quality, and service level

that improved the First Pass Metric ratio from 32% to 57%,

reducing rework by 73%, thus overall improving plant

throughput.

. Created an employee training and motivational program which

included developing a Safety Committee, morning huddles and

employee feedback, creating a more cohesive work environment.

. Consulted on design, machinery needs and production and

quality standards for new, state of the art plant in Phoenix,

AZ.

Quality Control Manager

Responsibilities: Daily management of five (5) Quality Control

Technicians, responding to customer issues as they related to quality

and assisting in the design of product development specifications.

. Established first ever proper testing procedures to identify

critical product performance criteria, resulting in increased

consistency of product production.

. Trained laboratory personnel on proper testing and

documentation procedures resulting in a decrease in customer

complaints by 38% within 6 months.

. Ensured all documentation standards were met, resulting in a

decrease in errors on audit statistics.

. Employee of the quarter 2010.

. Plant Closed July 2011.

SHERWIN WILLIAMS CORPORATION, VICTORVILLE, CA February 2000

to May 2008

Quality Control Supervisor and ISO Management Representative

Responsibilities: Daily management of four (4) people on two shifts,

ensuring production processes met or exceeded customer's expectations

for quality. Trained as ISO 9000 auditor, traveling to Sherwin

William's plants across the country conducting procedural audits and

making recommendations for production and quality improvements.

. Improved production and on-time shipments from 92% to 99.29%

. Participated I Six Sigma project that decreased customer

complaints by 57%

. Participated in Six Sigma project that decreased customer

returns by 67%

. Selected as ISO 9000-2000 Auditor for Consumer Division

covering 4 plants throughout country. (Harrisburg)

. Selected as ISO 9000-2000 Management Representative.

(Victorville and Harrisburg)

VALSPAR CORPORATION, FORT WAYNE, IN April

1998 to February 2000

Quality Control Manager

Responsibilities: Directed 13 salaried and two (2) union employees,

assuring all production met the quality and consistency standards

needed for customer satisfaction.

. Selected as Management Representative for ISO 9000.

. Achieved 99% on time shipping.

. Decreased cycle time from 24 to 14 hours on 56% of production

batches.

LILLY INDUSTRIES, ROCKY HILL, CT February

1988 to April 1998

Quality Control and Production Manager

TECHNICAL COATINGS LABORATORY, AVON, CT April 1985 to

February 1988

Quality Control and Production Manager

MORTON INTERNATIONAL, LANSING, IL May 1982

to April 1985

Quality Control Lab Technician

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

BAKER COLLEGE, Flint MI

2010 to Present

Business Administration

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, TEMPE, AZ

June 2009

Green Belt in Six Sigma

Purdue University, Hammond, IN

1979 to

1982

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