THOMAS j hORWATH

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610-***-****(hOME) 610-***-****(CELL)

abkxvr@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of qualifications

Professional, with over 20 years experience in Management. Career includes

progressive growth with responsibilities from front line Supervisor,

Quality Director/Manager, Sales & Marketing Manager, and Plant Manager.

Extensive people skills with the talent to get total implementation of

directives from multi-departmental subordinates for on time completion of

tasks. Have worked in large corporations as well as family run businesses,

with results being the number one focus. Multi-tasking pro who is a true

motivator with goal driven, cost effective directives that is not afraid to

get his hands dirty.

PLANT MANAGER - 3 years

DIRECTOR - QUALITY / CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

- 7 years

CORPORATE SALES & MARKETING MANAGER - 5 years

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT - 5 years

MANAGER- 8 years

Employment HISTORY

DIRECTOR - QUALITY / CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Iridium Industries Inc. / ARTUBE - East Stroudsburg, PA

Direct all Quality functions and administer Continuous Improvement plans

for cost reduction, time management, waste reduction, MRP planning and

customer requirements for a plastic extrusion & compression tube molding

facility for multi-station screen printing, plate printing, ink color

matching, and labeling decoration of consumer based tube containers. RF

trained and component verification process. (2008 - 2010)

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

H & R Industries, Inc - Warminster, PA

Coordinate and maintain Quality Assurance and Production Control

departments for a metal working machine shop. Government contracts and job

shop production with all forms of machining and powder coat and wet paint

facilities. Managed inventories and customer owned components and JIT

staging.

(2005 - Present)

PLANT MANAGER

S & L Plastics Inc. - Nazareth, PA

Managed the entire production area including Maintenance, Molding,

Extrusion, Sheet Extrusion and Inventory Control. This included all

scheduling, yield analysis, P & L, scrap reduction, all staffing, material

usage, production flow and 5S sanitation disciplines. Supervised 120+

employees. Worked with Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC) of Lehigh

University for business development/lean strategy methods. (2006 to 2008)

DIRECTOR OF QUALITY

Moldamatic, LLC - Penndel, PA

Managed the Quality department for multi-facility custom injection molding

organization. Customer liaison and specification compliance coordinator for

all new/existing programs The ISO9001-2000 certification management team

leader. Program Manager for customer projects from design to mold build to

final product sampling and production approval. (2002 to 2006)

CORPORATE SALES & MARKETING MANAGER

Polycel Structural Foam Inc. - Somerville, NJ

Organized and processed all sales and marketing strategies for a multi

state, three-plant custom structural foam injection molder. Planned with

20+ independent outside sales representatives for company target markets.

Managed customer development while generating over $12 million in new sales

contracts within four years. Extensive travel including international

customers. (1997 to 2002)

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Alcon Surgical Inc. A division of Nestle Corp. - Sinking Spring, PA

Supervised 100+ employees in class 10,000 clean room manufacturing/assembly

facility for disposable ophthalmic surgery instruments, with metal grinding

and electro-polishing systems Trained in FDA cGMP, 5-S, TQM and Lean

Manufacturing practices. ISO-13485 trained. (1993 to 1997)

QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER

Owens-Brockway / A unit of Owens-Illinois - Belvidere, NJ

Maintained the Quality Control department for custom extruded and injection

blow molded containers. Union shop. (1989 to 1993)

PRODUCTION MANAGER

B.Braun Medical, Inc. - Bethlehem, PA

Managed the manufacturing and assembly departments in the disposable

plastic medical component sector. Class 10,000 clean room, ETO

sterilization processes. Manage over 100+ employees. ISO-13485 trained.

(1983 to 1989)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Certified ISO9001-2001 Auditor & Coordinator

ISO-13485 Trained

SPC & Kaizen, TQM / TPS, Lean Manufacturing

Scanlon Teambuilding Training

AS400 Mapics / Visual Manufacturing MRP / Vantage MRP

Haz-Mat First Responder / CPR Trained

5S Master Sanitation

RF Component Testing

Education

California University of Pennsylvania

BA - Urban Affairs

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