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Manager/Entrepreneur

Location:
Nashville, TN
Posted:
October 02, 2014

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Robert M. Drexler Jr.

**** ********** **.

Nashville, Tennessee 37211

Home 615-***-****

acf8ri@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Highly motivated, drive for results oriented leader with 23+ years of

experience in ownership, management, engineering, production, process

improvement, project management, and training. Lead by example to build,

develop, train, and motivate work teams. Ability to accept responsibility,

adapt to changing environments, and thrive for success. Superior

communication, strategic planning, critical thinking, and resource

management skills. Career experience includes:

Estimating Insurance Restoration Adjusting

Business Start-up Warehouse Management Product

Development

Project Management Multi-site Management Project

Analysis

Full P& L Responsibility Organizational Development

Inventory Control

Human Resources ISO 9001 Procedures

Shipping/Receiving/Fulfillment

Process Improvement Green Belt Training (Six-Sigma)

Costing/Budgeting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

President/CEO - Amflow, Incorporated April 2011 -

Present

Operations Management/B2B Sales...Anti-microbial environmental specialty

enterprise emphasizing the control of micro biostatic agents to inhibit the

growth of odor causing bacteria and fungi. (mold and mildew).

Owner - Paul Davis Restoration of Middle Tennessee December 2006

- March 2011

B2B and B2C Sales...Full service insurance restoration/mitigation company.

Franchise based out of Jacksonville, Florida

Chromalox LaVergne, TN October 2005 -

November 2006

Operations Manager

Manage multiple manufacturing and warehousing departments including hourly

leads and provide leadership and direction to employees engaged in

manufacturing and warehousing activities. Maximize equipment utilization,

materials, and human resources to meet customer requirements.

Owner - Coffee Beanery Franchise Cool Springs Mall December 2004

- September 2008

Owner - Steak Out Franchise South Nashville 2004

2005

Prestige Printing Madison, TN February 2003

- October 2005

Operations Manager (Dedicated contractor for Dupont Non-Wovens Division)

Manage multiple manufacturing and warehousing departments including

salaried supervisors and provide leadership and direction to employees

engaged in manufacturing and warehousing activities. Maximize equipment

utilization, materials, and human resources to meet customer requirements.

EPE of Tennessee, LLC Nashville, TN August 2000 -

February 2003

Plant Manager (Full service custom packaging solutions manufacturer and

distributor)

. Full P&L responsibility of start-up packaging plant operations. Multi-

site locations including Nashville and Huntsville, AL.

. Managed all production, warehouse and sales employees

. Set-up up warehousing and distribution systems of the packaging for

Hewlett-Packard NSD local operations. Developed JIT delivery system for

multi-site locations. Kitting operation established to reduce inventory

and quality issues concerning multiple packed units.

. Established southeast fabrication facility to support HP and Compaq

packaging requirements. Managed remote inventory levels at satellite

facilities for Compaq PC distribution network.

American General Financial Group Nashville, TN December 1997 -

August 2000

Manager of Warehousing Operations (February 2000 - August 2000)

Manager of Scanning/Indexing Operations (February 2000 - August 2000)

. Restructured departments reducing backlogs of 50,000+ work items

. Implemented process standards detailing work requirements and

expectations

Systems Control (Internal) Consultant /Business Analyst (December 1997 -

February 2000)

. Reengineering of business processes by utilizing Six Sigma, DMAIC Process

(received training from Master Black Belt GE Financial Services)

Project Coordinator for Year 2000 Contingency Planning project:

Responsibilities including planning, designing, and prioritizing business

continuity efforts to reduce mitigating circumstances for potential Y2K

disasters.

. Project Manager/Leader overseeing warehousing operations involving

litigation data collection case: Responsibilities including budgeting,

planning, and producing deliverable database product.

William L. Bonnell Company, Inc. Carthage, TN September

1992 - December 1997

(Full service aluminum extrusion provider)

Process Improvement Technical Coordinator (May 1995 - December 1997)

Plant Industrial Engineer (September 1992 - May 1995)

Shipping/Packaging Department Modernization Plan:

2. Designed stretch wrap packing facility reducing operating labor and

supplies 15% annually.

3. Workflow analysis of relocating storage racking system reduced

inventory levels by 10%.

4. Led change to working team leader concept and reduced operating costs

by $120,000 annually.

5. Packing line balancing studies redirecting product lines into

manufacturing cells.

Extrusion Modernization Plan: Manufacturing equipment upgrades including

material handling, process control, and monitoring equipment increased

production rates/capacities by 20%.

Establish and standardize process operating procedures to maintain/improve

product repeatability and quality

Train operators in the proper methods and procedures of process and

equipment operations, data analysis, SPC, and required customer

specifications

Team Training Coordinator:

10. Developed team leader/team training program for cross-functional and

functional working teams.

11. Lead trainer for team leader development training sessions.

12. Train employees in basic SPC techniques.

13. Developed the modules and trained all employees in basic financial

concepts in efforts to share company financial data.

Time study and ergonomic analysis in redesign of operator workstations

Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, VA February 1990 -

August 1992

(Department of Defense)

Industrial Engineer - Utilized TQM and SPC principles to improve the

quality of production processes and to reduce the cost of shipyard

operations. Developed functional requirements for a shop floor control

system and a local area network system. Restructured labor standards by

designing program evaluation and review technique (PERT) charts depicting

all direct and indirect labor associated with in-shop machining processes.

EDUCATION

Tennessee Technological University

Master of Business Administration (MBA) May 1995

University of Tennessee (Knoxville)

Bachelor of Science: Industrial Engineering December 1989



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