Maintenance Manager / Plant Manager
Resume:
Michael Rochester acfpqb@r.postjobfree.com
Experience
? Print-Rite N.A. LaVergne, TN Director of Operations 10/2011
? Present
Designed the facility layout and produced AutoCAD drawings for warehouse racking and
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new office construction.
Responsible for workforce of twelve employees
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Manage Print Rite?s North American Distribution Center located in LaVergne, TN
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Set up from scratch our 25,000 sq. ft. distribution center to include all aspects
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Aided in setting up 3PL partner to meet our customer base delivery expectations across
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the US.
SAP set up and responsible for:
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? Bills of Materials (BOMs), MRP, Purchasing, Forecast integration
1. Lead the US SAP/ERP system implementation team
In house SAP super user
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Responsible for all SAP training
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US contact for the Hong Kong based IT team
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? Certicell, LLC Brentwood TN. / Louisville, KY. Engineering Project Manager 2008-
2011
Worked with the production supervisors to identify areas of improvement
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in both equipment and flow with the goal of reducing scrap and improving
customer satisfaction.
Set up two new production lines working hands on with external
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contractors to minimize cost and expedite the construction process.
Worked with the Quality department to identify areas of concern and
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provide new ideas with relation to equipment, fixture redesign, or
employee training.
Designed a cell phone sorting system using vision technology which
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reduced the headcount of that department fifty percent.
Helped set up a handset sorting facility in London for a joint venture between Certicell
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and the Royal Post Office.
Traveled extensively to Hong Kong to help with new product startups and process flow
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improvements.
Traveled to mainland China to help qualify new raw material vendors.
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? Nukote International Franklin, TN Distribution Center Manager 2004-2008
o Responsible for the 125,000 sq. ft. distribution center and approximately 50 employees.
o Oversaw the reverse logistics of Ink Jet and Toner cartridges to include quality checks,
identification and sorting and packaging for transit to China for remanufacture.
? Nukote International Franklin, TN Ink Jet Business Unit Manager 1997-
2000
o Responsible for Nukote?s Ink Jet Manufacturing Facility.
2. Managed workforce and assets to meet company sales growth and expectations
Helped design, build and implement ink jet production equipment increasing productivity
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and reducing scrap.
Identified product quality issues and worked with the engineering staff to improve and or
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redesign these products.
? Nukote International Nogales AZ / Nogales MX. Nogales Plant Manager 1996-
1997
3. Responsible for two Mexican production facilities located in Nogales, Mexico and one
cross dock operation in Nogales, Az.
Set up new laser toner manufacturing facility including the dust collection system.
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Reduced employee turnover from 20 percent per month to less than 8 percent.
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Increased employee utilization through process improvements
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Reduced company stock outs through improved production performance and involvement
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with other plant departments.
? Nukote International Franklin, TN Maintenance/Project Engineer 1987-
1995
1. Responsible for in-house automation projects.
1. Robotics Programming
2. PLC Programming
3. New Equipment Design, Development, and Implementation
? Documentation
o Member of the process improvement team
? Nukote International Franklin, TN Maintenance Department 1986-1987
o Various duties over the years included: Class A Maintenance Mech., Maintenance
Engineer, Maintenance Supervisor
Implemented a MMS (Maintenance Management Software) system
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Implemented a PM program reducing machine down time
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Rebuilt and or repaired existing equipment to include ? Injection Molding Equipment,
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Assembly Equipment, Ultra Sonic Welders, Fork Lift Equipment, CNC routers, etc.
? Areas of Experience
CNC Machining, Equipment Fabrication and Automation, PLC Programming, metal
working (gas welding, stick/mig welding), equipment refurbishing, Lean Manufacturing,
Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement Processes
? Software
o MS Office ? Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook
MRP/ERP
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SAP
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AutoCAD 2D
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MMS/CMMS (MP2)
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PLC Programming
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Seiko Epson and Bosch Robot programming
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Personal References upon Request.
Hobbies include Motorcycles, Competition BBQ, and Beekeeping.
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