Aaron Nickolette C: 513-***-****

**** ********** **., *******, ** 45103 acgn9k@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Profile

Uniquely experienced individual with the proven ability to balance financial and organizational goals that consistently drive results exceeding expectations.

? Safety Improvement

? Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

? University of Ky Lean Certified

? MRP/Supply Chain

? FDA/EU Regulations ? Continuous Improvement

? People Development

? Change Management

? Budgeting

? Strategic Planning

Successful in roles of increasing responsibility in a variety of manufacturing environments.

? Pharmaceutical processing from dispensing through compression/encap and coat ? Packaging including pharmaceutical blister, liquid, and bottle fill

? Medical Device Machining ? Absorbent Hygiene Manufacturing

? Extrusion ? High speed converting

? Basic/Acidic chemical reactions ? Light bulk manufacturing

Work History

Integra Lifesciences Cincinnati, OH 5/2015-2/2016

Director of Operations, Planning ? Responsible for all operational facets of production including staffing, training, and schedule execution in a medical device facility. Primary interface with Corporate Planning. Lead on implementation of new ERP system, Oracle 12.

? Lead on ERP System Implementation ? Acquired responsibility for plant planning

? Increased staffing from 50 to 65 people ? Key GMP procedure improvements

PD Pharmatech Seymour, IN 6/2012-1/2015

Site Manager, Director of Supply Chain ? Grew site from less than 15 to greater than 50 individuals in less than 2 years. Finished construction and championed start-up of new API/DPI spray dryer facility through validation of first product. Grew core chemical process to 3 shifts.

? Service improvement of ~20% ? Quality event reduction of ~50%

? Ramped core product to 3 shift ? Core product capacity +33%

? PPE equipment implementation ? Implemented city wastewater permit

? Safety event reduction of ~50% ? AQL, Gowning, Spill Prevention

? CIP Process developed ? Waste reporting system

Covidien S. Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York 1998-2012

Site Operations Manager - Led department of 31 salaried and 300-400 hourly individuals responsible for continuous production of FDA and DEA regulated pharmaceutical products.

* Interim Plant Manager

* Site standard for goal communication

* 6σ project to reduce tablet breakage

* Perfect training compliance record

* Led plant Reduction in Force effort

* Key customer visit

* Champion of site Right First Time initiative

* Safety record near 1.0 RIR

* Culture of continuous improvement

- 5s initiative

- kaizen events * Systems implemented:

- OT scheduling process

- Quality event reduction

* Strategic focus on key 5-year deliverables

* Successful FDA audits

Covidien (cont) S. Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York 1998-2012

Site Materials Manager Led department of 16 salaried and 35 hourly individuals responsible for planning, purchasing and warehousing across 5 different buildings over 30 miles apart

* Warehouse safety record < 1.0 RIR

* Service rates consistently > 95%

* Planning systems developed

- Future backorder report

- Capacity Planning * Financial tools developed

- Financial Forecast tool

- RM/WIP forecasting tool

* 6σ project to reduce label obsolescence

* Successful DEA audits

* Warehouse cGMP improvements

* S&OP Planning Process

Site Materials Manager - Led department of 16 salaried and 110 hourly individuals responsible for planning, purchasing, warehousing, and support systems.

* 66% reduction in safety RIR

* Oxley-Sarbanes implementation

* Warehousing project with $400K savings

* Reduced raw material $2.6MM

* Customer service > 96.5%

* 3 sister facility consolidations

* Cycle Count Accuracy > 99%

* Cross functional teambuilding

* VMI and Capacity Planning implemented

* Lean Project implementing S&OP

Production Superintendent - Three-shift Responsibility for all aspects of production on 19 machines across 4 departments and 130 hourly workers.

Process Engineer - Responsible for cost savings and process improvement

Quality Engineer - Responsible for in process testing and release and equipment validation

General Electric Ohio, North Carolina 1993-1998

Quality Engineer/Project Engineer ? Technical Leadership Program graduate. Responsible for various process/quality improvements at 5 sites.

Education/Training

Worcester Polytechnic Institute: BS Chemical Engineering with Distinction - 1993

University of South Carolina: MBA - 2001

? Giobetti Leadership Training ? 2004 ? APICS Foundations Course

? KT Problem Solving 2009 ? Mentoring Program 2010/11

? Partners in Leadership (Trainer) - 2004 ? GE Technical Leadership Program

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