George Schlegel

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PROFILE

Manufacturing Manager with wide range of experience in the packaging industry and a track record of consistently meeting annual operating plan targets. Possess strong leadership, successful team building capabilities and excellent technical, communication, presentation, and customer service skills. Resourceful problem solver with proven ability to bring quick resolution to challenging situations as well as build lasting relationships with vendors and customers.

• Lean Manufacturing Operations • Customer Relationship Management

• Manufacturing Quality Systems • Continuous Process Improvement

• Maintenance Operations • Financial Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IVEX PROTECTIVE PACKAGING, Bridgeview, Illinois 2009 - 2010

$500M global manufacturer and supplier of protective packaging products for the flexible packaging industry.

Plant. Manager, Bridgeview, Illinois

Responsible for P&L and 53 employees. Managed all day to day operations for extrusion, corrugation, and converting facility. Plant revenue $1M per month. Accomplishments included:

Responsible for Adding Plastic Extrusion to Company Product Line

Managed and approved all equipment, installation, and start up of four different production lines.

Cost Reduction

Reduced total plant variable overhead cost by 19.5% in one year.

PREGIS INNOVATIVE PACKAGING INC., Deerfield, Illinois 1977 - 2008

$900M global manufacturer and supplier of protective packaging products for the flexible packaging industry.

Engineered/Distributor Foam Dept. Manager, Plymouth, Indiana (2002 - 2008)

Responsible for P&L and 83 employees. Managed all day to day operations for extrusion and converting facility. Department revenue $3M per month. Accomplishments included:

Plant Lean Manufacturing Champion

Initiated and implemented Kaizen team cost saving projects and led 5-S programs throughout the Plymouth facility. Reduced operating costs by $1.4M annually. Leveraged this success for the organization by providing expertise to eight additional plant locations.

Engineered Products Center of Excellence Team Leader

Led company-wide team of experts from each facility responsible for improving quality. Held monthly meetings and developed action plans for issues that impacted all locations. Team actions resulted in saving $200K annually in customer quality returns. These specific returns accounted for 85% of all quality returns for the Corporation.

Raw Material Cost Reduction Project

Lead project resulting in a new resin formula that performed better and reduced resin cost by $300K annually.

Warehouse Downsize Project

Lead project that resulted in a new plant layout that reduced the need for 50M square feet of production and warehousing space. This reduced costs $360M annually.

Truck Cubing Project

Lead project to increase shipping volume per truck load. This resulted in a new loading configuration that increased product capacity by 20% and reduced transportation costs $500M annually.

Bubble Department Manager, Plymouth, Indiana (1997 - 2002)

Responsible for P&L and management of day to day operations for extrusion and converting facility. Lead 96 employees. Department revenue $2M per month. Accomplishments included:

Setup Reduction Champion

Responsible for reducing setup time on all lines from over two hours to single minute change over. Replicated this for ten different lines. Based on this success, selected to train a setup champion for the eight other locations.

TPM (Total Productive Manufacturing) Champion

Responsible for increasing productivity and reducing maintenance costs. The baseline data reflect a plant OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency) of 71%. After implementation the OEE is 87%. World Class OEE is 85%.

Lead-time Reduction Project

Led project that resulted in reducing lead-time by 50% on all manufactured and purchased products. Utilized time and scrap reduction from quicker setups. Reduced lead-time from eight work days to four days in a six month period without any added costs.

Maintenance Crib Reorganization Project

Led project that reduced the cost of this support system by 50%. Reorganized the information system to control part stock. Created usable reports for predictive and preventative maintenance. These changes reduced administrative labor by 50% and reduced inventory by 70% without any impact on manufacturing.

Operations Manager, Plymouth, Indiana (1995 - 1997)

Responsible for P&L, management of day to day plant operations and leadership of 230 employees. Plant revenue $5M.

Bubble Department Manager, Plymouth, Indiana (1990 - 1995)

Responsible for P&L and management of day to day operations for extrusion and converting operations. with 85 employees. Department revenue $2M per month.

Plant Quality System Project

Responsible for development of a system to be used plant-wide. Created the initial team. Developed specifications, test methods, work instructions, product tracability, SPC, training videos and audit system. System is still in place today and now used in all US plants.

Production Manager, Alsip, Illinois (1981 - 1990)

Production Supervisor, Alsip Illinois (1979 - 1981)

Production Operator, Alsip Illinois (1977 - 1979)

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Thomas Institute of Business (1988 – 1990)

Lean Manufacturing, Total Productive Manufacturing, SMED Setup Reduction, ISO Auditor, Plastic Extrusion, Lamination, Converting, Flexographic Printing, Master Scheduling, Inventory Control, Quality Assurance, Six Sigma, Project Management, Problem Solving, Human Resource Management.

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