ROBERT (BOB) C. MORELLA

**** ****** ***. • Russellville, TN 37860 • 423-***-**** • v9dhpg@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Degreed Mechanical Engineer. Extensive expertise in General and Plant Management. Diversified experience throughout all areas of manufacturing management including production, quality, finance, sales, human resources, and safety. Successful at consolidating operations to provide better customer service, improved profitability and continued growth. My management style focuses on building a strong operational team, which enhances business performance.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Morella Enterprises – Business Owner Morristown, TN 2007-Present

Engineering, Consulting, Problem Solving

• Equipment replacement and repairs.

• Installation, repair and maintenance of individual items, components and systems

• Preparing homes to be rented or for sale.

PRECISION BOILERS INCORPORATED 2006-2007

Engineering Manager, Morristown, Tennessee

Precision Boilers is a medium sized manufacturer of Electric, Gas & Oil fired water and steam boilers. Yearly sales are currently $20M serving all market sectors; schools, industry & commercial buildings.

• Implemented documentation for engineering procedures such as ECR’s, ECN’s, and PCN’s.

• Implemented Mapics ERP system in Engineering Department in less than 90 days

• Completed re-design (filed for new patent) of Flextube water boilers in 2006 for 2007 launch

SSW HOLDING CORPORATION – AMERICAN APPLIANCE PRODUCTS 2003-2005

General Manager, Newport, Tennessee

American Appliance Products is the major U.S. manufacturer of oven racks for numerous oven producers such as Whirlpool, Maytag, General Electric, and Frigidaire. In addition wire grills for Carrier Corp air conditioners are produced with total annual sales of $36M.

• Reduced manufacturing overhead from 27%/ sales to 24%/ sales with annual savings of $864,000.

• Implemented Lean techniques including One Piece Flow, 5S, Kan Ban and Kaizen events.

• Completed successful start-up of 13 new products for Frigidaire in a three-month time span, annual sales value of $7M & 78 new parts for Carrier Corp with sales value of $ 12M.

PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION - GEAR PUMP DIVISION 1994-2003

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Division Lean Manager, Kings Mountain, North Carolina (2000-2003)

Parker Hannifin Corporation is a $6.513 producer of motion control equipment. The Gear Pump Division specializes in Hydraulic Gear Pumps for the mobile hydraulics market.

• Launched the Lean Enterprise efforts of the Gear Pump Division at all three facilities - Sarasota, FL, Youngstown, OH, and Kings Mountain, NC. Conducted Kaizen Events, implemented LDMS, started 5S Programs, Kan Ban Systems and initiated One Piece Flow.

• Completed the relocation of 5 different product lines between 4 gear pump facilities located in the U.S.A and 1 in Mexico. These moves included the transfer of machine tools, inventory coordination and technology required for a successful startup.

European Consolidation Manager/Plant Manager, Chemnitz, Germany (1998-2000)

Managed a 250-employee gear and piston pump manufacturing facility and completed the consolidation of two European facilities.

• Coordinated the consolidation of the Ultra Pump Manufacturing Facility in Chelthenham, England, annual sales of $36M, into the Chemnitz Germany Manufacturing Facility.

• Relocated 125 major machine tools, including a RGV-FMS Hitachi-Seiki line of machining centers, 2 sets of Toyoda Robotic Gear Grinding Cells and 4 automatic bar fed lathes with robotic unloaders.

• Achieved successful startup of product transferred to Germany with no interruption in deliveries.

• Analyzed product mix between German and English operations and determined a consolidation of operations was required. Note: Included reviewing labor rates and plant performance data.

Note: Parker Hannifin purchased Commercial Intertech April 2000.

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COMMERCIAL INTERTECH CORPORATION, Kings Mountain, North Carolina

Plant Manager (1994-1998)

• Producer of hydraulic gear pumps with annual sales of $80M. 300 employees.

• Orchestrated ISO 9002 certification in 1997.

• Reduced scrap costs by 40% saving $1 M annually by using cross-functional scrap teams.

• Reduced operating expenses from $13.00 to $10.40 per earned hour saving $750,000 annually.

• Increased total plant utilization over 74% to 80%.

• Expanded total number of product lines from 7 to 12 in FY 1998. Transferred 5 product lines from a

Union facility in Youngstown, Ohio, due to performance issues.

• Increased sales $18M annually.

INA BEARING COMPANY, Spartanburg, South Carolina 1991-1994

Plant Manager

High volume producer of precision ground ball and roller bearings for automotive and non-automotive applications. Managed 300-employee operation with annual sales of $40M.

Plant is a tier 1 and tier 2 automotive supplier.

• Launched 5 new products for specialized applications for Saturn car transmissions.

• Increased plant shipments from $20M per year to $40M per year from 1991 to 1994.

• Transformed a facility operating with negative manufacturing variances to an operation with

a profitable P&L.

• Achieved certified supplier status with Ford Motor Company - Q1 Supplier.

• Reorganized the internal factory management from traditional departments to product line team leaders.

CALORIC CORPORATION - RAYTHEON CORP, Florence, South Carolina 1989-1991 Manufacturing Manager

Manufacturer of gas and electric ranges for consumer use employing 300 employees on 3-shift basis.

• Successful on time startup of manufacturing facility including fabrication and coating of sheet metal parts and final assembly.

• Maintained daily production requirements while transferring 4 additional product lines from Union facility to non-union facility. Improved production from 600 to 1000 units per day - a 40% increase.

• Introduced the concept of "rapid die change-over" to all sheet metal fabrication operations. The goal was to achieve single minute exchange of dies (SMED).

ROLLER BEARING CORP. OF AMERICA, Hartsville, South Carolina 1981-1989

General Manager

Producer of precision ground roller bearings for construction and aircraft applications employing 175 employees with annual sales of $15M.

• Increase sales from average $750K per month to $1.2M per month.

• Introduced 2 new product lines to facility increasing sales by 40% annually.

• Consolidated Aiken, S.C, Plant into Hartsville, S.C. facility. This consolidation included the movement of 30 machine tools comprised of 6 screw machines, 4 centerless grinders, and numerous specialized machines.

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

ELECTRICAL POWER DIVISION, BENDIX CORP, Eatontown, New Jersey 1979-1981

Manufacturing Engineer

WORTHINGTON PUMP CORPORATION, East Orange, New Jersey 1978-1979

Manufacturing Engineer

NEW DEPARTURES HYATT BEARINGS, GMC, Clark, New Jersey 1971-1978

Process Engineer

EDUCATION

MBA Course Work - Fairleigh Dickinson University • Madison, NJ 1978-1981

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering - General Motors Institute of Technology • Flint, MI 1976

(GMI is now named Kettering University)

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