Director, Manufacturing

Kelly Neason

****J Summer Brook Way Cell: 484-***-****

Milford, Delaware 19963 Email:

ab0qvd@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

A highly accomplished leader with significant experience in directing

operations and technical disciplines of manufacturing professionals.

Particularly effective in developing people, planning, visionary thinking,

financial acumen and implementing strategic objectives. Strong

capabilities in managing diverse wood, metal, and plastic manufacturing

processes and support functions.

Professional Experience

New Process Fibre Company, Inc., Greenwood, Delaware January

2010 - February 2013

Custom Non-Metallic Stampings and Extruded Thermoplastics

Director of Operations

Directed and developed Production Planning, Purchasing, Tool/Die Shop,

Manufacturing, and Shipping/Receiving to support a 70% sales growth during

a 3 year period.

. Implemented Lean Manufacturing practices such as value stream mapping,

set-up reduction, and 5S.

. Reduced WIP and manufacturing cycle from 4 weeks to 5 days or less.

. Improved labor from 21% to 15.4% of cost of goods sold (CGS).

. Daily ship on time performance was improved from 90% to 97%.

Fleetwood Fixtures, Leesport, Pennsylvania

April 2003 - September 2008

Custom Store Fixtures and Solutions

Director Plant Operations and Engineering

Provided leadership and development of Engineering, Manufacturing,

Logistics, and Purchasing, which supported a sales growth of 140% in a four

year time span.

. Responsible for 14 direct and 130 in-direct reports.

. Reduced manufacturing cycle from 6 weeks to 11 production days.

. Improved ship on time to 99.7%. Reduced WIP by $2.6 million. Reduced

labor by 29.3%.

. Laid out and relocated production facility without interruption of

customer products or services.

. Responsible for engineering relationship between Customer and

Fleetwood Fixtures.

. Directed engineering output to 98.4% quality and 98.5% on time

performance.

. 65% of all engineering support was required within 5 weeks or less

from Customer's design intent to product ship date.

. Established engineering standards that supported manufacturing best

practices.

. Partnered with vendors to improve quality and delivery performance.

Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan June

1977 - November 2002

Manufacturing and Distribution of Contract Office Furniture

Manager, Manufacturing Technology:

2001 - 2002

Directed, developed and provided the following to support the manufacturing

operations at the Steelcase Wood Furniture Plant with an operating budget

of $4.3 million to support $78 million in equipment and building capital.

. Created and implemented Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for wood

furniture manufacturing processes, which include feed through veneer

face making process, CNC Router/Bander equipment, feed through CNC

point to point routers, and water-based finish systems.

. Trained and facilitated Lean Manufacturing activities with divisional

Lean Teams.

. Reduced the Seating manufacturing area by 40%, initiated daily

vendor deliveries on 80% of purchased parts eliminating 20,000

square feet of warehouse space and reduced labor 15%.

. Re-arranged and modified RF Press/CNC Machining equipment to

internalize labor to the machine cycle, reducing the labor cost in

half, reduced work in process 25%, and improved quality by 8%.

. Directed Skilled Trades activities to support manufacturing processes

and facility functions.

. Gained and held a 99% scheduled completion on preventive

maintenance plans.

. Equipment reliability improved 133% to 70% pro-active/30% re-active

by introducing predictive maintenance techniques.

. Managed Facility Services for safety, security, building and grounds

of a 600,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility.

. Maintaining a "silver rating" to meet the Leadership in

Environmental & Economic Design criteria (LEED) Green Building

status.

. Successfully negotiated service contract reductions in all facility

support areas.

. Facilitated the Environmental Management System Team comprised of

engineers from environmental, safety, facility and finishing fields.

. Developed water-based finishes that reduced emissions by 90%.

Manager Manufacturing Operations:

1994 - 2001

Provide leadership and direction to meet goals established by Steelcase

Wood Furniture in financial, Customer, employee, market, and operations

objectives.

. Managed the Custom Casegoods Factory with core to carton manufacturing

operations. Turned the division around from losing $6 million a year

to a break even profit operation in 18 months. Managed a production

staff of 190 employees with 6 supervisors and an operating budget of

$10 million.

. Introduced five new product lines into manufacturing.

. Improve quality/delivery/value to our Customers by reducing

customer complaints by 44.7%, improved returns & allowances 25.1%,

reduced manufacturing cycle from 13 days to 6 days, and improved

schedule completion from 53.5% to 99.8%.

. Reduced manufactured scrap 11.1%, improved labor 10.5%, and reduced

injury frequencies 53.7%.

. Grew the business from $22 million to $36 million with no increase

in capital spending and bettered the challenge by hitting

$1.2 million net operating profit after taxes.

. Managed the Fabrication Division with a production staff of 175

employees with 6 supervisors and an operating budget of $7 million.

Processes include Rough mill, Veneer, Hot Presses, Sizing/Banding and

Machining. Responsible for continued business growth to a positive

Economic Value Added performance.

. Consolidated the manufacturing area from 1,000,000 sq ft to 400,000

sq ft in a six-month time schedule without production schedule

reductions. Improve capacity $76 million to $118 million.

. Improved process flexibility through product and process focused

layouts. Reduced WIP and inventory from $6 million to $3.5

million. Standardized a six-day manufacturing cycle on custom and

standard products.

. Managed the Sanding/Finishing Division with a production staff of 210

employees and 6 supervisors and an operating budget of $9 million.

. Sanding/Finishing Division improvements in Safety 35.3%, Quality

13.2%, Speed 15.6%, Cost 6.9%.

. Responsible for final equipment specifications, production start-up

and technical and operator training to convert to a $7.8 million

water based finish systems.

Supervisor, Manufacturing

1991 - 1994

Provided leadership, training and development of the following areas to

achieve departmental goals: Veneer making, Rough mill, raw materials

warehouse, Fabrication, Assembly, PIC, Maintenance, and Machine Shop.

Supervisor, Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering

1988 - 1991

Direction and development of the following professions to support

manufacturing needs: Manufacturing/Industrial and Process Engineers,

Packaging Engineers, Cost Estimators, and CNC Programmers.

Manufacturing/Industrial Engineer 1984 -

1988

Development and maintenance of labor standards. Analyze production

methods, workplace layouts, equipment, material and labor to ensure

efficient and safe operations. Experienced in metal fabrication, paint,

assembly, and packaging processes.

Manufacturing 1977 -

1984

Experienced in gas, braze, mig and tig welding, metal finishing, brake, and

assembly methods.

Education:

Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan

1981 - 1983

Degree: Certificate Program in Industrial Engineering:

Production Inventory Control, Cost Estimating, Motion and Time

Study,

Plant Layout, Product Flow, and Methods Analysis.

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