Manager Project

Todd C. Bennett

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Louisville, KY 40291

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Summary

Goal oriented operations manager with over 24 years of experience in

turning poor performing operations into successful ones. A proven leader

with extensive expertise in the areas of operational planning, work

standardization, systems implementation, and leadership development.

Experience

Reynolds Packaging Group - Louisville Foil Plant (Louisville, KY)

2003 - Present

Production Manager

The Louisville Foil plant is the only in the United States that produces

the Reynolds Wrap product line. This particular location has over 450

employees. I hired in as a production supervisor in March of 2003 and was

promoted to Production Manger in June of 2006. I presently manage and

direct eight production supervisors and over 100 hourly employees. Since

2003 we have increased productivity over 36% by implementing Lean

initiatives. Present responsibilities include establishing of Lean

Manufacturing initiatives, establishing standardized work procedures for

training purposes and developing management and leadership skills of

present supervisory team.

AmeriSource Bergen Corporation (Louisville, KY) 2002 -

2003

Project Manager

AmeriSource Bergen is the number one pharmaceutical distributor in the

world. This particular location absorbed a 70% increase in business through

a recent acquisition and has been struggling to effectively handle this

workload. I was hired by AmeriSource Bergen to establish systems and

procedures, allowing them to effectively handle their new influx of

business. I worked as both a project manager and a warehouse supervisor

establishing new training procedures, quality and productivity tracking

procedures and other systems developed to measure, manage and improve the

overall production process. In my time with AmeriSource we increased

overall production by 18% and reduced incorrect orders by more than 20%.

Prior to joining the company, I worked as an independent contractor in a

variety of areas, including real estate sales and insurance, while focusing

on finding an operations management / supervisory position where I could

benefit an organization with my management knowledge and experience.

Steel Technologies Inc. (U.S.A.) 1987 -

2001

General Manager

Steel Technologies is an intermediate steel processor with 16 locations

throughout the United States and Mexico. I worked for them in many

capacities in numerous facilities over the last 14 + years. Below is a

breakdown of those positions and responsibilities.

Steel Technologies Inc. (Continued)

General Manager (Ghent, KY) 1999 - 2001

The Ghent operation is Steel Technologies' pickling division. In addition

to its pickling capabilities it also supplies slitting, inspecting and

warehousing services for flat rolled users in the area. I transferred to

Ghent from Steel Technologies' Portage operation to turn around poor

performing operation. This was Steel Technologies' first attempt at

pickling and it had been under performing in its first four years of

existence. We have successfully turned this operation around by creating

new management team and creating a quality oriented culture that did not

exist previously.

. Responsible for the development of the management team (Plant Manager,

Customer Service Manager, Maintenance Manager, Traffic Manager, and

Quality Manager).

. Lowered conversion costs by over $1 million in the first year by cutting

back work force by over 40 employees while increasing overall quality and

productivity. Handled the purchasing of all plant supplies and

renegotiated with all suppliers in order to get our costs under control.

. Created team atmosphere within facility by being responsive to employee

concerns and involving all of our employees in the decision making

process as we made changes and created our standard operating procedures.

Created work instructions and training packets for all positions.

. Created inventory control procedures to increase production flow and

overall organization of shipping and receiving department.

. Increased ROA by over 80% in first two years managing facility. Lowered

rejects from 1.2% to less than .6%.

General Manager (Portage, IN) 1994 -

1999

The Portage facility is an intermediate steel processor offering slitting,

annealing, cold rolling and edging of flat rolled material for steel users

in the area.

. Responsible for developing production / capacity planning schedules to

meet JIT expectations of a customer base of over 200 and annual sales of

over $100 million.

. Successfully decertified 160 member United Steel Workers Union by

effectively communicating with the workforce and creating self starting

teams and team leaders in the workplace.

. Coordinated the startup of 100,000 square foot addition and two new

slitting lines from startup to completion.

. Responsible for the training and development of all new management

personnel within facility.

. Worked closely with inside sales and technical service to insure that our

customer's requirements were being exceeded. Responsible for overall

customer satisfaction and worked very closely with customers to insure

their requirements were being met.

. Coordinated the successful completion of the QS9000 quality standard

registration in the facility.

. Responsible for implementing all safety procedures and insuring we met

all OSHA standards.

. Handled all HR responsibilities for facility due to no on site HR person.

Oversaw all payroll activity as well as handled all hiring

responsibilities.

Plant Manager (Murfreesboro, TN)

1987 - 1994

This was a joint venture between Steel Technologies, Inc of Louisville, KY

and Mitsui Company of Japan. The operation was set up to offer slitting,

warehousing and inspecting of flat-rolled steel for the Nissan facility in

nearby Smyrna, TN as well as other Japanese transplant business coming to

the area.

Steel Technologies Inc. (Continued)

. Assisted in the startup of new $6 million 60,000 square foot facility.

. Responsible for training of all new manufacturing personnel by

establishing training packets for each position and making sure that all

personnel were effectively trained and signed off on each area of their

position.

. Coordinated the startup of two (2) new slitting lines and additional

140,000 square feet of processing and storage space.

. Responsible for the training of all incoming production foreman and

directing their day to day activities.

. Responsible for instilling philosophy of continuous improvement regarding

quality, service and production throughout the operation.

. Responsible for all inventory control procedures and the overall product

flow of the facility.

Education

McKendree College (Louisville, KY)

2007

BA Business Administration Magna Cum Laude

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