Quality Assurance Manager

Timothy A. McWain

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

An experienced professional who lead a group of talented business

professionals to increase efficiencies, enhance product / service quality

levels, guide and motivate work teams, and improve profitability. Dynamic

leader who is hands on, process oriented and bottom line driven.

CORP COMPETENCIES

( Team Leadership / Mentoring ( Engineering / Technical

Expertise

( Client Relationship Management ( Innovative Solutions

Development

( Process Improvement ( Presentation / Communication

Skills

( Quality Assurance ( Staff Training / Facilitation

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

Management/Leadership

. Reduced raw material inventory levels from 102% to 38% of monthly

sales in the Newark plant and from 62% to 26% in the Franklin plant.

. reduced overall plant labor costs significantly from previous years.

Through aggressive labor changes, improved lean manufacturing

practices, and improved supervisor focus the plant labor rate dropped

from $72/ ton to a rate of $49/ ton. This equates to an annual savings

of almost $500,000. This is the best in the division.

. Initiated Lean training/Concepts that eventually permeated all BCI

facilities. Initiated 5S activities in all plants; Started daily

tracking of KPMs; Started MDIs; Authored plant OGSM; and hosted

several Kaizen Events(waste: $93,000 savings in first 3 months;

productivity increase of 30% and 26% on two converting machines).

Process Improvement

. Improved plant P&L BY $550M in first year as General Manager.

Significant changes were made to reduce our labor costs. Additionally,

a culture change from managers to hourly employees have changed

attitudes and reduced our overall waste by 35%.

. reduced overall plant waste from a high of 17% to 11.22% saving the

plant $75,000 per month in raw material costs.

. Improved overall plant production. Realized significant improvement

through process controls, written procedures, and personnel

management. Production increased 21.5% on the Laminator and 11% on the

Corrugator. Waste decreased 22% on the Laminator, 11% on the Maxite

and 42% on the Slitters for a combined savings of $400,000.

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Safety

. Significantly Improved Safety Records in all Three Plants. Franklin,

Newark and Fitchburg all had very poor safety records. Through

cultural change, new procedures, accountability and expectations, all

three plants received safety awards and all finished in the 10 top

safest plants in the company (Franklin and Newark were originally in

the bottom 10).

. Franklin won four "Golden Guard Awards", Fitchburg won One "Golden

Guard" and Newark won Two "Chairman's Awards" and one "Golden Guard'.

Employee Relations

. Significantly Improved Employee Relations by creating an environment

of openness, and involving and empowering employees in the process

improvement process

. Oversaw multiple plant downsizings and two plant closures. All were

done professionally and without incident. Corporate HR changed how

they shut down facilities based on our successful down sizing/shut

downs.

Operations

. Conceptualized and designed software to set-up production machinery

more efficiently. Flow charted the new process, and tested prototype.

Decreased set up time by 35% and saved over $100,000.

. Authored and installed production analysis databases in five plant

locations. Database tracks machine rate, waste, and efficiencies.

Used to spearhead waste reduction plans, improved efficiencies and

manage production. Projected savings of $250,000 per year.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Newark Group, July 1996 to May 2012

General Manager, Newark, Franklin and Fitchburg, Feb 2004 to May 2012

Responsible for the P & L of the three paperboard converting plants.

Managed up to 180 production personnel, 23 salaried personnel and $53

million in sales volume. Ensure all service, production, and quality

requirements are met.

Plant Production Manager Oct 2002 to Feb 2004

Ensure all service, production, and quality requirements are met. Work

closely with area managers and machine operators on all areas of

production.

Division Technical Director

Worked closely with field sales force and clients to effectively address

technical, quality, and new product development issues. Implemented new

process standardization and improvement programs.

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Quality Assurance Manager, Book Covers, Inc., Franklin, Ohio 1996-2000

Coordinated various functions to ensure quality-oriented manufacturing,

including labor force / machine efficiencies, database management,

maintenance programs, and corporate-wide computer systems upgrades.

Commissioned Officer, United States Army, 1989-1996

. Managed 120 team members and $11 million worth of equipment. Through

multiple field assignments, dealt with job performance issues, and

implemented numerous strategic planning, operations management,

logistics, combat readiness, and staff training processes.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Engineering, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New

York

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Lean Manufacturing Training, Dave Klauber-Consultant, Newark, NJ 2009-2010

Job Safety Analysis Training, The Newark Group, 2008

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