Manager Plant

Reg Wheaton

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SUMMARY

Operations Director with extensive experience in diverse packaging environments as pre-press

gravure / litho printing and finishing. Known for ability to get results and develop quality-oriented

teams. Customer first approach, excellent leadership and communication capabilities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SOUTHERN GRAPHICS SYSTEMS, Toronto, Ontario 2005–2012

Director Operations

Reporting to the Vice-President of Operations, responsible for operations within the plant while also

maintaining all responsibilities for EHS within an ISO 9001 environment. Annual production: $50M.

Staff of 10 directs reports and 100 employees.

Accomplishments

• Led the plant in reducing the number of prepress NCR’s by 20% through using Lean 5 Why

Problem Solving method.

• Reduced the number of errors from the front end of the business being sent to manufacturing

plant by 30%.

• Improved production coordinators billing cycle time by 10% by establishing a baseline and

analyzing ways to change for improvement.

• Reduced plant overtime from 9% to 7% year over year.

• A key member of the leadership team that led the plant in the implementation of Lean.

• Led initiatives that resulted in establishing metrics for measuring productivity and efficiency

for coordinators and operators.

PRINTERA CORPORATION, Scarborough, Ontario 2003–2005

Director Operations (2004–2005)

Reporting into the President and COO, responsible for operations within the plant while also

maintaining an all responsibilities for EHS with an ISO 9001:2000 environment. Annual

production: $20 million staff of 6 directs reports and 100 employees.

Accomplishments

• Reduced the frequency of customer complaints by 17% and the actual loss by 7% by

identifying and problem solving issues.

• Reduced internal non-conformances by 40% and the actual loss down by 7% by identifying

and problem solving issues.

• Managed the reduction in maintenance overtime by 35% through job prioritizing.

• Achieved 30% efficiency increase in time to plate trend by tracking and charting performance.

• Reduced paper waste in the litho press room by 100K meters by purchasing additional

tooling.

• Increased roll diameter size from by 10%, to increase machine run time.

Plant Manager (2003-2004)

Reporting to the VP Canadian Operations responsible for the plant operations. Had 6 direct reports

including responsibility for the quality, maintenance, scheduling, pressrooms, finishing and shipping

department.

Reg Wheaton

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ALBANY PACKAGING, Toronto, Ontario 2002–2003

Reported to the owner of litho printing company. Responsible for all production operations and

including equipment within the plant. Assumed scheduling and HR responsibilities. Annual

production: $3M Staff of 35 employees.

Operations Manager

Accomplishments

• Increased machine production through repairs and running secondary equipment inline.

• Increased EHS awareness by coordinating first time training for plant employees.

• Improved organization and of plant by selling unused equipment and excess supplies.

EDUCATION

Industrial Maintenance Course

Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology, Sudbury, Ontario

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Numerous programs, conferences and seminars, including Fred Pryor Seminar for Coaching Skills

for Managers Crestcom’s Bullet Proof Manager Course, Dun&Bradstreet Management Seminar,

Trained in Lean Manufacturing by SGS in St. Louis Mo., Flexography Course for Industry Level 1

TECHNICIAL SKILLS

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

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