Manager Engineer

Randy Nettleton

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Mobile 951-***-****

Corona, CA 92880

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Additional Training:

CAL/OSHA Compliance, Dr. Edward Deming's Productivity and Process

Improvement

SPC, JIT, Kanban, Kaizen, MRP & MRPII, TQM (Total Quality

Management), Kepner-Tregoe (KT) Problem Solving Techniques. Courses in

"Excellence in Manufacturing Management" Lean manufacturing

Working Experience with Six Sigma and 5s programs. Word, Excel, Power-

point, Manman, Mas 90, Syteline, BMACS inventory control systems

AREAS OF COMPETENCE:

. LEAN - Plant Improvements

. Kanban & JIT - Processes leveraged

. Kepner-Tregoe (KT) - Problem Solving Techniques for lean manufacturing

. Increased Productivity by 20% & Material Cost Reductions by 23%

. Managed $5M budgets, while improving $300K cost savings

. AQMD - Lowered fees & Increased floor design utilization.

. Training - Increase employee moral through empowerment training.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Gerard Roofing Technologies, Brea, CA 2004 to

2013

Plant Manager

. Managed Production, Maintenance, Warehousing and Shipping, Inventory

Control and QC for two manufacturing plants (Brea, CA and Mesquite TX)

consisting of 85 to 100 employees.

. Developed annual budgets of $5M to increase productive by 30%

annually.

. Redesigned production floor layout using LEAN methodology to align

process flow systematically resulting in increased productivity.

. Increased production drying oven overall efficiency by 50% through new

system installation.

. Created and implemented wastewater sludge removal system that reduced

waste management costs from $70K/year to $17K/year.

. Coordinated the health and safety training for four facilities, FL,

CA, TX and Canada.

. Coordinated outside development and testing of basecoats, steel

samples, and steel roofing panels to ensure that they meet UL and ICC-

ES standards of performance.

. Increased storage space for raw materials and finished goods through

purchasing and installing drive in racks and cantilever racks. 2000

to 2500 sq ft.

. Implemented material changes and lowered VOCs in paint mixtures,

reducing AQMD fees from $2500.00/year to $10.00/year.

. Managed and participated in relocating $500k of finished goods from

one location to Distribution Warehouse 45 miles away. Projected time,

4 weeks. Was able to make the whole move in 4 days.

. Implemented annual savings of $300K by making all roofing accessories

in house.

. Worked with AQMD, Santa Ana River Water District, and Orange County

Sanitation departments to ensure that the facility was in fully

compliance of Air Quality and Sanitation laws.

. Used Six Sigma techniques along with 5S program to reduce defects and

problems on coating line and other production areas.

Sam Pievac Company (Wire Rack Manufacturer), Santa Fe Springs, CA

2003-2004

Production/Warehouse Manager

. Managed departments of Product Design, Customer Services, Warehousing,

and Shipping and Receiving. 35-50 employees across two shifts.

. Developed new inventory tracking system for better control of over

10,000 different products. Trained employees on a new system of

receiving and tracking inventory.

. Coordinated wire products produced in local metal shops and in two

plants in China.

. Coordinated shipping and receiving, of an average of 20 trucks a day.

Decra Roofing Systems, Corona, CA

1999-2002

Production Manager and Safety Director (dual title with corporate

assignment)

. Directed departments of Production, QC, Maintenance, Purchasing,

Inventory Control, Warehousing, and Shipping and Receiving. 70-80

employees on three shifts.

. Submitted Monthly P & L review and adjustment reports to company

President.

. Created and maintained annual budgets of $550k on materials, equipment

and processes. Average of 12-15% below budget

. Decreased inventory count from 3 days down to 1 days. With accuracy

of 3%-8%.

. Lowered product and material costs thru vendor negotiations: annual

savings $210K

. Maintained raw material budgets 13% to 15% below target.

. Developed Safety programs for employees, visitors and contractors. 3

years without lost time injury.

. Trained and empowered employees to run and successfully maintain their

areas of responsibility.

. Provided daily production scheduling for 3 production lines, 4

pressing areas.

. Ordered and scheduled all in-coming raw materials. Using JIT practices

to hold down inventories on hand.

Seagate Technologies, Inc., Anaheim, CA

1997 - 1999

Manufacturing Advisor (Process Engineer)

. Developed new grinding /polishing process using industrial diamond

dust increasing output by 62%.

. Developed training manual on the use of automated inspection

equipment.

. Monitored grinding and polishing lines for accuracy and failures.

. Tested new tooling and manufacturing processes.

. Established Quality Control charts per work station for employees to

know when to have their tooling changed out before failure.

1994 - 1996 20th Century Plastics Corporate QC Engineer

Brea, CA

. Monitored quality of all incoming raw materials and finished goods

. Taught Total Quality Management courses to all factory employees.

. Developed QC inspection procedures for incoming raw materials and in

process finished goods.

1993 - 1993 Avery Dennison - (label mfg) Product-Process Engineer

Monrovia, CA

. Engineered new label layout and tooling for production

EDUCATION:

M.S. - West Coast University, Los Angeles, CA - Technical Management

B.S. - Brigham Young University, Provo, UT - Manufacturing Engineering

Technology

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