Kurt W. Boehm

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Seven Fields, PA 16046-8011

Home: 724-***-****

Cell: 412-***-****

Email: abhd4o@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications

Highly motivated, driven, and loyal individual with nearly 25 years experience in manufacturing in the steel industry.

Over 8 years of direct supervisory experience managing over 295 individuals in professional and union workforce.

Expertise in all aspects of steel manufacturing and processes. Superior technical, problem solving, planning and

leadership skills. Excel in making profitable business decisions business acumen. Excellent computer skills. Superb

oral and written skills.

Experience

AK Steel Butler Works Butler, Pennsylvania

1989 to Present

-Promoted 5 times.

Department Manager Hot Mill and North Processing

2009 to Present

Responsible for exceeding objectives for safety, environmental, quality, production, and budget each day.

-Oversee 295 individuals, both professional and union workforce.

-Operating and Maintenance budget in excess of $109 million--decreased budget by $9 million during 2010.

-Approve purchase requisitions.

-Hire for key management positions and develop training program for them.

-Evaluate direct reports using key performance indicators utilizing statistical measures and anecdotal observations.

-Continuously look for ways to improve all procedures to make each unit operate more effectively.

-Decreased absence rate by 59%.

- Utilize TQM and Lean principles to improve manufacturing efficiency.

-Eliminated 27 positions through use of Lean Manufacturing Techniques.

-31% improvement in scrap loss rate.

-52% improvement in rework rate over two years.

-Initiated Must Hits Reports and developed Quality Indexes to measure and improve control of Key Process Variables.

-ISO/TS 16949 and ISO 9001 Quality Management System and Environmental ISO 14001 certifications.

-Perform root-cause analysis for all aspects of performance.

-Managed Safety Program to reduce injury and non-injury incidents and improve working conditions: Accomplished

through a comprehensive safety and health plan and better processes, procedures, performance accountability, and audits.

-Planned and implemented capital projects including Hot Mill Electronic Drive Upgrade and Ferritic Pickling

Improvement Projects.

- Designed and executed facility maintenance and process improvement projects including new coiler design that reduced

annual maintenance expense by 50%, and improved cooling water flow and temperature control functions that improved

product quality.

-Developed standardized maintenance procedures for suppliers.

-Request and evaluate purchased materials corrective action from vendors for supply deficiencies.

-Develop annual departmental goals and objectives to initiate continuous improvement to employee’s safety,

environmental compliance, quality assurance, equipment reliability, ensure production schedules, and maintenance cost

effectiveness.

-Fills role of Plant Manager for short-term absences.

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Department Manager Cold Mill/Roll Grinding/Finishing/Shipping/Materials Movement

2004-2009

Responsible for managing resources to achieve success in 5 critical areas at AK Steel.

-Supervised 205 individuals, both professional and union workforce.

- Directed the cold rolling of all flat-rolled specialty steels, slitting of electrical steel products, and shipping of all flat-

rolled specialty steels.

-Daily communication with operations and maintenance management.

-Evaluated long-range operational needs.

-Reviewed safety, environmental, quality, production, and budget reports.

-Operating and Maintenance budget in excess of $84 million.

-Established new production records in all 5 areas of responsibility.

-Decreased labor costs per shipped ton by $2.36 per ton--$790,000 annual improvement.

-Eliminated 18 positions without impact to the operation.

-Developed Must Hits Reports for use by Operation and Maintenance employees during production turns.

-Record low number of customer claims.

-Planned and implemented capital projects including Automated Packaging Line and re-starting 2 Tandem Cold Mill after

5 years of down time.

- Planned and implemented facility, maintenance, and process improvement projects including new Slitter Drives

improving productivity by 18% and upgrade of flatness control system improving flatness by 27%.

-Part of team that traveled to China to facilitate technology relationship, product development and new manufacturing

plants with another steel company and customers.

Section Manager Cold Mill/Roll Grinding

2003-2004

Responsible for Cold Mill daily operations.

-Promoted to Department Manager.

-Operated 2 cold rolling mills and 7 roll grinding units.

-Supervised 85 individuals, both professional and union workforce.

-Received the Western Pennsylvania Safety Council’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Safety and Health Effort.

-Developed cold rolling and roll grinding practices for new products.

-Established numerous Safety, Quality and Production records.

-Exceeded cost reduction efforts by $275,000.

-Improved labor efficiencies across all areas resulting in annual savings of nearly $1.4 million.

Senior Product & Senior Product Development Engineer Quality

1995-2003

-Determined root cause for defects in key product lines.

-Designed workable solutions to reduce the production of defective product.

-Annual expense reduction totaled $720,000 in 2003.

-Provided metallurgical expertise to overseas customers of stainless products.

-Lead product development team responsible for integrating stainless steel production at multiple facilities following

merger.

Product Metallurgist Stainless Steel Product Development & Quality

1991-1994

Associate Metallurgist Electrical Steel Product Development & Quality

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1989-1991

Nucor Steel Darlington, South Carolina

1987-1989

Plant Metallurgist

1988-1989

-Wrote and reviewed ASM Handbook Volume 1: Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels and High Performance Alloys,

Section 15 Cold-Finished Steel Bars.

Metallurgist

1987-1988

Education

Duquesne University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Master of Business Administration, August 1994

Iowa State University Ames, Iowa

Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, May 1987

Volunteer Activities

Cranberry Township Community Chest Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania

2002-Present

-Over 1,000 hours of community outreach.

-Soccer coach.

-Baseball coach.

Ruth E. Snyder YMCA Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania

2004-2008

-Baseball coach.

-Soccer coach.

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