Manager Maintenance

Jeffrey Michael Williford

? **** Five Oaks Court ? Arnold, Mo. ? Cell 847-***-**** ?

*******.*********@**.******.*** or **************@*****.***

Nestl Continuous Excellence / TPM / Maintenance

Highly-focused, innovative maintenance and operations leader with extensive

experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Proven ability to

manage all phases of maintenance / manufacturing including Safety, Quality,

Cost, Delivery, and Morale. Expertise in revitalizing organizational

performance via cutting-edge strategic maintenance planning and business

development plans in operations. Skilled at planning maintenance activities

and troubleshooting equipment while minimizing plant down time. Recognized

as an energetic leader, strong team motivator, excellent communicator with

superior business acumen. 20+ years of experience in managing at all levels

in a production environment.

. Change Management / Strategic Planning

. TPM

. Lean Manufacturing

. Business Plan Development

. Training

. Safety / OSHA Regulations

. AM / PM / FI / ET Pillar Leader

. Performance Metrics Definition

. Continuous Improvement

. Six Sigma Green Belt

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nestle USA - Confections & Snacks, Franklin Park, IL ? 10/2009 - Present

NCE / TPM Manager for Confections and Snacks Division

The NCE Manager reports to the NCE Director in Glendale, Ca and is a member

of the Division leadership team. The NCE manager coordinates the NCE

implementation in the plants and is the overall leader of NCE

implementation, with the NCE manager as the executional leader, the right

hand person of the plant managers/director. Areas of responsibilities

include:

. Responsible for Franklin Park, Itasca, Burlington, and Bloomington

Plants

. Oversee all NCE activities with responsibility of AM, PM, FI, and

ET Pillars

. Coordinate the development of the NCE preparation phase plan, track

progress against the plan and lead issue resolution (Gap analysis

and adjustments to plan).

. Coordinate the development of the NCE master plan and oversee

progress and issue resolution against the master plan.

. Implement appropriate reviews (monthly, quarterly) to review both

pillars and departments progress in their NCE plans.

. Participate in pillar meetings, department reviews and small group

activities to ensure that work is properly integrated and that

progress is on track.

. Ensure that NCE work is impacting both results and the culture

change towards the vision as determined by the plant zero loss

journey, vision. including:

- Total employee involvement

- Linkages of individual and team activities to losses and the

business need

. Lead the Promotion Campaign for NCE:

- Keep the organization energized to move through the NCE

Journey

- Set up mini celebrations of successes (passing steps,

success case studies, competition: Best OPL (One

point lesson), best improvement each month, lines exceeding a true

efficiency level)

- Publish NCE newsletters, OPL

. Integration of pillar work:

- Develop an overall understanding of the different NCE

pillars and how they integrate through the NCE

master plan to deliver the improved results.

- Coach department and pillar leaders on this integration

- Develop a thorough understanding of the NCE efficiency

basics and their integration to deliver

increased efficiency results early in the NCE

implementation including the following systems:

. True efficiency tree (planned, unplanned)

. Centerline / Change over systems

. Maintenance basics (PM's work orders, Scheduled

Maintenance, Breakdown elimination)

. Downtime tracking, analysis and review processes (Daily,

weekly and monthly reviews)

. Leadership role and structure to focus on true

efficiency.

. Focused improvement system

. Ensure effective consultant guidance:

. NCE General Education:

- Ensure coordination of NCE education across the site:

. Leadership education: (benchmark trips, pillar leaders training the

leadership team, hands on workshops, leadership models)

- Plant general education at different levels

. Lead specific NCE activities depending on the plants' needs.

Examples:

- Lead 5S activities

- Lead the establishment of master planning process, review

process

. Key Deliverables:

- Plants are progressing with NCE activities per the plants'

master plan,

- Plants are delivering the results improvements targeted by

the plants' master plan.

The Western Sugar Cooperative, Scottsbluff, Nebraska ? 7/2009 - 11/2009

In December 2002, over 1,000 sugar beet growers in Colorado, Nebraska,

Wyoming and Montana united to form The Western Sugar Cooperative, believing

that the future of the sugar beet industry in this area would be well-

served by grower ownership of the company. With company headquarters in

Denver, Colorado, Western Sugar currently operates sugar-processing plants

at Scottsbluff, Nebraska; Lovell and Torrington, Wyoming; Billings,

Montana; and Fort Morgan, Colorado. Storage facilities are located at

Greeley, Rocky Ford, Sterling and Longmont, Colorado; and at Gering and

Mitchell, Nebraska.

Maintenance / TPM Manager

. Define all Planned Maintenance best practices and own key methodology

to change to a zero loss culture.

. Provide leadership & coaching for PM specialists necessary to drive

rapid results through break-down elimination, the 6 steps of planned

maintenance, support of AM, reapplication of proven technical

solutions, resolution of chronic failures, and system approaches to

plant infrastructure: compressed air, water, electrical, &

lubrication.

. Develop COE's in all of the component categories: fasteners,

pneumatics, drives, hydraulics, electrical, etc.

. Instrumental in implementing systems to drive / sustain 95% processing

performance of Tmax.

. Ensure effective documentation & system ownership for all standard

practices in Planned Maintenance.

. Management of CMMS to assure coordination of all aspects of

preventive, corrective and planned maintenance scheduling. Experienced

in SAP / ALM.

. Development of facility maintenance planning, scheduling and work

execution to achieve the highest level of plant productivity and

minimal mechanical downtime.

. Budget development, management and operational control of departmental

activities to provide on budget and on schedule departmental

performance.

. Maintaining health and safety standards within the department. Active

involvement in the plant safety and quality effort and the assurance

of all plant safety, housekeeping, regulatory and personnel policies

within the assigned area.

. Optimization of maintenance systems including: TQM, CMMS, TLC, MI, PM

and complex maintenance scheduling, planning and execution for optimum

equipment reliability and on time plant availability.

. Management and utilization of PdM (predictive maintenance, i.e.;

vibration analysis, IR surveys, Oil analysis, etc.)

MillerCoors Brewing Company, Irwindale, California ? 3/2007 - 7/2009

Irwindale Brewery, one of nine breweries for MillerCoors has more than 600

employees and a payroll of more than $58 million in total wages, salaries

and fringe benefits.

. Nearly 20 years experience as professional manager.

. Ability to direct complex projects from concept to fully operational

status.

. Goal-oriented individual with strong leadership capabilities.

. Organized, highly motivated, and detail-directed problem solver.

. Proven ability to work in unison with staff, line operators and

vendors.

Packaging Maintenance Manager / PM Pillar

. Manage all daily maintenance activities to ensure smooth production

operation.

. Support Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Morale of Packaging

Department.

. Experienced in high speed packaging equipment predictive,

preventative, and reactive maintenance

o KHS Fillers

o Palletizers

o Conveyors

o Jones / Douglas Packers

o De-Palletizers

o Motors / Gearboxes

o Wrappers

o Krones Labelers

o Pasteurizers

Key Accomplishments

. Increased MA% on lines from 71% to 80.6% and OEE from 65.6% to 75.7%

. Led implementation of 17 innovations in 2008 saving the brewery over

$2.3M.

. Zero Safety incidents under my supervision in Maintenance with Zero

Tolerance Policy

. Implemented overtime tracking database to equalize hours and promote

cross-training of mechanics

. Appointed 5S champion for Packaging and was the benchmark area after

only 6 months stressing:

Continuous Improvement Ownership Sustainment

. Promoted 1 grade band after 1 year of service during merger with

Coors.

Chrysler, LLC, Fenton, Missouri ? 07/26/1993 - 3/2007

An independent automaker for over 80 years, employing over 100,000 people

in 14 assembly plants and 11 power train plants.

. Successfully established SMART (Lean) Manufacturing program for

DaimlerChrysler

. Successfully managed Safety program in Assembly and reduced OSHA

recordables by 50%

. Managed turnaround of maintenance program by implementing TPM /

Increased OEE 30%

. Formulated, wrote, and implemented new employee orientation manuals.

. Successfully designed and installed 7 grinding / cutting lines at

McGraw Glass over 12 months

Lean Manufacturing Manager / TPM / Maintenance Manager

. Was named National Trainer for Lean - Wrote all handbooks, SWIs, and

tools for training Lean / TPM, and Small Team Concept

. Successfully implemented small team concept and Lean Manufacturing

concepts for DaimlerChrysler

. Increased efficiency while reducing manpower through balanced line

flow / workstation optimization

. Safety and Business Plan Champion

. LED TPM and WCM efforts to increase OEE on model lines while also

improving MTBF by 57%

Production Area Manager / Process Reliability Manager

. Responsible for daily leadership of Trim Department team leaders and

operators

. Ensured daily production numbers were met

. Responsible for SQDCM metrics

Product Quality Improvement Manager

. Led staff of 13 hourly, high seniority employees who championed

product quality

. Led training of all plant employees in areas of Safety, Quality, 5S,

Lean, and Kaizen workshops

. Member of Chrysler National Training Team / Presented at National

Convention

. Led Train the Trainer classes

Production Supervisor

. Daily direct line supervision of 30+ employees in various departments

. Responsible for all areas of production to ensure targets were met

. Continuous Improvement Champion

Journeyman Millwright

. Troubleshoot, repair, and PM all plant mechanical equipment

. Fabricate tooling

. Weld / Burn

. Innovate

** Reason for leaving - 8 Plant Closings and Mid-Management buy-outs at

affected plants **

EDUCATION

MBA Studies

University of Phoenix Online

? 2007 - Present

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Management Baker College,

Detroit, Michigan ? 2003

Associate of Science - Industrial Technology Baker College,

Detroit, Michigan ? 2001

Journeyman Millwright Chrysler

LLC Apprenticeship ? 1994

U.S. Naval Nuclear Power Program Orlando, Florida ?

1983 - 1989

USS - 711 Submarine Qualified

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MS Office Suite Expert, Journeyman Millwright / Welder (Mig, Tig, Arc),

Green Belt (Chrysler Certification), MS Project, Maximo, Lotus Notes,

Visio, MS Access, EIT Efficiency Improvement Tool, Web Page Development,

Condition-Based Monitoring, Laser Alignment, Vibration Analysis, and

Minitab

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