Six Sigma Manager

William R. Fedoriw

* ******** ***** ( Hampton, NJ 08827 908-***-**** ( ********@*****.***

Qualifications for Senior-Level Operations/Manufacturing Management

Profile

Results and performance driven professional equipped with over 20 years of

plant management experience with medium to large multibillion-dollar

corporations. Energetic and passionate. Always looking for the game

changers to differentiate the company from the competition. Well versed in

Continuous Improvement, LEAN/Six Sigma, and Total Productive Maintenance

systems and procedures. Offers proven talents in devising strategies to

drive safety, health, environmental, quality, productivity, and cost

improvements. Exhibits strong interpersonal, communication, leadership,

and team building skills. Excels in cultivating a culture of mutual

teamwork to achieve corporate objectives. Additional areas of expertise

include:

Expense Operations/Project P&L Product Development

Control Management Responsibility

Quality Safety Regulations Team Total Quality

Control Facilitation Management

FDA/GMP ISO

Customer Service Specialty Manufacturing

Career Track

Jet Plastica Industries - a $140 million plastics consumable products

manufacturer

( Production Manager 2009 - 2010

Managing production, materials, and maintenance for the Hatfield, PA

department of 250 employees in a 24/7 GMP operation. Currently focused on

aggressive Continuous Improvement initiatives to improve the financial

strength of the organization. Developing employee training programs to

establish an educated and organized team environment focused on achieving

operational performance. Developed and implemented improvement action

plans using Lean Six Sigma tools to improve safety, quality, productivity,

and cost. Establishing operational process control initiatives to reduce

unscheduled downtime, maximize productivity rates and establishing an

employee ownership for safety, quality and productivity. Actively involved

in the implementation of a facility ERP system implementation.

< Improved overall performance on the shop floor by 15% through operator

education and goal setting.

< Achieved 6 Sigma quality through employee participation.

Spartech PEP - a $40 million specialty film manufacturer

( Plant Manager 2007 - 2009

Managed production, materials management, maintenance, quality control, and

technical service for the Newark facility of 75 employees, including profit

and loss responsibility. Created a cohesive team environment focused on

achieving operational goals. Developed and implemented continuous

improvement action plans using Lean Six Sigma tools to improve safety,

quality, productivity, and costs. Oversaw the capital investment program

and implementation of Oracle as the business process management software

system.

< Improved overall performance on the shop floor by 39% through operator

education and goal setting.

< Reduced recordable injuries from 6 to 0 in 2008 by implementing safety

improvement initiatives.

< Decreased customer complaints by 62% from 2007 and quality returns and

allowances by $360,000 via Lean Six Sigma methods.

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Career Track

PolyOne Corporation - a $30+ million plastics color concentrate and

compound manufacturer

( Plant Manager 1986 - 2007

Managed a facility of 72 employees. Acquired raw materials and managed

warehousing, manufacturing, maintenance, research and development, and

quality control departments with regard to safety, environmental, capital

budgets, and engineering. Designed and built a state-of-the-art facility,

implemented process control capabilities to maximize the science and

engineering of the technology employed to manufacture color and additive

concentrates and compounds in plastic. Developed and implemented an hourly

work team environment. Created an hourly skill based pay system.

< Achieved two years without a lost time or recordable injury by

implementing behavioral safety techniques, 5S and process safety audits,

and a safety observation program and board of review; increasing hourly

employee ownership and accountability; and conducting weekly leadership

team safety contact reviews.

< Implemented a plantwide recycling program, joined the EPA and PADEP

Partnership programs, and educated and increased employee ownership,

leading to a $230,000 reduction in variable cost and a 48% reduction in

non-chemical waste, from 252,706 lbs to 121,000 lbs, while maintaining

zero pounds of chemical waste to landfill.

< Reduced customer complaints by 42%, with plant caused complaints less

than 0.32% of total shipments from 2005 to 2007, by optimizing raw

materials, educating operators and lab personnel on job functions,

addressing each complaint through a root cause, corrective action

setting, and implementing operator ownership for quality.

< Achieved a 220% increase in Net Run Rate, reducing changeover time by

55%, through establishing productivity improvement goals, performing

Kaizen sessions, implementing a visual factory system, and developing a

skill based pay system.

< Improved gross margin dollars by 278% by creating and implementing an

annual $6 million budget, implementing a purge recycling program,

standardizing the use of preferred raw materials, maximizing favorable

variance performance, increasing operator awareness, changing the

facility from a made-to-stock to a made-to-order business, and

implementing a headcount reduction plan.

< Drove improvements by converting the manufacturing facility from an "art"

to a "science" mode of operation through educating operators on

materials, equipment, and process parameters and designing/implementing a

control system to monitor manufacturing 24/5.

Education

M.S., Chemical Engineering (ABT)/B.S., Chemical Engineering, NJ Institute

of Technology

Black Belt Six Sigma Certification (currently enrolled)

Completed training in Value Stream Mapping, Lean Enterprise, Behavioral

Safety, and Team Building.

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Publications

Master's Thesis: Heat Transfer to Molten Flowing Polymer Systems.

Co-authored two papers: 1) "Effect of Viscoelasticity on Heat Transfer to

Molten Polymers" presented at the AIChE annual meeting in Pittsburgh, PA

and 2) "Heat Transfer to Molten Flowing Polymers" presented at the AIChE

meeting in Chicago, IL, with four publications in technical journals in

this same subject area.

Co-authored a paper titled "Mixing Plastic Compounds" presented at the Wire

Association International and an article titled "Collaboration on Colorants

is Critical for Products and Plant" in an issue of Wire & Cable Technology

International.

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