Management Project

Stuart Hosford

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OBJECTIVE

Seeking a management position in a manufacturing organization with a team

working mind-set in which my learned manufacturing skills will contribute

to continued short and long-term financial growth.

PROFILE

Seasoned leader with considerable demonstrated abilities in the areas of

project management, team management, change management, ERP systems, data

analysis/reporting, lean management, and 6-sigma statistical control.

CAREER and Accomplishments

Self Employed

2010 - Present Consulting

o Researched and proposed equipment recommendations to support startup of

new production facility in China. (Project Management)

o Supported independent ERP consultant in the transition of an ERP system

from multi-company to multi-facility in order to consolidate and

simplify financial/accounting activities. (ERP Systems)

Nukote, Connellsville, PA

2009 - 2010 Plant Manager

o Responsible for operations of the production facility. (Team

Management)

. Manage Union work force of 26 people 3 shifts.

. Oversee all aspects of production assuring that product is completed

to meet all sales demands.

o Increased monthly production by 20% on 5 day work schedule by shifting

weekend work to overtime during weekdays reducing plant monthly

operating costs by $20,000. (Lean Management)

1998 - 2009 Engineering/Maintenance Manager

o Management of all plant production equipment and site

facilities/utilities overseeing budget of $500K for facility/equipment

maintenance. (Project/Team Management)

o Implemented plant expansion projects resulting in increasing plant

revenue from $12 million to $24 million. (Project Management)

. Managed $1.3 million plant expansion project, including facility and

electrical expansion, removing equipment from a remote plant and re-

installing increasing potential revenue $10 million.

. Purchased, at open bid auction, and installed integrated production

line spending $650K, resulting in $2 million additional plant

revenue.

. Proposed using underutilized production equipment to produce small

production runs of qualified products resulting in $2 million

additional plant revenue at $0 upfront expenditure.

o Principal plant lead for implementation and daily use of JD Edwards

ERP software system. (ERP Systems and Data Reporting)

. Developed informational reports utilizing JD Edwards database

structure, ODBC drivers, and various software packages in

conjunction with SQL and visual basic to summarize daily production

data and streamline daily repetitive tasks.

o Conceptualized, designed, and programmed a statistical process control

package reducing in-process hold material $1 million by placing

computer work stations on production floor which utilized a SPC

software package, database program, data spreadsheets to provide

operators with real time control charts and equipment run parameters.

(6 Sigma and Data Analysis/Reporting)

o Utilized TPM procedures in maintenance department to increase equipment

uptime/utilization by 10% resulting in $500K increase in revenue

potential. (Change Management)

o Developed and implemented a real time yield tracking program using MS

Excel increasing overall plant yields by 3% resulting in yearly

material purchase reductions of $200K. (Data Analysis/ Reporting and

Change Management)

Pelican/Nukote, Derry, PA

1990 - 1997 Engineering/Maintenance Manager

o Responsible for the daily and long term management of all plant

production equipment and site facilities/utilities. (Team Management)

o Managed $3.5 million plant expansion project from proposal through

start up capacity 250%. (Project / Lean Management)

. Completely renovated existing warehousing area including electrical

upgrades required to support equipment.

. Installed new equipment as well as moved existing equipment while

still maintaining normal production.

. Reduced product changeover times from 4-8 hours to hour and

material startup losses from 200 lbs. to 50 lbs.

. Completed task on time and within budget.

o Encouraged change in work philosophy of maintenance personnel through

weekly meetings and complete shop work area redesign resulting in

"repair/rebuild once only" attitude. (Change Management)

o Developed maintenance spare part inventory software program utilizing

database program to keep track of parts inventory and reorder

indicators resulting in 10% increase in equipment uptime. (Data

Reporting)

1988 - 1989 Production Manager

o Managed personnel and production of 3 shift operation. (Team

Management)

o Developed change in classifying operation for a unique product

resulting in $50K yearly cost savings. (Lean Management)

o Implemented scheduling product changeover sequence procedure reducing

number of major product changeovers by 50% increasing revenue capacity

by $250K. (Lean Management)

Nashua Corporation, Nashua, NH

Production/Facility Engineer

o Responsible for technical support of manufacturing facility and

coordinating projects between Project Engineering, Facilities

Engineering, and Production. (Project / Team Management)

o Researched and initiated material changes to barrel liners for a

compounding machine which increased life from 6 months to over 2 years

saving $20K per set of liners. (Project Management)

o Diagnosed problem with filter bags used in dust collector which

increased bag life from 6 weeks to over 2 years generating a savings of

$20K and increased equipment uptime by 25%. (Project Management)

o Assumed responsibility for startup and management of production

facility maintenance program when site maintenance was decentralized.

(Team / Project Management)

Xerox Corporation, Yukon, OK

Senior Project Engineer - Electrostatic Paper Coating/Conversion

Operation

o Principal Engineer representing Xerox responsible for the installation

and startup of a $10 million electrostatic plotting paper production

facility designed and funded by subsidiary of Xerox. (Project

Management)

. Multi-facetted production layout consisting of paper coating line,

liquid batch mixing system, tank farm, paper converting/winding

machines, offset printing equipment, controlled by master and slaved

PLC's.

. Interfaced with subsidiary developmental engineers, installation

contractors, equipment technicians, continuously approving and

following design changes during installation and startup

Process Engineer - Production Facility (Project Management)

o Served on team of engineers responsible for design and start up of

300,000 sq. ft. $35 million production manufacturing facility to

support introduction of new Xerox Copier with focus on the carrier

coating operation.

o Facilitated startup of plant, training for new operators, and

production transition to 3 shift operation.

o Facilitated technical seminar on jet milling to Xerox plant technical

staff in Brazil working through technical language barrier.

Education

Norwich University - Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management

Lean Manufacturing Certified - Catalyst Connection, Pittsburgh, PA

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