Dear Sir/Madam:

As a highly-skilled TPM/Technical/Maintenance manager, I have over seven

years of formal education, and thirty years of maintenance, engineering,

and improvement experience. Some of my career highlights include:

. Changed survival style maintenance groups to a productive maintenance

team with ownership and accountability.

. Help develop Validation Protocols for OTC regulated product lines.

. Write Maintenance SOP's to comply with FDA guidelines.

. Maintain maintenance and capital spending within budget.

. Lead production and maintenance teams in root cause analysis using the

5 why's process and fishbone diagram process to implement industrial

solutions.

. Work with product development on non-maintenance related items.

. Analyze line study results of MTBF and MTTR of line stoppage studies.

. Responsible for day-to-day Facility operations.

I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to discuss how my experience

would be helpful. Please feel free to contact me for additional

information.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Sincerely,

George Smith

2007-2009 Alberto Culver USA, Inc.

Jonesboro, AR

TPM Manager

Professional Experience

Responsible for leading a lean manufacturing technical team consisting of

twenty-eight Production Technicians, one Tooling Coordinator, two Parts

Procurement Specialist, two Machinist, three Facility Technicians, one

second and one third shift Maintenance Supervisor, and two Compounding

Technicians. The Jonesboro facility currently performs 1262 changeovers

per month for a "just-in-time" in a "lean" environment with Kaizen and 5s

very visible. Compounding areas consist of over 30 mixing vessels with

nitrogen, steam, and chilled water using over 100 pumps and mills.

Packaging operation consist of a mixture all styles of equipment used in

the cosmetic and consumer product industry. Facility equipment consists of

three boilers, four air compressors, to RO water systems, three chillers,

and two cooling towers.

. Coordinate day-to-day facility and production maintenance operations, by

scheduling and planning maintenance activities.

. Startup of a green site facility with new and used equipment, 28

production lines installed and operational within an eighteen month

period. Total production lines installed will be 35 by end of phase four.

. Installed and setup a Computerized Maintenance Management System to

ensure all production, compounding and facility equipment reliability is

maintained.

. Trained new employees on tube fillers, complete packaging/bottling lines,

pouch fillers, and various other equipment used to package finished goods.

. Worked with corporate engineering to help design and startup over 30

mixing tanks with semi-automated bulk feeding of raw materials, while

providing maintenance support and training to Compounders.

. Started up a new alcohol compounding area and three alcohol bottling

lines.

. Implemented continuous improvement projects to increase equipment

reliability.

. Mentor a team of technicians and other professionals to help develop and

train over seventy Machine Specialist (Operators).

. Provide technical support and write protocols for OTC validations to be

FDA compliant for mixing tanks and production lines.

2004-2007 L'Oreal USA Florence, KY

Technical Manager

Responsible for leading a lean manufacturing technical team (thirty-five

direct reports). The Florence facility maintains some of the most advanced

Processing and Packaging equipment in the consumer and healthcare

industry.

. Budgetary goals met and reduced spending by 25%.

. Plan day-to-day maintenance activities.

. Facility: Maintain and manage all equipment and support equipment within

manufacturing and warehouse areas. Develop processes for reducing

compressed air, electrical, and water consumption. (ISO 14001-2006

certified).

. OEE and Equipment Reliability: Perform chrono-analysis on production

lines to determine root cause of line stoppages.

. Equipment Purchases: Purchase single or multiple pieces of equipment for

high speed bottling and packaging operations. Perform FAT's (Factory

Acceptance Test) on individual machines or complete lines.

. Leadership: Mentor new engineers to increase their knowledge of

manufacturing and facility utilities, installations and layouts.

. New Product Launches: Our team was responsible for the launch of the

Garnier Fructis products. It is the largest and most successful product

launch in L'Oreal's 100 year history.

. Implemented Maximo 5.2 (CMMS) using one-point lessons. (only use this if

ad calls for CMMS)

. Safety: work with all personnel within the plant to achieve "Best in

Safety", zero accident rate and the VPP Star status award with OSHA.

1997-2004 Schering - Plough

Cleveland, TN

Maintenance Supervisor

Lead a skilled maintenance team (28 direct and 4 shared reports) of

mechanics supporting three shifts working over 50% of the weekends.

. Maintained MRO cost and overtime to budget.

. Developed technical skills using robotic and motion controlled equipment

to grow the business in-house.

. Write many technical SOP's to comply with FDA guidelines.

. New Product Launches: Work closely with Research and Development and In-

house resources to develop manufacturing processes for new Dr.Scholl's,

Coppertone, OTC, and many other pharmaceutical and regulated products.

. Met or exceeded all FDA requirements for regulated equipment used in

pharmaceutical and active ingredient products for the consumer market.

. Safety: VPP Star Status committee member, conduct monthly team meetings.

1990-1997 Schering - Plough Memphis, TN

Lead Tool and Die

Lead a team of 17 Machinist/Tool and Die craftsmen.

. Designed and built changeover tooling for liquid and pharmaceutical

packaging lines.

. Managed the project and department budget for tooling and machining.

. Key stake holder for the purpose of producing quick changeovers.

Examples: high speed/volume Coppertone Suncare line reduced time by 20

hours per major changeover. Design and built specialized equipment for

packing PAAS Easter egg dye tablets. Design and built equipment for auto

packing of Pharmaceutical products.

. Promoted to Maintenance Supervisor in July 1997, relocated to Cleveland,

TN.

1987-1990 Nitrex Chemical Co. Millington, TN

Assistant Maintenance Foreman

Directed a crew of 10 craftsmen consisting of machinists, millwrights, and

welders.

. Performed rebuilds of used thirteen-thousand horsepower reciprocating

compressor, multi-stage centrifugal compressors, piston pumps, centrifugal

pumps, diaphragm pumps, gear pumps, gearboxes, and other mechanical

equipment to produce Anhydrous Ammonia, Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide, and

Nitrogen.

. Scheduled contractors and ordered parts for major shutdown repairs.

1986-1987 The Delfield Co. Covington, TN

Maintenance Technician

Only maintenance mechanic for the second shift manufacturing of commercial

refrigeration appliances.

1979-1986 ITW Covington, TN

Tool and Die/Millwright

Build dies, make machine parts for repair, and make parts for changing

machine designs for an industrial solution in the metal forming industry.

1999-2002 Cleveland State Comm. College Cleveland, TN

. Business Management, A.A.S. (GPA 3.9)

Education

1986-1988 Tennessee State Technical Covington, TN

Institute

. Industrial Maintenance, Welder-Fitter (GPA 4.0)

. Air Conditioning/Refrigeration, Repairman (GPA 4.0)

. Programming CNC Machines, Machinist I with CNC (GPA 4.0)

1976-1978 Tennessee State Technical Covington, TN

Institute

. Advanced Machine Shop, Machinist I (GPA 4.0)

Other Training

. Allen Bradley PLC Programming - Chattanooga State, Chattanooga, TN

. NFPA 70E - Arc Flash

. 9 Step TPM Implementation

. AutoCAD 2006

. Public Speaking

. Managing People

. Improving Productivity

. Computerized Learning Center Facilitator

. 120 Hours of Production Team Training

. CMMS systems - CHAMPS, Maximo 5.0, Maintenance Connection

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