Manager Injection Molding

David R. Johnson

**** ***** ****

Weldon, IL ****2

Phone 217-***-****

EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE

A challenging management position where my experience, education and

accomplishments will contribute to the success of your organization.

EDUCATION

2004-2006 DeVry University,

Chicago, IL / St. Louis, MO

Bachelor of Science in Technical Management

1986-1988 Parkland College,

Champaign IL

Micro Precision Technology

WORK EXPERIENCE

Action Technology, Clinton Illinois 07 /07 to 10/09

Manufacturer of small plastic extruded tubing and solid extruded profiles,

Supplied Food and Medical Industries. 100 employees

Plant Manager 07/07 to 10/09

. Responsible for all of the high speed manufacturing, assembly,

shipping and receiving departments in a plant of 100 employees. Total

daily extrusion output of 150,000,000 units, over seventeen extrusion

lines . Manage's compliance to GMP Regulations.

. Directs the Maintenance Manager and all Department Managers in all

areas of manufacturing, training, process engineering, process

improvement, lean manufacturing principles and quality control.

. Support the company Safety Director to ensure compliance with safety

rules, promote safety awareness and development of safety programs.

. Lead the effort to define new processes and facilities necessary to

support continuous quality improvement, operational improvement, and

business growth. Managed over $1,000,000 in capital spending annually

. Develop and execute a documented continuing improvement program for each

department, with particular attention to scrap reduction, safety, quality

and cost/efficiency.

. Prepare an annual budget for each department, listing operating and

capital expenses.

. Maintain and monitor accurate records for all departments regarding the

quarterly safety program.

. Assess, rate, and document the performance of all supervisory personnel.

. Direct the supervisory personnel in the assessment, rating, and

performance of all support personnel.

. Monitor the supervision, training, and discipline of all operations

personnel in accordance with Action Technology's policies and procedures

policies.

. Developed all target production scrap levels. Worked with Production

Dept., Quality Dept., Process Engineering and Maintenance Dept to reduce

production scrap from 26% to 8% in less than two years.

. Developed and implemented all systems to track daily, weekly and monthly

production and scrap. Also worked with the Quality Dept. to develop

methods to identify sources of scrap and methods to reduce or eliminate

these sources.

. Directly managed the MRO and Maintenance purchasing departments. The MRO

annual purchasing budget is $3.0 million while consistently staying 25%

below the monthly spending level by actively seeking lower cost suppliers

of MRO and Maintenance goods and machine components.

. Worked closely with all departments to further develop and maintain

Action Technology's ISO 9000 system and certification program.

Pittsburgh Pipe, St. Louis Missouri 01/07 to 07/07

Manufacturer of large and medium diameter steel pipe, 50 employees

Operations Manager 01/07 to 07/07

. Responsible for safely and efficiently operating and maintaining

Pittsburgh Pipe's yard/fabrication facility and roll shop, and for

maintaining the company's office building.

. Directs the Facilities Maintenance Manager and all supervisory

personnel at the yard/fabrication facility and roll shop, and the

traffic department.

. Support the company Safety Director to ensure compliance with safety

rules, promote safety awareness and development of safety programs.

. Lead the effort to define new processes and facilities necessary to

support continuous quality improvement, operational improvement, and

business growth.

. Develop and execute a documented continuing improvement program for each

facility, with particular attention to safety, quality and

cost/efficiency.

. Work with the facilities maintenance manager to establish equipment

maintenance procedures for all operations department and office building

equipment, including perpetual documentation of all procedures.

. Prepare a separate annual budget for each facility, listing operating and

capital expenses.

. Effectively maintain an inventory (including back-up) of all supplies

necessary to operate all facilities.

. Work with yard/fabrication facility and roll shop supervisory personnel

to develop and maintain records of production, productivity and equipment

utilization.

. Maintain and monitor accurate records for both facilities regarding the

quarterly safety program.

. Assess, rate, and document the performance of all supervisory personnel.

. Direct the supervisory personnel in the assessment, rating, and

performance of all support personnel.

. Monitor the supervision, training, and discipline of all operations

personnel in accordance with Pittsburgh Pipe's policies and procedures

manual.

. Developed all target production and scrap levels.

. Developed and implemented all systems to track daily, weekly and monthly

production and scrap.

. Completely revised the hourly employee handbook to better communicate

company policies and procedures.

. Created a yard layout using a computer aided design system. Layout

resulted in a more organized inventory of raw and finished good. The

efficacy of retrieving raw material and locating finished goods doubled.

. Developed a Kanban pull inventory system for raw and finished goods. This

system resulted in a 25% reduction of raw material inventory valued at

$1.5 million, and a 98% on time delivery of finished goods to the

customer.

Brake Parts Inc., Litchfield Illinois 3/95 to 01/07

Manufacturer of automotive brake components, 350 employees.

Manufacturing Manager 6/05 to 01/07

. Responsible for all of the manufacturing, assembly, shipping and

receiving departments in a plant of 350 employees. Total daily

machining output of 28,000 units, assembly output of 24,000 units and

daily shipping output to distribution centers of $500,000.

. Directly supervise all machining and plastic injection molding

production, shipping and receiving supervisors. Also directly

supervise the Tool and Die and MRO purchasing departments. The MRO

annual purchasing budget is $3.0 million while consistently staying

25% below the monthly spending level by actively seeking lower cost

suppliers of MRO goods and machine components.

. Plan annual production and staffing needs. Plan annual budgetary needs

to support production.

. Work closely with the Materials, Engineering and Accounting

departments to manage production schedules, new product release and

product costing.

. Work with the Human Resource department to manage and develop company

policies, health and safety programs.

. Supported QS9000 (TS 16949) Quality System.

. Develop capital spending projects for machine and building

maintenance.

. Transferred rotor manufacturing lines consisting of ten machining

cells and five assembly cells from two Brake Parts locations into the

Litchfield IL location.

Brake Parts Inc., Litchfield Illinois Continued

Facility Service Manager 4/98 to 6/05

. Managed all of the support and service departments with an annual

budget of $2.6 million. Consistently stayed 25% below the monthly

budget by actively seeking lower cost suppliers of MRO goods and

machine components.

. Departments managed are as follows: Maintenance, Tool and Die, Tool

Grinding, Tool Stores and MRO Purchasing, Janitorial and Guards.

. Supervised and trained 2 direct report supervisors and 40 hourly

employees.

. Implemented a spare parts storeroom for equipment repairs resulting in

a 30% increase in machine utilization throughout the plant.

. Introduced a maintenance work order tracking system that has improved

work order turn around time of 4 days to 1-2 days. This system allows

tracking of; down time cause, repair parts used and have been

instrumental in developing an improved preventive maintenance program

for key equipment.

. Spearheaded the TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) program at the

plant level and participated on a corporate level Best Practices TPM

team.

. Project leader to identify, purchase and install a new phone switch

and voice mail system and desktop computer faxing system that included

over 150 lines. Also included training and administration of system.

This project has improved the communication ability of the plant by

upgrading from an antiquated system to a leading edge computer based

technology system while staying $15,000 under an $80,000 budget.

. Implemented a state of Illinois sanctioned apprentice program in the

Maintenance and Tool and Die departments.

. Created and maintained PM programs for all plastic injection molding

equipment, machining equipment and assembly equipment.

. Work closely with the Human Resource department to manage and develop

company policies, health and safety programs.

. Supported QS9000 (TS 16949) Quality System.

. Participated in Six Sigma projects.

. Worked closely with customers and sales to build customer confidence

and increase sales.

Brake Parts Inc., Litchfield Illinois Continued

Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Supervisor 7/96 to 4/98

. Responsible for all engineering and environmental activities within

the facility.

. Supervised, trained and developed 9 manufacturing and industrial

engineers.

. Implemented a wastewater evaporator system that resulted in a 90%

reduction of wastewater and a $270,000 annual savings.

. Equipment and machinery purchasing. Annual budget of $2.5 million.

. Continued to Support the daily plastic injection molding operation

which included working closely with the department supervisor,

operators, and Tool and Die Department to keep production running

smoothly.

. Supported QS9000 (TS 16949) Quality System.

. Developed health and safety programs for all existing and new

manufacturing and assembly processes.

Brake Parts Inc., Litchfield Illinois Continued

Senior Manufacturing Engineer 3/95 to 7/96

. Responsible for CNC programming of machine tools, CAD/CAM operation,

fixture design, tool design and process design.

. Worked with machine operators to solve problems and improve processes.

Introduced the use of carbide inserted cutting tools into the

machining processes thereby doubling and sometimes tripling the speeds

and feeds of theses operations. These improvements reduced part costs

significantly

. Headed up a project to bring an existing plastic injection molding

operation producing brake fluid reservoirs, caps, floats, and other

plastic components related to the brake industry into the facility.

Responsibilities included learning the operation of the equipment,

coordinating the equipment move and setup at our plant. Trained

employees in the equipment operation and production of a quality

product.

. Supported the daily plastic injection molding operation which included

working closely with the department supervisor, operators, and Tool

and Die Department to keep production running smoothly.

. Responsible for all environmental reporting and monitoring.

. Team member implementing QS9000 (TS 16949) Quality System.

. Headed up the successful implementation of the ISO 14000 environmental

system.

. Supported equipment and machinery purchasing.

. Developed all Safety Lockout/Tagout processes for existing and new

equipment. Worked closely with the Maintenance department to implement

Lockout/Tagout program throughout the plant.

FMC Corporation, Hoopeston Illinois 3/89 to 3/95

Manufacturer of canning and harvesting equipment, 450 employees.

Manufacturing Engineer

. Responsible for CNC programming of machine tools, CAD/CAM operation,

fixture design, tool design and process design.

. Worked with machine operators to solve problems and improve processes.

Introduced the carbide inserted drilling tooling, carbide inserted

machining tooling and through the spindle coolant drilling. These

changes decreased machining time and part cost and improved tool life.

. Involved with equipment and machinery purchasing.

Venture Precision Machining, Champaign Illinois 4/88 to 3/89

Manufacturer of various machined parts, 50 employees.

Manufacturing Engineer

. Responsible for CNC programming of machine tools, CADCAM operation,

fixture design, tool design and process design.

. Provided assistance working with machine operators to solve problems

and improve processes.

Continuing Education

. Federal Hazardous/Toxic Waste Regulations

. Team Leadership

. Statistical Process Control, SPC

. Leadership Academy

. Ergonomics

. Total Productive Maintenance, TPM

References Furnished upon request

Email: *********@*****.***

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