Quality Assurance Plant Manager

Robert F. Burkle, Jr.

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Summary Operations Director with 16+ years of management experience and

consistent success in achieving revenue, cost, productivity,

quality and delivery goals for world-class medical device

manufacturing company. Strong and decisive leader, with

excellent analytical, organizational, team building, and

planning skills. Expertise in utilization of equipment and

automation for manufacturing processes while maintaining

uncompromising focus on high quality standards and bottom-line

profit improvement. Ability to champion manufacturing philosophy

based on housekeeping (5S theory), Takt time reductions through

"pulling instead of pushing", lot size decreases for required

setup times (Kaizen) and single piece flow implementation (lean

practices).

Expertise

. Lean Manufacturing and Operations Improvement

. Quality Assurance Management

. Facilities/Operations Revamping

. Workflow Planning

. Project Planning and Scheduling

. Cost Control Strategies

. Problem Solving and Change Management

Professional Pentron Clinical Technologies, LLC., Wallingford, CT,

08/1993-Present

Experience

Acquired by Danaher in August 2008. Annual Company revenue of

$24M. Responsible for transition of Company from a family owned

business to a Sybron Dental Specialties/Danaher company. Assist

Integration Leader and Plant Manager in leading the Company

through implementation of the Danaher Business System (DBS ).

Assist in the development of a DBS roadmap for the operation.

. Transformational Change - Attend formal DBS training sessions

with the goal of then training and coaching Pentron

operations personnel. Assist in achieving business unit

Policy Deployment and Strategic Plan objectives. Map

principal value streams and create lean conversion plan.

. Lean Improvements - Champion the integration of continuous

improvement tool; Lean (Kanban, Kaizen, Current/Future State

Value Stream Mapping, One-Piece Flow, Takt Time, 5S,

Supermarket). Conducted 7 Kaizen events to date consistently

exceeding predetermined goals.

. Quality - Provide leadership and supervision to the quality

staff with the goal of maintaining all quality standards for

FDA and international compliance.

. Facilities - Utilizes engineering techniques and design;

develops specifications for recurring preventive maintenance

for all equipment used in the manufacturing plant as well as

the facilities, including all HVAC.

Director Plant Operations, 03/2006-12/2008

Provide leadership and to operations group. Expertise in

utilization of equipment and automation of production and

processes. Directed all operations associated with distribution,

quality assurance, procurement and inventory management.

. Productivity Improvement - Collaborated, designed and

reengineered machinery and equipment associated with the

manufacturing, filling and packaging processes primarily

using automation. Met and often exceeded goals for labor

reduction while simultaneously meeting quality and shipping

standards.

. Budget Planning and Administration - Developed and managed an

operating budget of $1M and a capital budget of $4M. Managed

and achieved annual financial objectives including gross

margin and cost of sales improvements through planned

objectives and cost savings initiatives.

. Quality - Continuously improved product quality by organizing

work flow, developing new testing protocols and procedures,

and identifying and implementing the use of new equipment.

Monitored and trained human resources to enhance quality

conscious work ethic.

. Lean Practices - Introduced concept of lean practices to the

operation to create a continuous improvement oriented

environment focused on demonstrating sustainable

improvements. 5S, etc.

. EHS- Ensured compliance with OSHA, EPA, RCRA and all other

federal, state and local government regulations related to

environmental, health and safety. Emergency Coordinator for

two facilities; responsible for making decisions to protect

human capital, resources and the environment in the case of

an emergency. Developed and conducted various in-house

training modules related to EHS.

. Inventory -Successfully maintained optimum inventory levels

(including raw, WIP and FG) to meet customer requirements

while maintaining focus on the minimization and control of

carrying costs and maximization of profits.

. Leadership - Promoted team work by leading through example.

Mentored and developed Supervisory teams in quality,

packaging, distribution and inventory management.

. Distribution - Responsible for the materials management

function relating to the planning, procurement, storage,

control and distribution of materials to Company objectives

and customer requirements.

Plant Manager, 10/1995-03/2006

Provided leadership and general management for the plant

operations, manufacturing, packaging, inventory management and

procurement. Responsible for the utilization of materials,

equipment, financial and human resources to meet production

requirements. Responsible for capacity planning, motivating and

coordinating staffs to adjust to demands while maintaining

quality and safety standards.

. Human Capital - Lead team of 65+ in CT and oversaw facility

operations and personnel of 20+ in NJ.

. Facilities Management - Managed two sites in CT and one site

in NJ. Developed, planned and directed the relocation of the

manufacturing operation from former bldg. in CT to a new,

state of the art manufacturing facility in 1999.

. Automation -Sources, introduced and implemented automated

equipment and processes into the operation, while fostering

continual improvements.

Metal Production Personnel, 08/1993 - 10/1995

Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Corporation, Middletown, CT, 10/1985-

08/1993

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