Manager Plant

Robert W. (Wayne) Towe

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Rogers, AR 72758

Home= 479-***-****

Cell= 479-***-****

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

I held various positions in plant management including Q.A. Supervisor,

Production Supervisor, General Supervisor, Production Manager and Plant

Manager in the food industry including the following activities; process

manufacturing, packaging manufacturing, quality control, warehousing and

all aspects of business management.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science, Southwest Missouri State University

Majors: Personnel Management and Agri-Business

SUPPLEMENTARY TRAINING:

Human Relations: Federal Arbitrators and Mediators Association

Trained Facilitator: Dolan and Associates Employee Involvement Process

American Management Association Course for New Managers

Dale Carnegie Seminar: Effective Speaking and Human Relations-14 week

session and assistant teacher 14 week session

EXPERIENCE:

2000-2009 Mizkan Americas, Inc. (K.C., MO.) Nakano Foods, Inc. before

name change.

Plant Manager. Total responsibility for all vinegar processing,

packing and shipping. Directed management staff of 6 and hourly

workforce of 30-50. Developed and directed strategies to

maintain an annual operating budget of $26 million. Reported

directly to Senior Vice-President of Operations in all areas.

. My facility participated in a company safety program that

achieved a 7.1 recordable incident rate 2008. This was a

rate decrease from 15.5 three years earlier.

. My team accomplished an increase in this facility's net

profit from approximately .5 million dollars annually to

2.2 million dollars annually.

. My team improved the P.O.C. (Perfect Order Completion) rate

from 59% during 2002 to our customers to 98+ % every year

2003-2009.

. We annually raised our container line rate each year from

2004-2009 and reduced our cost per case from $.45 to $.18

per case.

. We won the company Plant Manager of the Year award and the

Plant of the Year award for 2004.

1990-2000 Speaco Foods, Inc. (Rogers, AR.)

Plant Manager. Total responsibility for all vinegar and mustard

processing, packing and shipping. Directed management staff of 3

and hourly workforce of 30-50. Developed and directed strategies

to maintain an annual operating budget of $7 million. Reported

directly to Vice-President of Operations in all areas.

. My team developed a safety program that attained three

years without a lost-time accident.

. This was the only plant that processed and packaged

mustard. We were able to triple the quantity of our mustard

business 300%.

. We attained a P.O.C. (Perfect Order Completion) rate

consistently annually 98+ % to our customers.

. 1999-2002 the personnel turnover rate less than 15%

annually.

REFERENCES:

. Matthew Moore (Mizkan Americas, Inc. Vice-President Bulk

Sales ) 816-***-****

. Bill Babcock (Mizkan Americas, Inc. Production Manager

Kansas City, MO. plant) 816-***-****

. Mike Cole (Former Mizkan Americas, Inc. Vice-President

Manufacturing) 816-***-****

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