Wayne Soutter

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Fort Collins Colorado. 80526

Email: abmkiy@r.postjobfree.com

970-***-****

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Innovative, hands on Plant Manager with success achieving facility record

results for productivity, quality performance, and profitability.

Effectively utilizes a systematic, team approach involving Good

Manufacturing Practices, Lean Manufacturing programs, 5S principles, Quick

Changeover (SMED) and Six Sigma techniques. Developed and achieved ISO

certifications. Oversight responsibility for budgeting, full P&L

responsibilities, staffing analysis and hiring, and environment-health-

safety (EHS). Managed new machinery installations, new technology

implementations, facility turn-around teams and facility closure teams.

Managed facilities for multiple product markets including pharmaceutical,

cosmetic, entertainment, food and beverage, and directories.

History of delivering exceptional results over the past 15 years for five

different manufacturing companies:

. Increased plant productivity an average of 20%

. Reduced customer complaints an average of 80%

. Reduced return goods dollars an average of 72%

Professional Strengths

. Managed up to 140 unionized and 250 non-unionized employees.

. Developed, trained and facilitated highly effective teams

. Passionate about continuous improvement

. Committed to EHS and have personally led several Safety Committees

. Developed and implemented operating systems and procedures

. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RR DONNELLEY, Greeley, Colorado 2007 - 2010

Manufacturing Manager (ISO Certified)

RR Donnelly in Greeley CO. is a web offset producer of Catalogues and

Directories annual sales $140 MM. Responsible for all aspects of

manufacturing including throughput, budgeting, EHS, machine condition,

quality performance, staffing levels and employee concerns. Implemented

several Lean Manufacturing practices establishing an operator owned

maintenance program and instituting several cost control programs.

. Developed teams that participate in preventive and predictive

maintenance programs (Equipment Readiness Teams).

. Implemented true root cause analysis, and corrective action systems.

. Improved productivity in the Binder by 23% and in the Pressroom by

12%.

. Improved the unit cost for the facility by 26%.

. Implemented materials verification and preparation teams that have

contributed to facility record productivity and profitability.

. Instituted productivity targets for throughput, run speeds. make-ready

and communicated these targets on a weekly basis to the operators.

GWN Print Management Consultants, Charlotte NC 2004

- 2007

Owner-Senior Consultant

Retained by three different client organizations for one-year contracts.

. Developed and implemented ISO based quality systems and was

instrumental in achieving ISO certification for one facility.

. After only four months improved plant inefficiencies and returned

company to profitability (first month in 5 years). Facility remained

profitable for 7 of the next 8 months.

. Significantly improved the financial performance of all three

facilities.

. Assume day-to-day responsibilities for the manufacturing and quality

departments.

ARKAY PACKAGING, Roanoke, VA 2001 - 2004

Plant Manager (General Manager Responsibilities)

Arkay Packaging is a value added producer of folding cartons servicing

the cosmetic and hair care markets. Managed operations with full P&L

responsibility. Implemented Quick Changeover initiatives, Equipment

Readiness teams, Process Improvement teams and Root Cause Analysis

teams. Improved plant-wide preparation, communication, and established

departmental goals.

. Improved facilities lost time occurrences by achieving 1.5 years

without a lost time incident.

. Led Arkay to the two best financial performance years in its 87

year history.

. Reduced customer complaints by 60%.

. Reduced rework dollars by 75%.

. Increased plant productivity by 22%.

INTERNATIONAL PAPER/SHOREWOOD PACKAGING/ QUEEN"S GROUP

Stanley, NC and Hendersonville, NC

1995 - 2001

Plant Manager (General Manager Responsibilities)

ISO Certified

Managed operations and held P&L responsibility for two plants through

three mergers-acquisitions. Produced folding carton products for the

pharmaceutical, food-beverage, health-beauty, and entertainment

markets. Transferred to Hendersonville to convert facility to Health

and Beauty market.

Plant Manager at International, Hendersonville facility

. Increased productivity 22%.

. Reduced customer complaints 26%.

. Reduced waste 7%.

. Virtually eliminated sorting hours from an average 962

hours/month.

. Successfully transitioned the facility into the entertainment

market.

Plant Manager at Queen's Group, Stanley facility

. Plant wide productivity increased 32%, customer complaints

reduced by 90%.

. Reduced customer rejects from $161,000 to $16,000.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts (sophomore status), Queens University, Kingston,

Ontario

DEC, Champlain College, St Lambert, Quebec

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