Plant Manufacturing

JOHN CLEVE BARNHILL

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ACHIEVEMENTS:

. Orchestrated a $20.6 million inventory reduction over 30 month period

(52% reduction), while maintaining on time shipment percentage.

. Designed and directed the start up of a manufacturing plant in

Sihanoukville, Cambodia (September 2002 - February 2003). Trained

Chinese Managers and Cambodian machine operators. Plant is still in

operation as of April 2010.

. Directed manufacturing plant start up in Castanos, Mexico (June 2000).

. Developed manufacturing to support company sales growth from $37M to

$93M (1987-2000). Responsible for 1100+ associates in 6 plants (five

US and one Mexico facility).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Manufacturer Representative (2008 to Current)

Developed customer base of 100+ customers.

Successfully liquidated the final $6.5MM of slow moving inventory of

Best Textiles.

Built relationships with 12 manufacturers / distributors.

Best Textiles International (2004 to 2008)

Best Textiles Purchased Artex International in 2004 (1980 to 2004)

Vice President Inventory Management (August 2004 to April 2008)

. Responsible for domestic and international procurement of all raw

materials to maintain appropriate inventory levels to satisfy customer

requirements.

. Orchestrated a $20 million inventory reduction over a three year

period (48.23% reduction).

. Responsible for 30+ customers (master distributors) located throughout

the country

Vice President Material Utilization (2000 to 2004)

Designed and directed the start up of a manufacturing plant in

Sihanoukville, Cambodia (September 2002 to February 2003). Trained

Chinese Managers and Cambodian machine operators. Currently, 2,200

associates and growing.

Set up modular work cells in each manufacturing facility to optimize

the existing inventory to reduce WIP material needs.

Developed demand forecast planning system to accurately plan inventory

procurement from international and domestic raw material sources.

Implemented process to insure FIFO with regard to raw material

utilization.

Vice President Manufacturing (1990 to 2000)

Directed manufacturing plant start up in Castanos, Mexico. Currently

700 associates and 2 plant locations.

Developed manufacturing to support company sales growth from $37M to

$90M.

Responsible for 1100+ associates in six plants (five US and one Mexico

facility).

Introduced and directed Quality Improvement Process throughout the

company.

Successfully closed three US plants without incident while

transitioning production to Mexico.

Reached 3,005,000 man hours without a lost time accident in our dyeing

and finishing plant in Mississippi.

Director of Manufacturing (1987 to 1990)

Researched locations and started new manufacturing plant in St.

George, Utah.

Directed operations of five US manufacturing plants (Illinois,

Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada and Utah) and two distribution

centers (Texas and Pennsylvania).

Enhanced inventory controls instituting a bar coded inventory tracking

system throughout all our plants

Plant Manager (1982 to 1987)

Responsible for plant start up process - plant erection through

staffing.

Total responsibility for plant budgeting and P&L.

Hired and trained managers, supervisors, and operators.

Implemented automation hemming process reducing manufacturing cost by

50%+.

EDUCATION:

Clemson University - BS Management (1980)

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