Project Manager Maintenance

J. KENNETH COLLINS

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Phone: 904-***-**** (C)

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SUMMARY: Proven leader with extensive experience in driving performance improvements in Fortune 50

Companies and building leadership teams across consumer products, industrials, and specialty chemicals.

Effective developer of people, teams and organizations with a participative style of leadership

Successful change leader with >$500 million in sustainable savings

Expert in change management and manufacturing reliability with a positive and contagious enthusiasm

Skilled in the application of tools from TQM, TPM, Lean, Six Sigma, FMEA, SMED and others

Developer of systems, KPI, metrics, and tools to drive and sustain improvement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Arizona Chemical, (former subsidiary of International Paper) 2005 - Present

US Manufacturing Director

Responsible for the safe and profitable operation of six US chemical manufacturing plants including

environmental, safety, quality, P&L, capital management, and engineering. Scope included >$100 million

dollars in fixed cost, >$30 million in annual capital investment, and >650 people

Completed three strategic consolidation projects to downsize two plants and close a third plant while

implementing largest capital project in Arizona Chemical since 1990

US operations achieved the highest recorded profits and production levels in 2008

Response to recession delivered fixed costs beyond stretch goals while reduced finished product and raw

material inventories to record levels during downturn of 2009

Global leader for cost improvement project covering eleven manufacturing sites in the US and Europe

resulting in over $20 million savings in energy, headcount, logistics, supply chain, and fixed cost

Business process owner (BPO) and sponsor for ERP implementation for maintenance, manufacturing

reliability, and capital spending

Implemented effective KPIs and management systems to drive and sustain improvements

Plant manager for Arizona Chemical’s flagship plant in Savannah, GA prior to promotion as

manufacturing director

Achieved record profits and reliability while scaling up new products and expanding process capability

Plant operations consisted of tall oil distillation, continuous reaction processes, batch polymer reactions,

pilot plant scale-up, food raw materials, as well as packaging and logistics including truck, rail, and bulk

transoceanic partials

INTERNATIONAL PAPER, Cincinnati OH 1997 - 2005

Corporate Reliability Manager (1997 – 2005)

Developed scope, justification, metrics, and provided leadership for two corporate reliability initiatives

delivering over $1 billion in manufacturing cost savings

Global maintenance and reliability leader for 35 paper mills and 150 converting locations with direct

management of 38 senior reliability, maintenance, material sciences and process control resources

Orchestrated and developed benchmarking assessments generating over $35 million in savings by

integrating expertise from financial, process, environmental, and maintenance resources

Green belt reliability leader for joint Six Sigma team with Caterpillar to initiate 24/7 logging trials

Developed and implemented corporate Reliability College training over 2000 people

Trained by GE and effectively applied Change Acceleration Process (CAP)

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PROCTER & GAMBLE 1983 – 1997

Site Maintenance Manager, Albany Plant (1995 – 1997)

Reliability leader for a large Tissue/Towel consumer products plant with over 1500 people and 140

maintenance personnel

Achieved word class reliability results with uptime >97% for 5 paper machines

Converting lines and paper machines achieved Procter & Gamble benchmarks for plant wide reliability

Served as reliability consultant to four additional paper plants

Founder of “P&G Maintenance College” providing >600 people training in reliability best practices

Expert and key leader in the implementation of SAP plant maintenance

Demonstrated the impact of reliability on safety, production, quality, and cost

Tissue Maintenance Manager, Albany Plant (1992 – 1995)

Department maintenance leader responsible for two paper machines and 9 converting lines achieving

papermaking uptime >96%. Maintenance Department consisted of 41 direct reports.

Following a catastrophic flood that crippled the city of Albany (July 1994), initiated and orchestrated a

corporate response to repair damaged city waste water system that saved >5 days of plant downtime and

created a great deal of good will with the city government.

Senior Reliability Engineer, Flint River Plant (1990 – 1992)

Acted as division resource supporting 4 large pulp and paper mills in maintenance and reliability. Managed all

aspects of division's Computerized Maintenance Management System including Storeroom, Purchasing, and

Invoice Approval systems. Plant set reliability and production records each year.

Pulping Maintenance Manager, Flint River Plant (1988 – 1990)

Area maintenance manager and mill leader for CMMS directing all areas of pulping maintenance.

Responsibilities included leading mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation resources. Managed $6.0

million annual maintenance budget. Extensive experience in shutdown planning and coordination improving

both cost and schedule by 20%.

Production Coordinator, Flint River Plant (1986 – 1988)

Managed plant-wide shift production and quality results. Coordinated production rates and orchestrated

response to off-quality, unplanned maintenance downtimes, and EHS disaster drills. Acted as plant wide

leader on rotating 12 hour shifts. Developed and demonstrated high pressure decision making skills. Led

planning and coordination of plant shutdown implementing innovations that saved $400 thousand.

Project Manager, Flint River Plant (1983 – 1988)

Mill level project manager and process engineer for liquor recovery and utilities area.

EDUCATION

B.S., Chemical Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 1983

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/COMMITTEE

Former Board Member of Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP)

Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (lapsed 2007)

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