Quality Control Customer Service
Resume:
ROBERT W. SHUGDINIS
SIMSBURY, CT **070
e-mail: *******@*******.***
OBJECTIVE: Experienced Operations Executive with a demonstrated track record of improving efficiencies,
reducing costs and managing projects and a strong financial analysis background with
capital investment analysis, strategic and long range planning, variance analysis and
performance reporting experience, looking to broadly leverage operations knowledge in
a senior management position.
EXPERIENCE: KLEER LUMBER LLC
44 GREIF WAY; WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01085
4/04 to Position: VICE PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURING
Present
Manage all aspects of a start-up 85K sq. ft. PVC free foam trim board
manufacturing facility, including manufacturing, engineering, R&D, quality control,
maintenance and health and safety.
With a business plan, an initial capital investment and an empty 85K sq. ft. facility
created a fully operational PVC manufacturing plant from the ground up.
Developed operating procedures, quality control testing, personnel policies, health
and safety policies and interviewed, hired and trained entire manufacturing staff.
Evaluated raw materials, ran trials and developed and refined PVC formulation to
produce one of the industry’s best-quality products.
In less than 1 year managed the business from initial start-up to a financially viable
entity.
Continue to refine formulations and processes, develop new products, improve
efficiencies and coach manufacturing staff.
EGS Electrical Group (An Emerson/SPX Joint Venture)
2 Connecticut South Drive; East Granby, Connecticut 06026
11/96 to Position: DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
10/02
Reported to the President; responsible for North American Operations including
several manufacturing facilities ranging from 35K – 200K sq. ft. staffed by 350
hourly and 30 salaried employees.
Manage all aspects of an ISO 9000 registered cable extrusion manufacturing
facility, including production, maintenance and facilities management, product and
process development, engineering, materials management, production control,
customer service and quality control.
Elimination of over $1 million dollars in past due customer orders and an 85%
reduction in total backlog by developing and activating strategic initiatives that
increased plant output.
Managed the consolidation of manufacturing operations by relocating
production lines to other facilities and outsourcing other production lines resulting in
$279K annual savings.
Planned and managed the relocation of manufacturing operations to low cost
countries. Developed and presented corporate sales, profitability, quarterly
operations reviews and lean manufacturing presentations.
Sales support to domestic and international sales representatives and
customers by participating in sales meetings, working closely with large private label
accounts and local customers while providing technical and product specific
information as required by the customers.
11/86 11/96 PALL CORPORATION; 2200 NORTHERN BOULEVARD; EAST HILLS, NEW YORK 11548
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8/89 to 11/96 Position: MANUFACTURING MANAGER
Managed three separate extrusion manufacturing departments using melt blown
and ram extrusion technologies following ISO and cGMP guidelines in the
production of filters for medical and industrial use.
Accountable for five, three-shift operations at two plant locations utilizing twenty-
nine extruders, and a combined work force of nine supervisors, fourteen mechanics
and sixty operators.
Awarded Pall’s Outstanding Achievement Award for 1992, in recognition of
increasing productivity by 25% and reducing scrap by an additional 12% resulting in
the savings of over a half a million dollars.
Acquired extensive computer knowledge, including several software packages,
programming languages, hardware and mainframe systems.
1/88 to 7/89 Position: SENIOR PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Supervised three supervisors, four lead persons, four mechanics and thirty
assemblers in a clean room environment.
Responsible for chemical batch preparations and processing of products by
radiation grafting techniques, as well as final assembly and packaging of products.
2/87 to 12/87 Position: PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Direct line supervision of the manufacturing of filters by polymer extrusion
process and responsibility for troubleshooting mechanical and electrical problems in
the equipment.
11/86 to 1/87 Position: QUALITY CONTROL LABORATORY ANALYST
Responsibilities included daily internal production and packaging audits,
inspection of incoming raw materials and laboratory testing of products and raw
materials.
EDUCATION: RENSSELAER, LALLY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT; HARTFORD, CT
MBA awarded May 2003
Concentration: Finance Grade Point Average 3.5/4.0
KINGS COLLEGE; WILKES-BARRE, PA
Bachelor of Science Degree awarded December 1985;
Biology with a Minor in Chemistry
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