Manager Plant

TIM PEARL

**** ******* *****, **** *****, Idaho *2394 ~ abnv1i@r.postjobfree.com ~ 208-***-****

CAREER PROFILE

Highly accomplished Operations and Plant Management Professional seeking an opportunity to

leverage strong leadership abilities in supporting an organization achieve its established

operational and productivity goals. Technical competencies include Microsoft Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, Outlook, SYSPRO and networking.

VALUE OFFERED

Maximizing Production Efficiency /Logistics & Expediting / Facilities Management / Inventory

Control / Purchasing / Quality Control / P&L Management

• Relationship Building – merges solid interpersonal and communication skills to forge,

nurture, and maintain strong business and customer relationships. Enthusiastically

collaborates with internal colleagues to achieve established goals and expectations.

• Team Building and Motivation – effectively communicates and motivates team members,

fostering an atmosphere of teamwork and collaboration with an emphasis goal attainment.

• End User Satisfaction – blends integrity, innovative thinking, and leadership attributes to

ensure first-rate customer satisfaction. Optimizes service delivery through decision-making

talents, critical thinking skills, and an unwavering drive to excel.

• Competitive Drive & Strategic Thinking – personable, persuasive, and highly respected

for business acumen, displaying a positive leadership approach, and consistently

surpassing goals.

CAREER HISTORY

Kiefer Built (High volume trailer and transportation manufacturer)

Gooding, ID, 08/2007 to present

Plant Manager

• Supervised and coordinated the activities of 75+ production and operating workers, such as

welders, painters, metal fabricators, electricians, and trimmers.

• Calculated labor, operations, and equipment requirements and production specifications, using

standard formulas for a 126K sq. ft. facility.

• Introduced strategies resulting in a reduced labor rate from 19.3% to 13.4% in first 3 months.

• Conferred with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or

grievances and with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between

departments.

• Demonstrated equipment operations and work and safety procedures to new employees, or

assigned new employees to experienced workers for training thereby reducing Workman's

Comp MOD rating.

• Directed and coordinated the activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of

goods, such as inspectors, machine setters, and fabricators.

Beck Oil (Fuel, oil and lubricant distributor throughout southern California)

Victorville, CA, 06/2006 to 08/2007

General Manager

• Provided leadership and direction to 70 staff members in the execution of daily roles and

responsibilities within a provider of fuel and oil products throughout southern California.

• Addressed all operations management concerns with a focus on strategic, tactical, and short-

term operation management contributing significantly to the $90MM in annual revenue.

• Designed operation and improvement of the systems that created and delivered fuel services.

• Maintained a consistent understanding of the happenings behind the company's core

operations.

• Continually actively sought after operations improvement related to capital expenditures, P & L

evaluations, brand station requirement adherence, truck and equipment maintenance and

upkeep and sustainment of all OSHA, DOT, and Homeland Security obligations.

• Reorganization of entire delivery and inventory process. Immediate results showed a decrease

in labor of 19%.

• Introduced new routes and dispenser locations and yielded an increase in sales by 12%.

• Methodically reorganized 24-hour dispatching to maximize bulk truck deliveries.

Mossberg Industries (Plastic packaging manufacturer)

Ontario, CA, 3/1998 to 06/2006

Plant Manager

• Managed 60+ employees in a plastics injection molding, extrusion and outsourcing structure,

focusing on a JIT production schedule.

• Strategically applied strong relationship management skills to save employee relationships and

induce productivity.

• Managed operations of a high volume / high value food plastic packaging manufacturing plant.

• Salvaged $1.2MM annually with the consolidation of two plants with no downtime.

• Revealed new standard operational procedures (SOPs) resulting in driving profits by 14%.

• Increased plant margins by an annual average of 4%.

• Propelled sales by 243% in 9 months through collaborative work with corporate sales

department.

• Initiated operations procedures that enhanced productivity by 26% in Logan, Utah plant.

• Provided coaching and mentoring to junior employees, delivering comprehensive on-the-job

training to improve efficiency, staff morale, flexibility, and client relations.

• Customized solutions to quality control concerns, pricing, budget administration, benefits, and

safety training issues.

• Drafted an innovative handbook to provide guidance for operations teams.

***Additional experience as General Manager for Comfort Suites***

EDUCATION

B.S. Program in Business Administration, Utah State University - Logan, UT

Major: Business Management / Minor: Military Science

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