Manager Quality Control

Robert C. Bachman

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**** ****** **** ***** *********: 614-***-****

Grove City, Ohio 43123 Cell: 614-***-****

PLANT MANAGER PROFESSIONAL

Diversified, hands on, results oriented, plant operations management experience with demonstrated year-over-year improvements in

environmental, health and safety, quality, cost and productivity. Championed process improvements through documented operations

planning, six sigma and lean systems and employee empowerment. A highly motivated, self-directed, and team orientated plant

manager with strong, practical, leadership experience. I possess excellent communication and organizational skills, can function

effectively with staff and management at all levels, and have the ability to adapt quickly to new and changing situations. Core

knowledge and skills include:

Multiple Plant Responsibility

New Plant Start-up & Existing Plant Production &

Operations Planning Systems

Plant Turn-around Organization Alignment

Financial & Capital Management Development Six Sigma, Lean, Kaizen

Engineering & Maintenance Process Improvement

EH&S Compliance

Management Union & Non-Union Employee

Cost Control Strategies

Relations

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INC., Columbus, OH and Birmingham, AL 1998 – 2008

A $140 million division of Akzo Nobel Inc. that manufactures 5.0+ million gallons of architectural, durable goods, interior

automotive and specialty plastics coatings and 2.0+ million gallons of polyester and epoxy resins.

Plant Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed and provide leadership to the overall production operations team including: Coatings and Resins

Manufacturing, Environmental, Health & Safety, Scheduling & Capacity Planning, Quality Control, Packaging,

Purchasing, Warehouse, Shipping & Receiving Operations, Exports, Engineering & Maintenance and Customer

Service/Order Entry at the Columbus and Birmingham facilities. Developed, approved, and managed production

operations ($17 million) and capital ($1.5 million) budgets. Seven direct reports, 40 indirect reports and 135+ hourly

union production employees at the two facilities.

Business Unit Steering Committee member responsible for developing, communicating and meeting overall production

operations business goals and objectives in coordination with the Sales, Technical, Accounting and HR Departments.

Compliance with all Federal, State, Local and Akzo Nobel Corporate regulatory compliance requirements including EPA,

OSHA, PSM, DOT, NFPA, risk assessment, site security, etc. in a hazardous material, Class 1, Div 1 environment.

Responsible for labor relations, grievance resolution and contract negotiations. Ensure proper staffing, training and

development of the organization and adherence to company polices and procedures.

Accomplishments:

Successful start-up of new $32 million addition to the Columbus facility in 1998.

Promoted and assumed responsibility for the Birmingham facility in 2004. Developed and completed a four year capital

project/process improvement plan that streamlined material flow, opened up floor space for the addition of two new

manufacturing cells, brought the site into HSE compliance and integrated operations with the Columbus facility.

Lost Time Injury (LTI) accident incidents dropped from an average of 7/year to 1/year. Three plus years with zero LTI

accidents at Columbus and two plus years at Birmingham. Initiated HSE Incident Reporting System and Behavior Based

Safety to reduce accident incident rates.

Productivity as measured by Gallons/Man-Hour increased by 22% at Columbus and 28% at Birmingham over the past

four years resulting in $400K/year labor savings.

Eliminated a process bottleneck of our largest product through the addition of, and reorganization of, raw material and

intermediate storage tanks in 2007.

Decreased hazardous waste by 15% in 2008 resulting in $175K savings.

Reduced product lead-time from 15 days to 10, 5 or 3 days depending upon product type.

Lead negotiator for three Teamster Union contracts resulting in consolidating job classifications and streamlining contract

work rules allowing for greater work force flexibility.

Initiated Six Sigma/Lean program in 2007. Fifteen Green Belt Projects completed saving $250K.Green Belt certified.

FRANKLIN INTERNATIONAL, Columbus, Ohio 1995–1998

A $100 million manufacturer of consumer and industrial adhesives and sealants.

Production Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed production operations that included batch mixing, semi-automatic and automatic packaging, materials

management and EH&S in a hazardous material, Class 1 Div 1 environment. Four direct reports and 63 union hourly

production employees. Preparation and adherence to budget and capital plan. Staffing and capacity planning.

Accomplishments:

Utilizing Lean and Kaizen systems manpower needs were reduced by 19%, on-time delivery increased from 91% to 99%

and pounds produced increased by 9%.

Initiated T.E.M. on automated packaging equipment and 5S philosophy to plant house keeping.

MENASHA CORPORATION, Columbus, Ohio 1991–1995

A $36 million division of Menasha Corporation that manufactured home appliance control overlays, flexible electronic circuits

and product identification labels.

Production Operations Coordinator

Responsibilities:

Managed overall production operations, quality control, materials and EH&S. Five direct reports and 75 non-union hourly

production employees. Preparation and adherence to operations budget and capital plan.

Accomplishments:

Reduced operating costs by $1MM in two years by increasing productivity and reducing scrap through standardizing

training, repairing and/or replacing worn out equipment, and implementing cellular plant layout changes.

BIC CORPORATION, (Special Markets Division), Clearwater, Florida. 1985–1990

Plastic extrusion and injection molding, assembly, screen-printing and packaging of BIC products.

Plant Superintendent

Managed production operations, quality control, materials, purchasing, EH&S, warehouse operations, shipping and receiving.

Two direct reports, four indirect reports and 85 hourly non-union production employees on three shifts. Production scheduling

and capacity planning of 16 product lines and 40 machines.

PENNEX PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1981–1985

Manufacturers of generic over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, vitamins and health and beauty aids.

Department Supervisor

Supervised 25 union production and maintenance employees in the solid dosage, capsule, coatings and wet and dry

granulation mixing manufacturing departments. FDA & GMP guideline and procedures knowledge.

EDUCATION

M.B.A., DEVRY UNIVERSITY - Keller Graduate School of Management, Columbus, Ohio, GPA 3.85, 2005.

B.S., THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, University Park, Pennsylvania. Manufacturing Operations Management.

1981.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ISO 9001 Audit Training USEPA Regulations Microsoft Office

Six Sigma Green Belt OSHA Regulations Microsoft Project

Certified DOT Regulations SAP

TQM/SPC FDA & GMP Mini-Tab

TEM Labor Negotiations ShopVue

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