Manager Six Sigma

David Blackie

Email: abo71y@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ***** **** ****

City: Michigan City

State: IN

Zip: 46360

Country: USA

Phone: 219-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: 150

Willing to Relocate

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DAVID C. BLACKIE

1894 Cider Mill Road, Michigan City, Indiana 46360 Cell: 219-***-**** abo71y@r.postjobfree.com Home: 219-***-****

DIRECTOR of OPERATIONS

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

* Over twenty years of managerial, technical, Six Sigma, manufacturing, project management and process engineering.

* Certified Six Sigma Black Belt specialized in DMAIC, DFSS, CI and Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen facilitator,

* Diverse industry experience including packaging, coating, extrusion, laminating, injection molding, printing and technical development of paper, films, silicone, plastics, inks and coatings

* Skills include excellent planning, communications and effective change agent

* Proficient in TPM and TQM systems, ISO 13485, 9001:2000, OHSAS 18001, ERP, MRP and Oracle systems

WORK EXPERIENCE

Director of Operations - George O`Day`s Hammond, Indiana 2010 to Present

* Implemented strategic planning for company, developing goals and objectives

* Designed production tracking system and established metrics for measurement of performance

* Reduced COGS sold by 25% through CI processes

* Implemented safety program reducing IRR metric by 25%

* Developed sales goals and pipeline reporting system to support 25% growth in sales.

Production Manager - Smiths Medical Gary, Indiana2008 to 2010

* Implemented new processes, product lines and technologies for international markets

* Managed daily operations for key production departments involving 20 salaried and 125 hourly employees

* Introduced lean manufacturing and CI techniques to molding and extrusion operations

* Implemented Green Belt six sigma to plant.

* Increased operating efficiencies by 26%

* Reduced department scrap rates resulting in annual operational cost savings

* Reduced overhead costs by optimizing operations and reducing labor costs

Coating Business Unit Manager - Avery Dennison Ft. Wayne, Indiana2002 to 2008

* Managed efficient operations of coating / laminating department managing 100 direct reports

* Acted as change agent implementing new processes and technologies

* Increased operating efficiencies from 72% to 81%; Reduced scrap rates from 2.5% to less than 1.0%.

* Responsible for continuous improvement efforts for the department

* P&L responsibilities and control

* Implemented cost effective method for dual layer silicone $3.4 MM savings

* Involved in loss improvement project for savings in excess of $400 M annually

* Provide technical assistance in maintaining plant efficiencies and metrics

* Developed new products with coordination through suppliers

* Designed and installed process improvements on coaters

* Increased process speeds on production units resulting in 25% increased throughput

Technical Manager - SIG Combibloc, Inc. -Columbus, OH 1999 to 2002 and 1988 to 1993

* Purchased and installed $4.5MM Gravure press, $1.1MM finishing line and $1.5MM palletizing system$43 million dollar manufacturer of aseptic packaging

* Conceived and implemented plant recycling programs saving $30M monthly

* Specified modifications to extrusion line for replacement of foil layer with EVOH

* Maintained FDA and EPA compliance for food packaging and processing equipment

R&D Director - Amgraph Packaging, Inc. Versailles, CT 1996 to 1999

* Developed new extrusion film products and paper laminations

* Improved process efficiencies by 10%; Improved equipment uptime by 50%

* Designed and installed two EB adhesive laminators; Developed new products with sales of $1.2 MM

* Implemented ERP system

EDUCATION

MBA -Purdue University

BS Chemical Engineering-Cleveland State University

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