Manager Quality

Vince Smith

Email: *********@********.***

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

City: Dallas

State: GA

Zip: 30157

Country: USA

Phone: 770-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Willing to Relocate

Primary Skills/Experience:

Operations Manager, Technical Service Manager, Quality Manager, Quality Engineer, Plant Manager, Director of Quality

Educational Background:

Job History / Details:

Vincent L. Smith

75 Summer Glen Trail - Dallas, Georgia 30157 - 770-***-**** - ****************@*****.***

TECHNICAL OPERATIONS MANAGER

Technical Management Quality Manager Environmental/Safety Technical Client Support

Highly motivated and experienced Technical Operations Manager with a track-record of advancement to increasingly challenging roles.

Known for ability to interface with influential clients and team members. Successful track record of implementing solutions to increase efficiency and reducing costs while maintaining a focus on safety and quality. Maintained full management of P&L, staffing, production, distribution and safety for a large industrial services corporation.

OPERATIONS COMPETENCIES

Quality Control

Safety Management

Technical Training

Cost Reduction Implementation

Production Planning

P&L Responsibility

RECENT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2011 successfully implemented Lean Manufacturing 5S process for manufacturing organization and optimization.

Implemented safety program that achieved no lost time accidents in the calendar years 2006, 2007 and 2008 a total of over 150,000 man hours accumulated without a lost time accident.

Successfully negotiated six-year lease for new tractors and trailers that will save $600,000 over the length of the lease. Spearheaded cost savings measures that saved on average $5000 per month in overall operational costs.

Introduced a customer service initiative which reduced product lead-time to two days (from order to delivery) thereby increasing our route truck deliveries by 100%.

Implemented a preventative maintenance program which reduced production downtime by over 40%.

Rapid career advancement from Laboratory Technician to Quality Manager and from Corporate Quality Manager to Operations Manager

enabling me to infuse my management practices with my technical expertise to develop customer-focused solutions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VL Smith Consulting Dallas, Georgia September 2012 December 2012

Independent Consultant

Advised and consulted major clients in decommissioning of plants recently closed in Ohio, Maryland, Texas, and Kansas.

Conducted environmental survey, testing and evaluating program to determine remediation needs in each plant.

Completed remediation/decommissioning of recently closed plant in Houston, Texas.

RG Steel Wheeling, LLC Fort Payne, Alabama November 2004 August 2012

Operations Manager

Manager of roll-forming operations of Fort Payne production facility.

Responsible for overall P&L, staffing, production, inventory, distribution and safety.

Overseeing 24 production employees, 8 OTR drivers and 6 management employees.

Facility awarded the Wheeling Pittsburgh Corporation s 4th Quarter 2006 Vice President Award for Safety.

Exercise advanced proficiency in the Oracle enterprise system.

Metalworking Lubricants Company Pontiac, Michigan June 1995 October 2004

Operations Manager March 2001 October 2004

Oversaw day-to-day operations of Pontiac production and laboratory operations and managed 17 production employees and five laboratory technicians.

Excelled into quality management representative reporting directly to CEO and maintained responsibility for maintaining ISO 9001:2000 registration for the Pontiac facility.

Held role as Inventory Cost Reduction Team Leader responsible for minimizing facility inventory in order to minimize cost impact and maintained company goal of industry low cost producer.

Implemented efficiency and cost savings initiatives as the IT manager, including point-to-point T1 connectivity between production

facilities in Pontiac and Indianapolis, computer network administration and corporate phone contracts.

Created cost savings in 2003 of over $100,000.

Technical Services Manager June 1998 March 2001

Managed 17 field service representatives and implemented chemical or lubrication management systems in over 50 customer facilities including 15 Ford, 5 Chrysler, and 2 GM facilities.

Maintained responsibility for implementation and documentation of cost savings initiatives for each customer program.

Responsible for development of Technical Service Training Program training managers in lubrication management, inventory

control/reduction techniques, and technical systems development.

Corporate Quality Manager June 1995 June 1998

Led ISO 9001 certification for the Pontiac, Michigan production facility.

Managed QC Laboratory and supervised five QC laboratory technicians.

Metalworking Lubricants Company Indianapolis, Indiana May 1987 June 1995

Quality Manager February 1990 June 1995

Supervised seven QC laboratory technicians and maintained testing services for finished product quality control and EPA licensed waste processing / oil reclamation facility.

Implemented BS 5750 Quality Standard for company facility in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Implemented ISO 9001 Quality Systems at our corporate headquarters in Pontiac, Michigan.

Technical Service Representative June 1988 February 1990

Managed day-to-day chemical management program at Ford Indianapolis facility.

Managed implementation programs at Ford; Batavia, Ohio, Ford; Sharonville, Ohio, Motorwheel Corporation; Berea, Kentucky, and Reynolds Aluminum; McCook, Illinois.

Laboratory Technician May 1987 June 1988

QC laboratory technician that tested finished products and incoming industrial waste streams.

Field technician who sampled and testing products at customer facilities, tested and reported results in order to maintain our Indianapolis facility s EPA Part B wastewater treatment license.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Indiana Vocational Technical College, Indianapolis, Indiana AA Quality Control Engineering

Certified Quality Engineer Training ASQC

Interpersonal Communications Skills AMA

Covisint e-commerce Portal Ford Motor Co.

SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE

Proficiency in Oracle, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

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