Manager Six Sigma

DAVID C. BLACKIE

**** ***** **** ****, ******** City, Indiana 46360 Cell: 219-***-**** *********@*****.*** Home: 219-***-****

DIRECTOR of ENGINEERING and 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 metal fabrication, 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 14000, 9000, 13485, 9001:2000, OHSAS 18001, ERP, MRP and Oracle

WORK EXPERIENCE

Director of Engineering and Operations – George O’Day’s Hammond, Indiana 2010 to Present

• Implemented strategic planning for new product development

• Designed production tracking system, established metrics for measurement of performance, increased performance by 50%

• Reduced COGS sold by 25% through CI processes

• Implemented safety program reducing IRR metric by 50%

• Developed sales goals and pipeline reporting system to support 75% growth in sales.

Production / Technical 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 Six Sigma to multiple plants.

• 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 / Engineering 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 Engineering 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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