Manager Plant

Joseph T. Napier 270-***-**** *********@*****.***

*** ***** ***** ****, ******* Green, KY 42101

Director of Operations Plant Manager Engineering Director

Leadership First . Resource Optimization . Process Refinement .

Profit Driver

Comprehensive plant operations, leadership expertise, and turnaround

success gained from 12 years in operations management, quality assurance,

capital asset management, and logistics; 4 years in government contract

management; and 5 years active service as a U.S. Army Officer.

Decisive. Action-oriented. Communicator. Focus is always on people.

MS, Management, Global Business, Stanford University, CA

BS, Mechanical Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY

Milestones

Transformed a $28M business challenged with poorly trained and

unaccountable workforce, lack of process control, equipment neglect, and

poorly defined procedures into a high-performance process-driven operation

reducing costs, lead times, improving quality, and increasing employee

morale and productivity.

Established full-up operations in a start-up manufacturing plant from zero

to $11M / year rate in four months, establishing and implementing ISO-

compliant world-class business practices. Profitable in first 4 months.

Leadership Performance

Charleston Marine Container, Inc., Charleston, SC November 2011 - Present

Program Manager Operational focal point within company management team as

direct representative of customers' interests for program performance

metrics - cost, quality, and delivery. Coordination of all contracting,

engineering and production resources for production of highly engineered

metal fabrications.

SCRA Applied R&D (ATI), Charleston, SC March 2008 - November 2011

R&D Program Manager P&L Responsible (contract value). Program manager

for $11M / 4 year DoD funded program, American Metalcasting Consortium,

simultaneously leading 11 research projects investigating, developing, and

commercializing opportunities for new metals-related technologies developed

by university and industry partners to serve the needs of the Department of

Defense and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to improve the readiness of

legacy weapon systems through supply chain building, manufacturing process

improvements, and advanced materials technology. Program results were

savings to the government over $100M. Program was awarded #1 DLA

Director's Choice Award, 2010.

SpanTech LLC, Glasgow, KY December 2004 - March 2008

Director of Operations / Plant Manager, P&L responsible. Managed all

aspects of operations in a complex high-mix low-volume manufacturing

environment and assembly facility of employees and 7 supervisors,

including enterprise asset management and capacity planning, engineering,

safety, quality, manufacturing engineering, workforce training, and

performance improvement. Introduced standardization, Lean Manufacturing

methodologies and practices, a real 5S program, cross-training of workforce

to improve flexibility and efficiency, and demand forecast planning in a

company that had never implemented these programs before. Reduced

manufacturing labor costs and variability from 12-20 % to 8-10 % of sales.

Reduced standard deviation of predicted delivery time to less than 20% of

predicted time for jobs under $300K. Reduced custom-designed parts count

from 40% of product to less than 10%. Reduced critical path of order

fulfillment 60%, from 15 days per $100K to less than 6 days.

Trace Die Cast, Inc., Bowling Green, KY December 1998 - December

2004

Plant Manager, 2002 - 2004 Managed start-up of aluminum machining facility

zero to 85 employees and $11 million annual revenue. Operational and

stable processes within 4 months. Planned, installed, commissioned, and

qualified new capital equipment and infrastructure, implemented robust and

disciplined manufacturing processes, and established and monitored key goal-

oriented metrics understood by all employees. Responsibilities included

production, quality, manufacturing engineering, shipping / receiving, and

maintenance.

Quality Manager, Die Cast Plant, 1998 - 2001 Continuous improvement while

managing quality program for aluminum die cast facility serving the

automotive industry. Management representative internally and externally

for product quality planning (APQP) and production process validation

(PPAP), and all quality customer communications. Managed metrology lab and

trained and supervised 14 auditors and technicians. Company team leader

for successful improvement of quality systems within QS-9000 and ISO-9000.

Ryder Integrated Logistics, Knoxville, TN March 1998 - November 1998

Logistics Manager Responsible for transportation of boats to dealerships

across the US with a team of 32 trucks and 35 drivers as the leader of the

outsourced logistics department of Sea-Ray Boats, Inc. Managed load

assignment, payroll, trip settlement, and maintenance of equipment.

Representative to Sea-Ray's managers for all issues relating to customer

logistics.

Education / Training / Military

Masters in Management - MBA / Global Business 2003

Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Sloan Program

BS, Mechanical Engineering 1993

United States Military Academy at West Point

Captain, US Army, Signal Corps May 1993 - February 1998

Captain, Air Cavalry Squadron Signal Officer Managed integration of air and

ground tactical communications architecture during squadron fielding of new

OH-58D Kiowa Warrior digital helicopter, including instruction to aviators.

Designed and led team to integrate airborne tactical satellite radio, the

first time this had been done on this airframe.

1st Lieutenant, Aviation Brigade Assistant Signal Officer Managed

divisional communication assets during tactical airborne operations as

member of Division Advanced Airborne team.

2nd Lieutenant, Platoon Leader in rapid deployable brigade communication

platoon

Ranger School, Airborne School, Air Assault School

Certifications, Interests & Activities

Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), American Society for Quality

1999

Certified Quality Manager (CQM), American Society for Quality 2002

Instructor, CQE and CQT Primer, ASQ Southern Kentucky Section 2000-

2005

Activities Director, West Point Alumni Association of Charleston

2010 - present

Teacher - "Rocket Science" - Western Kentucky University

2002-2008

Taught intro physics, chemistry, aerodynamics, and modeling and simulation

to academically gifted 7th, 8th, and 9th grade kids. Students CAD design,

build, and launch high-powered rockets and analyze in-flight data.

President, Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science 2006-

2008

Director, HS Bridge Building Competition, South Central Kentucky

2002-2008

Co-Founder, Center for Gifted Studies Alumni Association 2009

Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Mgmt Institute 2010

Established West Point Ethics & Leadership Conference for tri-county

April 2013

high school students

Youth sports coach, hiker-camper, hunter, family man, automotive mechanic,

old boat restorer

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