Manager Product Development

Keith Price

Senior Trader/Product Development

Lexington, TN 38351

*********@*****.*** - 731-***-****

Successful, results-generating production manager with extensive experience directing teams, pricing raw materials, acquisitions and training new and existing personnel. Skilled at purchasing and selling along with reducing scrap materials in seven plants. Exceeded production and sales goals and objectives. Extensive industry knowledge. Practical experience in the production process, profit and loss responsibility, managing pilot and production runs, employee relations in a unionized environment, and communications. Organized plant start-ups, including site location, hiring, and equipment purchase. Authorized to work in the US for any employer

WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior Trader/Product Development

Northland Corp Hardwoods - 2005 - 2017

2005 - 2017

Concentration yard for hardwood lumber with approx. 75 employees and 2 contract drying facilities in Tennessee and Canada.

Senior Trader/Product Development

Conducted buying and selling activities as well as developing new products and processes.

• Purchased approx.10MM board feet of green and kiln dried lumber per year.

* Sawmill and customer visits.

* Handled pay differences.

* Checked incoming quality for stain, grade, thickness, and color in all green and kiln dried lumber.

• Development

* Developed approx. 65% more new flooring customers.

* Helped develop new proprietary grades.

• Production efficiencies

* Purchased new equipment.

Double surfacer

Vision Tally system

Ripsaw

* Increased kiln dried and green stacking production 60%

* Increased kiln loading and unloading 50%

* Improved milling production 30%, with a much improved product quality. Director of Lumber Procurement

Armstrong World Industries - 1999 - 2004

Directed the activities of seven solid plants and one concentration yard.

• Managed 8MM feet of materials per week, equaling $5MM per week.

• Developed and maintained 16 long term agreements that totaled $94.7MM per year.

• Directed activities of lumber buyers.

• Set pricing for all materials and vendors.

• Assisted lumber buyers with handling pay differences. Plant Manager

Armstrong World Industries - 1998 - 1999

Managed 350 employees.

• Managed a three shift operation in strip mill, a two shift operation in parquet mill, and one shift in parquet pre-finish division.

• Monitored production for output and quality of the finished product.

• Directed the production of 540M square feet of unfinished strip per week in strip mill.

• Directed production and finishing of one million square feet per week in the parquet mill. Plant Manager

Armstrong World Industries - 1996 - 1998

Managed 250 employees in two-shift operation.

• Directed the production of 500M cabinet doors, frames, and drawer fronts per week.

• Monitored production for output and quality of the finished product. Lumber Buyer

Armstrong World Industries - 1989 - 1996

Conducted buying and selling activities of all lumber.

• Purchased, received, and processed approximately 1.5MM feet of lumber per week.

• Sold approximately 90M board feet per week.

• Developed long-term relationships with various mills around the country.

• Managed four inspection stations and two stackers.

• Directed activities and production of 65 -75 employees.

• Trained all lumber inspectors on processes and compliance related procedures. Supervisor

Armstrong World Industries - 1986 - 1989

Directed the activities of 30 - 50 employees per department.

• Monitored productivity of plant employees during the production process.

• Trained employees in maintaining safety and quality of products. Manager

Armstrong World Industries - Van Buren, MO - 1984 - 1986 Managed the concentration yard activities for the Jackson, TN plant.

• Hired and trained all facility employees.

• Inspected lumber for quality and usability.

• Operated forklift to load and unload products on trucks for shipping.

• Tallied and dispersed checks for all lumber purchases.

• Purchased lumber from sawmills throughout the region. Lumber Inspector

Armstrong World Industries - 1984 - 1984

• Developed three-week inspection course that is still in use at all seven plant locations.

• Trained all lumber inspectors on processes and procedures. EDUCATION

Graduate Hillwood High School - Nashville, TN

SKILLS

Leadership skills

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Skills

Leadership skills, including negotiating, motivating, and decision-making.

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