JOHN M. SLUPECKI

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Strongsville, Ohio 44149

Phone: 419-***-****

E-Mail: ac47u3@r.postjobfree.com

PLANT MANAGER

Experienced Operation professional with Six Sigma Black Belt accreditation and Masters Degree in Business Administration. Twenty years of experience in the manufacturing management, specifically within operation and quality functions. Strengths include leadership, the ability to motivate and effectively communicate with people of varying educational and social backgrounds. Skills in lean manufacturing, problem solving, data analysis, and continuous improvement. Maintains expertise in operations management and has exceptional interpersonal skills. Exhibits high potential to significantly contribute to the success of any company.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

Six Sigma Black Belt Continuous Process Improvement Decision Making Lean Manufacturing Managerial Leadership Problem Solving Data Analysis Team Building / Communication Cost Reduction Results Driven Training / Mentoring Understands Cultural differences both domestically and globally

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mar-bal, Inc. Chagrin Falls, Ohio 2016 – Present

Plant Manager

Responsible for safety, environmental compliance, quality, and P&L for 12 million dollar Thermoset Plastic Plants. Sets operational objectives. Manages costs using Lean Manufacturing principles. Prepares and executes operating expenses with objective to meet the operating plan.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Immediately re-worked $60,000 worth of non-conforming material

Restructured Compounding Operations and reduced labor by 30%

Initiated Safety Programs to reduce lost time injuries

Identified Gaps in Quality Management System and executed plan to address gaps

Bulk Molding Compounds a subsidiary of A. Schulman, Corp, Perrysburg, Ohio 2012 – 2016

Plant Manager

Responsible for safety, environmental compliance, quality, and operations at 65 million dollar Thermoset Plastic Plants. Sets operational objectives. Manages costs using Lean Manufacturing principles. Prepares and executes operating expenses with objective to meet the operating plan.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Reduce OSHA Safety rate by changing safety culture and using various safety counter measures.

Reduced operating costs by 15% during first six months using Lean Manufacturing principles.

Excels in Team Building and leadership.

Implemented 5S programs in efforts to strive for organizational excellence

Achieved Cost Management metrics

Bulk Molding Compounds, Inc. Perrysburg, Ohio 2009 - 2015

Quality Director

Directs the activities of Quality functions at Bulk Molding Compounds, Inc. Serves all facilities throughout the world regarding Quality synergies, while meeting overall quality measurement goals through continuous improvement.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Sets yearly cost reduction initiatives that have exceeded corporate targets

Implementation, Administration, and Maintenance and of the Quality Management System.

Establishing and maintaining effective quality systems for U.S. Operations.

Training and administration of quality staff, and internal quality system auditors

Organized and implemented quality systems at International Sites

Successfully improved quality systems at other global sites.

BULK MOLDING COMPOUNDS, INC., Perrysburg, Ohio 2002 - 2011

Quality Manager

Prepared, monitored, and controlled all quality activities for a 40 million dollar plus plant.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Responsible for maintaining TS16949 9000 accreditation.

Six Sigma Black Belt leader for continuous improvement

Recorded and analyzed all quality measurements to determine areas for improvement.

Championed corrective actions to ensure all corporate goals were achieved.

Created excel worksheets to monitor product cost during the Pre-launch phase and distributed results to the Chief Financial Officer.

Spearheaded a training program that reduced the cost of poor quality by 20%.

Prepared department budget and reconciled variances.

Met with executive management on a monthly basis to ensure expenditures were in line and project budgets were in check.

Cost Reduction projects that found in excess of $100,000 annually in cost savings.

Interface with customers on a daily basis to ensure customer satisfaction.

Addressed Customer concerns through problem solving and analytical thinking.

BULK MOLDING COMPOUNDS, INC., Perrysburg, Ohio 1998 – 2002

Project/Quality Engineer/QC Technician

Prepared, monitored, controlled all product launches through the APQP process as well as

Implementing continuous improvement projects.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Initiated product start-up and monitored costs to meet project margins. Successfully launched a 20 million-dollar account within budget while maintaining corporate profit margins.

Analyzed product test results and distributed reports to department managers.

Certified as a Quality Technician through the American Society for Quality.

Prepared statistical charts to ensure all processes were in control.

Analyzed charts and data to problem solve processes that were out of control.

Prepared Certification of Conformance reports.

Member of the Internal Quality Audit Team.

EDUCATION

EMBA, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

B.A., Accounting, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Six Sigma Black Belt Certified

Lean Application Training

8-D Root Cause Analysis

Kepner Tregoe Root Cause Analysis

Transition from QS-9000 to ISO / TS 16949: 2002

ISO / TS 16949: 2002 Internal Auditor

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