Richard Dale Miller

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Monclova, Oh. 43542 ac8nb0@r.postjobfree.com

Lead Through Empowerment

And Value Added Practices

Mechanical Engineer with a proven track record of improving

Manufacturing processes through application of LSS principles

CORE COMPETENCIES

Lean Manufacturing

Manage Kaizen Events

Reduce Defect Rates

Root Cause Analysis

Increase Daily Production Rates

Project Management

Training & Development

GMP Auditing

SAP Reporting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GRAHAM PACKAGING, Fremont, Ohio

Production Supervisor 2014 – 2018

Provide leadership and coaching of 35 to 40 associates in the manufacture of plastic containers for the Food, Beverage and Household industries.

Lead, coach and mentor production associates in meeting safety, quality and production goals

Developed production associates for improving individual and organization performance

Continuously improved plant performance through process improvements and lean methodologies

Lead, track and improve total KPI goals and objectives

H. J. HEINZ, Fremont, OH

Production Packaging Supervisor 2012 – 2014

Provide supervision of 30 to 40 employees for the total packaging of one of the world’s finest food brands.

OWENS – ILLINOIS, Perrysburg, OH 1991 - 2011

Customer Service Engineer AOQ 2003 - 2011

Provided 50+ customers (including Miller/Coors Brewing, Diageo, Brown-Forman, Heinz, Gerber, etc.) with value added product handling engineering assistance to improve, enhance and troubleshoot packaging performance issues within their manufacturing processes. Provided customer recommendations based on investigative and data generated audits and surveys.

Led LSS Kaizen event utilizing LSS DMAIC principles which reduced total cost for rejected disrupted customer pallets from ~$100K to <$10K annually and reinstated customer confidence in products shipped from manufacturing facility.

Conducted audit of 3 glass manufacturing plants and customer’s production line for manufacturing best practices and by providing subsequent assistance, successfully qualified 3 supplying plants with a defect rate of <0.0006%. Qualification helped solidify 3 year contract to supply 275M – 288M containers per year.

Collaborated with manufacturing and major US spirits customer stakeholders on a LSS Kaizen event team which decreased breakage defects to <.005% with an overall daily production increase of >8% resulting in building the customer’s confidence with the container.

Area Packaging Quality Engineer (APQE) service visit functions to satisfy customer demands for routine and emergency quality visits.

Product Handling Engineer 1999 – 2003

Provided business value added engineering support to company and licensee glass manufacturing facilities for product handling functions. Researched, developed, designed, installed and maintained: glass manufacturing cold end processing equipment.

Managed a $1.5 M project to design and install 3 PSL labeling lines at 3 different glass manufacturing locations within budget and a deadline established to accommodate scheduled nationwide rollout of a major US beer customer’s product.

Coordinated a $3.5M project to recommend, purchase, install and start-up an Applied Ceramic Labeling (ACL), line. Equipment included 5 ACL, 200 BPM machines,

and 3 specialized glass decoration annealing lehrs along with bottle, case and bulk packaging units.

Decorating Service Engineer 1991 – 1999

Provide engineering support to domestic and international glass container facilities. Including the installation, start-up and commissioning of labeling machines and processes. Develop training modules for various decorating machines and processes.

Improved the roll fed labeling application process to apply a shrink belly band label to the iconic Coca-Cola glass bottle. Increasing the value of pre-labeled glass container for the customer

Managed the manufacture and rebuild of various decorating machines and process equipment.

EDUCATION

Associate of Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering Technology,

University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

CERTIFICATIONS

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

5S Principles

GMP Auditor

Power Presentations - Presentations Skills

Training for Supervisors

Pathways to Leadership

Respect in the Workplace

Krones Pressure Sensitive Training

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Power Steering (LSS Project Tracking)

Minitab (LSS Statistical Tool)

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Kronos

SAP

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