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MIKE VINCENT

OBJECTIVE

To work for a company that wants to make money, provide a secure

satisfying work environment for their employees and satisfies the market

place now as well as in the future.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006 – June of 2013 Acco Brands Booneville, MS.

Operations Manager

Oversee the move of the Lincolnshire, IL. Operation to our

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Booneville, MS. Facility.

Part of move team that created facility lay out.

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Moved 8 production lines from Lincolnshire, IL. to

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Booneville, MS.

Hire 152 employees both Direct and Indirect for 3 shift

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operation.

Hired – Production Supervisors, Material team, Q.C. team and

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office staff.

Created and implemented training program for production

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workforce.

Helped set up Inventory control and warehouse procedures.

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Directed quality supervisor to implement Q.C. process, floor

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standards, in coming RM inspection and testing equipment.

•Succsessfully implemented 5'S program in three different

locations

•Have lead and implemented over 20 successful Kaizen Events

•Trained in: Lean Manufacturing, JIT, Theory of Constraints and Who

Moved My Cheese

2003 – 2006 General Binding Corporation Lincolnshire, IL.

Plant Manager – 2003 to 2005/2006

Manage 140 total employees in a 3 shift operation for the

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production of 3 ring vinyl binders.

Responsible for financials of the operation and annual budget

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planning.

Increased customer base – helped bring two new customers to

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the business increasing annual units by 8 million parts.

Implemented an average $600k in cost savings through

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material management, labor reduction, cross training and scrap

reduction.

Increased favorable variance at an average of $300k a year.

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Implemented our custom quoting process and custom line of

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products.

2000 2003 General Binding Corporation Amelia, VA.

Plant Manager – 2000 to 2003

Managed 120 total employees in a 3 shift operation for the

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manufacturing of office products.

Increased safety performance, increased production throughput

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with the introduction of automation and process control,

decreased customer returns and internal scrap and significantly

lowered inventory through JIT.

1989 – 2000 Valspar Corporation Kankakee, IL.

Quality Control Technician – 1989 to 1992

Responsible for making specification adjustments to paint and

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chemical products to meet customer standards.

I was the leader in least hits per batch 3 out of 4 years.

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Production Supervisor – 1992 to 1994

Responsible for managing the Filling department production and

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30 union production workers across a three shift operation.

Increased gallons per hour fill rate by 32% and reduced scrap by

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25%.

Process Engineer – 1994 to 1996

Implement new safety, production and quality processes; work

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with production management and union workers on cost savings

implementation.

I was the team leader for the implementation of a One Million

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dollar Inter Mix Blend system. I was also the lead engineer for the

facilities ISO 9000 certification.

Quality Control Manager – 1996 to 1998

Managed 10 quality control technicians across three shifts,

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responsible for maintaining equipment calibration, maintaining

ISO Standard requirements and reducing product variation.

• In the two years I was QC Manager we reduced the hits per batch

ratio from an average of 5 to 1.5.

Production Manager – 1998 to 2000

Directly managed 9 production supervisors and responsible for

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130 union production workers.

Responsible for all aspects of safety, production, quality

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inventory and union / management contract compliance.

Valspar achieved records in total gallons produced in both

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1998 and 1999.

1982 1989 Adheron Coatings Oak Forest, IL.

Mill Operator

•1 Operated high speed dispersion mills for the production of paint

and chemical products from 1982 to 1984 – I was the warehouse

coordinator from 1985 to 1987 and then promoted to Quality

technician from 1988 to 1989.

ACCREDITATIONS

Certified by the Wilson Learning center in Social Styles

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Practices.

Certified by QMS as an International Internal ISO Auditor.

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Attained Six Sigma certification – Green Belt status from the

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University of Milwaukee.

AWARDS RECEIVED

Received the Valspar Innovation Award for process improvement

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of a project that spanned Safety, Quality, Productivity and cost

reduction – Total savings of $1.2 ml annually.

EDUCATION

1979 to 1982 Bloom Trail High School Chicago Heights, IL.

General Courses

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2008 to 2010 Axia College of University of Phoenix Phoenix, AZ.

Business Management

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