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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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