Manager Project

MARK ROTH

*** ****** **** • Lititz, PA *****

717-***-**** (Res.) • 717-***-**** (Cell.) • *******************@*******.***

OPERATIONS / MANUFACTURING / PLANT MANAGEMENT

Seasoned operations manager with expertise in both high volume and high tech

manufacturing environments for multinational companies. Strong and decisive leader with

excellent analytical, organizational, team building and planning skills. Track record of

maintaining high quality standards while spearheading operational improvements to increase

productivity and to reduce costs. Proponent of using modern manufacturing principals to

champion operational continuous improvements.

CORE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Full P & L Responsibility Operations Management Quality Control Multi-Site Operations

Strategic Planning Health and Safety Engineering and Compliance Customer Relations

Production Scheduling and Planning Human Resources Union and Non Union Plants

Manufacturing Engineering and Maintenance ISO 9001 / GMP Cost Control Strategies

Warehousing Plant and Process Start-ups Lean Manufacturing Continuous Improvement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VIRGINIA TRANSFORMER COPRORATION, Roanoke, VA October 2012 – Present

Medium Power Transformer Manufacturing Company

Plant Manager / Project Manager

Hired to build, set-up and manage new manufacturing operation in Troutville, VA

• Procured 25 acre property with a rail road spur. Designed and supervised the “fast track” building

of a $4.2 million 52,000 SF metal fabrication facility. Project completed on time and under budget.

Manufacturing successfully moved to new manufacturing location with no downtime.

• Increased metal fabrication manufacturing efficiencies by 40% using Lean Manufacturing

Techniques, reducing non value added material movements and improving equipment uptime.

• Managed Manufacturing, Shipping and Facilities Departments.

• Successfully achieved double digit sales growth for 5th year in a row

LANCASTER LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, Lancaster, PA 2004 – August 2012

Tobacco Merchant and High Volume Tobacco Processor

Assistant Vice President of Operations – December 2011- August 2012

Plant Manager - September 2004 – December 2011

Managed all aspects of a three shift, 110 employee manufacturing operation. Brought on board to replace

factory manager. Primary focus to learn business and improve productivity and quality systems in order to

prepare the Lancaster facility for FDA and Phillip Morris Facility and Quality Audits.

• Increased capacity of primary threshing line 50% from 8,000 to 12,000 pounds per hour

• Consolidated Kenbridge, Virginia Facility into Lancaster, Pa Facility to increase production

volume and reduce costs.

• Improved tobacco traceability throughout the production process in preparation for FDA

Regulation.

• Established Quality Manual, Standard Operating Procedures, Internal Auditing Program and

Document Control Systems to prepare for ISO certification.

• Implemented Quality System to track and remove Non Tobacco Related Materials to improve

finished product quality. Allowing Sales to obtain 3 year – Multi-million dollar contract.

• Setup lift truck training / licensing program, “Right to Know “ act training, Confined Space, Arc

Flash and employee equipment operation certification programs to satisfy OSHA standards, reduce

accidents and minimize maintenance costs.

• Obtained Core and Structural Fumigation license for Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company.

Established an in-house pest control program targeted at tobacco beetle control eliminating contract

fumigation expenses

Burle Industries, Inc., Electron Tube Products Division, Lancaster, PA 1993 – 2003

Manufacturer of Components and Power Supplies for Medical and Scientific Instrument Manufacturers

Vice President of Manufacturing 2000 - 2003

Manufacturing Manager 1999 - 2000

Process Engineering Manager 1993 - 1999

Hired as Process Engineering manager and promoted to Vice President of Manufacturing with P&L

responsibility for a $26 million division manufacturing Components for the Medical Imaging and

Scientific Instrumentation industries. Primary focus was on the turnaround and the reengineering of the

non-performing division with an emphasis on manufacturing, materials management, procurement,

Traffic, budgeting, cost control, quality and daily operations.

• Responsible for multiple manufacturing locations with 250 employees in the United States in

Mexico.

• Reduced fully loaded labor costs from $25.00 per hour to $2.50 per hour by transferring

manufacturing operations to Matamoros Mexico. Reduced overtime from 16% to 6% with a

simultaneous 15% increase in production volume.

• Used constraints management techniques to identify bottleneck operations, Introduced selective

automation to increase quality and productivity. Eliminating third shift production.

• Directed the startup, staffing and management of a 40,000 square foot Photo-multiplier tube

manufacturing operation in Matamoros, Mexico, reducing product-labor costs.

• Reduced the number of manufacturing material parts preparation processes to improve thru-put

time and reduce processing costs for electron tube product lines.

International Rectifier, El Segundo, CA 1992 – 1993

Semiconductor Component Manufacturer.

Product Engineer

Hired to provide Sustaining Engineering and Product Engineering support for Radiation Hard Power

MOSFET components.

• Improved Wafer die production yield from 40% to 70% by improving silicon dioxide deposition

process.

• Successfully introduced Failure Mode and Effects Analysis techniques to enhance product

reliability through design.

• Established manufacturing operations in the United States. Doubling rectifier sales from $3 to $6

million.

• Applied for and received QS 9000 Certification from Ford Motor Company to penetrate the

Automobile Manufacturing Industry.

• Developed product with improved HTRB reliability allowing Sales to offer high reliability

products.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Graduate Courses in Business Administration – Lebanon Valley College

Graduate Courses in Business Administration – Long Island University – C.W. Post

Undergraduate Courses in Electrical Engineering Technology – S.U.N.Y, Farmingdale, NY

BS in Chemistry – State University of New York, Oneonta

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