Director of Manufacturing and Facilties

BARRY WESTERDALE

*** ******** **, ******* *****, WI. 53038

Home: 920-***-**** : ***************@*****.***

Executive Profile

Visionary Operations Executive with solid experience managing all levels of multiple projects

including budgeting and administration.

Skill Highlights

• Self-motivated

• Project management

• Budgeting expertise

• Leadership/communication skills

• Product development

• Product line expansion

Core Accomplishments

Project Management:

• Initiated the expansion of the Wisconsin facility which resulted in increase of production and

profit

• Expanded Company into the distribution of hose and assembly

• Moved the Illinois branch into a larger facility

• Implemented and moved a filtration company into the Illinois facility

• Created work stations in both facilities

• Implemented Principles of Lean Manufacturing and 6'S

Professional Experience

Director of Manufacturing and Facilities

July 2003 to Current

Anderson Pump & Process – Brookfield, WI

Anderson Pump & Process (Industrial Pump Distributor) A.A. Anderson

• Oversee the production planner, who schedules new pump systems, hose assemblies and repairs

for Wisconsin and Illinois

• Assisted engineers in designing new pumping systems

• Meet with customers to solve problems with pumps and pumping systems

• Responsible for cost efficiency in repairs and systems

• Implemented Principles of Lean Manufacturing, 6'S

• Expanded Company into the distribution of hose and assembly

• In 2005 helped design, build and move into our new Wisconsin location

• 2010 moved our Illinois branch into a larger facility

• 2012 purchased and moved a filtration company into our Illinois facility setting up warehouse

and work stations

• In 2013 added 10,000 sq. feet to our Wisconsin facility due to increase in pumping systems,

repairs and assemblies

• Designed hose work stations in accordance with hose types (composite, chemical, industrial and

hydraulic)

Production Manager

September 1997 to July 2003

Anderson Pump & Process -Brookfield, WI

• Managed team of 10 skilled mechanics

Plant Engineering

August 1995 to September 1997

Ventura Foods/Holsum Foods - Waukesha, WI

• Accountable for allocations of funds and remaining within the guidelines of environmental

controls, define capital projects and supervised maintenance and purchasing

Corporate Engineer

August 1992 to June 1995

Holsum Foods - Waukesha, WI

• Define capital projects and improvements for four plants in the United States

• Implemented projects within budgetary and time restraints

Maintenance Manager/Project Coordinator

August 1988 to January 1992

Holsum Foods - Waukesha, WI

• Designed production lines and processing rooms

• Oversaw maintenance and project budgets

• Supervised maintenance supervisors and purchasing agents

Maintenance Supervisor

January 1987 to August 1988

Holsum Foods - Waukesha, WI

• Scheduled eighteen mechanics on three shifts

Maintenance Lead Man

July 1984 to January 1987

Holsum Foods - Waukesha, WI

• Assigned work orders and problem solving

Maintenance Mechanic

September 1981 to July 1984

Holsum Foods – Waukesha, WI

Education

Maintenance Management UW Green Bay

Engineering Management UW Madison

Six Sigma Qualtec Yellow Belt

Conveyor Design Society of Engineers

Confined Space Entry Milwaukee

Metering Pumps Pulsafeeder Inc.

Advanced Pump G&H

Industrial Lift Truck Safety Trainer

Effective Interviewing and Hiring Techniques

Wisconsin Labor Law

Member of APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society)

Management, Myths and Time Span (Tom Foster)

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