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Robert G. Pierce

Asheboro, NC

336-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Experienced Supervisor: Twelve years of supervisory experience of which ten were in

the paper industry. Duties included training, scheduling, inventory control, and

Human Resources. Supervised paper mill crews, maintenance crews, boiler room

crews and battery packaging lines. .

Computers: Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe

Dreamweaver.

Safety: Safety Facilitator at Rock-Tenn for two years, co-captaining the Board Mill

Safety Action Team. Member of the Divisional Rotating Equipment Safety Team

traveling to the six mills in the uncoated division to access and solve safety concerns.

Featured Speaker at the TAPPI conference in 1995 on Rock-Tenn Lynchburg Mill

safety program. We also received the Pulp and Paper award for Best Safety Record

in our division in 1995, 1996, and 1997.

Lean: Working to merge SMX into Energizer’s CI programs, I have taken the Small

k participation from 10% to 41%, have been involved in the 4 step thinking process,

and have used job combinations to save Energizer 25k per year.

EXPERIENCE

07/2014 to 01/2015 Graphic Packaging Kalamazoo, MI

PAPER SUPERVISOR

Supervised the K1 paper machine making coated box board for the food packaging

industry. The K1 machine produces 1100 tons per day. Responsible for making sure the

T-Cards are being properly used by the hourly employees. On the off shifts I am in charge

of converting and stock preparation. There are approximately 35 employees on shift. I

have received Safe Start, Donnic and management training with Graphic Packaging.

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02/2012 to 07/2014 SMX Staffing / Energizer Bennington, VT

ACCOUNT MANAGER

SMX recruits, hires, trains and supervises tier one jobs at the Energizer Plant in

Bennington, VT. I am in charge of a crew of 50 people on four different battery packing

lines at the Bennington facility. We make sure the quality of the packed batteries meets

Energizer’s criteria. I handle payroll, safety, HR, IT and manage 130 employees.

06/2003 to 08/201 The ORR Felt Company Piqua, OH

SERVICE ENGINEER

Providing technical service for customers and potential customers. I was Responsible

for felt installations and various technical studies to the paper machine before our

product was recommended. Help customers troubleshoot machine issues and help

provide solutions. Assisted in the payment plans for participating mills and ORR Felt

Company. Responsible for customer inventories, coordinating current and up-to-date

purchase orders were on file, and coordinating the start of new product into production.

I preformed service to Tissue machines, Cylinder machines, fourdrinier machines. In

addition to ORR Papermakers Felts I also serviced the fabrics for Filcon Forming

Fabrics and Rodewisch Dryer Fabrics as both are affiliated with the ORR Felt

Company. My territory included the Northeastern states and Southern Canada.

06/2000 to 06/2003 Fox River Paper Company Housatonic, MA

SHIFT SUPERVISOR

Supervised 2 Fourdrinier paper machines making text and cover grades. During the

afternoon and night shift, supervised converting and laminator operation with

approximately 60 people on shift at one time. The last 3 months in this position, acting

maintenance supervisor on day shift.

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04/1995 to 06/2000 The Rock-Tenn Company Lynchburg, VA

BOARDMILL FOREMAN

Deploying a two-foreman team concept, supervising 2 eight-cylinder board machines,

one 136” and one 121”. Wet and dry calendar stacks, 3 pulpers and 2 hydra-purge

systems including a combi-sorter. Using DLK, OCC, news, magazine and label stock for

furnish. Supervising tour maintenance, assigning daily jobs. Completed DuPont STOP

safety course, DDI management course, Zenger Miller and Kepner-Treoe Training. Rock-

Tenn produces 16 to 46 caliper paperboard, partition stock, cone stock and lined board.

03/1991 to 04/1995 Sealed Air Corporation Reading, PA

MACHINE TENDER

Participated in original start-up of mill. I was the fill-in foreman to supervise a crew of

10. Directed maintenance operations on afternoon and night shifts since mill had no

maintenance department. Helped modify the pickup felt to reduce downtime. Mixed dye

for color and controlled on machine using the computer system. Made starch and anti-stat

for our size press. Calibrated and used lab equipment. Operated a 110” Fourdrinier

making virgin paper for our company’s annual report, and various recycled grades.

10/1986 to 03/1991 Interstate Intercorr Reading, PA

BACKTENDER WINDER

Re-wound the rolls off two paper machines and responsible for size, diameter, and

integrity of the roll being produced. Cross trained on the #2 paper machine that was of a

cylinder / fourdrinier combination. I started in this mill as a general helper in 1986 and

worked my way up through the union ranks to fill in machine tender. Experienced in

operation of fork trucks and clamp trucks, loading of rail cars and tractor trailers with

paper rolls, and bailed corrugated waste from the plant attached to the mill

.

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09/1980 to 10/1896 Bernville Manufacturing Bernville, PA

GROUP LEAD

I started in this plant as a material handler who was responsible for three of the four

plant departments. My duties included moving finished product to loading dock and

assist the truck driver in loading the truck. I unloaded all incoming materials and

distributed to storage trailers for later department distribution. When not busy with the

material handling duties. I worked in the single lead, AOB, shipping, assembly

departments doing various jobs. Promoted to Group Leader of the AOB department and

was responsible for setting up all jobs, including training the operator on each

assignment.

Education

University of Phoenix Associate of Arts in IT

Currently have 48 credits with a 3.75 GPA

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