Manager Six Sigma

Jason Benzing

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Providence, RI, 02909

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Education

University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI

Bachelor of Science: Chemical Engineering, Class of 2007

Work Experience

Toray Plastics (America) Inc., North Kingstown, RI

Accident free since date of hire

Process Engineering Group Manager (June 2014 - Present)

. Group manager with 6 direct reports

. 4 reports work 24/7 rotating shift schedule

. Present major project updates to Senior Management

. Otherwise same responsibilities as the Assistant Manager

position

Process Engineering Group Assistant Manager (July 2013 - June 2014)

. Leadership role in 24/7, 365 day/year plant operations group

. Train and supervise new Engineers and Interns

. Work closely with Production Managers to improve productivity to

achieve operations budget

. Work closely with the Maintenance and Production groups in

planning for preventative maintenance shutdowns

. Provide direction and action plans for Process Engineers

. Implement corrective actions based on customer complaints

. Organize continuous improvement projects using Lean/Six Sigma

Process Control Management Specialist (May 2011 - July 2013)

. Develop new procedures and troubleshooting guides based on

corrective actions

. Work to improve plant automation and eliminate paperwork

. Work with suppliers of new equipment and equipment upgrades on

design specifications

. Work with Maintenance and Engineering groups to improve

preventative maintenance and provide Engineering support during

shutdowns

. Work on reporting and organizing of LTA (lost time analysis)

data

. Work to continuously reduce downtime through LTA and

troubleshooting guides

. Work to improve quality of the film and metallizing processes

Process Engineer I & II (June 2007 - May 2011)

. Engaged in daily production support, investigations and

corrective actions

. Managed operating parameters for products

. Updated operating parameters based on trouble shooting and

corrective actions

. Worked with New Product Development group on operating

conditions for new products

. Created new procedures and managed and updated existing

procedures

. Worked for 6 weeks in Lyons, France to assist with new plant

start up

. Worked in film making, vacuum metallizing and slitter rewinder

process areas

Technical Intern (May 2006 - Aug. 2006)

. Gained knowledge of processing of polypropylene films for use in

food packaging including vacuum metallizing converting process

. Collected and analyzed data for trending and process improvement

in metallizing and film making areas

. Issued reports and presentations on findings

University of Rhode Island Center for Pollution Prevention, Kingston, RI

Student Assistant (Feb. 2005 - Dec. 2005)

. Worked closely with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental

Management and Narragansett Bay Commission

. Collected data for Auto Salvage Environmental Results Program

and Lead Abatement Certification Program

Software Experience

. Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, OneNote, Visio,

Project

. Minitab

. Proficy Plant Applications and Historian

. Web Inspection Systems, Cognex and Dr. Schenk

. DCS, Yokogawa Batch and Continuous

. Experienced in Programming with HTML and MATLAB

. CAD

Certifications

Quantum Leap Engineering

. Certified Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt

Projects

Polymer Filtration Improvement (2012)

. Discovered the failure of filter disk media which cost

approximately $100,000+ in productivity.

. Presented findings to management which resulted in the purchase

of replacement equipment and establishment of new quality

guidelines for the filtration process and filter life.

Film Line Automation Improvement (2013 - Ongoing)

. Worked to move process data to an electronic format.

. Reduced paper work and time wasted filing paper data sheets

while increasing the amount and quality of data through

automatic data collection.

. Worked to continuously move data into a central database.

Six Sigma Black Belt: Extrusion Particle Reduction (2013)

. Led a team to improve downtime associated extrusion defects with

an 80% reduction in downtime.

. The team discovered a new root cause/theory on the generation of

these defects.

Six Sigma Black Belt: Film Line Web Tear Reduction (2014 - Ongoing)

. Led a team to improve downtime associated with film line web

tears

. Used inspection system to find new defects which were the root

cause of the downtime

. Created improvement plans to eliminate/reduce defect rates

. Reduced webtear downtime by 20% in the first year of the project

Hobbies

. Skiing, hiking, cycling, cooking, home brewing, traveling,

reading

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