Manager Plant
Resume:
FRANK G. MOORING
The Woodlands, Tx 77382
Cell Number (832) 799- 2588
Email: **********@*******.***
PLANT DIRECTOR & SENIOR-LEVEL MANUFACTURING EXECUTIVE
Manufacturing Plant Director for multi-million dollar, global manufacturing companies with a successful track record of
starting-up and improving existing operations, reducing costs, building/training highly productive teams, and overseeing
production operations.
Serve as a primary point of contact for major clients and provide levels of service that ensure satisfaction. Support business
development goals to secure new clients, increase revenue and profit. Additional strengths:
- budget planning/administration - customer satisfaction improvement - safety programs
- process/procedure improvement - cost control strategies - new equipment implementation
- waste reduction (labor, materials) - staff training/development - quality assurance
- lean manufacturing - scrap reduction - revenue/profit growth
- facility expansion/consolidation - plant construction/start-up - ISO/TS-16949
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GENERAL SUPER PLATING, Syracuse, NY June
2014 to Present
VP Operations / COO
• Transferred by owner of iP3 to perform rapid turnaround/performance improvement.
• Increased monthly sales by 43% after first 60 days through productivity improvements
• Reduced scrap rate 25 %.
• Improved OTD from 60% to 98%.
• Instituted safety and quality procedures to comply with OSHA and EPA.
• Set up Key Performance Indicators
BEACHMOLD MEXICO / iP3, Queretaro, Mexico May 2011 to June 2014
General Director / VP North America Operations:
• Recruited to convert injection molding factory from an appliance molding facility to an automotive parts molding
facility with 52 machines (55 ton to 1100 ton).
• Successfully completed conversion in one year, increased annual sales from $28 million to more than $40 million, and
led the facility to profitability for the first time in years.
• Directed a 3-shift operation with approximately 425 employees and provided leadership direction that improved
quality with a 80% reduction in customer PPM.
• Generated 25% improvement in press utilization.
• Reduced scrap rate 50%
FAWN DE MEXICO, Chihuahua, Mexico January 2004 to April 2011
Vice President of Mexico Operations:
• Rehired with former employer to turn around this underperforming production plant by expanding the facility to
provide more comprehensive services.
• Coordinated the integration and relocation of equipment from the North Carolina location to Fawn De Mexico.
• Managed a 3-shift operation with 150 employees and annual sales of $18 million.
• Served as a primary point of contact for clients that included Visteon, Jabil, Preh, TRW, Continental, and Emerson.
• Initiated injection molding operation of 28 machines (22 ton to 650 ton).
• Enhanced secondary operation capabilities by adding new equipment.
• Obtained QS 9000 certification (October 2004) and TS 16949 certification (November 2006).
• Reduced internal scrap by 15% by implementing Kaizen and continuous improvement teams.
• Reduced monthly inventory by 22% through application of Kanban initiatives.
• Increased sales per employee by 10% through process improvements and cost control initiatives.
• Initiated full program engineering support in Mexico and implemented a formal MRP system (AS400).
FRANK G. MOORING
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DENTEK, Maryville, TN 2000 to 2003
Plant Manager:
• Retained by Dentek to oversee start-up of the Maryville operations following their purchase of the Fawn Industries
facility for this dental product packaging and distribution facility.
• Directed facility expansion and construction, hired, trained, and developed the management team and
packaging/distribution associates.
FAWN INDUSTRIES, Multiple Locations 1977 to 2000
Plant Manager (1994 to 2000):
• Promoted nine times into progressively responsible leadership roles throughout career with this $55 million
manufacturer specializing in precision injected molded plastics products for decorative automotive,
telecommunications, business equipment, and consumer electronics applications.
• Promoted to Plant Manager and transferred to Maryville, TN to oversee complete ground-up construction, start-up,
management, and new business development for the state-of-the-art 32,000 sq. ft. Maryville manufacturing facility (80
employees) that was ranked in the top 3 of 700 manufacturing facilities nationwide in a competitiveness review by the
Tennessee Manufacturing Partnership.
• Upon completion of the project and successful start-up was given additional responsibility as the V.P. of Plastics
(1998) for the 70,000 sq. ft. Middlesex, NC plant while continuing as Plant Manager for Maryville operations.
• As Plant Manager for the Maryville, TN plant:
- generated 20% profit and $1.3M sales increase in first 6 months (company had projected a 2.3% operating loss)
- exceeded 1999 profit projections by $468K, a 138% increase over initial projections
- achieved a 20.4% profit margin (1998), which exceeded profit projections by 47%
- exceeded 1997 profit projections by 56% and 1996 profit projections by 48%
- implemented quality initiatives that reduced PPM to averaging less than 18 per month
• Improved production quality by facilitating the company's achievement of ISO-9002 and QS-9000 certifications as
well as receiving Q1 Preferred Quality Supplier status with Ford Motor Company; managed the Steering Committee
that implemented the QS-9000 program throughout four of the company's facilities.
• Served as Project Manager on a major consolidation of 2 NC plants into a single facility that involved:
- overseeing construction for facility expansion to accommodate the consolidation
- coordinating the start-up of a new off-site warehouse for additional materials storage
• Directed the implementation of the plant's MRP II (materials resource planning) system.
• Promoted through the following positions: Materials Handler, Quality Control Auditor, Production Control
Coordinator, Decorating Manager, Production and Purchasing Manager, Plant Superintendent, Assistant Plant
Manager, Materials Manager, Plant Manager (NC), and V.P. Plastics/Plant Manager (TN).
EDUCATION / TRAINING / CERTIFICATIONS / AFFILIATIONS
• Lean Manufacturing, American Management Association International
• How to Make Presentations with Confidence and Power, Fred Pryor Seminars
• Communications Training, Pellissippi State Technical Community College
• Quality Systems Auditing, Fawn College, Fawn Industries
• RCRA Training, Fawn Industries
• QS 9000/TS 16949 Quality Systems Auditing, Fawn Industries
• Certified Quality Auditor, American Society for Quality Control
• Statistical Process Control, Fawn Industries
• MRPS 38-S Five-Day Manufacturing Orientation, Data 3 Systems, Inc.
• Successful Customer Relations, Padgett-Thompson
• The Chubb Loss Control Management Seminar
• Statistical Process Control (33 contact hours), Nash Technical College
• Quality Operating Systems (QOS), Eastern Michigan University Corporate Services and Ford Motor Company
• Member of the Board of Directors, Valley Corridor Summit, Inc.
• References available upon request.
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