Plant Manager, Technical Service, Automotive, Polymer, Semiconductor

MICHAEL R. O’DONNELL

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Crestwood, KY 40014 ******************@*****.***

VALUE TO BUSINESS

§ Over 17 years of progressive experience in the chemical industry with a diverse background in technical

sales, global technical service, and leading world-class organizations.

§ Strong customer focus and proven success serving the market place.

§ Delivers multi-million dollar productivity improvements and product solutions to meet customer and

business objectives.

§ Strengths in managing operations through turbulent economic time periods with fixed cost reductions

and in the development and execution of recovery strategies.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

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Strategic Business Planning P&L Budget Management Customer Engagement

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Employee Development Continuous Improvement Safety, Health, Environment

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Production Management Demand/Supply Management Recovery Strategies

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Labor Relations Product Stewardship

§ Lean Operations/6σ

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

ARKEMA INC., Louisville, KY 2014 – Present

Arkema is a global producer of specialty chemicals that applies its innovative chemistry in the high performance

material, industrial specialty, and coating solutions business segments. Arkema employees 14,000 employees in

40 countries around the globe, with 90 industrial facilities and 10 research centers.

PLANT MANAGER (2014 – Present)

Lead the Louisville Polyacrylic manufacturing facility to achieve world-class performance. Achieved through

strategic planning, employee engagement; strong safety, heath and environmental performance; a strong

commitment to community; and deep customer relationships

§ Develop and execute site operating strategy to meet overall Altuglas business strategy

§ Champion employee and community engagements to foster a strong organization

§ Manage site to meet all P&L budgetary goals

§ Lead site execution of Health, Safety, and Environmental action plans and meet all commitments

§ Drive continuous improvement utilizing Lean, 6σ, and Production System tools and experiences

DUPONT, Louisville, KY and Deepwater, NJ 2008 – 2014

E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, commonly known as DuPont brought world-class science and

engineering to the global marketplace through innovative products, materials and services. DuPont has a

presence in over 90 countries and is publicly traded on NYSE.

SENIOR OPERATIONS MANAGER (2011 – 2014)

Managed a dynamic, high hazard continuous chemical unit that supplies refrigerants and specialty gases

into multiple business segments. Provided leadership and direction to 60 employees. Engaged senior

leadership in determining overall strategy and aligning goals with the business market segments. Developed

first and second line leadership teams to create future leaders and achieve organizational excellence.

§ Developed unit strategy, budget, and critical goals. Managed the leadership team’s execution of the

strategic plan including 5% fixed cost reduction and 25% up-time improvement.

§ Championed initiatives and World Class Performance to deliver multi-million dollar productivity

improvements (Six Sigma, Production System).

§ Executed unit operating budget >$10M to meet annual plant cost target

§ Realized a TRR of 0.30 as a driver of World Class Safety, Health, and Environmental performance.

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OPERATIONS MANAGER (2008 – 2011)

Managed 60+ specialty/highly hazardous chemical batch operations (Telomer Alcohol and Acrylates) with a

total organization of 50 employees. Accountable for a $20M plant operating budget, organizational

development, and management of monthly review processes. Led Safety, Health, and Environmental

improvement initiatives in the journey to World-Class.

§ Championed multi-million dollar continuous improvement initiatives to drive productivity and meet

environmental commitments.

§ Developed a new shift-based first line leadership positions to improve team to drive organizational

excellence.

§ Created and implemented staffing plans to meet business goals and manage the business through

economics by reducing fixed cost by 20%

ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (DOW CHEMICAL), Newark, DE 2004 – 2008

A global organization that delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in

approximately 160 countries and in high growth sectors such as electronics, water, energy, coatings and

agriculture. In 2011, Dow had annual sales of $60.0 billion and employed approximately 52,000 people worldwide.

The Company's more than 5,000 products are manufactured at 197 sites in 36 countries across the globe.

GLOBAL TECHNICAL SERVICE MANAGER (2006 – 2008)

Managed a technical service group of six engineers that led product performance issue resolution for

international semiconductor customers, supporting $300M total revenue in South Korea, South East Asia,

Europe, and North America.

§ Coordinated new product launches with R&D, marketing, and manufacturing to meet business unit

growth targets of 12%

§ Developed continuous improvement programs and product support strategies for customers by

geographical region to meet ISO/TS16949 process/product control requirements.

PRODUCT ENGINEER/SUPPLIER QUALITY ENGINEER (2004 – 2006)

Led product engineering activities for 3rd Party colloidal silica products and supplier quality engagements

including DOE and Product/Process qualifications utilizing White Paper format.

§ Managed supplier relationships and drove continuous improvement projects to increase value and by

3% (DMAIC, CIP, SPC, FMEA).

§ Led audits of 3rd Party colloidal silica supplier facilities across the globe to ensure compliance with

company standards and led a new plant product qualification in Taiwan.

§ Managed supplier process improvement programs utilizing SPC and Six Sigma tools to reduce product

variation and meet ISO/TS16949 requirements

BAKER HUGHES INC., Eddystone, PA 2002 – 2004

ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE

DUPONT, Deepwater, NJ 1999 – 2002

PROCESS SUPERVISOR (2001 – 2002)

TECHNICAL SALES ENGINEER (1999 – 2001)

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering (1998)

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

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