Manager Training

RJ Easterling

Cell – 812-***-****

Email – **************@*****.*** Address: 11980 VO Drive, Poseyville, IN 47633

Professional Summary

Experience with managing all aspects of a Production and Manufacturing environment, including implementing

automated systems; selecting, managing, and training staff; developing and managing the budget; establishing

and monitoring productivity goals in Toyota environment; and leading cross-functional teams on key projects.

Designed layout of facility, organization, processes and procedures, proven leadership gained from managing

facility. Extensive experience with Toyota Production System (TPS), Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen Training.

Professional Experience

President, Real Purity Inc., Evansville, IN May 2012 to present

• Oversee revenue generation, preside over operations, and identify ways to maximize revenue, by

streamlining operations and implementing Kaizen/continuous improvement activity.

• Create, direct, and implement strategic marketing plans to ensure continued growth and profitability.

• Created and established solid ecommerce platform, resulting in revenue growth and solid customer

satisfaction experience.

• Analyze financial reports, ensure company policies are met and followed by all departments, attract

retain, and motivate staff.

• Sets goal, monitor work, and evaluate results to ensure that departmental and organizational objectives

and operating requirements are met and are in line with the needs and mission of the organization.

• Responsible for ensuring the company achieves financial goals and objectives and increase operating

performance. Prepares budgets, creates businesses plans, and solves internal issues as they arise.

• Company has grown 40% in two years.

Plant Manager, Millennium Steel Service, Princeton, IN 2004 to May 2012

• Reporting to Vice President of Operations for North America, responsible for operations of 230,000 sqft

facility with a 50 person staff.

• Safety – Developed and implemented numerous Safety initiative’s, including, monthly Safety committee

meetings with team members, weekly management Safety Patrol, daily safety tool box meetings, risk

assessment activities, participated annually in TTC global safety conference in Nagoya, Japan. Resulting

in three years without a Lost Time Accident. Won Toyota Tsusho Global Safety Award for 2010.

• Quality Department – Maintained QS & TS16949 certification without any major findings for the past

eight years. Established Quality System that included Root Cause Analysis, 5 Why principles, Process

Mapping, resulting in Zero Customer complaints for the past two years.

• Production –Consistently maintained or exceeded goal of 45 Metric Tons Per Hour for slitting operations,

resulting in $250k savings annually. Established goal of 18 MTPMHR for warehousing team members

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was exceeded each year for the past eight years with an average of 21 MTPMHR resulting in an annual

savings of $100k.

• ISO 14001 Environmental program – No major findings for the past eight years. 90% of all raw

materials incoming to Millennium were properly recycled. Implemented a baler program, resulting in

750,000 lbs. of trash being recycled and kept out of landfill annually.

• Production Planning/Scheduling and Supply Chain Logistics – Implemented scheduling strategy that

allowed slitting operations to achieve goal of 45 MTPH. Implemented “freight optimization” strategy that

allowed annual savings of $350k. Implemented Supply Chain management program that resulted in “Zero

Missed Shipments” to Toyota for eight consecutive years.

• Sales Toll Business – Developed and significantly improved customer relationships, resulting in 8,000

tons of new toll business annually. Diversified sales model by developing new customers outside Toyota,

resulting in new sales of $400k annually.

• Maintenance – Implemented planned and predictive maintenance schedule, resulting in an “up time” for

slitting operations of 99% for the past three years. Maintained a maintenance operating budget of $300k

per year, each year for the past eight years brought operating budget in under actual budgeted amount.

Manager/Process Engineer CCM & Continuous Galvanizing, AK Steel, Rockport, IN, 1999 to 2004

• Reported to Plant Manager of Rockport Works, responsible for operations of Rockport Work Continuous

Cold Mill & Continuous Galvanizing Line.

• Safety – Developed numerous Safety initiatives, resulting in no lost time accident for two consecutive

years.

• Quality– Leading various improvement activities to solve global quality issues, resulting in customer

complaints reduced by 75% in one year.

• Led – during start-up of facility, developing all work standards and practices.

• Precision Strip facility – Developed inventory control practices that resulted in annual reduce cost of

$100k. Developed “Inspection Practices” for Precision Strip facility.

• Member of the original “start-up” of new Rockport facility. Results: all Rockport operating units started up

on time or ahead of schedule.

• Spearhead various Continuous Improvement – Spearheaded activities to reduce cost and improve

productivity and quality in QS and ISO accredited environment.

• Engineer Process Changes and experiments to resolve Quality and Productivity issues.

• Work together with processing units at Rockport Works to solve global quality issues.

Team Member/Leader Inland Container Corporation, Evansville, IN 1991 to 1999

Team Member Indiana Tube Corporation, Evansville, IN 1987 to 1991

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United States Army, 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, NC 1984 to 1987

Education

2001 – Bachelors of Science in Management, Oakland City University, Oakland City, IN

2003 – Masters of Science in Management, Oakland City University, Oakland City, IN

Skills

Toyota Production System (TPS), Lean Manufacturing Training, Unique to the World Training, 5S Training,

Kaizen Training, Kaizen Blitz Training, Kaizen Leadership Training, Root Cause Problem Solving Training,

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Viso, Planned Predictive Maintenance Training, Storm Water Pollution

Prevention Training, Quality Audit Training, Quality Management Training, Risk Assessment Training, Dale

Carnegie Leadership Training, Root Cause Mapping.

Professional Affiliations

Indiana Manufactures Association, Gibson County Chamber of Commerce, Southwest Indiana Chamber of

Commerce, Board Member Gibson County Economic Development Commission, Fabricators & Manufacturers

Association, Junior Achievement.

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