Director Of Manufacturing / General Manager

Steve A. Sappington

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Arlington, Texas 76016

Residence 817-***-****

Cell 817-***-****

e-mail *****.**********@*********.***

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

I have in excess of 25 years in management of highly diversified

large scale multi location manufacturing, sales, warehousing

and distribution sites. Ability to identify core strengths and

weaknesses of personnel, process and technology. High level of

Urgency and energy, well organized with experience in a broad

spectrum of areas including, but not limited to the following:

Strategic Planning Performance Analysis

System Implementation

Process Re-engineering Management Reporting

Resource Deployment

Statistical Process Control Total Quality Management

O.S.H.A.

New Product Launch M.R.P.

Contract Negotiations

I.S.O. 9000 Product Offering Presentation

Project Management

Facility Expansions Lean Manufacturing

Team Building / Coaching

Extrusion (mono, co & tri) Web Offset Printing

Felxographic Printing

Thermoforming Six sigma

Kaizen

SELECTED ACCOMPLISMENTS

. Implemented a Safety program that resulted in 2.5 years without

a lost time injury.

. Facilitated employee focused cost reduction programs that

delivered a reduction in operating annual expenses in

excess Of $650M.

. Orchestrated Quality Improvement projects that reduced internal

and external failures by 63%.

. Improved raw material turn ratio from 14.4 to 26 through

establishing a J.I.T. focus team consisting of employees

and vendors.

. Established Process Improvement and Quick Change Over programs

that provided a 55% increase in output.

. Cultivator of Employee Involvement, Team Building and Flat

Organizational concepts.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GOLF WORLD UNLIMITED, Inc. Ft. Worth, Texas 1999-Present

One of the largest distributors of stock and customized golf, turf,

industrial and multi passenger vehicles in the Southwest.

General Manager

Responsible for Sales, Service, HR, Manufacturing and Design business

units.

Responsible for the profit and loss of each corporate owned facility.

Established business franchise plan.

Responsible for the manufacturing, fabrication,machining, paint and

assembly of in excess of 1000 hi-tech custom vehicles per year.

Perform all vendor and client negotiations.

Responsible for site selection, design and construction management of new

facilities.

Established and manage an outside commercial sales force.

DANKA SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Rochester, New York 1997-1999

Outsourcer of business solutions comprised of people, process and

technology for Data Center Output, Print on Demand and Digital Imaging.

V.P. Sales and Implementation

Prepared and managed strategic business plans for each region within my

area of responsibility.

Managed and provided resources such as Application/Integration Engineering.

Responsible for Contract Administration and Strategic Business Alliance

Partnership. 3MM personal quota.

DATA DOCUMENTS, INC. Dallas, Texas 1994-1997

Provider of Business Forms, Pressure Sensitive Labels, Direct Mail

products by way of web offset printing as well as Software

based services.

Plant / General Manager

Responsible for the profit and loss of the largest and most

profitable manufacturing facility in the corporation and 6 remote

warehouse and distribution sites. Employment = 210.

Prepared and managed capital and operating budgets for each

locations.

Responsible for the management of manufacturing, Quality Assurance,

Engineering, Human Resources, Purchasing,

Human Resources, Customer Services, Scheduling, Accounting,

Warehousing, distribution and transportation.

Provided extensive leadership training to the skilled and semi

skilled workforce across the U.S. This training improved moral

and harmony through out the ranks.

Prepared the corporation for I.S.O registration.

Initiated employee involvement teams to focus on safety, quality,

performance, spoilage and process improvements.

These teams brought about a reduction of $650M in annual operating

expenses, 2.5 years without a lost time injury, 63%

reduction in internal and external failures and an increase in raw

material turns from 14.4 to 26.

SWEETHEART CUP, INC. Dallas, Texas 1983-1994

Manufacture of snack foods along with paper and plastic disposable

containers, lids, drinking straws and cutlery for commercial and

home use.

Plant Manager and Director of Engineering Audits 1991-1994

Responsible for the financial and daily management of Manufacturing,

Quality Assurance, Engineering, Purchasing, HR and Scheduling of a 1.5MM

sq. ft. facility. Employment head count = 855, 4 shift, 7 days per week.

First facility to surpass McDonalds corp. quality audit requirements.

Attained a rating of 99.8% vs. goal of 98.5%

in annual audits. Awarded McDonald's "Supplier of Choice".

Achieved 3,000,000 hours worked without a lost time injury.

Directed the activities of an Engineering Team assigned to perform semi-

annual technical audits for each of the 12 manufacturing sites across the

United States and Canada.

Established effective personnel development programs to address skills

shortages and succession planning.

Operations Manager 1988-1991

Responsible for the Production, Printing, Maintenance and Quality Assurance

of 2 separate business units (Paper and Bakery).

Paper division was comprised of 375 skilled and semi skilled hourly

employees, 4 Department Heads, 2 Superintendents and 1Administrative

Assistant.

Bakery division was comprised of 73 skilled and semi skilled hourly

employees, 1 Production Manager and 1 Maintenance Manager.

Plastics Manager 1983-1988

Responsible for the construction, staffing, equipment selection and

installation of a 500M sq. ft. facility which was cited as one of the most

advanced computer integrated manufacturing facilities in the world.

Directed the training and start up of all extrusion, forming, molding,

printing and material blending operations.

Participated with resin suppliers to develop a lower cost higher quality

raw material.

Established quality and operating procedures.

EDUCATION

Barkley University San Francisco

PHD (in process)

Barkley University San Francisco, Ca

MBA

Northwood University Dallas, Texas

BBA

Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY

Printing Certification

Development Dimensions International Chicago, Illinois

Certified Instructor

A.H.I.T. (U.T.A.) Arlington, Texas

Certified Home Inspector

Texas Dept. of Insurance Arlington, Texas

Certified Adjuster (all lines)

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