Larry (Chip) Hembree

**** ********** **. * Carrollton, GA 30117

Phone: 678-***-**** * Email: acrjjy@r.postjobfree.com

Accomplishments & skills

Professional plastic processing manager with 30 years experience.

Certified Lean Six-Sigma green belt.

Successfully started three manufacturing plants from ground zero.

Teacher and practitioner of scientific molding.

Accomplished P&L management, including ERP development.

Excellent communication skills with a proven track record of employee commitment.

Experienced with a vast array of resins as a custom molder.

Wide range of experience with various brands of equipment with a focus on automation implementation.

Employment

Custom Molded Products/Shenandoah Mfg.

Plant Manager: March 2013- June 2015

Hired to start up manufacturing of North American operations for a world leading supplier to the pool, spa, and bath industry.

Identified and managed transfer of tooling from our Shanghai China manufacturing facility to the US.

Slashed manufacturing cost by establishing tooling modifications and utilizing robot automation to reduce required touch time of products.

Establish process conditions for all new products and transfers.

Reduced labor requirements of products through elimination of NVA procedures and packaging.

Balanced P&L within 8 months of start up.

Transferred 62 sku’s totaling 12 million annual of product utilizing 13 molding machines from 30-800 tons in size.

Drafted US manufacturing, employee, and safety policies.

Lowered piece cost by 47% on average increasing company profits and sales.

Procured custom jobs, on top of proprietary jobs, totaling over $1m in sales.

Reduced production labor requirements by 75% from China increasing profit margins on sales by 50%.

Reduced cycle times on every job transferred to the US.

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Managed production scheduling and delivery resulting in 100% JIT during my tenure.

Developed process gates for new mold builds and product transfers with engineering, quality, and inventory departments.

Developed and maintained plant and press capacity charts and procured new equipment as necessary.

Identified and negotiated with US resin and materials vendors for newly transferred products.

Introduced numerous product design changes which created feasibility of US production. One particular product was reduced from $1.17 to .48 each through a design modification.

Worked directly with Chinese employees and vendors to ensure mold modifications were completed on time, within budget, and met quality standards.

Instrumental in the development and introduction of ERP system for production.

11% of overall cost reduction due to creation of new BOM’s for US production.

Increase annual production volume by 20% in the first 6 months of 2015.

Hired and managed all personnel at the production facility.

Managed more than 50 direct and indirect reports.

MA Industries: August 2012- March 2013

Project Manager

Procured custom molding and managed customer relations.

Developed and introduced new proprietary products to the board of directors. Worked to establish patent rights.

Implemented six-sigma principles to reduce production cost of product which was non-profitable and make them profitable.

Worked with engineering to develop new grinding processes to improve safety and efficiency.

Developed new mold design on a line of products which reduced labor cost by $11.66 per hour.

Assisted in troubleshooting in IM department.

Established process conditions to reduce labor and eliminate quality issues on one product which cleared the way to $700K in annual sales.

Brought robots into service which reduced labor requirements by 50%.

Developed process control policies and procedures for the IM dept.

Selected and worked with mold makers on new mold builds.

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Commercial Plastic Composites: July 2008- July 2012

Operations Manager

Managed day to day operations of a custom injection molding facility utilizing 12 machines with 20 reports.

Worked with a wide variety of customers and resins.

Managed scheduling and personnel.

Reduced cycle times and reduced quality related issues increasing company profits by 15% during my first year of service.

BDT Enterprises/Plastic-Pro Sales & Services: March 1998- July 2008

CEO/Owner

Custom injection molder utilizing 7 IMM’s from 30-800 tons.

Manufactured predominately for home and construction markets.

Manufactured POL plugs as a proprietary product which was a world leader in sales.

Providing a broad range of consulting and technical services for the plastic processing industry across the country.

Specialty Plastics, Inc.: September 1989- March 1998

Plant Manager

Start up of manufacturing of poultry feeders from ground zero.

Designed layout and oversaw construction of manufacturing facility.

Procured equipment.

Drafted policies.

Established processes.

Hired and managed employees and production scheduling.

Education & licenses

West GA College Journalism major

Six-sigma certified green belt

CI training

Scientific molding teacher and practitioner

Numerous management & technical courses

Licensed minister

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