Engineering Management, Production Management

Clint Coram

**** *********** ***** • Winston Salem, NC 27104 • H 336-***-**** • M 336-***-**** • *******@*****.***

Visionary Global Plant, Operations and General Management Executive with vast multi-site international experience spanning Europe, Asia, and North America. Efficiency focused solutions architect and leader equally adept at directing day-to-day production and major capital projects. Experience includes start-up, turnaround and high-growth operations, managing cross-cultural, multifunctional teams in stable and volatile economic settings. Consummate team builder and trusted advisor who consistently brings in projects on time and on budget and spearheads initiatives that deliver strong contributions to productivity, quality, revenue and profits. Skilled communicator, consensus builder and problem solver. Select accomplishments:

Start-Up Manufacturing Operations Established plant engineering department and upgraded production technology and process control of newly commissioned one million square foot factory in Russia. Managed $1M in annual capital improvements and generated strong improvements in production capacity.

Process and Production Improvement Modernized outdated factory in remote Russian location; Spearheaded process improvement initiatives that enabled plant to meet worldwide supply chain demand for product while reducing operating expenses.

Product / Packaging Development Led development of new packaging material in collaboration with R&D, engineering, vendors and diverse team of factory personnel. Met all corporate mandates, targets and timelines of global CPG manufacturing company.

Leadership Qualities that Build Stakeholder Value

Strategic Planning

Manufacturing Improvements

International Experience

Operations Engineering

Organizational Change / Development

Team Building and Leadership

Coaching and Mentoring

Project Management

Cross-Cultural Communications

Production Scheduling

Operating / Capital Budgeting

Cash Flow Optimization

Operational Excellence Initiatives

Cost Containment

Factory Build-Outs

A Career of Leading Global Operational Improvements

US REPATRIATION / CONTRACT POSITIONS 2008 – Present

Returned to US in 2008. Following personal sabbatical, accepted consulting and contract positions. Engagements included:

Served as Vice President Manufacturing and Operations for Comme Il Faut / Luckett Holdings (Port-Au-Prince, Haiti) from 2011 through 2013 with responsibility for production, engineering, purchasing, QC and logistics of 300-employee tobacco manufacturing plant.

Organized production, operations and trained local team and executives on state-of-the art operations enabling them to take over operations in 2013.

Developed multiple new brand opportunities.

Improved processing capability and financial accountability.

Engaged as Consulting Project Manager by Dole Fresh Vegetables (Bessemer City, NC/Soledad CA) as project consultant implementing food processing improvements for total of seven months in 2009 and 2010 for food processing projects.

JT INTERNATIONAL / RJRT INTERNATIONAL, Geneva, Switzerland 1994 – 2007

Japan Tobacco International is a publicly held Japanese company and member of the Nikkei 225 index that was acquired from RJR in 1999 and is headquartered in Geneva Switzerland. Company went through major acquisition and restructuring in 2007.

FACTORY (GENERAL) DIRECTOR JTI, Yelets, Russia (2006 – 2007)

Oversaw all functions of processing facility supplying 18 tons of component product annually to 10 JTI factories in Europe, Asia, and Africa as well as JT, Japan, employing paper mill technology. Oversaw production process from acquisition of raw material through all phases of production, to distribution of finished product. Managed 300 employees while accomplishing process and infrastructure improvement to optimize productivity.

Saved $1M+ annually by building on-site raw material warehouse, implementing direct shipping from origins, and eliminating intermediate storage.

Negotiated transfer of residential heating responsibilities from factory to city normalizing business model and reducing cost; instituted factory safety management program that eliminated lost time accidents.

Integrated quality, safety and environmental management systems, capturing reduction in administrative costs and improving communications.

Completed phased headcount reduction of 15% and stabilized the workforce by reviewing and resetting pay scale to align with company compensation targets and local market cost of living.

Exceeded production targets +3%, while planning expansion to meet future demand and reduce product cost.

Developed strategic plan for implementation of a new purification process to meet pending international regulations.

SENIOR REGIONAL ENGINEERING DIRECTOR, St. Petersburg, Russia (2000 – 2005)

Returned to Russia to head up engineering activities in St. Petersburg (Petro 2) including engineering development and implementation of former Soviet Union regional operations in the Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Yelets.

Managed 220+ employees in 900,000+ square foot production and warehouse facilities with annual capital budget of up to $100M.

Implemented latest generation of high-speed equipment in response to market demand; expanded capacity 40% in three years.

Renovated processing to improve quality, traceability, and capacity.

Reduced maintenance 20% and waste by ~250K units.

Introduced multiple new brands into local production; integrated enterprise resource management system.

SENIOR PROJECTS DIRECTOR, RJRTI/JTI HQ, Geneva, Switzerland (1996 – 2000)

Promoted and relocated to JTI headquarters in Geneva to coordinate worldwide factory projects across 15 facilities in 12 countries. Managed $300M St. Petersburg Russia factory expansion and relocation, doubling production and optimizing cost savings.

Renovated newly acquired one million square foot facility increasing production capacity to 45B units.

Converted existing facility to factory and warehouse distribution center creating company's largest production facility outside the US.

Introduced new production processes and equipment to produce international standard product.

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, RJRTI, St. Petersburg, Russia, (1994 – 1996)

Relocated and transferred to Russia with RJRTI to manage production, engineering, and quality for newly acquired factory employing 1200 in 24/7 operating environment.

Instituted western process standards and managerial cultural change; introduced Western designed product into local production to support sales and production growth.

Improved efficiency 10% and reduced waste 15%.

Drove volume growth from 15 billion units to 18 billion within two years.

Early Experience

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO Co., Winston-Salem, NC

SHIFT OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, ENGINEERING DIRECTOR, SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER

Education

BS, Mechanical Engineering North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Raleigh, NC

Professional Development

Former Registered Professional Engineer, NC

Management Program for Technology Managers, Keenan School of Business, Chapel Hill, NC

Project Management, Kepner-Tragoe, St. Petersburg, Russia

Management Development Program, RJR, Winston-Salem, NC

DuPont Safety Program, DuPont Safety Resources, Yelets, Russia

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