Manager Management

BRUCE LINSON

**** ***** ******* ****, #**** * Dallas, TX 75201 * 940-***-**** * ***********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

A leadership position in an expanding, forward-thinking organization utilizing my management, technical and negotiating skills to maximize growth.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Highly accomplished manufacturing executive and dedicated leader with comprehensive management experience in plastics, process manufacturing, consumer products manufacturing and new product development. Demonstrated ability to lead, manage, train and motivate team members to achieve organizational objectives. Successful change manager and continuous improvement mentor. Focused leader who combines a goal-oriented, results driven, team focused approach with strong technical and innovative skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Strategic Planning Operations Management

Continuous Improvement Lean Manufacturing Practices

Budgeting & Cost Reduction Change Management

Site Safety Regulatory Compliance

Inventory Control/Procurement New Product Development

Blown and Cast Film Extrusion Film Conversion

Reprocessing Metal Fabrication/Powder Coating

New Product Development Training & Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WOODSTREAM CORPORATION, Denton, TX September 2011 – Present

Director of Operations

Full management responsibility for a privately held consumer goods manufacturer

Product line is outdoor decorative and consists of laser cutting, printing, powder coating and packaging.

Exceeded Cost Savings objectives each year

Developed and lead a capital program and plant layout to optimize costs and product flow

Through lean initiatives reduced packaging costs by 20%

Reduced raw material usage by 70% in powder coating and 50% in printing

Improved laser scrap from 11% to 3% while increasing output speeds by 12%

Brought in-house previously outsourced work at a 35% labor savings

Consolidated two plants into one on-time and under budget.

Excellent safety and retention record

NAPCO BAG and FILM, Carrollton, TX July 2009 – September 2011

Plant Manager

Manage the 24/7 operations of a privately held can liner manufacturer- reporting to the owner.

Helped grow sales from $11,000,000 to $17,000,000 annually though improved costs, quality and service through training and the implementation of lean systems and processes.

Established a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) program to meet a large food contact customers requirements. Achieved an excellent score both years.

Laid out plant to allow for improved productivity, storage and material flow which eliminated the need for planned additional warehouse space.

WEBSTER INDUSTRIES (Division of Chelsea Industries), Montgomery, AL 1995 – July 2009

General Manager (2003 – 2009)

Complete responsibility for two facilities specializing in the manufacture and packaging of polyethylene can liners, zipper seal and slide food bags. Technologies include blown film extrusion, cast film extrusion, reprocessing and high speed converting and packaging. Total capacity of 100,000,000 pounds of finished goods and 35,000,000 pounds of recycle annually.

Overall supervision of operations, quality assurance, human resources, finance, engineering and R&D for a 675 employee workforce in a union environment.

Negotiated resin purchasing savings resulting in a year over year return of $6,200,000.

Instituted resin qualification strategies that resulted in second source materials and spot buy opportunity.

Developed and implemented seven consecutive $2,000,000+ annual cost savings programs.

Manage facilities to an OHSA incident rate safer than an office environment.

Led the development and start-up of the zipper seal and slider bag product lines.

Re-engineered reprocessing department and blown film lines to achieve recycle input rates of 85% in thin gauge films.

Implemented Lean principles and process variation reductions resulting in the facilities operating at all time high efficiencies, cost per pound, scrap and quality (PPM, Cpk).

Operations Manager (1995 – 2003)

Responsible for all manufacturing reporting to the Vice President of Manufacturing.

Led five new product launches and a new plant start-up.

Leadership role in the turn around of a faltering operation.

Reduced scrap rates in the blown film area by over 67% with increased output, improved film properties and material costs.

Reduced OSHA incident rate from 9.2 to 1.6.

Championed a team approach resulting in:

oLabor and Overhead reductions

oIncreased reprocessed material utilization

oYield control

oQuality improvement (PPM and Cpk)

Led design and start-up of zipper seal and slider bag operations.

Led product development and manufacturing start-up of zipper seal operation contributing to product sales growth from two million to forty million pounds annually.

Led change from eight hour to twelve hour shifts resulting in a 60% reduction in turnover and improved operating efficiencies.

CARLISLE PLASTICS INC. (Film Division) – Battleboro, NC 1985 – 1995

Assistant Plant Manager (1991 – 1995)

Complete manufacturing responsibility for 400 employees and 125,000,000 lbs of annual extrusion capacity and 35,000,000 lbs of reprocessing capacity.

Leadership role in the consolidation of five plants into one.

Led manufacturing from a five line operation to a 40 line operation.

Trained new plant managers at other facilities.

Utilized as Operations/Manufacturing troubleshooter at other Carlisle facilities.

Represented manufacturing and production planning in multi-million dollar software design and implementation.

EDUCATION

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, Krannert School of Management

Bachelor of Science: Industrial Management/Industrial Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, MBA Program

Graduate Level Finance, Marketing, Managerial Accounting

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SQF Training, GMP Certification, Georgia Tech Lean Boot Camp, Lean Enterprise Training, Karass Negotiating, American Management Association – Developing Executive Leadership

HOBBIES

Gym, Biking, Golf, Cooking, Reading, Texas Rangers

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