Plant Manager/Production Manager

Gregory Paul Clark Sr.

*** ***** ***** ***** • Bamberg, South Carolina 29003 • 803-***-**** • ***********@*****.***

Profile

Plant Manager • Operations Manager

Consistently top-producing operations and engineering management professional with more than 22 years of progressively responsible experience expanding facilities and production while controlling expenses. Highly regarded for communication, organizational, and analytical attributes that enhance the capacity to train and lead teams to achieve and surpass corporate goals. Recognized ability to effectively train including cross-training staff to realize greater productivity. Extensive career is complemented by relevant, formal education.

Workforce Planning • Cross-training • Scheduling • Safety • Regulatory Compliance • Profit Building

Budgets • Startups • Customer Relations • Reporting • Documentation • Staff Management • SOPs

Process Improvements • Plant & Operations Expansion • Training • Lean Manufacturing

Professional Experience

The Okonite Company – Orangeburg, SC 1993– Present

Okonite manufactures low- and medium-voltage electrical cables.

Plant Superintendent, Production Operations, 1997– Present

Determine and maintain required workforce levels to meet customer requirements. Cross-train employees, train general operators, and develop creative schedules to enable flexibility and around-the-clock coverage to meet essential needs. Collaborate with all supervisors to ensure machines are scheduled efficiently; issue schedules in a master package to inform all departments of priorities. Prevent production bottlenecks by controlling and adjusting workflow and scheduling overtime. Collaborate with the plant manager, accountant, and officers to develop an annual budget; communicate budget details to all departments. Lead tours with existing and potential customers to demonstrate cable-making processes; tailor technical aspects of tours to accommodate the participants’ level of understanding.

Reduced scrap and remakes from 3.5% to less than 1% of cost of produced goods by implementing solid, corrective-action programs.

Doubled production. Shipping volumes have surpassed all other company plants combined while employing a similar workforce. Oversee continual plant expansion.

Improved efficiencies by using Performance Improvement and Setup Reduction teams. Established Lean concepts throughout the factory.

Serve as a permanent member of the Plant Safety team and functioned as president for the last 5 years.

Production Scheduling Supervisor, 1995–1997

Supervised 24 employees, scheduled orders within departments, and enforced company and statutory safety rules and regulations. Collaborated with the superintendent and other staff to ensure all issues and evolving priorities were executed by applicable departments.

Process Engineer, New Plant Startup, 1993–1995

Coordinated the installation of process equipment with Facilities Engineering. Debugged equipment after installation. Trained employees on proper equipment operation.

Authored operating procedures for equipment.

Determined process capabilities and limitations and established standards.

Other Significant Experience

U.S. Navy

Nuclear Project Engineer

Education

University of South Carolina B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1984

Technical Skills

MS Office Suite

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