Manager Management

Paul J. Pasquino, Jr.

***** ******* **** ***** ******, IN 47001 Res: 812-***-**** ****.********@*****.***

Profile: Director of Operations

Summary: Senior-level executive with more than 15 years of comprehensive experience in operations and plant management with forward vision, high-caliber cross-functional management qualifications, and proven leadership talents. Experience includes the high-tech electronics and medical industry from component test and reliability to high volume manufacturing and from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. Direct experience with phase gate releases of product leveraging internal or external resources for development and/or manufacturing. Recognized for the ability to turn around underperforming units by developing solutions and strategies that anticipate future market requirements and conditions. Demonstrated expertise in designing, implementing, measuring, and continually improving policies, procedures, and control systems to ensure a continuously sound operational structure. Accustomed to and effective in high-profile executive roles, making high-stakes decisions, and overcoming complex business challenges. Well-versed in union relations.

Core Competencies include:

Strategic Planning P&L Accountability Operations Management Change Management

Multi-site Management Profit Building Business Restructuring Business Turnarounds Process Reengineering

Cost Control & Reduction TBM Kaizen Shingijutsu Staff Management Budget Management

Experience & Accomplishments:

Serta Simmons Bedding., Monroe, Ohio Plant Manager 2015 – Present

Successfully implemented a state of the art manufacturing process at a brand new manufacturing location within 10months. The new manufacturing process is an initiative to drive overall improvements with Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost. Direct 300+ staff/employees thru 6 Managers, Supply Management, Production Scheduling, Manufacturing, Distribution, Customer Service and Facilities Maintenance.

Improved employee safety by 30% by driving 5S activities and overall awareness

Developed and managed the plant budget.

Hired personnel for key roles to support the new manufacturing process.

Ramped down production and transitioned customer base from legacy facility to the new facility.

Hill-Rom, Inc., Batesville, Indiana HQ 2004 – 2015

Advanced through positions of increased accountability for operations based on consistently exceeding goals and expectations with this $1.6B manufacturer and designer of medical devices; 6K employees and HQ in Batesville and global manufacturing sites.

Hill-Rom, Inc., Lulea, Sweden (Ex-Pat) – Plant Manager, Director of Operations 12/2011 – 2015

Turned around 2 under-performing manufacturing sites in Sweden within 14 months where target to complete was 18 to 24 months. Each site now has efficient and lean operations that exceed goals and expectations. Hold full P&L accountability and direct >$6M budget. Direct 65 staff/employees through 5 Managers: Production Control and Logistics (PC&L), 2 Production Supervisors, a Facilities Manager, and a Sourcing and Customer Operations person. As Plant Manager, accountabilities consist of sourcing, materials management, production, scheduling, warehouse, and distribution. Implemented an employee safety program. Drive lean manufacturing process to improve conversion cost and delivery performance, as well as launch building maintenance projects.

Produced cost improvements in excess of 6% or $20K; reduced and consolidated floor space by 15% to allow more room for manufacturing additional products or more of the same products.

Improved customer delivery by 36 points, from 62% on time to 98% on time delivery.

Introduced and launched Kaizen events and visual management methods.

Reduced inventory by 13% and head count by 1% while raising efficiencies.

Developed standard operating procedures to achieve goals.

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Hill-Rom, Inc., Batesville, IN – Director of Operations 5/2008 – 12/2011

Developed strategy for launching improvement initiatives in cost, quality, safety, and delivery for all bed and mattress assembly operations. Established Kaizen roadmap strategy for assembly operations. Directed 90 employees and 3 Production Supervisors.

Delivered 10% year-over-year improvements in product cost with value analysis tear down events.

Drove 10% year-over-year improvements in productivity and quality using lean principles from TBM and Shingijutsu.

Achieved 15% reduction of warranty and 90-day out of box complaints.

Orchestrated assembly operations move to newer facility without disruption to customer commitments; completed on time within $200K budget.

Hill-Rom, Inc., Batesville, IN – Manager Global Sourcing – Electronics 10/2007 – 5/2008

Charged with managing 8 electronic suppliers and vendors; negotiated contracts while establishing ongoing initiatives to drive down costs for bed and mattress assembly operations. Consistently achieved lower costs through effective negotiations.

Development global strategy that was implemented within each region.

Established technology reviews that drove alignment between Development Engineering Directors and a supply base exposed to applicable technologies.

Rationalized electronics supply base to leverage full capabilities of electronics suppliers.

Drove commercial initiatives to deliver cost savings thru negotiations or process improvements.

Instituted dashboard reporting of electronics commodity regarding cost, quality, delivery, inflation, and savings.

Hill-Rom, Inc., Batesville, IN – Manager, Supplier Process Engineering 4/2004 – 9/2007

Managed relationships and ensured product quality from more than 400 suppliers. Developed Supplier Process Engineering team of 15: 6 Supplier Quality Engineers, 6 New Product Engineers, and 3 Quality Technicians.

Instituted sourcing dashboard for new products which tracked product cost, part qualification, and design readiness.

Initiated supplier development program for top 3 global suppliers within each commodity.

Drove technical competency within the SQE’s to ensure seamless product transition into manufacturing.

Gained 20% improvement in product quality by driving consistency and accountability with the CIP process.

Developed a process, utilized by the SQE’s which identified process improvement and cost improvements,

Reduced failures in manufacturing in excess of 35% by completing Six Sigma project.

Launched supplier certification process to eliminate receiving inspections.

Developed a template to translate design requirements and key product characteristics into a document which is clearly understood by supply base.

Dell Computer, Inc., Austin, TX – Global Supplier Quality Engineer 8/2003 – 4/2004

Drove improvements within manufacturing by analyzing field failure information.

Achieved $100K annual cost avoidance by completing Six Sigma Green Belt project for video/graphic cards.

Collaborated with commodity management for continued supplier development.

Performed on-site audits of PCBA repair facilities.

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Career Note: Details of early career success are available on request during an interview and include:

RLX Technologies (acquired by HP), The Woodlands, TX - Director of Product Engineering

Dell Computer, Inc., Austin, TX - Supplier Quality Engineer

PolyComm / VIA VIDEO, Austin, TX - Product Engineering Manager

Compaq Computer, Inc., Houston, TX - Corporate Product Engineer

ETC Flextronics, Farmers Branch, TX - Component Test Engineer

Education, Certification and Training:

BSEET Electronics Engineering, DeVry Institute of Technology – Irving, TX

TBM Lean Certification

Greenbelt Training

80 hours at Management and Supervisory Institute

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