Plant Manager
Resume:
Jennifer Summerhill
Houston, TX 77007
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Qualifications Overview
Commitment to ensuring job is done the “right way” in a cost-effective, safe, and timely manner Respected leader with high standards for self, employees and peers Outside-the-box thinker able to quickly identify problems and implement creative and effective solutions Dedicated employee
Core Competencies
Project Management Teambuilding & Leadership Quality Assurance
Data Analysis Lean Six Sigma Regulatory Compliance Safety
Work Experience
East Coast Regional Manager (Jan ’16 – Present)
GCP Applied Technologies
Manage 8 manufacturing facilities along East Coast to ensure all plants meet manufacturing, safety and financial targets.
Coordinate inventory movements for slow moving inventory
Work with plant managers to ensure uniformity among EHS procedures, plant visuals, quality procedures, etc…
Champion project to implement MRP portal in SAP to reduce raw material run outs and plant personal time required to manage raw material inventory and ordering process
Champion project to reduce material variances across all NA sites for annual savings of $450K
Champion project to improve product quality and Cp/CpK on finished goods solids in order to achieve $250K annually
North America Capital Manager (Jan ’16 – Present)
GCP Applied Technologies
Manage $4MM capital allocated over 17 facilities in North America to ensure all projects are forecasted accurately, spread throughout the year and ensuring resources are available to complete projects on
time and within budget.
Review all capital projects to ensure all safety, environmental and cost concerns are considered
Establish central stainless tank and pump supplier to ensure lowest cost and highest quality by utilizing large quantity ordering
Manage project timelines and resources where required including corporate engineering, corporate EHS, Six Sigma assistance, among others.
Plant Manager (May ’15 - Present)
GCP Applied Technologies W.R. Grace split in to two entities, one of which is GCPAT 2/2016
Manage concrete and cement admixtures manufacturing facility of 19 employees including responsibilities over EHS, Quality, HR, capital and daily operations.
Completed $850K worth of capital projects (12 total capital projects) in Q3 and Q4. All projects were completed on time and within budget and there was no disruption to normal operations activities.
Reinvigorated employees to achieve increased output (lbs/hr), engagement and increase employee morale.
Reduced maintenance costs 40% YOY while improving maintenance service.
Assisted warehouse/satellite sites with EHS incident investigations
Cross trained all DMC employees to reduce OT 8%
Implemented material adjustment program to reduce product variability and ensure all products are in spec going out the door.
Responsible for all EHS responsibilities including Tier II, TRI, Stormwater permit, etc…
Transactional Blackbelt (Dec ’12 – May ‘15)
W.R. Grace, Cambridge, MA
Traveled to various production sites globally identifying and driving productivity projects while acting as a safety ambassador. Worked in various chemical operations, from continuous to batch and semi batch, with varying levels of intricacies (blending operations with concrete to complex pharmaceutical).
Albany, OR
oTraining 5 chemists and 5 process managers on Lean Six Sigma processes and methodology
oReduce cycle time of key pharmaceutical process 50% in order to meet supply demand for the year
oIncrease process yield from 43% to 57% for $400K annual savings
oReduce finished product bath-to-batch variability for pharmaceutical product
Corporate
oDeveloped simplified tracking and rules system to reduce annual air freight charges $250,000. Including methods to reduce trialing wrong products at the wrong customer, ensuring B/C customer ownership and improved internal inventory management.
Baltimore, MD
oLed team of 5 blackbelts to reduce off spec material in one Silicas process by $1.3 MM annually. Achieved by reducing mill downtime, increasing process automation, improved operator training and improved quality control tools.
Germany
oRevamped productivity group by supervising projects for $300,000 annual savings
oLed brainstorming sessions to put together pipeline of $1.6MM annual savings in projects
oProject Champion for projects centered around increasing water glass production quality, reducing hot water costs, increasing production throughput and transportation reduction due to filling trucks to capacity.
Chicago, IL
oLed Value Stream Mapping and brainstorming exercise designed to identify and reduce pollutants in waste streams
oDeveloped production planning tool to reduce 10 hours per week of production scheduling
oLed process mapping exercise to identify opportunities for process and advanced process control upgrades to reduce cycle times by 15% resulting in $1MM annual revenue enhancement
Maryland and Louisiana
oWork with plants and corporate functions to develop production planning tools for $600,000 annual savings via network optimization.
Environmental Specialist (July’10 – Dec ‘12)
W.R. Grace, Cambridge, MA
Provide Environmental regulatory assistance to construction sites in North America and Canada as well as assist all sites and businesses globally in reducing and tracking Green House Gas (GHG) emissions.
Led a cross-functional team (EHS, R&D, maintenance) in R&D facility to close gaps in site EHS compliance and work toward final goal of obtaining site EHS Management System in both Columbia and Cambridge sites
Responsible for tracking and updating Environmental permits for 25 sites in several different US states and Canada
Submit Environmental reports including Tier II, TRI, NPRI, etc… for 25 sites in addition to local state specific reporting
Process Engineer (Nov ‘09 – July ‘10)
Mt. Pleasant, TN
Combine Six Sigma and management tools to decrease costs and efficiency on multiple processes resulting in savings of over $200K/yr.
Plant Supervisor (Mar ‘09 – Nov ‘09)
Houston, TX
Directly supervise 10 employees and 5 full time contractors including scheduling, disciplinary and promotional actions as well as day to day activities.
Six Sigma Black Belt (Jun ‘08 – Mar ‘09)
Cambridge, MA
Attended Six Sigma – Lean black belt training while working as a full time black belt leading cost savings initiatives throughout North America
Research Scientist (Jun 2006 – Aug 2007)
Columbia, MD
Work with an array of research equipment to discover new properties and applications for alumina and silica’s in manufacturing for the Engineering Materials group.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Minor: Colloidal Polymers & Surfaces
Skills
Skilled in Microsoft Power Point, Excel Programming, Word, SAP, Minitab, and Enterprise Track
Basic knowledge of the Spanish language
Six Sigma Blackbelt
Developmental Classes
Black Belt Training
Front Line Leadership
Facilitative Leadership
Professional Writing Course (Harvard Extension School)
Crucial Conversations
Basic Accounting and Bookkeeping (Online, Excel With Business)
MARC Training (course about managing Union employees)
** In February 2016, W.R. Grace split in to two separate entities, W.R. Grace and GCP Applied Technologies. There was no change in companies for me.
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