Plant Manager / VP of Manufacturing
Resume:
MICHAEL W. ROBNETT
Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047
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SUMMARY
A proven and results-driven Operations and Manufacturing Management Professional with global perspective, personal integrity and exceptional leadership and communication skills. Accomplished Lean Manufacturing advocate with a Continuous Improvement mindset. Confidently seeks and excels in the solution of major challenges with the ability to form and lead teams in the collaborative creation and implementation of visionary and innovative solutions. Proven track record of setting and achieving aggressive financial operating objectives. Exceptional ability to energize and mobilize company associates as role model with positive, dynamic and creative leadership. AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND ACHIEVEMENT
• Extensive Manufacturing Management and Lean Six Sigma Implementation Experience
• Demonstrated Track Record of Manufacturing Cost Reduction and Achieving Financial Operating Objectives
• Dynamic Change Agent With Exceptionally Strong People Skills as Coach and Mentor
• Outstanding Communicator and Team Builder – hands-on, highly visible and active on the production floor
• Strong Financial Background, including Fiscal Budget and P&L Responsibility
• Solid Quality Management Background, including ISO 9001 and FDA GMPs
• Extensive Product Development and Successful Launch experience
• Expert Knowledge of Advanced Manufacturing Control Software Systems and Scheduling PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
STYLEX INCORPORATED, Delanco, NJ 2004 – 2016
Director of Manufacturing
Provided dynamic and positive leadership for all employees in the functional areas of Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Management/Materials, Logistics/Distribution and Operations Planning.
• Achieved annual savings of over $450,000 by increasing plantwide productivity by over 18%. Utilized Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing and Strategy Deployment techniques, improving plant layout to increase speed of process, component and product flow. Changes in layout and flow improved response to product mix changes and maximized flexibility in utilizing capacity.
• Implemented advanced scheduling techniques to improve throughput and reduce cycle times. Reduced average lead time in this make-to-order environment from an average of 5.6 weeks to an average of 4.0 weeks.
• Improved customer order fill rates from an average of 71% to over 93% in pursuit of World Class performance, and implemented effective capacity and lead time management and reporting processes to improve customer service levels.
• Created and directed workforce education program to drive continuous improvement culture, strengthen employee understanding of competitive issues and drive employee support and participation in manufacturing performance and quality improvement initiatives. Dramatic gains in product quality have been achieved.
• Tireless advocate for employee safety, leading weekly safety talks and facility walks with Team Leaders.
• Championed and led implementation of first Stylex ERP system, including software modules for Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP), Capacity Planning, Bills of Material and Inventory Management.
• Led Union negotiations in 2005, 2008 and 2011. Created, advocated and achieved consensus on inclusion of an employee training program addressing mission critical core competency skills and processes. Achieved goal of expanding employee flexibility, thereby expanding capacity in critical skill-based functional areas. PILLING SURGICAL INCORPORATED, Horsham, PA 2000 – 2004 Vice President of Operations/General Manager
Provided dynamic and positive leadership for all employees in the functional areas of Manufacturing, Engineering, Regulatory Affairs/Quality Assurance, Supply Chain Management/Materials, Finance, Logistics/Distribution, Maintenance and Repair/Field Service.
• Provided leadership and direction for financial turnaround to return operating unit to profitability. Led planning and execution of a major organizational resizing. Moved aggressively to rationalize and reorganize manufacturing operations around skill-based functions, removing non value-added processes and expanding capacity in core competency skills and processes. Achieved dramatic reduction in process cycle time and improved manufacturing productivity by over 30%.
• Improved customer order fill rates from an average of 79% to over 99%, and reduced order turnaround from 2 weeks to 48 to 72 hours, maximizing both working capital utilization and customer service level improvement.
• Utilized exceptional leadership skills in directing Pilling’s recovery from devastating June 2001 flood caused by Hurricane Allison. Planned and executed move from Fort Washington to Horsham, PA and resumed full company operations in only 14 weeks.
• Achieved annualized savings of $1.5 million by planning and directing the outsourcing of the manufacturing of Pilling’s Cardiovascular Instrument line.
• Directed major shift in Manufacturing Operations away from strictly branded product and towards OEM- supplier manufacturing for Spinal Orthopedics division of Teleflex in addition to external customers.
• Directed workforce education program to strengthen employee understanding of competitive issues and drive employee support and participation in manufacturing performance and quality improvement initiatives.
• Fostered talent growth and skillset development through rigorous cross-training program. BESTT LIEBCO INCORPORATED, Philadelphia, PA 1990 – 2000 Vice President of Manufacturing
Provided dynamic and positive leadership for all employees in the functional areas of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management/Materials, Logistics/Distribution, Engineering and Quality Control.
• Utilized exceptional leadership and team-building skills to forge a strong and constructive working relationship with Union leadership, enabling me to negotiate three successive contracts without work stoppages and reduce grievances by over 75%.
• Dramatically improved product quality through the conception and implementation of workforce education programs that energized and transformed the union workforce and through the development and implementation of innovative manufacturing processes. Reduced product rejections from over 5% of daily productions to less than 1% of daily production.
• Achieved annual savings of over $300,000 by increasing plantwide productivity from 90% to over 130% of standard. Utilized Lean Manufacturing skills, including equipment and product redesign, setup reduction techniques, cycle time reduction techniques, workforce education and improved plant layout.
• Achieved labor savings in excess of $140,000 annually in Philadelphia, $400,000 annually group-wide by independently conceiving and implementing concept of redesigned product packaging to facilitate the automation of the packaging process.
• Reduced total inventories by $1.2 million or 20% through the evaluation, selection and implementation of a new ERP system. Personally led the implementation of manufacturing software modules for Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP), Capacity Planning, Bills of Material and Inventory. Completed the process in only six weeks.
• Reduced cycle time through the manufacturing process by over 75%, from four weeks to five working days through the successful implementation of a lead-time reduction program. Highlights of the program included a new plant layout and the replacement of batch processing with continuous manufacturing where possible.
• Improved customer order fill rates from an average of 92% to over 98%, and reduced order turnaround from 2 weeks to 48 to 72 hours. Improvements were achieved through the utilization of cycle time reduction, creative lot-sizing and the implementation of a streamlined shipping manifest system EDUCATION
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
Lean Six Sigma Certification
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Graduate School of Business
Master of Business Administration
RIDER UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science in Economics
Elected by faculty to Alpha Epsilon Zeta honorary fraternity in recognition of outstanding scholastic and intellectual achievement.
AMERICAN PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY CONTROL SOCIETY
Achieved APICS CPIM certification
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