Thomas P. Van Handel

Ph. 920-***-**** **** Tullar Road. #6, Neenah, WI 54956 acvu4f@r.postjobfree.com

LEADERSHIP OVERVIEW

Highly diverse, operations leader with an extensive track record for driving success into technical businesses through continuous improvement and operational excellence. Leadership experience consists of plant consolidation and integration, as well as multi-plant operations leadership including all facets of production, engineering, maintenance, safety and quality.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Coating Excellence Wrightstown, WI 8/2013-1/2016

Coating Excellence is a contract packaging manufacturer serving consumer food and technical products industry. Revenues of $250MM, 2 plants and 450 employees.

Director of Operations

Full multi-plant 300 employee operations leadership consisting of Graphics, Press/Laminating, and Extrusion/Rewinding. Functional responsibility for production, quality, safety, and technical staff.

Positioned the company for sale with operational excellence strategy resulting in profit improvements of $7MM above plan EBITDA

Drove continuous improvement initiative resulting in cost reduction of $3.5MM exceeding plan by 250% and sustaining OTD >98%

Eliminated capacity constraints with improvements to OEE resulting in reduced lead time and increased scheduling flexibility

Institutionalized Lean Manufacturing principles through Gemba, 5S, SMED, process flow analysis all in support of Kaizen

Bemis/Curwood Oshkosh, WI 9/2001-7/2013

Bemis Company, Inc. is global manufacturer of flexible packaging products and pressure-sensitive materials. Bemis is headquartered in the United States. Its divisions are located in 12 countries and its films for packaging products and adhesive materials are distributed worldwide.

Operations Manager Oshkosh, WI 11/2008-7-2013

Full Operations responsibility for the Specialty Films plant with $300mm in Revenue and 500+ employees. Due to successful leadership of the Appleton operation, I was promoted to lead the Bemis Specialty Films plant.

Institutionalized the Continuous Improvement / Lean Manufacturing framework resulting in cost savings of over $5mm annually, 70% above plan.

Drove safety committee and Job Safety Analysis (JSA) practices reducing TIR better than plan and won the CEO Safety Excellence Award

Operations Manager Appleton, WI 10/2003-11/2008

Accountable for the Operations of the Plant of approximately 200 employees and $125mm est. sales.

Drove the reduction of Safety TRIR by 50% year-over-year with the implementation of JSA, Gemba and safety committee initiatives

Led state of the art plant expansion initiative to increase capacity and technical flexibility with focus on lean manufacturing process flow and responsiveness reducing lead times by 1/3

Plant Manager Neenah, WI 9/2001-10/2003

Leader for all 50 employees operations of the Neenah Plant formerly (Duralam). Full integration of Duralam into the Bemis portfolio.

Lead safety framework initiative resulting in two years without a recordable injury

Integrated and consolidated the Duralam acquisition while maintaining 98% employee retention

Duralam, Inc. Appleton, WI 1/1995-9-2001

Duralam Inc. was a manufacturer of flexible packaging products for the food industry specializing in the meat, cheese, and candy markets.

Plant Manager (Neenah, WI) 4/1999-9-2001

Full operations and project responsibility for the 50 employee Neenah plant start-up. Through extensive performance, positioned the company for sale to Bemis

The start-up of this facility included: The addition of an ink room with a 16 head ink dispenser, a catalytic oxidizer, and the installation of 2 Press/Laminators, 4 bag lines, 3 slitter rewinders, and one doctor winder.

Drove the implementation of the Symex ERP system

Printing Manager Appleton, WI 3/1997-3/1999

Flexo Department Supervisor Appleton, WI 1/1995-3/1997

Maintenance Department Supervisor 5/1993-2/1997

Laminating/Blown Film Supervisor 5/1992-1/1995

American National Can Co. Menasha, WI 1/1986-5/1992

A leading supplier of single and multi-layer, plain and printed high-barrier plastic films, laminations, pouches, bags, lid stock and thermoformed trays for the food and beverage industries. Products include a range of packaging based on plastic, aluminum, paper, and other materials.

Flexo Department Supervisor, Menasha Plant, Menasha, WI 7/1991-5/1992

Rotogravure Pressroom Supervisor 11/1988-6-1991

Wax Coating Department Supervisor 5/1988-6/1991

Print Services Supervisor 7/1987-5/1988

Rotogravure Printing Specialist 1/1986-7/1987

J.G. Clark Co. Edison, OH 5/1984-12/1985

J.G. Clark was a division of Field Container Corporation is a manufacturer of folding cartons to primarily serve the popcorn, bakery, and industrial markets.

Flexo Department Supervisor

EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin-Stout

B.S. Industrial Technology

Concentration in Graphic Arts Management

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