Manager Engineer

PAUL T. SCOTT

**** ***** **** ****, *******, NC, 828-***-****, ******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Manufacturing professional skilled in leading high-producing teams and using lean manufacturing techniques to reduce costs and increase process efficiency seeking to apply skills and experience in a new opportunity.

HIGHLIGHTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Started up, developed and managed the manufacture of a unique tape product beginning with a small single roll processing line progressing to a high speed line equaling the output of 6 single lines.

Developed a systematic recycle program of a key material component that resulted in a $100K annual savings

Managed the merger of two manufacturing facilities into one reducing salaried and clerical headcount by 20%

Turned around an extrusion department that had lost money every year - to the only department on site that made money for the company in my first year of ownership.

Designed and manufactured functional corner protector made of recycled plastic and wood flour for use in high humid agricultural environments / applications, fiber optic cable packaging and steel coil edge protection.

EXPERIENCE

7/1/2002 TO CURRENT

SHURTAPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

HICKORY, NC

DEPARTMENT MANAGER /PLANT MANAGER

Responsible for pressure sensitive tape manufacturing facility that has grown over 40% in the last 5 years - 13% from 2014 to 2015. Responsible for over 175 associates with largest net sales in the company.

Combined two manufacturing operations into one large plant reducing overall salaried headcount and clerical resources.

Developing an Associate Driven Safety initiative for improving a safer manufacturing environment through employee empowerment.

Responsible for the development and establishment of a specialized converting operation to manufacture Frog Tape for the Big Box stores including Home Depot, Lowes hardware, Wal-Mart.

Responsible for Capital budgets, Operational Budgets, Product costing, Continuous Improvement, and New Equipment Design. Specific processes include Coating, Auto Slitting, Specialty Slitting, Chemical Application, and adhesive mixing.

11/1/1998 TO 11/1/2001

APLIX INC.

Charlotte, NC

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Responsible for manufacturing operation extruding the “hook” tapes for diaper tabs used on Pampers diapers. Promoted after two years to manage the converting operation that applied the hook tapes onto diaper ears creating a subassembly that was then utilized in the high speed manufacturing of Pampers diapers at Proctor & Gamble

6/1/1997 TO 11/1/1998

SAMUEL STRAPPING SYSTEMS

Fort Mill, SC

PROCESS ENGINEER

On site project / process engineer for a high tensile polyester strap extrusion application that was developed at the corporate lab facilities in Canada. Responsible for implementation on a manufacturing line that incorporated significant equipment and process changes including coextrusion of an outer shell and flame treatment of the edge of the tape in order to meet the high tensile objective.

1/1/1990 TO 6/1/1997

STAR PAPER TUBE

Rock Hill, SC

PROJECT / MANUFACTURING MANAGER

Began as an I.E. / Cost engineer working out of the corporate office in the paper tube manufacturing plants.

Promoted to Project / Plant Manager of a startup greenfield operation manufacturing a plastic & wood fiber composite corner protectors used primarily in the banana industry. Developed multiple products using recycled materials for the agriculture, fiber optic cable and steel coil industry. We eventually began supplying substrate material for automotive door panels, package trays, and deck lids for a subcontractor of General Motors.

6/19/1979 TO 9/1/1989

MILLIKEN & COMPANY

LaGrange, GA

PROCESS ENGINEER

Started career with Milliken and Company out of college in their Industrial Engineering program. Worked in all phases of the carpet manufacturing textile process to include yarn manufacturing, tufting carpet, flood coat and Millitron die process, coating and finishing both tufted and bonded carpet tiles. Finished my career with Milliken as a computer system manager selected as Department Manager of the Year.

EDUCATION

JUNE 1974 THRU JUNE 1979

University of West Florida

Pensacola, FL

BS INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

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