Manager Leader, Six Sigma

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

A change agent who identifies cross-functional opportunities for improvement, builds strategies and communicates a clear, concise vision. An innovative, disciplined and driven executive leader who motivates, engages and develops others while building high-performance teams. Core competencies include:

16+ years of manufacturing management roles with P&L accountability

Strategic Planning and Execution

Leadership and People Development

Change Management Expert

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TIGER Drylac U.S.A., Inc. 2015 – 2016

Director of Manufacturing – North America, St. Charles, IL

Sustained North American manufacturing operations by providing executive leadership for multi-site production operations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico focusing on key productivity, safety, service and quality goals

Oversaw installation and commissioning of two state-art-of-the art high speed extrusion lines, the largest of its kind in TIGER Drylac U.S.A.

Sherwin-Williams 2003 – 2014

Plant Manager, Rockford Powder Plant & Distribution Center, Rockford, IL

Awarded prestigious 2013 Powder Plant of the Year honors for best in class performance in the areas of cost, safety, quality, service and employee engagement

Led Rockford Powder Plant & DSC to become the first Powder Coatings Manufacturing facility to earn OSHA VPP Star Certification

Achieved Rockford’s highest volume month of operation, Aug 2012, with 1.4M lbs. of powder coatings produced without a single injury, away from work or recordable case (site and company record)

Spearheaded cross-functional team that completed Six Sigma continuous improvement project that reduced annual scrap losses by more than $150K

Site Operations Manager, Baltimore Plant, Baltimore, MD

Managed daily filling, manufacturing, receiving and shipping activities of 85 non-union employees and four (4) salaried supervisors producing latex, alkyd, industrial marine and traffic products

Improved safety record to 395 consecutive work days without an OSHA recordable lost time injury by partnering with site staff to enhance employee training, engagement and morale

Mid-Atlantic Continuous Improvement Manager, Baltimore and Beltsville, MD

Led Baltimore to the highest continuous improvement project savings in the region saving $1.5M in 2008 and $1.6M in 2009 by reducing yield variance, waste generation and improving productivity

Initiated and conducted Baltimore’s first ever Kaizen Blitz resulting in a reduction of out of specification batches by 22%

Saved $350K by completing regional Supply Chain project that optimized production by increasing rework usage without negative impact on quality, reduced cycle times and improved productivity

BOP Production Manager, Baltimore Plant, Baltimore, MD

Managed daily filling, manufacturing and receiving activities of 50 non-union employees and three (3) salaried supervisors producing upwards of 30,000 gallons of product per day

Slashed annual OSHA recordable injury rate by more than 50%

Production Manager, Memphis Highway Products, Memphis, TN

Supervised daily manufacturing activities of 20 union employees and one salaried supervisor producing upwards of 38,000 gallons of highway and traffic paint products per day

Earned prestigious 2005 Team of the Year award for outstanding results in the areas of safety, service, people, cost and quality

Reached first ever single calendar year without any OSHA recordable lost time injuries

PPG Industries, Inc. 1999 – 2003

Area Manager, Architectural Coatings, Atlanta, GA

Supervised daily production activities of 25 union employees on 5 production lines producing upwards of 35,000 gallons of architectural liquid coatings per day

Sigma Logic Catalyst, Flat Glass, Carlisle, PA

Engineered internal process change using Six Sigma techniques to minimize bottom surface defects with a reduction in customer returns of $343K and re-acquisition of three (3) former customers

Batch Plant Engineer, Flat Glass, Carlisle, PA

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

B.S., Chemical Engineering; Minor - Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Lean Enterprise Design Systems Institute, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

SMART Safety Course by DuPont, Sherwin-Williams

Transactional Lean, Sherwin-Williams

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