David H. Austin

**** ******* *****

Rocklin, CA *5765

acx6qi@r.postjobfree.com

Cell 916-***-****

Purpose: To obtain a position within a company that allows me to utilize and expand my leadership, professional skills and knowledge base while meeting Company business objectives.

Work Experience:

9/2012 – 11/2016 Nor-Cal Beverage Company

1/2014 – 11/2016 Vice President of Manufacturing – 2286 Stone Blvd West Sacramento, CA

Responsible for two locations in California (Anaheim and West Sacramento) with 450 employees

Manage the production of 50MM cases and over 375 SKUs for our partners: The Coca-Cola Company, Arizona Tea, Monster and Nestle across four hot fill PET lines, one tunnel pasteurized can line, three can lines, two chilled paper lines, two aseptic box line and one chilled plastic line

Implemented Maintenance Connections to manage WOs and PMs

Passed all external and internal audits. ISO 9001, FSSC 22000, Customer Audits for both locations

Achieved the lowest consumer compliant rates across multiple platforms for both plants

Increased efficiencies by 20% plant wide through lean & Six Sigma principles, schedule reviews, extended runs, employee engagement/involvement in Anaheim

Cross trained 25% of the employees in Anaheim

Lead synergy teams between both locations

9/2012 – 12/2014 Plant Manager West Sacramento Plant – 2260 Stone Blvd West Sacramento, CA

Managed 225 employees in Safety, Quality, and the Production of 25MM cases and over 300 SKUs for our partners: The Coca-Cola Company, Arizona Tea, Monster, etc.

Exceed over 1000 days without a lost time accident

Passed all external and internal audits. ISO 9001, FSSC 9000, and Customer Audits

Team member of the Plant Food Safety Team

Achieved the lowest consumer compliant rates across multiple platforms

Increased efficiencies by 25% plant wide through lean & Six Sigma principles, schedule reviews, extended runs and employee engagement/involvement

Cross trained 40% of the employees

4/2000 – 9/2012 The Coca-Cola Company

3/2011 – 9/2012 Manager of Contract Manufacturing Venturing & Emerging Brands - 2500 Wildwood Atlanta, GA

Project Lead to find new locations and build relationships to produce new products. i.e. Dasani Drops, Project Ginger, CasCal, Honest Tea, FUZE Tea, Clam Club, Ice Coffee, Kerry Coffee

Project Manager to bring the new facilities in compliance with equipment and quality requirements

Maintain a Project Tracker to communicate project status to multiple teams. Including Procurement, Infrastructure Planning, Finance, SAP and Contract Manufacturing. In 2011 there were 35 projects

Establish relationships with internal and external groups to be successful. Including the new external locations, Brand Teams, Project Managers, Engineering, Finance, Quality, Procurement, Infrastructure Planning, Transportation, and SAP

Negotiate pricing and terms for Contracts

Received the highest rating on my Personal Performance Review in 2009 & 2010. EP (Exceptional Performance)

7/2006 – 9/2012 Manager of Contract Manufacturing West Coast – Folsom, CA

Produce products for Chilled Juice (Minute Maid products), Thermal (Powerade, Vitaminwater, Fuze & MMJTG), Water (Smartwater) & Aseptic/Other (Tetra Box, Pouch & Fruit Smoothies) platforms

Accountable for a $86MM budget & 40MM cases for a total spend of $773MM across the platforms

Lead contact negotiations including pack fees, loss allowance, warehousing, shipping, quality and production expectations

Project Manager & engineer support for multiple projects to improve system capability and capacity i.e. Vitaminwater Production, New Mixing System, and Sleeve Labeling & Bundling at Nor-Cal Anaheim. MMJTG at Nor-Cal Sacramento. New Minute Maid products/packaging at SSI & Nor-Cal

OE & Lean Manager for the Contract Manufacturing Team to lead system improvements. i.e. Cutrale Leesburg 89oz efficiencies increased by 50%. Niles Line 5

Increased Nor-Cal Anaheim’s Hot Fill Line 1 by 24% & Line 3 by 15% in 2010

Managed my plants to Schedule Adherence of 99% to 100% in 2009

1/2005 – 1st Shift Team Leader – Atlanta Syrup Branch

7/2006

Lead a dynamic workforce of Mixing including railcar unloading, Packaging, Shipping & Maintenance Departments (37 Associates) to produce 37.5 MM gallons of the Plant’s 90 MM gallons

Assisted the Plant to reduce regular hours by 8% & overtime by 32% ($250M)

Increased Gallons Per Paid Hours by 5%. 1st Syrup Plant to achieve over 400 GPPH (402 GPPH)

Lead 1st Shift to zero Quality System Failures in 2005 & through July 2006

Participated in achieving E3 Quality Certification and a Silliker Audit score of 98%

Engaged 1st Shift to achieve only 1 OSHA Recordable in 2005 and 0 through July 2006

Provided the Waco Facility with a Shipping Plan using OE (Productivity up 30%)

Cross trained 45% of 1st Shift Associates in 2005

Provided Labor Model ensuring staffing from departmental teams to three shift teams was correct

Directed the Defects Per Million Team (Achieved lowest DPM in Plant history)

9/2002 – Maintenance Manager – Atlanta Syrup Branch

1/2005

Managed 17 Maintenance Techs over a 3 Shift operation

Accountable for repairs budget of $1.7MM & $1MM labor budget

Increased through put efficiency by 8% a record high

Project Manager for Battery Room Upgrade. Reduced forklift & battery repair costs by $50M annually

Managed over 500 days without a Recordable and over 1,500 days without an OSHA Lost Time

Certificate of Accomplishment in Strategic Maintenance Leadership from Marshall Institute

4/2000-4/2003 Safety, Environmental & Security Manager– Atlanta Syrup Branch

Reduced OSHA Recordables by 66% & Lost Time Recordables (6 down to 0) 100% from 2000 to 2003 (1045 days without a Lost Time Recordable)

Received the Award of Safety Excellence from the Georgia Department of Labor in 2001 & 2002

Reduced Worker’s Compensation expenses by 90%

Project Manager for the Waste Water Project 2.1 MM

7/1996 – 4/2000 Siemens Electromechanical Components Peachtree City, GA

Facility Manager for seven locations in the US and Mexico

11/1994-7/1996 Rieter Automotive Systems

Loss Prevention Manager for nine locations in the US and Canada

5/1991- 11/1994 Mobil Chemical Company (Rigid Division) Frankfort, IL

Education: Murray State University Murray, KY

Degree: Bachelor of Science May 1991

Certified Lean Manager The Ohio State University 2009

Supply Chain Leadership The Coca-Cola Company 2003

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