Manager Plant
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BRIAN A. SOLHEIM, MBA
Hayward, Wisconsin 54843
Email: *******.*****@*****.***
Link Snacks, Inc.
Minong, WI
Plant Manager
Link Snacks, Inc. and its well-known brands, are an exciting, healthy part of life for people every day. With brands such as Jack Link’s®, Matador®, Lorissa’s Kitchen®, World Kitchen®, Squatch®, Bifi®, Peperami®, Jack Link’s holds the No.1 share position in the meat snack category and the No. 5 position in overall snacking category in the United States. As Plant Manager for the Minong Plant, responsibilities include oversight of all safety, food safety, quality, productivity, process development, continuous improvement, projects, financials, environmental and human resources. Minong is an eighteen machine, thirteen smokehouse, 400 person, state-of-the-art meat processing facility with a $90MM annual budget, producing over 10 million pounds of Jack Link’s meat snack products annually. The facility is registered with the USDA.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Neenah, WI
Plant Manager
10/08 to 9/14
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) and its well-known global brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries. Every day, nearly a quarter of the world's population trust K-C brands and the solutions they provide to enhance their health, hygiene and well-being. With brands such as Kleenex®, Scott®, Huggies®, Pull-Ups®, Kotex® and Depend®, Kimberly-Clark holds the No.1 or No. 2 share position in more than 80 countries. As Plant Manager for the Neenah Cold Spring Facility (NCSF), responsibilities include oversight of all safety, quality, productivity, projects, financials, expansion initiatives and labor relations. NCSF is a fourteen machine, 500 person, state-of-the-art high speed converting facility with a $335MM annual budget, producing over 2.3 billion Depend®, Poise®, and Kotex® products annually. The facility is registered with the FDA as a Class 1 medical device manufacturer. The 435 hourly employees are represented by the United Steel Workers.
Kimberly-Clark
Beech Island, SC
Plant Manager
11/06 to 9/08
As Plant Manager for the Beech Island Personal Care Facility responsibilities included oversight of all safety, quality, productivity, projects, financials and expansion initiatives. Beech Island Personal Care Facility was a twelve machine, 400 person, state-of-the-art high speed converting facility with a $300MM annual budget, producing over 3 billion Huggies® and Pull-Ups® products annually.
Product System Leader
1/06 to 10/06
As Product System Leader for the UCTAD Tissue Machine #3 and Converting Lines 1-6 responsibilities included oversight of all safety, quality, productivity, projects, financials and training. The UCTAD system was a 150 person, state-of-the-art paper manufacturing and PCMC converting winders facility.
Kimberly-Clark
Neenah, WI
Family Care Staff Operations Consultant
3/04 to 12/05
As Staff Operations Consultant for Family Care sector responsibilities included (1) productivity of eight Light Dry Crepe (LDC) tissue machines located in Chester, PA, Mobile, AL and Everett, WA; (2) accountability for expansion and start-up of Family Care’s entry into production of Folded Flushable Moist Wipes; (3) operations accountability for start-up of a contract manufacturer producing Kleenex Moist Cloth®; and (4) overall accountability for tissue machine clothing working with Research & Engineering, Procurement and suppliers.
BRIAN A. SOLHEIM, MBA
Email: *****.*******@*****.***
Kimberly-Clark
New Milford, CT
Tissue Manufacturing Manager
11/00 to 2/04
As Tissue Manufacturing Manager for two Conventional Tissue (CTEC) Machines #1 & #2 responsibilities included oversight of all safety, quality, productivity, projects, financials and training. The CTEC system was a 90 person, state-of-the-art paper manufacturing facility.
Kimberly-Clark, Continued
New Milford, CT
Tissue Machine Asset Leader
2/99 to 10/00
As Tissue Manufacturing Asset Leader for one Conventional Tissue (CTEC) Machine #2 responsibilities included oversight of all safety, quality, productivity, projects, financials and training.
Kimberly-Clark
Paris, TX
Plant Operations Consultant
1/98 to 1/99
As Plant Operations Consultant responsibilities included operations ownership of project implementation for the Child Care business. Achievements included project start-up of Huggies Little Swimmers®, a 25% machine speed up improvement, and a Goodnites® Product Improvement.
Kimberly-Clark
Paris, TX
Child Care Asset Leader
9/95 to 12/97
As Child Care Asset Leader for two Child Care machines P11 & P14 responsibilities included oversight of all safety, quality, productivity, projects, financials and training.
Kimberly-Clark
Paris, TX
Maintenance Specialist
2/94 to 8/95
As a Maintenance Specialist responsibilities included oversight of maintenance planning for ten Child Care high speed converting lines, including all preventative maintenance downs, grade and size changes, and modification work order downs.
Kimberly-Clark Electrical Engineer 6/92 to 1/94
Neenah, WI
As an Electrical Engineer responsibilities included designing, programing, integrating, print approval, machine start-up check-out, and research trial support for the Child Care (Pull-Ups®) business.
EXPANSION OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Safety
27% reduction in reportable incident rate 2014 – 2016 at Minong
Implementation of Humantech Ergonomic Program 2016
Quality
Successful Level 3 SQF Certification 2015
Eighty percent reduction in consumer complaints for Jack Link Beef Steaks
Productivity
Milliken Performance Solutions Program Implementation 2016
Three product platforms improved productivity 29%, 9.3% and 18.5% over 6 years at NCSF
BRIAN A. SOLHEIM, MBA
Email: *****.*******@*****.***
EXPANSION OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CONTINUED
Cost
Reduced headcount from 535 in 2015 to 390 in 2016 (27%) and went from a seven day a week production schedule to five days saving over $4MM annually
Reduced waste $4MM annually by reducing scrap, improving yield and reducing product overpack.
Executed two significant expansions within budget and delivering significant savings to the company. Five machines in 2005 at Beech Island facility and three machines at Neenah Cold Spring, resulting in best expansion start-ups in Kimberly Clark history
Significant waste savings ($1MM annually) three years in a row (2011 – 2014)
Significant savings driven by successful collective bargaining agreement, including ten percent reduction in wages for two departments and freezing of defined benefit pension
Twenty Five percent reduction of salary workforce in 2009 for NCSF
Ten percent reduction of workforce in 2003 at New Milford Tissue manufacturing operation
Human Resources
Developed, lead and implemented a 27% organizational headcount reduction to save the plant $4MM annually
Eliminated the use of inmates from the Gordon Correctional Center to improve culture
Lead strategist and negotiator for two successful collective bargaining agreements with USW Local 2-482 in 2009 and 2014
Delivered Culture of Accountability® education for entire workforce in 2012 at NCSF
Continuous Improvement
Milliken Performance Solutions implementation in 2016
LEAN implementation at NCSF, utilizing LEAN Pathways since 2008, resulting in all business metrics significantly improving
2013 LEAN CEO Award recognizing NCSF as the best of the best, driving results and culture with respect to its TPM initiative
EDUCATION:
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Commerce, TX
Master of Business Administration
1994 to 1998
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
Madison, WI
Bachelor of Science
Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering
1987 to 1992
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS:
Appleton North Boys Basketball Club Board Member 2009 – 2014 (President 2012 – 2014)
Pop Warner Youth Football Coach 2009 – 2014
Boy Scouts of America – Philmont Scout Ranch Chaperone 2012
United Way – Plant Sponsor and Leadership Giver
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