John Sembrat

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Twenty years of manufacturing leadership experience in positions with progressively increasing responsibility and impact.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science United States Naval Academy 1990

Annapolis, Maryland

Varsity Swimming Team

Job Experience:

Cenveo:

3/15 – 1/17: Vice President and General Manager, Production

Daily operational leadership of the Jersey City facility with six direct reports. In addition, Regional responsibility for the Chicopee facility with one direct reports (Plant manager).

P&L responsibility for two manufacturing plants in Jersey City, NJ and Chicopee, Ma.

Led cultural transformation in Safety focused on high employee engagement that resulted in an improvement of TCIR from over 3.00 to 0.68 after one year.

Achieve Budgeted EBITDA and Productivity improvements in 2015 and 2016.

Key role in the successful negotiation of two labor contracts (2015-2018).

Both plants are exceeded budgeted EBITDA and PY performance. Specifics in 2016 include:

o$250k productivity Improvement vs PY.

oOver $300k improvement in total materials cost savings (Paper Waste).

oBest in Class Safety Performance.

oTop 25% in Quality Performance as measured by spoilage $$.

RR Donnelley:

8/04-3/15: Manufacturing Manager

Daily operational leadership of four (24x7) manufacturing departments within a 1mm sq. ft. printing facility. Areas of direct leadership were the Catalog Offset Pressroom, Materials Department, Quality Department, and Electrical/Machinist Shop.

Six Direct Reports. Led four departments totaling 230 personnel.

Responsible for a $32MM cost budget supporting operations that consistently deliver best in class safety, quality and productivity performance.

Led daily print operations including Quality Assurance, Materials (Paper and Ink) purchase and plant electrical/electronic technicians.

Sustained attainment of Productivity, Quality, Safety, Spoilage and Cost Reduction targets.

Outstanding employee development and succession planning ensured stability through high turnover (retirements) period.

6/04-8/04: Customer Service Supervisor

Responsible for development and sustaining customer relationships. Supervisor responsible for maintaining positive and effective relationships with over 100 customers.

23 Direct Reports. Responsible for building and maintaining customer satisfaction and relationships.

Two months in assignment prior to promotion to Manufacturing Manager.

2/04-6/04: Continuous Improvement Supervisor

Responsible for the education and implementation of CI and 5S improvement efforts.

Facilitated a successful implementation of continuous improvement methodology throughout a department of 31 major machines (500 employees).

Gold certified two (2) lines. Line 160 was the first piece of equipment in the plant to achieve this milestone.

Built foundation for a 6.5% productivity improvement in 2004.

6/03-1/04: Bindery/Shipping Manager

Upgrade assignment during a maternity leave. Led the department through several operational improvements and transformed safety culture in just seven months!

Upgrade Assignment in outside division.

4 Direct Reports. Led a department of 107 personnel.

Introduced and led a renewed focus on safety, productivity and quality for the department:

o33% reduction in safety incidents. 60% Reduction in Lost Workday Cases. 85% Reduction in Day Away Cases.

o330 and 350 (2 of 5) achieve PVR Gold Certification

oZero rebinds due to quality errors.

4/99 – 6/03: Bindery Production Supervisor.

Line (shift) supervisor responsible for large department of 31 major machines. Provide leadership of safety, quality and production efforts.

Cover one shift in a department of 500 employees.

In addition to production responsibilities, responsible for continuous improvement efforts, departmental budgeting (2000-2003), and short term (30 day window) production scheduling.

10/97 – 4/99: Manufacturing Management Trainee.

Successfully completed accelerated assignments ranging from entry level (Material Handler), Craft Positions (Roll Tender, Asst Pressman and Pressman), Customer Service Representative and Pressroom Production Supervisor.

Military Experience: US Navy Lieutenant

2/97 – 10/97: Program Director, National Advertising Operations

Responsible for the creation and execution of US Navy’s recruitment advertising efforts cover Television, Print, Direct Response and Radio campaigns. 5 Direct Reports.

Successful development and execution of Navy’s “Let the Journey Begin” National Advertising Campaign.

Responsible for a $42MM in National advertising budget across Television, Radio, Magazine, Direct Response and Print media.

2/95 – 2/97 Program Advertising Manager, Enlisted and Officer Programs

Program manager responsible for the development and execution of US Navy’s advertising efforts targeted for Officer and enlisted lead generation.

10/94 – 2/95 Combat Systems Officer, USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)

7/93 - 10/94 Division Officer, USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13).

7/91 – 7/93 Division Officer, USS Wainwright (CG-28).

PC Skills – Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet applications.

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