Paul R. Nolan

Phone: 336-***-**** Email: ad14dj@r.postjobfree.com

Manufacturing Executive

Strong diversified background in Production, Quality, Engineering and Maintenance assignments. Excellent people skills and communications ability. Exemplary ability to hold people accountable and deliver results. Qualifications include an MBA degree in Finance, Six Sigma certification, hands-on Lean Transformation experience in large, complex manufacturing facilities. Leadership skills that include strategic vision and tactical execution that can inspire the team and lead your organization in the direction you want to go. Persistent and tenacious follow up to see the job through to completion.

Employment History

SwatchWorks, Inc. Asheboro, NC April 2018 - Present

Owner Consulting

Working with new owner on all aspects of running the company.

MCNS Covington, GA March 2017-March 2018

Manufacturing Plant Director (contract)

Korean Chemical start up company needed leadership in all aspects.

Doubled capacity in first four months while increasing first time quality from 20% to 97%.

Landed two new major customers - Tricon and AO Smith.

Fieldturf Calhoun, GA January 2015 –September 2016

Vice President of Manufacturing

Received President’s “Make a Difference Award”.

Dramatic turnaround in Operations in Safety, Quality and Productivity.

Plant Manager August 2014 – January 2015

Manufacture over 70M sq. ft. of top end Sports Fields and Landscape products for Global customers generating $200M revenue with 250 EE’s.

Improved efficiency 25% in first 6 months while improving quality 10%.

Instituted immediate safety improvements and housekeeping standards.

Turned around cost performance from unfavorable to favorable in first month and beat objectives every month.

Electrolux St. Cloud, MN/Memphis, TN

Plant Management (contract) October 2013 – July 2014

St. Cloud - Major product launch – expedited tooling and part readiness.

Memphis - New Start-up facility in 2013 making high-end appliances.

Advised Plant Management on strategic and tactical approaches to ramp up production and integrate operations from Canada.

Improved Stamping Press room OEE and change over times.

Penco Hamilton, NC

Plant Manager (contract) November 2012 – October 2013

Metal fabrication facility manufacturing three diverse company products at three manufacturing locations - Custom Lockers and Racks, Custom designed Structural Steel products and Aluminum Bleacher products.

Full P & L responsibility, Design and Manufacturing plus Sales Interaction.

CNC machining, press stamping, roll forming, welding, painting, packing, assembly and shipping operations.

Position reports directly to the Company President and works closely with Customers and Suppliers.

Goodyear Danville, VA

Plant Operations Manager March 2006 – November 2012

Directly managed 50 salaried and 1000 hourly producing over 10,000 tires per day in a fast-paced 24/7 manufacturing environment.

Diversified Commercial Tires for Trucking and Specialty Applications.

FAA approved Aircraft tires for Military and Commercial applications.

Improvements made in Safety, Quality, Productivity and Housekeeping through operator involvement and process improvements.

Improved year over year ticket attainment by over 10%.

Managed USW strike maintaining 30% output with salaried and temps.

Ford Minneapolis, MN

Manufacturing Planning Manager September 2004 – February 2006

Responsible for building, grounds and maintenance at plant site of 148 acres and over 2.1 million square feet of building.

Responsible for hydro-electric facility that generates enough power for a city of 75,000 people. Hydro facility generates over 400,000 KWH per day, more than enough power for the assembly plant – excess energy is sold.

Responsible for the Powerhouse which generates steam and compressed air for the entire plant as well as the Waste Water Treatment plant.

Responsible for all Environmental aspects of the assembly plant including city, state and federal regulation compliance.

Responsible for the plant Computer Integrated Manufacturing that includes all hardware, software, and networks in the building.

Implemented Total Preventative Maintenance Teams throughout plant including 5s, visual factory, and material organization.

Generated over $1 million annual savings in personnel in reorganization efforts in both salaried and hourly staffing.

Generated over 20% savings in Fuel and Utilities savings and coordinated plant wide efforts for Preventative Maintenance and Manufacturing Engineering including ISO 14,000 certification.

Final Area Manager May 2000- September 2004

Directly managed 40 salaried and 1000 hourly producing Ford Ranger Pick Up Trucks in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Implemented Lean Manufacturing including hourly driven work groups, synchronous material flow, error proofing and visual factory.

Achieved year over year cost improvements of $5million and received #1 efficiency ranking of all North American plants in Harbour Report.

Improvements of 28% in inventory and 3.5% in energy savings.

Achieved double-digit improvements in quality indicators: 11% of things that went wrong, 14% in warranty repairs and 21% in warranty cost per unit.

Accomplished safety and ergonomic improvements of 18% in lost time cases and 70% in severity rates.

Launched significantly redesigned product with an inexperienced and diverse workforce.

Ford Vehicle Operations Dearborn, MI

Manager-Business Plan Implementation January 1998 – May 2000

Coordinated Global Study that compares and benchmarks labor best practices in over 160 different areas of assembly as well as quality control and material handling.

Managed training, data development, comparison and action plans from participants from more than 30 plants across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America, and Europe.

Oversight included development of a web-based system to control the data, plans and reports.

Business Plans generated from this Study produced savings of $80 million in 1998 and savings of $70 million in 1999.

Ford Edison, NJ

Quality Manager January 1997 – January 1998

Managed total plant quality output for the Ford Ranger and Mazda pickup truck production.

Implemented innovative systems to control and improve quality including Launch Sampling Plan, Variability Reduction Teams and Intensified Customer Concern Definition Program.

Quality performance resulted in double-digit year over year improvements in both warranty and JD Powers indicators and plant certification in both QS-9000 and ISO 9000 standards.

Off Shift Manager March 1995 – January 1997

Responsible for total plant production, quality, cost and safety on the #3 shift of a 1.5 million square foot factory with 1,400 hourly and 150 salaried employees producing 128,000 vehicles per year.

Manufacturing Engineering Manager November 1993 – March 1995

Responsible for industrial and process engineering activities in Final Assembly including facility, tooling and manpower planning.

Ford Kansas City

Superintendent Chassis Department July 1992 – November 1993

Supervisor Production Engineering May 1991 – July 1992

Industrial Engineer May 1990 – May 1991

Educational Background:

MBA – Finance University of Missouri 1990

Training Background:

Lean Manufacturing Learning Organization

6 Sigma Greenbelt 6 Sigma Blackbelt Project Champion

Consumer Insight Experience Dale Carnegie

Statistical Process Control DMAIC

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