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Project Manager Plant

Location:
Tennessee
Salary:
90000
Posted:
January 22, 2024

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Mark Sandwick

815-***-****

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Clarksville, TN 37040

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Mark Sandwick

Experience

Nashville Wire, Nashville, TN 2/2020 – Present

Supervisor

Schedule, manage and coach staff

Process improvement, management of operations

Train new hires and current employees

Hands-on Supervisor, self-taught, skilled in all machine operations

Troubleshoot and repair equipment

American Aluminum Extrusions, Roscoe, IL

Superintendent 5/2015 - 12/2017

Managed 300K sf facility, scheduling, inventory, production in the aluminum extrusion business.

Took on additional role as Shipping Receiving Manager.

Inventory Specialist

KHC-Dudek & Bock (Spring Manufacturing Co.), Woodstock, IL

Plant Manager 8/2012 - 6/2014

(Automotive Steel Components)

Hired to improve morale, premium freight, and cost of quality at this plant. Achieved goals within 9 months.

Responsible for managing and troubleshooting all manufacturing operations.

Supervised, scheduled, coached and managed 40 staff.

Reduced premium freight from $10,000 per month to $150.

Achieved 98% on-time delivery.

Cut overtime 90%.

Reduced Cost of Quality by 70%.

Reduced Scrap by 68%.

Reduced and streamlined inventory by managing material and process flow.

Plant owner cancelled previous expansion plan in 2014.

The UPS Store, Belvidere, IL

Owner & Manager 5/2005 - 10/2013

(United Parcel Service Shipping Services)

Responsible for all retail franchise functions (sales, marketing, advertising, staffing, purchasing, inventory control, workplace safety, bookkeeping, packing, shipping, printing, laminating, Notary Public, customer service).

Demonstrated ability to upsell additional products and services.

Extensive experience in graphics layout and printing.

Terry Land Development, Ft. Campbell, KY

Project Manager 2000 – 2005

Responsible for all ground maintenance operations at Fort Campbell, including scheduling tractors, mowers, weed eaters, and quality inspections.

Recruited, interviewed, hired, trained and managed up to 50 crew and subcontractors.

Successfully reduced operating costs by investing in efficient equipment.

Originally hired as Manual Laborer; promoted to Project Manager within two weeks.

Midwest Lumber, Cadiz, KY

Warehouse Manager 1999 - 2000

(Kiln-Dried Hardwood Lumber Warehouse, 50,000 sq. ft. facility)

Implemented improved inventory process through Excel spreadsheets, resulting in 50% reduction in labor costs.

Responsible for shipping/receiving, inventory control.

Maintained real-time/on-line inventory information via home office.

Chelsea Industries, Cadiz, KY

Plant Manager 1997 – 1999

(Automotive Steel Components, 50,000 sq. ft. facility)

Steel wire forming and welding for the automotive industry.

Selected to turn around this plant which was losing $20,000 per month due to substandard maintenance and production planning. Successfully returned operation to profitability within 12 months.

Responsible for managing all manufacturing operations.

Wrote and implemented QS-9000 quality policy and procedures per automotive industry standards.

Troubleshot equipment and processes, including Allen Bradley PLC single head resistance welding and Motoman shuttle robotics.

Analyzed time study and efficiency capability for all equipment and processes.

Chairman of the Continuous Improvement Committee.

Quality control for purchased, in-process and finished goods.

Warehouse and inventory control, purchasing including price negotiations.

Plant layout and organization.

Specific job structure and routings.

Customer service and relations.

Recruited, interviewed, hired, trained and managed up to 50 staff.

Maintained low staff turnover through effective motivational management.

Skilled in resolving customer service issues and finding “Win-Win” solutions.

Chelsea Industries, Chelsea, MI

Lead Manufacturing Foreman 1994 - 1997

(Automotive Steel Components, 250,000 sq. ft. facility)

Managed all manufacturing operations.

Troubleshot equipment and processes.

Scheduled jobs and manpower.

Chairman of the Safety Committee.

QS/ISO 9000 internal auditor.

Tracked attendance and conducted team member performance reviews.

Plant layouts, quality control, warehouse and inventory control, shipping and receiving.

Recruited, interviewed, hired, trained and managed up to 150 staff.

Illbruck USA, Minneapolis, MN and Howell, MI

Production Advisor and Supervisor 1989 – 1994

(Foam Fabrication and Lamination, 150,000 and 100,000 sq. ft. facilities)

Hired to implement plant layout, training, and all operations at new Howell, MI plant.

Achieved full production within three months.

Responsible for scheduling, quality control, supervision, employee reviews, warehouse inventory and organization, and continuous improvement.

Troubleshooting, CNC machine programming, and job process layout.

Received over 20 “Process Improvement Suggestion Awards” over two year period.

Excellent performance evaluations.

Education and Credentials

2013 TS16949 Internal Auditor Recertification

American Employers Association Seminars:

Principles and Practices of Supervision

Absenteeism Training

Employee Problems and Solutions

Ford Motor Company:

TOPS Training (Team-Oriented Problem Solving)

Time Study and Efficiency Specialist

SPC Certification Training

Lansing Community College:

Advanced Supervision and Management II

Pecos River Training Services:

Driving the Fear Out of the Workplace (Self-Directed Team Training)

Sunny Gillette Training Services:

R.I.S.K.I.N.G. Training Seminar (Coaching, Mentoring & Team Training)

Michigan OSHA:

Safety Administration Course

First Aid & CPR

Hazardous Waste Training

Illinois OSHA:

Training 2013

Certified Forklift Operator (14 Years)

Other Training:

QS/ISO 9000 Internal Auditor training and certification, Product Process Flow training, SPC (Statistical Process and Control training), Inventory Control Specialist

Purchasing, Shipping and Receiving, Quality Control

Resistance Welding training with Allen Bradley, Seimans & Motoman Robotics

GED – Ellison High School, Killeen, TX – 1983

Computer skills include Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)



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