815-***-**** Ed D. Singleton **** N **** East Rd.

ad3lnq@r.postjobfree.com Watseka, IL 60970

Top-tier results-oriented executive with broad-based expertise in leadership and change management, strategic planning, and process improvement. Promoted in recognition of innovative solutions and operational excellence, focusing on turnaround and growth conditions within competitive markets. Skilled in masterminding profitability solutions and employing execution skills to deliver maximum results. Career Achievements

3-2023 to Present Operations Manager, Rea Magnetic Wire

Coached and mentored four supervisors for 24/7 plant operations.

Established daily checklist for shift operations.

Implemented daily audit for quality and safety.

Audited daily housekeeping checklists.

11-2020 to 2-2023 Plant Manager, AAF Flanders

Recruited to run the Momence production facility and Kankakee warehouse.

Over 200 hourly employees and 6 direct reports.

Safety: First ever zero recordable year in 2021.

Focused on rebuilding team and culture change.

10-2005 to 11-2020 Director of Manufacturing/Plant Manager, Atlas Die

Recruited to run operations at Glendale Heights plant. Was worst production plant for Atlas in 2005. In 2010 was number one production plant, which won the excellence award from the corporation.

Experienced in: QRM, Lean, Continuous Improvement, Cross Training, Team Building, Problem Solving

Plant lost $162,133 in 2005 and made $1,012,285 in 2012

Have one recordable accident in 7+ years and working on our second 4-year stint without a recordable accident.

Successfully completed “How to Training course Implement QRM” and a 10-hour OSHA and Health in August 2011. 9-2002 to 10-2005 Plant Manager, Temple-Inland Northlake

Recruited to run operations at Northlake plant, which was the fifth worst production plant for Temple-Inland and placed on the corporation’s closure list. Built and developed leadership team. Designed and implemented standards for quality, service, safety, and production. Moved plant off closure list and generated new business. Received award for turnaround.

Managed all aspects of the daily 100+ P.A.C.E. unionized plant. Responsibilities included national and local sales, capital investments, and daily production.

Plant lost for all three over $1,000,000 in 2002, and in 2005 losses were less than $100,000. Zero recordable incidents 3 years. 11-2000 to 8-2002 Plant Manager, Tool Steel Service

Built and trained a supervisory team. Plant had forty hourly employees on three shifts.

Implemented programs from the ground up on attendance, safety, and quality. 8-1999 to 11-2000 Plant Manager, Smurfit-Stone Container

Cut maintenance costs by 40%. Zero recordable incidents for the year.

Streamlined production line to produce customer orders in less than 18 hours from the previous 72 hours.

Went from losing $4,000,000 to $700,000 in less than fifteen months. 7-1998 to 8-1999 General Manager, Pratt Industries

Hired as Sales Manager of corrugated sheets for Chicagoland area. Improved sheet sales from 5% to 11% of total sales in two months in the South Holland corrugated box plant.

Promoted to General Manager of North Kansas City Plant (sheet feeder) in November of 1998.

In charge of overseeing sixty non-union employees. Improved profit and loss statement by 50%. 8-1979 to 6-1998 Plant Manager, Stone Container Corporation

Achieved Plant Manager in 1992. Increased profits steadily over six years. Profits were $2,500,000 in 1992 and $7,700,000 when

Passed all plant inspections from American Institute of Baking and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Trained employees for other plants. Supervised sixty non-union employees. 2

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