Stuart E. Smith

ad3rvj@r.postjobfree.com

260-***-**** Decatur, IN 46733

www.linkedin.com/in/smithstuart

KEY SKILLS

• Passionate Servant Leader • Process Development • Coach/Mentor • Results Oriented

• Project Management • Accomplished Communicator • Environmental Compliance • Team Builder • Safety Compliance • Trainer • Collaborator • Behavior Based Safety • Process Development

• Customer Focused • OSHA 30 Hr. Certification • 40 hr. Hazwoper Certification • Incident Commander Certification • Lean Manufacturing • Homeland Security Training • Chemical Plant Background • Hands- on stakeholder • 29 CFR 1910 & 1926 background • Flexible Teammate

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sweetwater Sound, Fort Wayne, IN Feb. 2022 – Present

Corporate Environmental Health & Safety Manager

Orchestrated fire drills in the distribution center for the first time in 45 years.

Developed, wrote, implemented and trained all tenure and new employees on OSHA compliance programs covering Blood Borne Pathogens, Lockout/Tagout, Fire Extinguisher use, Exposure Control, Confined Space, PPE, and Hot Work Permit which resulted in a 25% reduction in turnover.

Compiled data and submitted all environmental annual reports regarding hazardous chemical storage and usage (SARA Title III) and our Minor Source Air Operating Permit.

Designed new hire safety training program and annual re-certification training resulting in a 20% reduction in injuries and 40% reduction in Worker’s Compensation claims.

Organized and implemented a safety steering committee.

Compiled and maintain all SDS books and provided compliance training.

Environmental health and safety auditing in compliance with EPA and OSHA requirements.

Led the Worker’s Compensation process with H.R. and our Broker utilizing monthly reviews to develop and implement proactive corrective actions.

JB Products, South Bend, IN 5/2021 - 2/2022

Sr. Operations Manager

Implemented lean principles to expand associate’s knowledge of various manufacturing processes, while increasing overall throughput and efficiencies by 20%.

Established environmental, health and safety audit process to provide awareness, corrective actions for 100% compliance.

Development of onboarding training program with specific work instructions (One Point Lesson) for all areas of manufacturing, resulting in a 30% reduction in turnover.

Subject Matter Expert on all Environmental Health and Safety compliance for the Corporation.

Servant Leader tasked with the development of assets and documentation of processes for overall legacy planning

Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing, Van Buren, IN 7/2019 – 10/2020

Plant Manager

●Full P&L responsibility with six direct reports covering over 200 employees.

●Expanded responsibilities from plant facilities to EH&S, engineering, maintenance, and MRO purchasing for entire campus.

●Improved inventory accuracy by 50% through the implementation of cycle counting, location zones and dedicated workforce.

●Optimized a multi-disciplined team of 14 to increase overall efficiencies by 40% and reduce downtime by 25%.

●Executed approximately 7 small, mid, and large capital projects to improve overall plant safety, efficiency, and downtime reduction.

D&W Fine Pack, Fort Wayne, IN 2017 – 2019

Corporate Environmental Health and Safety Manager 10/2018 – 2/2019

●Reduction in worker’s comp insurance premiums by $500k over previous year through the implementation of captive policy management.

●Introduced, implemented, and trained salary and hourly associates in Behavior Based Safety culture at 8 locations across the United States.

●Established environmental, health and safety audit process to provide awareness and corrective actions. Communicator with plant leadership on corrective actions associated with these activities.

Plant Manager 4/2017 – 10/2018

●Full P&L responsibility.

●Orchestrated a collaborative team to achieve SQF Level 2 certification and sustainability. Achieved 100% score on 2018 audit.

●Improved overall production efficiency by 30% in D&W’s largest manufacturing plant of polypropylene and polystyrene rigid containers for the food and grocery industry.

●Introduced specific lean manufacturing techniques to reduce scrap by 20%

●Reduced tooling changeover by 20% implementing SMED quick changeover techniques.

●Developed daily KPI dashboard and inventory tracker with plant controller that is used across all facilities.

Sonoco, Inc., Portland, IN 1/2016 – 4/2017

Plant Manager

●Full P&L responsibility

●Sustained a culture of safety excellence through daily employee interaction and facility wide inspections, which has contributed to 850,000 man-hours without a recordable accident.

●Orchestrated the implementation of continuous improvement projects to decrease operating costs by 15% and improve overall manufacturing efficiencies by 23%.

●Introduced 5S and warehouse zone location to increase inventory accuracy by 45% and increased on-time delivery by 28%.

●Executed 4 capital projects that provided 35% increase in throughput and 14% reduction in downtime. One of these was the implementation and debugging of Oracle software

Pretzels, Inc., Bluffton, IN 2013 – 2016

Plant Manager 7/2014 – 1/2016

●Full P&L responsibility.

●Streamlined operational infrastructure, including automated processes and efficiency gains that resulted in a 56% gain in EBITDA.

●Outsourced critical job classification driving 2 million in cost savings annually, leading to a cultural transformation with a sustainable growth model.

●Improved business unit in Pennsylvania to Level 3 SQF certification, opening the door to increased sales of $8M.

●Delivered shared direction of the company’s HAACP, SQF and executive management team whose main annual goal was to sustain SQF level 3 certification and best practices.

Corporate Engineering Manager 2/2013 – 7/2014

●Lead the initial design and final implementation of all company capital projects. Annual capital budget exceeds $2.5 million.

●Main contributor for $2M automation project, set to realize annualized savings of $1M. Delivered secondary automation project resulting in $250K annualized savings.

●Optimized all engineering, maintenance, and plant operations with regards to energy, production, facility improvements and all plant new construction and renovations.

Colwell Inc., Kendallville, IN 1996 – 2013 V.P. of Operations 1/2008 – 8/2012

Director of Engineering and EH&S 1/2002 – 1/2008

Corporate Engineering Manager 3/1996 – 1/2001

●Implemented a safety culture that engaged employees at all levels and reduced overall accidents by 10% and incidents by 25% utilizing a Behavior Based Culture.

●Generated $1M over projected gross margins with $5M less in sales from years 2009 through 2011 using lean manufacturing processes, while at the same time optimizing the workforce.

●Dedicated decision maker with the ability to control costs and impact the manufacturing process utilizing the talented workforce in a modified work schedule. Overall savings was $400,000 annualized.

●Achieved 100% compliance as company's EPA and OSHA director. Prepared and submitted all permit and annual reports both domestically and for our Canadian and European facilities.

●Designed, tested, and implemented a work center that introduced into the paint market a product called “Test Pots”. This new product line generated $15M in sales with a 55% gross margin.

●Orchestrated all engineering, maintenance, and plant operations with regards to energy, grounds, facility improvements and plant new construction and renovations. Plant lighting project provided $200,000 in annual savings, while providing color rendering standards throughout the facility.

●Achieved the consolidation of 4 facilities into 1 in 5 months and $400K under budget.

●Project manager on 20,000 sq. ft. C1/D1 expansion and associated production equipment. Project completed 2 months ahead of schedule and on budget (Total Project cost was $7MM).

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineer: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

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