Plant Manager Civil Engineering MBA

BRIAN EVANS

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Collierville, TN ***17

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EDUCATION

MBA, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana – 2004 (GPA 3.92)

Final Thesis/ Project – study of US Injection Mold IML market as compared to European market and opportunity to capture this market

BS, Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA – 1990

Distinguished Military Graduate, 1990

EXPERIENCE

CCL INDUSTRIES, INC., Toronto, Canada September 2008 – February 2020

The world’s largest converter of pressure sensitive and specialty extruded film materials for a wide range of decorative, instructional, functional and security applications for government institutions and large global customers in the consumer packaging, healthcare & chemicals, consumer electronic device and automotive markets. CCL employs approximately 20,000 people operating 168 production facilities in 40 countries with corporate offices in Toronto, Canada, and Framingham, Massachusetts.

General Manager – CCL Label, Collierville, TN October 2011 – February 2020

P&L responsibility for site

Developed digital print technologies for Lawn/Garden markets

oFirst use of HP 8000 in the US

oFirst use of HP technology (7250) for printing short-run booklets for Lawn/Garden ECL market

Recognized for outstanding Plant Safety in 2016 (one of 2 plants worldwide, out of 150)

Grew sales to $65MM

Successfully negotiated contract extensions for (8) top 15 accounts without loss of margin through use of continuous improvement tools

3 consecutive years of record OI for individual operating unit

Improved Operating Margin by 80% during tenure

Maintained negative working capital during entire tenure

Awarded Customer Service of the year for 2012 (out of 70+ facilities)

Maintained returns/ allowances below 0.2% of sales during tenure. Best in Class

Reduced total cycle time by 16% through front end process improvement

Achieved and maintained an on-time delivery performance of greater than 98%

Maintained employee retention above 97%

Championed Lean Manufacturing techniques in site-

o6S

oValue Stream mapping

oShop Floor Data Collection

oVisual Factory

oUse of Kaizen events for setup reduction/ shortage elimination

Managing Director – CCL-Korsini, Collierville, TN July 2015 – September 2018

Initially a joint venture between CCL Label and Turkey based Korsini-SAF to serve the North American IML market from a focused, state-of-the-art plant located near Memphis, TN. The business is now 100% owned by CCL Label.

P&L responsibility for site including a $20M budget

Managed construction of greenfield site and installation of equipment ($15MM Capex)

Executed successful launch of new plant (July 2017)

New market for CCL (IML) using UV Offset printing, and proprietary die-cutting and finishing equipment

Manufacturing Manager / Plant Manager – CCL Label, Collierville, TN Sept. 2008 – Oct. 2011

Plant Manager of $50MM + converting facility

oMarkets served included:

Agricultural / Chemical (ECL)

Personal Care

Pharmaceutical

Specialty package closure

Oversaw period of 21% growth to record revenue and OI

Awarded Plant of the Year by CCL for 2009 (out of 60 plants)

Developed new products in support of the Specialty Group Objectives

Responsible for day to day operations of facility that provides the largest amount of OI to corporation of all 56 facilities worldwide

26% growth in revenue/ employee during tenure

Accountable for all print operations (Offset, Bindery, UV flexo, UV screen, Rotatry Letterpress, Digital), prepress, maintenance, scheduling, shipping, receiving, warehousing, and quality reporting directly to Group Vice President

Responsible for Capital Budget and all capital expenditures for facility including ROI, IRR and payback calculations

Responsible for specifying and selecting all prepress and converting equipment purchases

CUSTOM PRINTED PRODUCTS, Bossier City, LA August 1995 – September 2008

Privately held, $17M manufacturer of labels and flexible packaging with facilities in Bossier City, LA and Edinburg, VA.

Vice President / General Manager, Bossier City, LA/ Edinburgh, VA

P&L responsibility for 2 plants

Developed best practices for the production of

oTop-laminated juice labels

oIML labels (blow mold and injection mold)

oFlexible packaging materials (PPFP, liquid pouch, confection wraps)

oCut and stack C1S labels

oPrime labels

Personally handled national accounts such as P&G and Dow Chemical

Increased revenue/employee by 11% during tenure

Orchestrated successful turnaround of both sites after buyout of original owner in 2004

Oversaw most profitable year in 35-year company history during last year of tenure

During 13-year tenure, responsibility grew from Plant Manager to General Manager to Vice President of enterprise

Responsible for criteria used in CAPEX decisions

OMNI SERVICES, Culpepper, VA April 1993 – August 1995

$300M uniform rental company with 90,000 customers in over 30 states.

Assistant Plant Manager, Culpeper, VA & Rock Hill, SC

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, Fort Polk, LA August 1990 – April 1993

U.S. federal agency under the Department of Defense and a major Army command made up of some 37,000 civilian and military personnel, making it one of the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agencies.

Officer

Honor Graduate – US Army Ranger School

Deployed to Honduras in support of Operation Fuertes Caminos (1991)

Led transition as first battalion in the US Army to move to battalion-based maintenance and logistics support under ERI initiative

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