CHRISTOPHER POWELL

Canton, Ohio ***** 330-***-**** adl9u7@r.postjobfree.com

MANUFACTURING, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT & QUALITY PROFESSIONAL

Large scale operations management of 250 employees

Operational budget ownership in excess of $400M

Kaizen facilitation & Six Sigma/statistical analysis

Safety, enhancement & Risk Mitigation

Cost benefit analysis & CAPEX substantiation

Teaching, mentoring & developing talent

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HELIOS COATINGS INC - Canton, Ohio 7/2019 – 2/2020

Quality Manager

Accountable for the 65-person operation in terms of quality and performance including three direct reports.

Standardized a 6s layout with components running through the UV, PVD, two coating lines and the FreiLacke coating area.

Completely reassessed/rewrote the controlled document database to prepare for two and day audit in November.

Helped to change and optimize the operations in the UV and FreiLacke areas to help minimize quality losses.

Assisted in the research and facilitation of training of the hourly workforce in clean room methods and apparel (class 100,000)

Helped assess the Arconic coating line and assisted in defining root causes & countermeasures for issues.

L & W ENGINEERING – Avon Lake, Ohio 7/2017 – 9/2017

Manufacturing Supervisor

Responsible for 40 to 50 direct reports to manufacture stamped parts and assemblies.

Facilitated the production of eight stamping machines in conjunction with the finishing of the stamped parts into assemblies.

VENTRA PLASTICS – Sandusky, Ohio 3/2017 – 5/2017

Manufacturing Supervisor

Responsible for 200 indirect reports and 15 direct reports to manufacture automotive parts and assemblies.

Facilitated the production of 80 injection molding machines, 20 various types of chrome plating equipment of plastic profiles, and two paint lines.

IAC CORPORATION – Huron, Ohio 8/2016 – 1/2017

Continuous Improvement Specialist

Responsible for driving 450 hourly and 50 salary direct reports in the Six Sigma and Lean Methodologies to drive down cost of the operation. Total estimated savings of approximately $600K over 6 months.

Identified $100K in hard savings from process improvements off of the paint line in scrap reduction.

Identified $500K in hard savings from process improvements from labor utilization and cell layout optimization.

Facilitated Kaizen work groups for Ford VN127 productivity increase and labor/shift reductions for GM subcomponents.

Evaluated, trained and audited IAC Production Systems and recommended action items for product improvement.

Created training materials and trained operations management on Manufacturing Execution System (ShopLogix) transition.

NLMK PENNSYLVANIA – Farrell, Pennsylvania 6/2014 – 11/2015

Optimization Engineer

Responsible for helping 700 hourly and 100 salary reports in two sites (Farrell, PA and Portage, IN) using Lean and Six Sigma Methodologies to drive down cost of the operation. Total estimated savings of approximately $3.5M over 1.5 years.

Identified $650K in yield savings from process improvements off the Temper Mills.

Led 14 A3 projects that accounted for $15M in savings potential based on True North calculations.

Trained salary and hourly staff on 6S, the System for Efficiency Improvement (SEI), NLMK Production Systems.

Statistically substantiated yield savings for slab length increases that accounted for $750K in additional contribution margin.

Led A3 efforts on catastrophic failures that impacted the Working Ratio of the business including: Slew Bearing failures, Refractory failures and Cobble Reduction efforts.

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VALLOUREC STAR – Youngstown, Ohio 2008 – 2013

General Supervisor, Pipe Mill Operations (1/2011 – 10/2013)

Directly led 125 to 200 indirect reports and 25 to 30 direct reports while running the Pipe Mill for Vallourec as the General Supervisor of Operations. The included two daylight supervisor, eight team leaders, twelve assistant team leaders and four rolling mill coordinators. Total estimated savings of approximately $16M over 3 years.

Responsible for budget in excess of $400M per year including yield, labor and consumables.

Successfully led the team to three consecutive years of sales in excess of $1B via quality and overall production.

Helped to realize a plan a plan over three years to cut the average cycle to 20 days instead of 32 days to improve customer lead time.

Successfully managed quality losses from 6% of total production to 4% of total production with a net value of $4M per year.

Successfully trained 65 employees with no safety or quality incidents for the seamless FQM pipe mill in Youngstown.

Devised and delivered a savings plan to deliver another $1.5M in yield savings actively monitoring all yield impact to the production flow with an emphasis on nominal wall losses.

Reduced total recordable injuries from six in 2011 to one in 2013.

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (8/2008 – 1/2011)

Role included training and facilitation in the Youngstown, Ohio Melt Shop and End Finishing (350 people) along with the Finished Pipe Site in Houston, Texas (200 people). Total estimated savings of approximately $10M over 2.5 years.

Responsible for estimated total savings increase from $800K to $10.2M annually.

Played a key role in obtaining $700K for fall protection equipment for the hourly and contracted workforce.

Evaluated and assisted Continuous Improvement program to which grew from 20 teams to 50 teams.

Responsible for training, facilitating and mentoring team members as they move through the DMAIC process.

Assisted in all primary indicator validations diagnosing statistically significant trends once processes were optimize.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLATICS

Manufacturing Supervisor, Manufacturing Manager Extrusion & Six Sigma Black Belt

BEN VENUE LABORATORIES

Pharmaceutical Chemist & Formulations Supervisor

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA) & Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio

Magna Cum Laude

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt through Breakthrough Management Group, March 2006

Lean Certified through Toyota Engineering Corporation, January 2015

Lead Auditor Training with AIAG IATF 16949:2016 Supplier Auditor Certification in October 2019

TEACHING, TRAINING & AWARDS

Adjunct Professor of Statistics at Walsh University, 2006 – 2011

SAP, Oracle, QAD, Minitab, Crystal Ball Software and Demand Solutions knowledge & experience

2019 Edgar J. Helms Outstanding Achiever Award through Goodwill Industries, received 3/12/2020

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