Frederick (Mike) Gilbert

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Woodburn, Kentucky 42170

Phone: 270-***-****

Education: BS Human Resource Management, MS Organizational Communications

Highly motivated Manufacturing/Human Resource leader with over 20 years of experience leading plants for highly respected organizations; Hands on teacher, Trainer who identifies core group and builds strong teams around them; Seeking opportunities aligned with these same objectives; Strengths include Operational Strategic Planning and Execution, Lean Deployment with Sensible Objectives, Establishing Realistic, Stretch KPIs to maximize operational objectives, Strong team building skills rooted in accountability and recognition of team member contributions.

Employment History:

4/2012 to 8/30/2019 S.R. Smith Portland, Tennessee

Position: Plant Manager

Accomplishments:

Participated with senior management in the establishment of KPIs for facility and led team in meeting all established goals for each of seven years

2018 EBITDA 18.2%

Championed (5) key KAIZEN events which improved productivity in areas targeted by an average of 20.0%

Led delivery of over 300% sales growth in key product line while maintaining budgeted goals in each year

5/2010 to 2/2012 Armstrong World Industries Warren. Arkansas

Position: Plant Manager

Accomplishments:

Educated and led leadership team and team members in implementation of Lean Transformation in supporting divisional overall strategy.

Established 5S in all manufacturing departments

Championed (9) Lean events in the manufacturing areas to eliminate waste, and improve productivity, quality, safety and cost; Facilitated two events.

Installed War Room for display performance data for daily review and countermeasures.

Established parameters for daily war room reviews and GEMBA walks

Improved operating cost by $1.75 million annually

5/2006 to 5/2010 Armstrong World Industries Oneida, Tennessee

Position: Plant Manager

Accomplishments: Summary: Assigned to turn around worst performing plant in hardwood division. Recordable injury rate and cost, low lumber yield, absenteeism, product quality, labor relations)

Reduced OSHA recordable rate from 3.5 to 0.63 and cost from $0.44/hours worked to $0.03/hours worked

Made necessary staffing changes in leadership team to get total buy in on safety performance; Established detailed process to identify and eliminate hazards in equipment and processes; Established and executed strict guidance for handling unsafe acts and behaviors; Achieved buy in from labor union on process.

Led installation of $2.0 million capital lumber ripping line to support yield improvement.

Improved lumber yield from 44% to 63%.

Met established KPIs for each year responsibility

4/2004 to 5/2006 Armstrong World Industries Nashville Tn, and Dickson Tn.

Position: Plant Manager Nashville/Distribution Center Manager Dickson

Accomplishments:

Improved lumber yield from 51% to 59.0%

Reduced OSHA recordable rate from 2.7 to 0.83

Reduce overall turnover rate from 14.5% to under 5.0%

Trained plant supervisory team in principles of supervision

Led product quality improvements by making improvements in lumber drying and milling operations.

Key member of negotiations team in securing new contractor with labor union.

Met established KPIs for the facilities

12/20/2001 to 5/15/2005 Armstrong World Industries Nashville, Tennessee

Position: Human Resource/Safety Manager

Accomplishments:

Established daily Safety GEMBA walks with leadership team

Implemented Safety JSA process on all jobs

Led project to improve machine guarding on all equipment to eliminate reaching around, over under and through guarding; Reduced OSHA incident rate to under 1.0.

Supervised (2) HR assistants in hiring, orientations and payroll

Leading Role in negotiation of new labor agreement

Developed and delivered supervisory training modules including: Root Cause Analysis, Improving Supervisory Skills, Conflict Management, Safety Leadership, Documentation Skills, Team Member Development

Process Working Knowledge: Metal stamping and associated tooling, Tool maintenance & repair, Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Die Casting, Electro-Mechanical Assembly, Welding, Paint (powder and wet systems) Wood processing, Maintenance of equipment & facilities, quality systems, budgeting, lean tools, maintenance equipment & facilities, training design and administration, KPI development, recruiting hourly and salaried, safety focus, Engineering (process and product) strategic planning and execution. Establishing and Administering Operational Budgets

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