Plant Manager Location

KEN WILSON

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Dynamic, outgoing and accomplished supply chain manager with extensive experience planning and integrating business strategies that maximize asset utilization and minimize expenses. Demonstrated ability to oversee all aspects of project management including financial, transportation, health, and safety. Expertise in managing Lean projects. Personable and effective at relationships with all stakeholders and collaborate internally and externally to achieve project objectives.

Areas of Expertise

3rd Party Logistics (3PL)

Leadership

Lean Projects

Supervising & Training

Performance Metrics

Operations Management

Relationship Management

Supply Chain & Logistics

Strategic Planning

Inventory Control

IT Optimization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NEXEOPLASTICS, LLC (FORMERLY NEXEOSOLUTIONS / ASHLAND DISTRIBUTION) 2017 PRESENT

PROJECT MANAGER – NORTH AMERICA

Manage 3PL teams throughout North America

Solve distribution bottlenecks through creative ideas within and outside organization.

Establish 3PL distribution points including warehouse and rail sites.

Facilitate product flow nationally and negotiate agreements.

Support supply chain and logistics transformation activities.

Select and implement technology to improve commercial and operational efficiencies.

Play a key role in successful delivery of several Lean projects in the areas of documentation, packaging, production and customer focus.

PLANT MANAGER - Montgomery & Franklin Park, Illinois 2005-2017

Oversaw all aspects of day-to-day operations.

Supervised 16 direct reports and a company owned fleet with multimodal capabilities which generate 200M pounds of plastic throughput annually with revenues of $100M and an expense budget of $5M.

Maintained positive employee relations at three non-union facilities.

Increased income from $2M (2005) to $6M (2012).

Developed strategies with regional leadership team that increased operating income by 20% over three years.

Implemented standardized Cycle Count Metrics resulting in inventory accuracy of 99.6% on $14M inventory.

Implemented Zero Incident Safety Culture delivering a 60% reduction in recordable injuries over three years and a recordable rate of <1.0 for the first time in company history.

Led Quality Management Systems (ISO9001/ RC14001, CGMP) and all state/federal regulatory and compliance functions (OSHA, EPA, DOT, and DHS)

Spearheaded multiple SAP implementation projects both domestically and abroad as SAP subject matter expert and served as team leader for both Paris and Singapore implementations.

Served as Regional and Corporate ISO 9002 Auditor and Internal Auditor to ensure compliance of three plants.

Honored with Chairman’s Award for Customer Focus and nominated for Chairman’s Award for two consecutive years.

AIRGAS, INC. - Aurora & West Chicago, Illinois 1996 - 2005

HARD GOODS MANAGER & ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER

Led warehouse operations in support of retail functions while training staff across 17 locations.

Developed and implemented site layout and warehouse operating procedures.

Mentored and supervised 30 member staff to achieve outstanding performance.

Streamlined delivery cycle between warehouses, retail stores, and vendors.

Established U.S. stocking location, working in tandem with Chilean subsidiary to import wire shipments.

Served as subject matter expert for national SAP warehouse management system.

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