Plant Manager Sleepy Eye

Paul Smyth

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Henderson, NV 89002

Professional Profile

Dynamic operations and sales manager who brings a contemporary style developing high performance work teams. Success in both small to fortune 500 organizations with foundations in engineering, manufacturing, sales, and integrated supply chain. Profit-based results and excellent working knowledge in the following key areas:

P & L multi-site, budgets and forecasts

ISO, QMS, TQM and SPC

CIP and Lean Manufacturing

Project Management (CEs, IS, ERPs)

Kaizen and Change Agent

OSHA, EPA, and EEOC

Employee Relations and Diversity

Business Sales/Marketing

Development

Employment History

Arsenal Inc.

Director of Manufacturing Las Vegas, NV 2021-

Direct all operations aspects of the AK family of firearms in the US. This includes engineering CNC programming, CNC, manual machining, assembly, ship/rec, Warehouse, quality, facilities. Approximately 30 FTEs.

Highly regulated by the ATF

Established operational performance metrics and subsequent positive results.

Lead implementation o Microsoft’s ERP, Business Central. ITI Western USA, LLC

Western Operations Manager Las Vegas, NV 2017-2019

Successfully charged with a small manufacturing operations serving the entire operations west of the Mississippi River.

Established LLC started operations in Las Vegas from various potential Western city sites.

MEl Mankato, MN 2006 – 2017

Part of a turnaround team (2007 turnaround company of the year (MN)

NE Sales/Operations Manager East Norriton, PA 2013 - 2017

Greenfield start up of operations and sales on the East Coast ($3-5 Mil.)

Product Support Manager Mankato, MN

Quality (QMS, ISO, Root Cause and external negotiations)

Part Sales ($2.5 mil increased revenue)

Director of Supply Chain 2007-2012

Global supply transformation for a custom manufacturer and marketer of passenger and freight elevators.

Cost savings of $1.2 million annually

Lean Team

ISO9000 compliance 4.0 on 4.0 scale

Product Development and Design Team

Product Catalog Team

Leeds, Green

Made in USA Initiatives, brought all sourcing domestically and locally

Balanced Scorecard Business Modeling

Traction Product Line Manager 2006-2007

Company restructure to product focused teams

Business model of value add growth and profits

Doubled sales of power units and complete traction packages by +83% Norwood Promotional Products (Bic) Sleepy Eye, MN 2003-2005

Director of Supply Chain

Complete responsibility for a totally integrated supply chain group with 50 employees for a $90 Million calendar manufacturer. Managed logistics model for Canadian distribution and domestic finished goods inventory. Negotiated long-term contracts in excess of $25 Million, including RFQ and RFP process. Defined product engineering specifications.

Orchestrated supply chain transformation, annual cost savings of $2.5 Million.

Directed start up of distribution and fulfillment process subsequently automating these operations. Results included: reduced shifts from two to one, streamlining operations, and redeploying headcount.

Guided supply chain assets of two plant consolidations and a $6 Million major account into Sleepy Eye resulted in increase of EBIDTA of $4.0 million.

Initiated strategic global sourcing of raw material and logistics from Asia, reducing costs by approximately $400,000.

Defined strategic business model for price, service, and quality, allowing department heads in production control, purchasing, warehouse, and distribution to make more accurate and timely decisions.

Integrated vendor management into internal kanban and external JIT inventory process. This improved cash flow management, lowered stock-outs, decreased production cycle times, and created a pull / demand flow process.

Executed supplier performance rating process and internal customer satisfaction survey, creating a tactical focus for department heads. Merrill Corporation, St. Cloud, MN 2002-2003

Plant Manager

Responsible for print operations with $35 Million in revenue and 140 employees, 24 x 7. National Business Systems, Eagan, MN 2000-2001

Director of Operations

Responsible for $12 Million multi-site data management and direct mail group with accountability for 150 employees, one service and two data capture sites. Prior to 1999, positions in Management, Supervision, Engineering and Accounting with several companies including Experian / Metromail / RR Donnelley Herff Jones, Graphic Technology and Jostens.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Coursework towards Master of Arts in Administration, Doane College, Lincoln, NE

(32 credits completed)

Human Relations, Dale Carnegie, Mission, KS; Excellence in Leadership, Lincoln, NE Diversity Training and Awareness, Pope and Associates, Atlanta, GA APICS training 5 modules

OSHA 10

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