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Plant Manager R D

Location:
Lexington, KY
Salary:
150000
Posted:
August 23, 2025

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Resume:

Milko Camellini

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: Sassuolo, Italy

Date of birth: October 4th, 1972

Address: **** ****** *****, *********, ** 40513

Visa: Green Card

Cell number: +1-502-***-****

E-mail: *****.*********@*****.***

WORKING EXPERIENCE

April 2016- June 2025, Florida Tile – Panaria USA, Lawrenceburg, KY Multinational ceramic tiles producer.

Director of Production.

January 2010- February 2016, Stonepeak Ceramics, Crossville, TN Multinational ceramic tiles producer.

Plant Manager.

May 2007- December 2010, Stonepeak Ceramics, Crossville, TN Multinational ceramic tiles producer.

Laboratory and Production Manager.

January 2001- April 2007, Esmalglass Italia,

Multinational glass, glaze and colors producer.

Technical and Sales Manager, Foreign Technical Assistance Department, worked for the following countries: France, Poland, Czech Republic, India, Turkey, Tunisia, China, and Egypt. February 1999- January 2001, Ferro Italy.

Multinational glass, glaze and colors producer.

R&D and industrial conversion Technician.

March 1998- February 1999, Ceramica Provenza, Italy. Italian ceramic tiles producer.

R&D and Production Setup Technician.

January 1994- March 1998, Cookson Matthey (now Endeka), Italy Multinational glass, glaze and colors producer.

Foreigner Customer Ceramic Technician, for the U.S. and all South-East Asiatic markets.

October 1988- January 1994, Sichenia Ceramics Sassuolo, Italy Italian ceramic tiles producer.

Laboratory Technician.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• April 2016 - present, as Director of Production my daily duties were: production planning, plant wide quality control and production troubleshooting, productivity assurance, and supervisors and managers’ management.

• 2010-2016, since when I started my responsibilities as StonePeak Ceramics’ plant manager, I increased the production from 3 million sq.mt. per year to 8 million per year moving to a full 24/7 production. I increased production quality of the first choice from 89% to 95%, while reducing general production cost and customer complaints.

As Plant Manager, my daily duties were: production planning, quality and productivity assurance, plant wide troubleshooting, and supervisors’ management. From 2015 to 2016, I supervised the 50 million dollars plant expansion, coordinating the engineering office and vendors contractor with the local builders, contractors, state authorities and environment agencies.

During this period, I acquired the General Contractor License with Tennessee State to be able to supervise all the equipment installation.

• 2007-2010 while working as production and laboratory manager for Graniti Fiandre, Stonepeak U.S., I was responsible for organizing and executing laboratory works and industrializing products while supervising and maximizing the production.

• 2001-2007, while working in Esmalglass, Italia, I expanded my knowledge in glaze formulation, new material developing, new industrial machinery start-up and also the production departments’ management of our customer plants.

• 1999-2001 working for Ferro Ceramics as technician for Italian customer assistance I was responsible for the production of all the products that utilize the silicone rolls technologies: Rotocolor, Laser-Roll, Creta print etc.

• 1998-1999 while employed as R&D technician at Ceramica Provenza I oversaw new product development and the production execution.

• 1994-1998 while working for Cookson Matthey (now Endeka) as foreigner customer ceramic technician for the USA and all Sud-East Asiatic markets I specialized in the design aspect of the tile, working in the graphic R&D department and completing my specialization with a training course at Studio Comastri.

EDUCATION

2017, Lean Manufacturing Advanced Training at Advantage Kentucky Alliance, KY. 2014, Tennessee General Contractor License.

2013, General Education Diploma, Tennessee Technology Center, Crossville, TN. 2003, Advanced English Language Diploma, Wall Street Institute. 1992, Technical Industrial Ceramic Degree, Sassuolo, Italy. LANGUAGES

Italian - native language proficiency.

English – proficiency level (C-2).

MILITARY SERVICE

1991, Arma dei Carabinieri, Italy.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Operative system: excellent knowledge of Microsoft and Android environment. Software: Adobe Photoshop, Office, SAP. Hardware: professional knowledge of all computer functions, internal parts upgrades, and maintenance.

WORK SKILLS

I worked more than 36 years in ceramic tile and supplies production in Italy and abroad, acquiring the following skills:

Problems solving, logistics organization, production plan management, employee’s motivation, product and material management, ceramic raw materials expertise, ceramic colors expertise, ceramic analysis, vast ceramic processing knowledge.



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