Project Manager, Plant Manager, Dir of Engineering

Richard W. Slowik

**** * *** ** ******** Park, KS 66223 913-***-**** *******.*******@*****.***

Engineering Director

Experienced manager, self-driven, committed to delivering value with proven track records in local and multi-national food and food ingredient manufacturing industry.

Key contributor, skillful organizer, able to introduce new technologies and/or operational competence. Capable of building effective teams via selecting and nurturing right talents.

Hands-on leader directly involved in development of investment strategies, leading project management teams, improving production processes and organizational procedures that drive efficiencies. Well versed in building capital budgets, integrating them with business needs and financial objectives.

Managing individuals from diverse educational and professional backgrounds

Engineering & Project Management Plant Management Customer Service

Strategic Planning and Investment Planning

Statistical Process Control ISO, cGMP, EHS Bar Coding

Fluent in English and Polish, exposed to Russian and French

International Management experience

Professional Experience

SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2008-2011 Engineering Director, Flavor and Fragrance Group; Indianapolis IN

Led all aspects of engineering activities supporting 20 production units in US, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Oversaw growth of the investment activities for 200 to 400 active projects per annum reaching $50 million annual budget. Recently the F&F Group reported all-time quarterly records for revenue and operating income with EPS increased by 15% over previous year.

• Reduced cost of the major project from $22M down to $17.5M without scope reduction through deliberate project organization and vendors selection

• Introduced automation technology in the compounding plant, resulting in $2.5M savings and 27% ROI

• Coordinated capital budget development with GM's, Group President, Group CFO and Site Management (400 projects with diverse scope and budget range $1K to $17.5M)

• Developed strategic 4-year global investment plan of $150M related to facilities improvements, technology process expansion and safety risk reduction

• Introduced new strategic technologies i.e.: supercritical CO2 extractions, RO membranes in WWT and automated flavor compounding. Additionally, developed plans to introduce Bar Code technology and Document Repository

• Developed, organized and implemented procedures related to engineering management. Introduced contract documents and risk management guidelines as relates to vendors and contractors

• Managed review and submissions of all the Capital Expenditure documentation requiring extensive lateral communication

• Managed all aspects of professional development in relation to the engineering staff of 10

FIRMENICH, INC. 2006-2008

Engineering Director and Project Manager; St.Louis MO

*Firmenich SA acquired Danisco Flavors on July 2nd, 2007 thus it is a continuation of the previous employment.

Directed all aspects of the division engineering (human capital, budget development, project scoping, investments review, projects execution and reporting). Following the acquisition served on the integration team coordinating transfer of the production capacities.

• Developed investment budgets of $15M related to ten (10) production units located in US, Europe and Asia

• Reorganized and facilitate change management reflecting divisional organization, project management and capitalization of the engineering cost, resulting in cost reduction of $1M on the P&L statement

• Active member of the US Integration Team working on closure of redundant facilities in Florida. Duties include leading the team of professionals (internal and external) designing and expanding one of the Florida Plants

DANISCO USA, INC. (Acquired by DuPont in 2011) 1987 - 2006

Site Manager; LLN –Belgium; 2003 - 2006

LLN Site in Belgium - revenue $50 million with independent P&L, staff of 120. Position reported to Vice President of Operations in a matrix structure

• Held key responsibility for this Flavors production plant including all of the operations: production, QC, customer service, logistics, purchasing and administration

• Actively participated in restructuring of the Division including closure of a production unit in Sweden with consequent transfer of over $10 million production to the Belgium plant

• Prepared, justified and implemented $3 million investment aiming at refurbishment of the aging Belgium plant

• Initiated multiple actions aiming at operational improvements thus bringing the plant to the Danisco standard i.e.: introducing the AIB certification

Manager of Process Technology, Kansas plant; 2001-2003

• Managed all issues associated with the production process from the engineering point of view. Directed efforts to relocate $15 million plant from Pennsylvania to Kansas.

• Set up organization and project team to build $13 million innovation center

• Managed $3.6 million investment budget expanding production capacity of the plant

• Managed administrative functions of the internal engineering group and managed contracts with external firms

Production Plant Manager, Kansas plant; 1989-2001

• Directly responsible for production and quality control of food plant with $100 million in production and equal value of assets

• Prepared annual expense budgets

• Optimized production processes by applying statistical techniques increasing by 30% the yield without additional capital investment

• Implemented safety program which resulted in 50% reduction of lost time accidents

• Developed ISO procedures for production, quality control and maintenance. Developed and implemented Operator Certification Program that resulted in 20% quality improvements

• Introduced SPC to analyze product quality

Maintenance Supervisor, Kansas plant; 1987 - 1989

Managed all issues associated with the plant maintenance and smaller investments

IC INC, USA 1986-1987

Maintenance Supervisor, Pepsi Bottler, Kansas City, MO

Managed all issues associated with maintenance of the beverage bottling plant

Education

Masters of Science; Engineering Management; University of Kansas,

Bachelor of Science; Electrical Engineering; Polytechnic Institute,

Complementary training programs:

• Statistics; Course, University of Tennessee

• Certified Management; Course, University of Nebraska

Technical proficiencies

Microsoft Office, Visio, Prism, SPC, AutoCAD

MSDS, OSHA, EHS, TPM, JIT, Bar Code

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