Manager, Consultant

Scott L. Field

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Columbia, SC 29229

803-***-**** home

803-***-**** cell

mailto:********@**.**.***

Objective: To secure a position where I can invest my experience and skills helping an organization to perform effectively, and continually improve quality.

Experience

January 2008 - CMC Joist & Deck

Current

Apr. 2009 – Current - Divisional Steel Inventory Manager:

Developed a tracking system from the available data to monitor 7 facilities inventory levels. Created goals with the Div. VP for months of inventory on hand and incorporated into weekly distribution format to purchasing agents and general managers. Established control measures to assist with inventory reduction to reasonable levels. Monitored and audited company purchasing guidelines for compliance and reported discrepancies to Div. Controller and VP.

Jan. 2008 – Apr. 2009 (facility downsized) - Quality Manager:

Managed daily product and process controls utilizing data collection at key process points and provide production management with daily feedback for continuous improvement. Both weekly and monthly KPI’s are tracked, monitored, and adjusted for process improvements. Other responsibilities include project coordinator for continuous improvement project reviewing process mapping, observation analysis, and lead the project steering committee team. Monitored project status and mentored new task force teams.

July 2000 - Lang Mekra North America

Oct. 2007 Ridgeway, SC

2005 - 2007 Plant Manager:

Managed daily production including production requirements, efficiencies, scrap, lean manufacturing, “5S”, quality requirements, and personnel. Managed the quality department to ensure all policies and procedures are being adhered to. Managed 5 performance center operations which included 5 cross functional team members within the facility. Developed performance center monthly reports for executive management top sheet reporting. Managed the project managers to review project status, obstacles, and issue resolution to keep project on schedule.

2003 - 2005 Quality Control Manager:

Manage day to day production quality, quality ISO/TS-16949 support system, receiving inspection, warranty analysis, quality engineer, and supplier quality issues. Responsible for preparing monthly quality reports to executive management.

2002 - 2003 Customer Relations Manager:

Review customer and end user issues to assist with resolution, repair direction, and / or clarification for lowest repair cost. Coordinate product change over matrix to supersede discontinued product internally and externally. Managed regular customer plant visits to strengthen communications, customer satisfaction and to review /resolve any in plant issues.

2000 - 2002 Key Account Manager:

Manage multiple sales accounts and multiple projects within each account both internally and externally. Liaison between the customer and internal engineering department to communicate project specifications and timing. Communicate with cross functional teams internally and externally to review open issues and to resolve any conflicts.

1998 - 2000 Standard Products

Winnsboro, SC

Project Engineer:

Managed multiple new programs both internally and externally with customer design to program launch. Responsibilities include design, prototype build, tooling and equipment reviews/build, financial tracking, and production process ramp up. Process exposure includes extrusion, TPO/TPU injection molding, and painting.

1989 - 1998 Cambridge Industries

Newton, North Carolina

Project Engineer:

Quote on new and present business. From an internal team to insure all areas of the project are covered. Financial tracking for the programs until they are in production. Follow the tooling from inception to completion. Set up and trial tooling and secondary operations to insure that they are production worthy. Responsible for writing production process work instructions. Help resolve production problems from molding to finished product. Supervised and trained process technicians for a three shift operation. Interact with Ford and Chrysler engineers with new programs or model year changes to the current production parts. Assist assembly plants when issues occur with part quality through packaging process. Plant process experience includes BMC, SMC compression molding & liquid injection molding RTM, S-RIM and Foam molding operations.

1984 - 1989 Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company

Hickory, North Carolina

Urethane Process Technician:

Chemical transfer and unloading, Quality Control testing, Research & development, Molding supervisor.

Accomplishments:

Assisted with the development of cross functional performance centers, which included monthly reporting structure to executive management. Developed structured standardized efficiency, scrap, and capacity utilization reporting and communication within the facility.

Six months from receiving the Viper program responsibilities, the program was changed from a troubled program to the most profitable product line at Cambridge - Newton Operations.

I was one in a team of four to develop a new process which saved Chrysler over 1 Million dollars a year on the Dodge Viper platform.

I received a Rockwell International Chairman’s Team Award for my personal work on the Ford cross-member development project.

I received the Ford Ranger/Explorer fan shroud program 2 months before Job 1 production launch. Four months after production launch a profitable product line and continued to improve.

Education: Catawba Valley Community College

Conover, North Carolina

2 years Accounting, Business Administration

Horseheads High School

Horseheads, New York

Graduated 1981

Seminars and classes:

 Sexual harassment training

 Team building training

 Geometric, Dimensioning and Tolerencing

 Global 8D training with International Truck & Engine Corporation

 Project Management Seminar at University of South Carolina - Columbia

 Ford’s Design for Assembly Overview

 Theory of Constraint

References: Available upon request

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