Plant Manager

Timothy E. Davis

Home Phone: 847-***-****

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OPERATIONS / PRODUCTION / PLANT MANAGEMENT SUMMARY

A results producing manager with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an M.S.in Chemistry with 13 years of progressive responsibility in the chemical, food, and pharmaceutical industries. A strong and decisive operations leader demonstrating year-over-year improvements in Quality, Cost, and Delivery functions with excellent analytical, organizational, team building, and planning skills. A champion of manufacturing philosophy based on Lean Manufacturing concepts, pareto analysis, and Six-Sigma methodologies. Areas of expertise include:

• Lean Manufacturing Certified • Six-Sigma Green Belt Certified • Operations Improvements

• Safety Standards/Compliance • Project Management • Compounding Experience

• GMP Compliance and Procedures • Budget Management • Personnel Development

• High speed packaging • Quality Assurance Experience • Aseptic Experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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AVATAR CORPORATION, Plant Manager, University Park, IL. 6/08 – Present

Responsible for quality, cost, production, packaging, and delivery of pharmaceutical excipients, lubricants, and wax products from raw material suppliers to customers within a 170,000 sq. ft. plant with a workforce of 52 people. Supervise Purchasing manager, HR manager, QA manager, Engineering manager, and two supervisors; work with the corporate/sales executives to build and sustain growth. Conduct monthly reviews with CEO and COO on key business metrics including schedule attainment, capital project recommendations, cost reductions, and staffing issues.

Selected accomplishments:

• Developed baseline plant and production metrics for employees to understand how business is impacted.

• Established an employee handbook to improve employee morale.

• Identifying and implementing production improvements and expansion to reduce labor and manufacturing costs by 10%.

• Lowered recordable incident rate from 9 to 2 by developing safety training and awareness program.

• Established personnel development plans for the staff managers.

• Developed first plant operating budget.

COVIDIEN 7/04 - 6/08

Packaging Production Manager/Operations Manager, Hobart, NY. (6/05 – 6/08)

Promoted to manage four fast-paced high volume departments involving blending, tableting, and packaging pharmaceuticals in a cGMP environment. Supervised four production departments consisting of four mid-level managers, 16 supervisors, four process engineers and approximately 350 hourly workers. Responsible for an annual budget of $26MM, directing cost reduction projects, settling personnel issues, responding to customer complaints and FDA audits. Conducted monthly reviews with the plant manager on key department metrics including schedule attainment, departmental spending, and capital projects. Selected accomplishments:

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• Established spending controls which resulted in a reduction of department operating costs by 5%.

• Increased production output by 5-10% per year through staffing changes and projects.

• Implemented lean and Six-Sigma concepts to reduce changeover times from 6 hours to 4 hours to lower customer backorders from $38MM to $0.5MM.

• Led the installation of two packaging lines totaling $12MM.

• Converted a workforce from a standard 8 hour shift to a 24 hour – 7 day operation to meet customer orders.

Production Superintendent, Paris, KY. (7/04 to 6/05)

Managed two chemical manufacturing and packaging departments consisting of six supervisors, one project engineer, and 60 people. Responsible for meeting customer orders, process troubleshooting, and a $3MM budget.

Selected accomplishments:

• Started a second shift in one department and converted another department to a 24 hour – 7-day operation to meet customer orders resulting in an increase in customer service from 78% to above 90%.

• Accomplished a 10% decrease in spending by developing spending guidelines.

• Developed a capacity analysis model by which a budget could be formed and capital projects reviewed.

ABBOTT LABORATORIES 1/00 – 7/04

Quality Investigation Engineer, North Chicago, IL. (1/03 to 7/04)

• Wrote the most comprehensive investigation in Abbott-HPD history for FDA that allowed release of $15MM of product.

• Developed a database and methodologies to improve customer complaint tracking and reduce response time from 30 days to 11 days.

Chemical Manufacturing Project Manager, Abbott Park, IL. (1/02 to 12/02)

• Successfully managed two product transfers from both Abbott and non-Abbott sites.

• Conducted capacity/capability analysis and assessments of all chemical production facilities for closure.

Manufacturing Supervisor / Inventory Controller, Whippany, NJ. (7/01 to 1/02)

• Saved $50M per year by reducing customer complaints, product manufacturing costs, and batch cycle time with suppository product line by conducting research and experimentation into the solidification process. This project also resulted in a nomination for an Abbott Engineering Excellence Award.

Production Engineer, Abbott Park, IL. (2/01 to 7/01)

• Installed several pieces of equipment used in the manufacture and packaging of solid and liquid dose pharmaceuticals while staying within the approved project budget.

Process Support Engineer, North Chicago, IL. (1/00 to 2/01)

• Implemented several process improvements resulting in a yield increase of 25% and $200M reduction in manufacturing costs of an API process which impacted customer product costs. Received President’s Award for the success of this project.

KENTUCKY POLLUTION PREVENTION CENTER, Louisville, KY. 1/96 to 7/97

Consultant Engineer

• Worked with several companies to reduce process waste disposal costs by at least 30%.

DOW CHEMICAL, Midland, MI 1/95 to 8/96

Research Engineer for Consumer Products division of DowBrands

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• The project resulted in reduced customer complaints through the development of a method for analyzing fragrance molecules and simulating the mass transfer effects through polyethylene bottles.

Production Engineer

• Conceived and implemented a process improvement to decrease batch cycle time that resulted in an increase in production and sales amounting to $500,000 per year.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Master of Science in Organic Chemistry, 1999, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, Louisville, KY.

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 1997. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, Louisville, KY.

Lean Manufacturing Certified, 2005, UNIVERISITY OF KENTUCKY, Lexington, KY.

Six-Sigma Green Belt Certified, 2008, Covidien.

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