Director of Operations, Plant Manager

Objective: To obtain a position in related to custom plastic injection molding utilizing my results-driven abilities in leadership, strategic planning, business development, team building and needs assessment.

Education: LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas

Masters of Business Administration 2000

Bachelor of Science Business Management 1995

Profile

• Experienced injection molding professional with a background in operations management, engineering, project management, business development, sales and product development.

• Driven to exceed business objectives at the P&L level with a primary focus on operating profit.

• Strong automotive supplier mentality with extensive experience in QS 9000 and ISO/TS 16949:2009.

• Demonstrated leadership, on time performance, cost reduction, customer acquisition and development, accurate budgeting.

• Effective negotiating skills used in both customer and supplier agreements.

• Exceptional materials management skills with demonstrated results in inventory control, purchasing, logistics and scheduling.

Selective Accomplishments

• Developed multiple decorative molding projects for demanding customers such as Ford, Chrysler, RCA, Freightliner, Mack Trucks, Mastercard International, Becton Dickinson, Fujitsu Ten and others.

• Improved gross profit at Performance Plastic Products, Injection Molding Business Unit by 40% within 12 months after taking BU manager role.

• Developed a number of Asian resources for tooling, equipment and components to respond to the needs of existing customers, resulting in new sales amounting to $400K per year.

• Developed injection molding and tool construction resources in Asia, assessing over twenty facilities.

• Reduced raw material inventory at Sagebrush by 47% ($4.4 million) in two years.

• Reduced working capital by $2.3 million (12%) at Wellman through inventory reduction program in less than 12 months.

• Developed team of buyers to reduce inbound raw material costs through effective planning and supplier negotiations. The team improved supplier on-time delivery from 75% to 98%, sustained.

Professional Experience

Sagebrush Pipeline Equipment, a division of Circor Energy, Tulsa, Oklahoma 2007/2010

Producer of complex engineered to order metering/custody transfer systems for natural gas industry.

Materials Manager - responsible for purchasing, planning/scheduling, logistics and warehouse operations

• Reduced total raw material inventory from $9.4MM to $5.0MM in two years.

• Reduced slow moving and obsolete inventory by 75% in 2008.

• Implemented purchasing and material delivery controls to assure production success in a low volume, high mix engineered to order environment.

• Completed ERP implementation, configuring materials related modules for optimum materials flow.

• Lead multiple Kaizen events improving material delivery within manufacturing process.

• Implemented cost reductions resulting in $150k/year cost improvement.

Wellman Products Group, a division of Hawk Corporation, Catoosa, Oklahoma 2005/2007

Manufacturer of friction products for the industrial, agricultural, mining and aircraft equipment markets.

Purchasing Manager - responsible for inventory, capital, MRO spend at plant level

• Managed total inventory spend of $30.3 million including steel, non-ferrous metals and powders.

• Developed tactical plan to manage process subcontractors, improving product flow and reducing costs and leadtimes.

• Identified cost reduction opportunity of $240,000 by in-sourcing specific product line. Operations implemented plan to realize savings.

• Provided global support on non-ferrous commodity management identifying “buy” opportunities during a highly volatile market (copper).

Innovative Plastic Solutions, Abingdon, Maryland 2000/2005

Custom injection molder selling to appliances, sports equipment, DOD, industrial filtration, and consumer products.

Vice President of Sales and Marketing/General Manager

• Full P&L responsibility improving operating profit by 10%.

• Successfully re-established sales relationships with the top twenty accounts improving communications, reviewing the performance of the company from both a quality and schedule perspective, overcoming any customer perceived negative information.

• Identified new prospects to provide the highest opportunity for new business in existing and new markets. Result was 15% year-over-year growth from 2001 through 2004.

• Managed all tooling and manufacturing projects. Conducted tooling and equipment design review per ISO requirements assuring that customer specifications were being adhered to.

• Increased existing customer sales using metal to plastic conversion, developing sub-component assemblies and producing complementary products.

• Developed marketing plan resulting in a 50% increase in the number of qualified leads received by IPS over a four-year period.

Performance Plastic Products, a division of Plastic Omnium, Houston, Texas 1993/2000

Sold products into the chemical, petrochemical, semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries primarily in high temperature, corrosive fluid handling applications.

General Manager-1997/2000

• Managed the Injection Molding, Seals, Wear Products, Lined Products and Tank Lining business units consisting of total revenue of $63M per year.

• Full P&L responsibility.

Business Unit Manager-Injection Molding-1993/1997

• Improved operational profit of business unit from 5% to 35% sustained in 1993.

• Materials: PFA, FEP, PEEK, PVDF, ETFE, PTFE

• Developed “basic-shape” product line to enhance support for other 3P product lines.

• Developed new seal (safety device) for Eveready Battery (Lithium Batteries) producing $25K per month in revenue in a “lights-out” manufacturing cell.

McKechnie Plastic Components, Easley, South Carolina 1992/1993

Custom injection molding company serving the appliance, industrial, power tools, household equipment and heavy truck industries with sales of $45M per year.

Product Manager

• Increased sales to AMP by 35% ($750K) within six months by implementing an order and inventory management program.

• Lead continuous improvement team resolving a chronic quality problem on a copper wire spool assembly.

Phillips Plastics Company, Phillips, Wisconsin 1989/1992

Custom injection molding company serving the automotive, consumer electronics and medical markets.

Project Manager/Project Engineer

• Managed multi-division injection molding projects for automotive and consumer electronics products.

• Implemented manufacturing processes including tooling, quality and processes to meet customer designed product requirements.

• Met project goals for tooling/fixturing costs and manufacturing costs.

Fawn Industries, Hunt Valley, Maryland 1983/1989

Custom injection molding company serving the automotive, consumer electronics and office equipment markets.

Project Engineer

• Managed all new Ford projects.

• Cradle to grave engineering responsibility for molding projects.

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