Manager Engineering

ARTHUR M. MENGON

*** **** *** ****, ***********, TX 76226 ● 862-***-**** (M) ● 817-***-**** (H)

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SENIOR ENGINEERING EXECUTIVE

Engineering management professional with 20+ years experience in engineering, manufacturing operations, maintenance, quality, and material control. Strong background in food/beverage, personal care, household products, resins, and cosmetic products, including those requiring FDA approvals. Expertise and core competencies include:

• Leadership / People Development • Strategic Planning

• Multi-site Engineering Management • Six Sigma / Lean

• Capital / Operational Budget Management • Plant Management

• Large Project Management • Organization Change

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PEPSICO – PEPSICO WORLDWIDE FLAVOURS (Arlington, TX) 2010 to present

$60 billion worldwide marketer and manufacturer of food and beverages.

Engineering Director Americas

Responsible for divisional oversight of the engineering function at 2 manufacturing locations and 4 distribution centers in North America and 3 manufacturing locations in South America, leading capital programs, engineer development and resource conservation activities.

• Completed a warehouse study in Brazil to optimize inventory density, flow, and velocity, resulting in project approval to construct additional warehouse space to meet forecasted growth.

• Developed 10 year site master plans for manufacturing facilities to balance mid-range capital plans.

• Coordinated and expedited $14 million in productivity and loss prevention projects in the region.

• Initiated breakthrough automation of dry material formula kitting to eliminate $750 thousand per year in expenses.

GOJO INDUSTRIES, INC. (Cuyahoga Falls, OH) 2008 to 2010

Privately-held manufacturer of hand hygiene and skin care products. The makers of PURELL®.

Director, Corporate Engineering

Directed corporate engineering function for 4 company locations and various contract manufacturers, with a staff of 11. Responsible for establishing engineering standards and specifications used to acquire new equipment by corporate and plant engineering resources as well as development and implementation of technical transfer, qualification, and validation documents.

• Developed and initiated a $5 million manufacturing plant consolidation plan using an external engineering company.

• Expedited over $20 million in capacity expansion projects to meet an unplanned surge in demand.

• Initiated a $1.7 million project to supply purified water to batch mixing vessels to support an expansive re-formulation project.

• Managed the Supply Chain capital budget of approximately $24 million.

BENJAMIN MOORE & CO. (Flanders, NJ) 2003 to 2008

A Berkshire Hathaway Company leading manufacturer of paints and coatings used in architectural, commercial and industrial maintenance projects.

Corporate Engineering Manager

Responsible for 11 US and Canadian manufacturing sites and 17 logistics centers, and 13 direct reports, leading resin manufacturing process standardization and adherence to PSM guidelines.

• Led manufacturing maintenance function to improve asset reliability and machine up-time, implementing process improvements through Six Sigma / Lean tools and the application of new technology. Supported and promoted the development of Green Belts within Corporate Engineering.

• Responsible for managing the $20 million capital budget as well as developing and maintaining the long range capital plan.

• Implemented a multi-year process piping initiative to improve raw material dispensing accuracy and consistency. Reduced process system variability up to 60%.

• Implemented a $7 million project to expand resin reactor production capacity utilizing best in class batch processing technologies for resins.

• Implemented multi-axis robotic cells to perform de-palletizing and palletizing tasks to eliminate repetitive motion issues while realizing a two year ROI.

• Developed and implemented process changes to improve environmental emissions compliance while increasing manufacturing capacity more than 140%.

COSMOLAB, INC. (Lewisburg, TN) 2000 to 2003

Provider of product development and manufacturing services to the beauty industry, manufacturing various wood-cased, mechanical, and liquid cosmetic products.

Plant Manager

Managed 520 employee, $50 million contract manufacturing and packaging facility including factory labor, material usage, overhead absorption, finished product inventory, and capital expenditures while leading a team of 12 supervisors and 50 technicians. Operational budget exceeds $15 million and capital budget exceeds $5 million.

Engineering Manager

Responsible for identifying and developing manufacturing solutions by implementing modern technologies, including: robotic assembly cells, laser etching systems, and machine vision functions.

THE ANDREW JERGENS COMPANY – KAO BRANDS (Cincinnati, OH) 1995 to 2000

Engineering Manager / Plant Services Manager

THE CLOROX COMPANY (Atlanta, GA) 1985 to 1995

Maintenance Manager / Senior Engineer / Quality & Warehouse Supervisor

EDUCATION

BS, Chemical Engineering, Ohio University, Athens, OH

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

AIChE

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