Site General Manager
Resume:
Jeff M. Howard
Moberly, MO 65270
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Driven professional that develops high performing teams and delivers exceptional results. Experienced in running multiple businesses and sites. Proven leadership of cross functional teams in rapidly changing environments. Professional characteristics include being results oriented, strategic thinking, managing vision and purpose, strong business acumen, problem solving, and managing to people’s strengths.
Core knowledge and skill areas include:
Six Sigma and Lean Regulatory Affairs & Compliance
Environmental, Health & Safety Budgeting
Team Building & Leadership Operational Excellence
GMP Guidelines and Procedures Resource Planning
Professional Experience
Mamtek, Moberly, MO 5/2011 – 9/2011
Site General Manager
Recruited by Mamtek for the exciting opportunity to build a 500 MT/yr greenfield manufacturing facility and operations team for the production of sucralose. The Mamtek brand, Sweet zerO was planned to be USP grade for use in foods and pharmaceuticals in competition with Splenda. The Moberly site was initially set to employ 150 and expand significantly over the next 2-3 years.
Unfortunately, Mamtek declared that they were insolvent and issued an assignment for the benefit of creditors in September, 2011.
Covidien 6/2006 – 4/2011
Operations Manager, North Haven, CT 2010 – 4/2011
Operations Manager for the Polymer Development & Braiding Manufacturing (PDBMF) and Biosurgery facilities in North Haven, CT and Waltham, MA. The PDBMF facility employed approximately 220 people evenly split between the chemical plant producing absorbable polymers and the extrusion/braiding side of the business where the polymers were converted into mono-filament and multi-filament suture. The Biosurgery business employed approximately 50 people across both sites in the production of a synthetic sealant used in brain and vascular surgery. The Waltham, MA, site was run at full capacity in order to build inventory while production of this acquired business was being moved to the North Haven site. Total cost of production across both businesses of $45MM+.
• Exceeded our aggressive FY2011 quality and production goals in Waltham, MA. This was a significant achievement in a site that was being shutdown.
• Successfully completed the transfer of the Biosurgery business from Waltham, MA, to North Haven, CT, in April 2011. Performing over 30 validations in FY2011 to complete the transfer of this Class 3 medical devices business to North Haven, CT.
• Head-count-neutral reorganization of Engineering and Production departments to provide better support of Safety, Quality, Service and Cost.
• Established skip level meetings, quarterly engineering reviews, mentoring program, shift scorecards, improved KPIs, improved use of troubleshooting tools to identify true root cause of problems.
• Surpassed FY11 OPEX cost savings goal for the year in the middle of Q2.
• Developing risk analysis studies for both business and used this data to drive our project hopper and 5 year capital plans.
• Established improved tools for Production to monitor labor efficiencies
Product and Process Technology (PPT) Manager, Raleigh, NC 2007 – 2010
Managed 4 direct and 6 indirect reports with dotted line responsibility for Project Engineering team and up to 75 contractors during plant shutdowns. Team consisted of Senior, Principle, PhD Chemical and Electrical Engineers along with a variety of technicians and administrators. Responsible for all Product and Process Technology improvements in the world’s largest Acetaminophen factory.
• Developed 5 year Process Improvement plans. Executed $8MM+/yr in capital projects against these plans.
• $1.5MM+ annual raw material cost savings in a process that had been running continuously for over 40 years.
• Increased API capacity by 10% eliminating customer back orders
• Worked closely with the business on long term production strategy evaluating consolidation of sites and contract manufacturing of intermediate products
• Unit operations included: hydrogenation, decanting, filtering, liquid/liquid extractions, stripping, evaporation, distillation, crystallization, centrifuging, drying, sifting and multiple packaging systems
• Control systems included: DeltaV, Allen-Bradley, iFIX, ABB, Modicon
• PHA, PSM, cGMP, DOE, OEE, Optimization, Validation
Principle Process Engineer/Controls Manager, Raleigh, NC 2006 – 2007
Led team of 2 Chemical Engineers and 3 full time Electrical Engineering contractors; responsible for all control and electrical distribution systems.
• Developed 5 year control system upgrade plans for 3 separate plants. Executed $3MM+ in control system upgrades against these plans.
• Implementation of site data historian system, currently at 10,000+ tags
Aylward Enterprise, Inc., New Bern, NC 2005 - 2006
Controls Manager
Aylward manufactures precision pharmaceutical bottle filling equipment utilizing up to 34 axes of motion control. Led Aylward’s control system group of 3 programmers, 2 field service technicians and 1 electrical CAD technician. Responsible for programming PLC and SCADA systems, support of customer FATs and installations.
• Implemented first major rewrite of PLC code in 5 years utilizing modular programming
• Team executed 12+ validations per year.
Collins & Aikman, Farmville, NC 2003 - 2005
Engineering / Mechanical Maintenance Manager
C&A manufactured knit fabric for the automotive industry in a 24/7 operation. Managed 3 shift supervisors with 24 mechanics, setting priorities and updating preventative maintenance schedules. Implemented a variety of TPM activities. Engineering activities included multiple line installations and control upgrades.
• Designed equipment and control system upgrades for multiple production lines. Developed tenter frame control system utilizing Wonderware’s Archestra, multiple thickness monitoring control systems, designed/constructed new shear line, new fabric inspection lines, new fabric winder
Milliken & Company 1996 - 2003
Senior Process Engineer, LaGrange, GA 2002 – 2003
• Participated in launch of new product for Home Depot. Designed initial packaging line for new carpet tile product (Legato).
Senior Process Engineer, Middleton, England 2000 - 2002
• Process improvement manager for custom rubber compounding facility with 2 direct reports.
• Designed new rubber calendaring line required to supply US mat facilities
• $750k project installing new rubber mixer.
• Developed Activity-Based Costing system for a business with 2000 active recipes, 350 raw materials and multiple product routines
• Implemented data historian system
Advanced Process Engineer, Beech Hill, England 1998 - 2000
• Designed new PVC coater, reducing thickness variation for a $250k/yr cost savings
• Implemented data historian system
• Multiple SCADA / PLC upgrades
• Width reduction projects $120+/yr in cost savings
Process Engineer, LaGrange, GA 1996 - 1998
• Responsible for polyurethane compounding and application for carpet tiles.
• Virtually eliminated polyurethane thickness variation through multiple projects over 2 years. $1MM+/yr cost savings.
• Led multiple Co-op project teams
• Taught Measurement System Analysis and Practical Application of SPC classes to both peer group and supervisors
BASF Co-op, Central, South Carolina 1992 - 1995
Five semesters in Urethane Specialties
US Army, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment 1987 - 1989
Fort Bliss, Texas
EDUCATION
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 1991 - 1996
Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering
Brunswick College, Brunswick, Georgia 1989 - 1991
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