Plant Manager - Controller
Resume:
Michael S. Vance
Troy, OH *5373
937-***-**** –Home
Experience:
Nov. 2002 – Multi Color Corp.
March 2008 Plant Manger – Troy and Batavia OH
Hold P&L responsibility for the last five years for the Troy facility. I also had interim responsibility for the Batavia plant for two of those years. Troy is a narrow web pressure sensitive label plant that services the prime label market including high-end health and beauty labels. Batavia is higher volume flexo pressure sensitive and in-mold label producer. I have overseen the growth of the Troy plant from the time of acquisition to a 300% growth and change in customer base. This involved implementation of a new operating platform with shop floor data collection. Additionally, lean tools were put in place to allow this growth with only a 40% increase in headcount.
Aug. 2001 – Mail Well/Renaissance Mark
Oct. 2002 Plant Manager – Sparks NV
Had P&L responsibilities for a 135 person cut and stack label plant.
This was a highly profitable non-union facility specializing in fast turn around high quality labels. Manufacturing processes included sheet fed litho printing, Bobst embossing, guillotine cutters and PMC die cutting. Led facility to ISO 9001-2000 certification. Additionally, I led the implementation of a direct to plate system and the movement of 15,000 film designs to digital.
June 1993 – James River/Fort James/Graphic Packaging
July 2001 Plant Manager – Portland OR
Responsible for the P & L of a 150m square foot folding carton facility with 125 full time employees. Intimately involved with customer relations, pricing and quality systems. This position included extensive hands on experience with conflict resolution in a Union environment. Manufacturing processes included wide web flexo, sheet fed litho and web fed litho along with collating, windowing and gluing finishing equipment.
June 1991 – James River Corp.
May 1993 Administrative Services Manager – Portland OR
Responsibilities included customer service, production control, purchasing, scheduling, human resources, shipping and receiving and accounting. This was one of three positions that made up the plant leadership team. Underwent a major downsizing and restructuring in which productivity was increased by 60% while reducing the workforce by over 50%.
Jan. 1990 – James River Corp.
Feb. 1991 Controller/Human Resource Manager – Portland OR
Responsible for all plant accounting duties including cost accounting, general ledger, performance reporting, inventory control, estimating and pricing, financial accounting, including payables, receivables fringe benefits and invoicing. Also served as the plant’s Human Resource Manager, which entailed union/management relations, grievance system, corporate policies and procedures administration functions.
Oct. 1987 – James River Corp.
Dec. 1989 Accounting Supervisor – Wausau WI
Cost and financial accounting responsibilities for a $120mm annual sales folding carton facility. Cost accounting included estimating all new business, cost recovery, performance reporting, inventory control and budgeting. Financial accounting duties included payroll, accounts payable, invoicing, fixed assets, invoicing and account analysis. Also served as the plant computer system manager, responsible for an IBM AS/400 system and all plant PC’s. Duties included purchasing, training and troubleshooting.
Sept. 1987 – James River Corp.
May 1985 Capital Analyst – Kalamazoo MI
This was a corporate headquarters staff function. Responsibilities included developing a PC based system to track capital appropriations, spending and capitalized interest for all capital projects. Tracked approximately 1500 projects annually worth $50mm at 16 different locations. Additionally, I provided analysis on major capital project justifications such as building new facilities or purchasing major pieces of manufacturing equipment.
Education: Western Michigan University
BBA - Management and Accounting Majors, 1985
GPA – 3.54 Cum Laude
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