Results-guaranteed SENIOR LEVEL MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY CHAIN EXECUTIVE with over 20 years of operations and general management experience, delivering dramatic improvements in process, cost, quality and productivity while creating and leading lean, world-class organizations in the plastics, coatings and chemical industries. Developed “Manufacturing as a Strategic Weapon to Enable Sales Growth”, combining service excellence and a well-balanced analytical & motivational leadership background with certified experience in the following areas:
| P & L Responsibility |
Lean Manufacturing / 5S, ERP, TQM,
Six Sigma |
| Asset Management & Capital Planning |
Health, Safety, Environmental Stewardship |
| International Business/ Global Sourcing |
Plastics / Coatings / Chemical Production |
| Cross-Cultural Leadership & Restructuring |
Joint Venture / Acquisitions |
Select Accomplishments ::
- Led an operations turnaround - simultaneous cost reduction, service and quality improvement - in an $ 80 MM precision engineered plastics company using 6-Sigma and Lean techniques in Injection & Compression Molding, Extrusion and CNC operations.
- Implemented an MRP II / DRP Pull System in a $ 65MM multi-plant Chemical Company, reducing labor costs by 25% while simultaneously reducing inventories by 20%.
- Developed and implemented a technology investment Strategy for Specialty Coatings operations, resulting in multi-million dollar cost reductions.
- Through Value Stream Mapping, rebalanced process flows in a polymeric Medical Device manufacturing, assembly and coatings operation, resulting in a profit improvement of more than $3MM annually.
Markets Served ::
| Positions Held |
Successful Industry Experience |
Customer Markets Served With Direct Market Interface |
Key Customers |
Vice President,
Operations & Supply Chain |
Flourocarbon Elastomer Injection, Extrusion, Compression, Isostatic, Calender Molding & Precision Machining |
Pumps, Valves, Compressors; Automotive Parts; Aerospace;
Semi-Conductor; Medical Device Applications |
Tensolite,
Applied Materials, Robert Bosch, Wilden Pump, GRACO, Energizer |
| VP, Operations & Supply Chain |
Polyolefin Extrusion & Precision Machining |
Fluid Handling Applications |
Honeywell, Flowserve |
| Director & GM, Dallas Operations |
Medical Device Optical Lens Processing with Scratch Resistant & Anti-Reflective Vacuum Deposition Coatings |
Prescription Eyewear sold through Optometrists and Opticians |
Vision Source Providers,
Pearle Vision,
Wal-Mart,
Lenscrafters, Vallen Safety |
Division President,
VP, Operations & Distribution |
Inks & Coatings Color Dispersions |
Paper & Film Packaging Products, other Graphic Arts Applications (Newsprint, Commercial Printing) |
International Paper, Stone-Smurfit, Weyerhauser,
New York Times,
Dow Jones |
| Plant Manager |
Thermoset RIM |
Piping & Pipe Support Systems Insulation |
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Chief Process Improvement
Engineer |
Thermoplastic Acrylic Sheeting |
Thermoformed Outdoor (Color Fast) Signage |
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| Vice President, Applied Technologies |
Functional Mineral Additives,
Aluminum-based Flame Retardants |
Paper Coatings, Architectural & Industrial Paints, Building Products, Counter Tops, Shower Surrounds |
Armstrong World Industries,
Sherwin Williams, Benjamin Moore |
| Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Technology |
Specialty Silicone-Based Surfactants |
Industrial Lubricants, Architectural & Industrial Coatings, Textiles, Printing Inks, Polymer Formulation Applications |
Milacron Industries,
BF Goodrich,
Clariant Corporation |
| VP, Operations & Supply Chain |
Nanotube Compounding & Blending |
Fluid Handling Systems |
Ariel Corporation |
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