Jack Drankoff

Jack Drankoff

Badger Globe and Lakeview Mill Engineering and Operations

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Chief Operating Officer - Green Bay Converting

  • Education

    • University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

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    • University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

      1983 - 1988
      Bachelor of Science, Paper Science and Engineering
  • Experience

    • Kimberly-Clark

      Jun 1988 - Apr 1995
      Badger Globe and Lakeview Mill Engineering and Operations

      Lakeview Mill, Neenah, WI• Facial Tissue Asset Leader• Facial Tissue Tissue Manufacturing and Converting Process EngineerBadger Globe Mill, Neenah, WI • Tissue Manufacturing and Converting Process Engineer

    • Kimberly-Clark

      Jun 1995 - May 2005
      Corporate Staff Operations

      Project Leadership - Diamond• Flawless leadership and execution of the largest North American Facial project. The project involved re-sizing all mill converting codes, new graphics, and tissue colors. The project required coordination across the entire supply chain (marketing, manufacturing, distribution, planning, sourcing/supply, and transportation). Staff Operations• Staff Operations responsibility for the North American Facial Tissue Mills. Responsibilities included coordinating capital, operations, and research and engineering projects. • Initiated and led a Facial Converting network that included all mills and focused on achieving mill operations targets by targeting implementation of mill best practices across all assets.• Justified and led the multipack capital projects which offset millions in copacking costs across all mills.• Supported the transition of the Scott Napkin business to Mexico.VIVA Towel Operations Leader• Managed Everett and Marinette VIVA Towel Manufacturing and Converting staff operations responsibilities.• Led staff and mill coordination responsibilities as the VIVA business expanded from the former SCOTT brand to the KLEENEX brand.Family Care Operations• Led the implementation of first of a kind process printing at Chester and on the off-line printer in Mobile. Developed the process printing quality material for Chester, Mobile, and Jenks.• Designed and implemented in-process quality control and acceptance systems in all Family Care facilities. After the SCOTT merger led the implementation of KC quality systems in all SCOTT sites. • Led qualification of external third party suppliers. • Supported numerous Facial Tissue Manufacturing and Converting Operations projects. Show less

    • Kimberly-Clark

      Jul 2005 - Dec 2023

      Reliability and Operations Excellence Supply Chain liaison for the Kimberly-Clark APAC and EMEA regions (Europe, Middle East, Africa, Australia, Taiwan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand). I have worked in various KC locations in Engineering and Operations positions for 22 years prior to joining the Global Supply Chain Manufacturing team.Kimberly Clark Digital Manufacturing leader for the past 12 months (Jan 2022 to present) focusing on application of Digital tools such as PI Vision and MES to make Energy Consumption visible to the operators enabling real-time energy control. Primary focus is Europe due to the extreme escalation in energy utility prices. Target cost savings of $5 million over the next year by implementation of steam, gas and electricity standard asset framework and dashboards in every Europe, Middle East and Africa Tissue Mill. Leader for an Energy and Green House gas reduction strategy that includes the dashboards coupled with a Management Infrastructure to drive and sustain savings. Additional focus on the Mindsets, Behavior, and Capability of asset teams to fully buy into and embrace the global energy strategy. Show less

      • Global Supply Chain Manufacturing Senior Consultant

        Apr 2010 - Dec 2023
      • Fullerton Mill Tissue Manufacturing and Mainteance Team Leader

        Jul 2005 - May 2010
    • Green Bay Converting

      Dec 2023 - now
      Chief Operating Officer

      Responsible for all aspects of the culture, operations, and strategy for the company including plant management, finance, sales and customer service, as well as strategic initiatives in HR, capital, and IT.The Strategic Vision for Green Bay Converting (GBC) is to create a long-term stable and profitable business by strategically aligning our converting capabilities, services, and technical expertise, in a flexible and responsive way, to those integrated paper companies who have the need for strategic outsourced Contract Converting. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • McKinsey Problem Solving

      McKinsey & Company
      May 2020