John Akey

Experience

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  3M

  Jan 1998 - Mar 2019

  3M Home Care Division -Consumer Business GroupMultiple Site Manager - Elyria, Ohio and Tonawanda, New YorkManufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, and Distribution Center Consumer Goods ManufacturingCellulose ProductsStrategic Planning and ExecutionBusiness Planning and Management (Operating Expense, COGS, Capital, & Outsource Manufacturing)P&L Responsibility Operational Excellence (Lean Implementation, Six Sigma Implementation & Deployment)Customer Relations and Customer Intimacy Team Building - Organization Development - Employee Engagement and Ownership Global Supply Chain Management and Optimization Outsource Manufacturing ManagementDivestitureLabor Relations and Collective BargainingPublic RelationsGovernment Relations Chemical Plant Operations - PSM and PHA Food Safety - GMP Show less 3M Home Care Division -Consumer Business GroupSite Manager - Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, and Distribution Center Consumer Goods ManufacturingCellulose ProductsStrategic Planning and ExecutionBusiness Planning and Management (Operating Expense, COGS, Capital, & Outsource Manufacturing)P&L Responsibility Operational Excellence (Lean Implementation, Six Sigma Implementation & Deployment)Customer Relations and Customer Intimacy Team Building - Organization Development - Employee Engagement and Ownership Global Supply Chain Management and Optimization Outsource Manufacturing ManagementAcquisition IntegrationLabor Relations and Collective BargainingPublic RelationsGovernment Relations Chemical Plant Operations - PSM and PHA Food Safety - GMP Show less 3M Industrial Mineral Products Division - Safety and Graphics Business GroupRoofing Granule Production for Commercial and Residential Shingles Multiple Sites ManagedStrategic Planning and ExecutionBusiness Planning and Management (Operating Expense, Capital, & Outsource Manufacturing)P&L Responsibility - Plant Production and Manufacturing Operational Excellence (Lean Implementation, Six Sigma Implementation & DeploymentCustomer Engagement, Developed Customer Intimacy Program Organization Development - Employee Engagement and Ownership Supply Chain Management and OptimizationCustomer Service & Support Labor Relations and Collective BargainingPublic RelationsGovernment Relations Environmental Operations Surface Mining Operations Crushing and Grading Rotary Kiln Process Show less Multiple Division Accountability (3M Abrasives Systems Division, 3M Construction and Home Improvement Markets Division, 3M Automotive Aftermarket Division, and 3M Dental Products Division) Strategic Planning and ExecutionOperations Planning and Management (Operating Expense, Capital, & Outsource Manufacturing)Operating expense - Planning, Budgeting, management Leading and Influencing ChangeTeam Building Employee EngagementQuality Management (ISO 9000 Certified Facility)Lean Manufacturing Systems DeploymentSix Sigma DeploymentTechnical Team Manager (Process Engineering, Product Engineering, Quality Engineering)Warehouse Operations ManagementEnvironmental Operations Process Safety Management (PSM) experience Show less Continuous Improvement Manager - Lean and Six SigmaCertified Six Sigma Black BeltMultiple Division Accountability (3M Abrasives Systems Division, 3M Construction and Home Improvement Markets Division, 3M Automotive Aftermarket Division, and 3M Dental Products Division) DMAIC Tools and MethodologyStrategic Planning and ExecutionOrganizational DevelopmentLeading and Influencing Change - Turn Around Team Building Employee Six Sigma Engagement Lean Manufacturing Systems Implementation and DeploymentSix Sigma Development and DeploymentTechnical Leadership - Coaching, Mentoring Show less 3M Electronic Markets and Materials Division Specialty Composites, Surface Modification Materials, and Wafer Planarization Laboratory Supervisor - Technical Team DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentProcess DevelopmentProduct Commercialization Team LeadershipTechnology Development and DeploymentProcess, Product, and Technology Scale Up Pilot Plant OperationsProcess, Product, and Technology Scale Up to Manufacturing locationsSupply Chain Development and OptimizationCustomer Technical Service Show less

  • Site Manager

    Aug 2017 - Mar 2019

  • Site Manager

    Apr 2012 - Aug 2017

  • Manufacturing Product Manager

    Aug 2009 - Mar 2012

  • Product Manager

    Aug 2006 - Aug 2009

  • Manager, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

    Mar 2005 - Jul 2006

  • Engineering Manager

    Aug 2002 - Mar 2005

  • Advanced Specialist, Product and Process Development

    Jan 1998 - Jul 2002
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  Johns Manville Industrial Insulation Group

  Apr 2019 - now

  Complex Manager

  Johns ManvillePeople, Passion, Perform, Protect. Insulation Systems Division