George Hare

Experience

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  US Navy

  Jan 1981 - Jan 1985

  Division Officer

  Led Air Launched Weapons Assembly in G3/G4 Divisions.

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  US Navy Reserve

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1993

  Division Officer / Intelligence

  Strike Planning / TS-SBI Security Clearance

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  International Paper

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1999

  General Manager

  Led $6,000,000 turnaround facilitated by adding 10,000 tons of additional sales in underutilized machine centers. Named Inland Plant of the Year and awarded City of Tracy Business of the Year. Promoted to Multiplant GM.

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  Georgia Pacific

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  General Manager

  Increased sales and productivity in an underperforming plant that serviced the citrus, tomato, and melon markets. Including improving product / print quality and pre run programs to be able to sell major produce / citrus packing houses. Instituted an off shore program selling into the Bahamas and Honduras by incorporating shipboard backhauls.

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  Pratt Industries

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

  Multi Plant Manufacturing Manager Conyers Plant 1 & 2

  Led 375 employees that produced 100 truckloads per day of corrugated products that were produced on a 4 shift 7 day per week basis. Improved mix by $105.00 per ton by increasing converted / sheet mix to 50% of total sales. Reduced returns & credits by 35%. Improved Converting throughput from 23mmsf to 35mmsf per week.

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  Diversapack LLC

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  VP / General Manager Contract Manufacturing

  Led 2 Contract Manufacturing locations in Indiana and Ohio that produced Consumer Products for P&G and Loreal, as well as others. Both plants received P&G PInnacle awards for performance, quick turnaround and R&D work performed.

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  Tufco Technologies

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2012

  General Manager Hamco Manufacturing & Distributing LLC

  Set business records in sales and production in FY 2011. Led the development of Nationwide Distribution & Marketing Plan to expand sales to closer meet plant capabilities. Revamped manufacturing processes to better meet more complex mix of products and seasonal demand surges. Reduced costs by $950,000 the first two years and achieved 6 Sigma level product quality for the second two years.

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  Operational Excellence LLC

  Jan 2012 - Dec 2018

  Principal Consultant

  Provided Sales / Manufacturing / Distribution process alignment expertise to local / regional companies in the areas of Safety, Sales / Production Alignment, Supply Chain Quality, Process Improvement, Lean / Six Sigma, 5S, Process Bottleneck / Constraints elimination and Margin Improvement.

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  Georgia-Pacific LLC

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Project Plant Manager

  • Responsible for all operations and P&L of a 106 acre lumber mill (sawmill / kilns / planer / shipping). Improved financial results over 2012 by $1.3MM 2013 YTD despite spending $950K in emergency / repair expenditures designed to stabilize current conditions.•Optimized the kiln schedules to get an additional 12mmbf /year throughput volume.•Increased future profitability by $1.5MM by improving #2 & Better grade out from 68% to 79%.Implemented 30 hour Safety course for all new hires including HR, MBM and Production topics. •Improved plant capabilities by transitioning both shifts to run both logs and cores bypassing GP supply chain system lags.•Developed a 2-3 year $16MM capital plan to get the mill to Optimized Base Case. •Hired 7 key leaders and promoted hourly leaders to bring needed focus and support to the crews. Show less

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  SPG International, LLC

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2017

  Site General Manager

  Responsible for the P&L from the safe and efficient manufacturing and distribution operations at the Covington site. During my tenure there we improved sales by over $1.4M and reduced per unit costs by $750K in 2015 and 2016. In addition we significantly improved safety conditions and behaviors and reduced manufacturing lead times by 1/3 and distribution lead times by 2/3 over 2014 levels.

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  Quikrete

  Feb 2019 - Oct 2022

  Plant Manager
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  CEVA GOVERNMENT SERVICES, LLC

  Oct 2022 - Aug 2023

  General Manager
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  Self-employed

  Aug 2023 - now

  Retired