Experience

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  Itw paslode

  Feb 1998 - Aug 1998

  Assembly technician
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  Tredegar film products

  Aug 1998 - Oct 2006

  Cast, Oriented and Blown extrusion. Production line start-ups and operator training at sister plants in Hungary and China.

  • Plant Trainer

    May 2006 - Oct 2006

  • Production Supervisor

    Mar 2004 - May 2006

  • Product Technician

    Aug 1998 - Mar 2004
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  Hilex poly

  Oct 2006 - Feb 2008

  • Extrusion Manager

    Oct 2007 - Feb 2008

  • Production Supervisor

    Oct 2006 - Oct 2007
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  Tredegar film products

  Feb 2008 - Jul 2013

  Process development for Elastics Extrusion. • Managed all plant inbound/outbound shipments, supervised shipping and receiving team, maintained inventory and vendor management. Initiated cost savings through commodity consolidation.

  • Process Development Engineer

    Jan 2013 - Jul 2013

  • Logistics Supervisor

    Jul 2010 - Dec 2012

  • Product Technician

    Feb 2008 - Jul 2010
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  Hollister incorporated

  Jul 2013 - Apr 2018

  • Managed projects at multiple foreign and domestic contract manufacturers (including China, Spain, India and South Korea) to optimize the company’s global footprint.

  • Senior Project Engineer, Global Operations Strategic Initiatives

    Sept 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Senior Project Engineer, Global Contract Manufacturing

    Jun 2017 - Sept 2017

  • Project Engineer, Global Contract Manufacturing

    Jul 2013 - Jun 2017
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  Suominen corporation

  Apr 2018 - now

  Leads, directs, develops, and controls the operations of a plant to achieve the medium- and long-term manufacturing objectives set by the overall annual plan / business plan.1. Leads, directs, evaluates, and develops a team of functional and operational managers and other professionals to ensure that the site meets its established targets and standards.2. Responsible for establishing operating budgets within specified levels, monitors the cost and effectiveness of site related activities to optimize resources, prioritize spending, and achieve safety, quality and manufacturing standards.3. Sets and monitors the performance of the site against standards and targets in areas such as manufacturing efficiency, cost control in production, maintenance, reliability and availability of the supply chain, legal compliance, capital investment proposals, HSEQ and human resource management.4. Develops and implements a variety of operating policies and procedures (in conjunction with corporate subject matter experts) to ensure that the plant meets it current and future manufacturing targets.5. Liaises with internal and external stakeholders to develop and improve corporate relations.6. Promotes a strong safety and quality culture which are core values of everyone at Suominen and ensures full compliance to all related policies, procedures and practices.7. Ensures that operations core principles are being recognized and put as the highest priorities in decision making.8. Assesses the capital investment needs related to plant’s safety, line performances, equipment aging and environmental requirements to optimize and maintain safety, quality and efficiencies. Show less

  • Plant Director, Windsor Locks Plant Operations

    Dec 2020 - now

  • Plant Manager

    Apr 2018 - Dec 2020