John Hiller

Experience

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  Earlier Career

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1996

  Entrepreneur

  Entrepreneur Founder / Director of an educational institute in a third world country. Spearheaded development and teaching of curriculum, acquisition and maintenance of facilities, overall administration and growth of school. Simultaneously went to language school (conversant Tagalog), home schooled our children and maintained extensive ancillary training and correspondence obligations. During college, Sole Proprietor that developed a business from 0 to 75 weekly accounts and 0 to 17 employees. Show less

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  Dana Holding Corporation

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1996

  Shift Supervisor / Training and Development Instructor

  Requested to transfer as leading production supervisor to assume the Mobile Fluid Products Division’s Excellence in Manufacturing Program. Concern was that previous efforts failed and this would be viewed as another flavor of the month. Positive independently administered assessment surveys demonstrated the success of the program. The plant was awarded the Corporate “Poka Yoke Challenge Award”. Conducted training in 12 world class automobile facilities. Led 6 sigma / LEAN / Kaizen Initiative via 13 simultaneous teams composing 85 hourly and salaried associates. Show less

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  Caraustar

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2012

  General Superintendent: Swing mill in Greenville is only one of a handful that survived several corporate restructurings and downsizings. Modified a product resulting in repeatable annual savings of $100,000 year and elimination of significant safety and mechanical failure exposures. Hiring manager of hundreds of production department associates (4 salary, 45 hourly). Oversight of $225,000 payroll and $750,000 raw material monthly budgets. Responsible for development and implementation of training matrices for all positions. Show less Assistant Superintendent: Lead representative for several corporate process improvement teams tasked with the implementation of ideas. Introduced Visual Factory methods that reduced waste by 10%. Initiated a 15 % complaint reduction program via on sight visits of customer processes. Successfully managed capital projects under $250,000. Successfully introduced Lean manufacturing principles into difficult environments. Led $500,000 creation of 100 “recipe” bank across several facilities, grade structures and institutionalized via corporate intranet. Turn around trouble shooter via implementation of process improvements to 8 facilities on the East Coast. Generated $500,000 in yearly, repeatable business during start up of Locked-Out 400 member union facility. Managed initail phaseof manufacturing and led inexperienced temps to production record setters. Show less Stock Prep Engineer: Designated liaison to train hourly associates on practical operation of newly installed Distributed Process Control System (DCS). Responsible for creation of several safety initiatives (Incentive, Near Miss Reporting/Tracking, New Associate Mentoring). As Safety Chair Mill awarded “Most Improved Safety Performance Mill Group”. Collaborated in the research, development, and creation of three new products in the heavy manufacturing sector. End use products are common in the leisure, learning and manufacturing markets. Show less

  • General Superintendent

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2012

  • Assistant Superintendent

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2009

  • Stock Prep Engineer

    Jan 1996 - Jan 2005
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  International Paper

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Process Manager Paper / Front Line Leader

  One of the world's largest paper mills and second biggest economy in the state of Georgia. Managed 20 operators in all aspects of productivity, quality, and safety on two paper machines. Assisted 5S and Kaizen training leading to corporate recognition.

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  Greenville Technical College

  Jan 2014 - now

  Adjunct Instructor

  Instructor for SCMC (South Carolina Manufacturing Certification Program). 200 hours of three core certificate programs plus 40 hours of hands on training. Graduates enter any type of advanced manufacturing industry.

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  CCT Business Training

  Jun 2014 - now

  Trainer

  Developing and training the following courses: Lean Process Improvement, Gap Analysis, Emotional Intelligence, Effective Facilitation Skills, Change Management, Managing Conflict, Meeting Management -- The Art of Making Meetings Work, and other soft business skills.