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Name Mark
Phone 630-220-9481
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $101K - $125K
State Michigan
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Production Manager
Huhtamaki
Coleman, MI
(Mfg of Plastic Dinnerware)

Plant Operations Manager
Accutech Films
Elyria, OH
(Mfg Plastic films & bags)

Production Manager
Scholle Packaging
Merced, CA
(Mfg bag-in-box pouches)

Key Accomplishments I develop, evaluate, educate, train, and improve: people, processes, projects, programs, productivity, and profitability.

Proven ability to advance processes utilizing a variety of Lean Manufacturing tools and techniques.

Hands-on Plant and Operational Leader in Safety, Quality, Productivity, Cost and Delivery. Labor, Materials and Equipment Optimization. Continuous Improvement Leadership and Actions through Lean Sigma Methods.

Numerous successful projects involving plant closures and relocations without negatively affecting Safety, Quality, Customer Service, On-Time Delivery, and Employee Morale.
Education / Skills All facets of plastics manufacturing: extrusion, thermoforming, injection molding, converting, recycling, & printing.
Union & non-Union environments. Union avoidance and successful decertification. Multiple shift & 24/7 operations.
Green Belt trained Lean practitioner SMED, TPM, RCCA, DMAIC, Kaizen, Kanban Safety & Environmental SQF AIB & VSP
BS in Business Northern Illinois University Engineering Mgmt Certificate Purdue University Kepner-Tregoe Project Mgm

Name Kirk
Phone 561-902-7079
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $126K - $150K
State Florida
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Vice President
Tufudi Creative Inc
Boca Raton FL
(Creative Agency)

General Manager
America Aluminum
Perry FL
(Law Enforcement Transport)

President
F & S Partners
Boca Raton FL
(General Contractor)

Key Accomplishments Operated a Creative Agency creating Websites, Social Media Campaigns, Social Media Content - Imagery and Copy. Designed, hosted and delivered 5 web stores, 6 web CMS sites and increased Instagram and Facebook followers by 1,000%. 3 Direct Reports

General Manager - Manufacturing. Reorganized labor force, recreated brand, expanded internationally and introduced new product, increasing sales $7.2 to $10.2 million and margin 6.53% within 12 months. Decreased WIP inventory 35% and downtime 60%

Owner of General Contracting company building high end residential and commercial spaces. Completed 22 projects creating 51,000 sf of new space and generating $7.6M in revenue. Delivered 18,000 sf LaPetite Daycare facility in 18 month under $1.2M

Managed the field industrial engineers and project managers for the Business Services Division. Staff of eight. Opened 13 Greenfield fulfillment centers adding more than $1 billion in annual capability. Integrated Warehouse Management Systems
Education / Skills BS Marketing University of Illinois MBA Keller Graduate
Florida Certified General Contractor - CGC1507313
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) - Certified Contract Document Technologist (CDT)
Proficient in MS Office Suite, multiple Project Management systems. Knowledge of DNS MGMT - CNAME TXT, MX and A Records

Name Thomas
Phone 630-336-5848
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions V P Operations
AWTP LLC
Elk Grove Village, IL
(Custom Filtration)

Sr V P Operations
Chicago Faucet Company
Des Plaines, IL
(Faucets, Elect Fixtures)

Mgr Bus Dev & Strat Sourc
Elkay Mfg Co
Oak Brook, IL
(Sinks,Coolers, Faucets )

Key Accomplishments • Implemented a change in culture moving business from private entrepreneurial to a professional business with strategic direction, standardized metrics and goals.Achieved $1.2M in cost savings and reduced inventory investment by $1.5M (33%).

Developed and implemented a $9M cost reduction strategy applying off-shore sourcing, construction of a new manufacturing facility and relocation of manufacturing to a non-union environment in a 1 year period of time, relocating the business in 3 days

Reporting to the Elkay Division President, developed a business strategy to grow Elkay’s faucet business to a profitable $70M division of the Elkay group by developing and outsourcing two new product lines, high-end residential and commercial.

Cost effective management of out-sourcing materials and labor to improve profits by 200% over a three-year period and achieved an 8-year track record of increased profitability from 8% to 19%, decertified the workforce and implemented skill based pay
Education / Skills B.S. Industrial Engr. Bradley University M.S. Industrial Engr. & Engr. Management Bradley University
Toyota Lean Manufacturing Training University Kentucky.
Constanza Demand Flow Training.
Trained and applied TQM and employee empowerment in operations and developed a skill based pay system

Name Stephen
Phone 224-241-5054
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $101K - $125K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Engineering Manager
Revcor
Carpentersville, Il
(Air moving devices)

Project Engineer
Bertsche Engineering
Buffalo Grove Il
(Machine tools)

Engineering Manager
Illinois Blower Inc.
Cary Il
(Custom Air Moving Devices)

Key Accomplishments Guided engineering team through hybrid new product development process completing seven designs in seven months projecting $4 Million in sales.

Integrated acquired tangential product line into existing engineering structure within three months returning $2.66 million in revenue within 24 months.

Led a cross functional team reducing cost of production, allowing for an increase of unit sales from 70,000 to 164,000 annually and revenue from $917,000 to $5.1 million within two years.

Education / Skills UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Champaign, IL B.S. Agricultural Engineering (Power and Machinery
STATE OF ILLINOIS, Professional Engineering License 062048882
Patents US20050074332 A1 & US8881396 B2 for air moving devices.
Member of ANSI/AMCA 210 (Laboratory Method of Testing Fans for Aerodynamic Performance Rating) committee

Name Tom
Phone 847-490-1542
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions Program Manager
Insight Global / Kellogg
Oakbrook, IL
(CPG - Food)

Senior Project Manager (D
RTP Company
Winona, MN
(Plastic Resin Manufacture)

Senior Proejct Manager
Linerty Technology Advisors
Northbrook, IL
(Consulting )

Key Accomplishments Over 30+ years of broad-based and progressive experience in successful technology solutions (ERP [Dynamics AX, Oracle, Infor, IFS…], Software Application Development [Agile and Waterfall][on/off shore teams], Hardware & Software Upgrades, Back-Up & Recovery, Data Center Relocation and Plant Automation) sales and delivery plus consulting and project/program engagement management. I bring a wealth of knowledge in selling and implementing technology, building & managing successful practices, assuring projects run on time, within budget,

INSIGHT GLOBAL / KELLOGG'S COMPANY Oakbrook, IL 2019 - 2020 American multinational food-manufacturing company with revenue of over Thirteen Billion Dollars and Thirty-Three Thousand Employees.

RTP COMPANY | Winona, MN 2016 – 2019 Global compounder of custom engineered thermoplastics with 20+ manufacturing plants/ 1500 employees across the U.S., Mexico, Europe, Singapore, and China. Senior Project Manager (Director of Applications) Recruited for a second stint with the company to resume the development of project plans and direct implementation efforts for worldwide rollout of Dynamics AX 2013 R3 (ERP software), including establishing timelines, delegating responsibilities, and monitoring budgets and progress. Conduct analysis

LIBERTY TECHNOLOGY ADVISORS | Northbrook, IL 2014 – 2015 Management and technology consulting firm focused on strategic IT and business transformation as well as ERP selections and implementations. Senior Project Manager Designated lead in building a Microsoft Dynamics ERP (AX & NAV) / CRM practice with oversight of Dynamics AX and IFS ERP projects and business re-engineering initiatives. □ Successfully project managed an IFS ERP software implementation at a dental manufacturer and five distributor centers, overcoming several sof
Education / Skills Masters Certificate: Health Care Management - DeVry University / Keller Graduate School
Master of Management (MBA), Northwestern University - Kellogg Graduate School of Management
Attended multiple Information technology courses at Harper College and other educational institutions
Obtained CPIM , CCSE - Certified Customer Service Executive, & CPM - Certified Purchasing Manager

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