{"id":464,"date":"2020-06-02T18:47:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T22:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=464"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:43:17","slug":"chemical-plant-production-manager-161857-paint-coatings-specialty-chemicals-will-relo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/production-operations-quality\/chemical-plant-production-manager-161857-paint-coatings-specialty-chemicals-will-relo\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemical Plant Production Manager (161857) Paint \/ Coatings \/ Specialty Chemicals \/ Will relo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana based C<\/span>hemical Manufacturing Production<\/span> Manager with 25 years in operations management.<\/strong> He has held all levels of manufacturing and facility management positions at three profitable companies. His experience includes paint, coatings, specialty chemicals, and lubricants<\/strong> for major industry companies. These plants include batch manufacturing and blending operations. He has managed multiple sites including warehousing operations<\/strong>.<\/span> Highly skilled in improving processes and eliminating production bottlenecks. Has successfully led capital projects and upgraded plant equipment to increase output.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Call me us at 724 814 3791 or email at <\/strong>bsweedar@mriomega.com<\/a><\/strong> to set up a time to talk with him<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chemical Plant Production Manager (161857) Paint \/ Coatings \/ Specialty Chemicals \/ Lubricants \/ Will relo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Managed two locations
\n\u2022 Transitioned Chicago facility into a finished goods warehouse reducing staff by 3 headcount
\n\u2022 Through vendor services negotiations, plant supply reduction cost, overtime, and cross-training
\n     o Achieved plant cost reduction of $500,000<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Led and managed $250,000 in capital improvements to improve safety and efficiencies <\/strong>
\n\u2022 Improved customer shipping accuracy from 95% to 99%<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Improved inventory accuracy through cycle counting, educating production, and through self-audits
\n\u2022 Negotiated with the union to allow management to step in when short-staffed
\n\u2022 Earned Employee of the year in 2015<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Led continual improvement projects making the facility the lowest cost and highest pounds per man-hour compared to the other 2 production facilities
\no Achieved the lowest cost per pound of the 3 production facilities at o.oo5\/lb.<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Expanded preventative maintenance protocols
\n\u2022 Monitored mixing times which led to increased throughput by 20%<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Cross-trained to improve department coverage and reduced overtime 30%<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Pre-staged materials to eliminated bottlenecks for batch process.
\n o Improved order delivery from 80% to 98%<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Upgraded the wastewater treatment\/filtration system
\no This reduced process time by 50%, and use the labor in other areas of the plant <\/strong>
\n     o Improving effluent quality and reducing waste elimination costs from $150 \/ box to $20 \/ box<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Upgraded existing equipment.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Paint & coatings 12 years<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Chemicals 20 years<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Lubricants 3 years<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Batch Manufacturing Operations<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Blending Operations<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Chemical Manufacturing<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Coatings Manufacturing<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Paint Manufacturing<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Process Optimization
\n\u2022 Holding Kanban Events
\n\u2022 Process Troubleshooting
\n\u2022 Holding Staff Accountable
\n\u2022 Reducing Scrap
\n\u2022 Controlling Labor Costs
\n\u2022 Establishing Production Sequences
\n\u2022 Shipping \/ Receiving Operations
\n\u2022 ERP Systems
\n\u2022 MRP Systems
\n\u2022 FIFO Systems
\n\u2022 JIT Systems
\n\u2022 MOC Management of Change
\n\u2022 BOM
\n\u2022 Budget Development
\n\u2022 Creating SOPs
\n\u2022 Meeting Manufacturing Delivery Targets
\n\u2022 Measuring Forecast Accuracy
\n\u2022 Prioritizing Jobs
\n\u2022 Adjusting Production Schedules
\n\u2022 Production Planning
\n\u2022 Identifying Capacity Requirements
\n\u2022 Value Stream Mapping
\n\u2022 Managing Multiple Projects
\n\u2022 Ensuring Future Material Availability
\n\u2022 Ensuring Optimal Inventory
\n\u2022 Scheduling Materials \/ Labor
\n\u2022 Calculating Production \/ Labor\/ Material Costs
\n\u2022 Continuous Improvement Projects
\n\u2022 Demand Planning
\n\u2022 Data Collection \/ Analysis
\n\u2022 Inventory Staging
\n\u2022 Driving Cost Reduction
\n\u2022 P&L Responsibility
\n\u2022 Increasing Production Capacity
\n\u2022 Increasing Throughput
\n\u2022 Improving Manufacturing Processes
\n\u2022 Resolving Production Bottlenecks \/ Problems
\n\u2022 Production Layouts
\n\u2022 Developing Cost-Effective Processes
\n\u2022 Root Cause Analysis
\n\u2022 Statistical Process Control SPC
\n\u2022 Maintaining Production Paperwork
\n\u2022 Order Status Reports
\n\u2022 Plant Maintenance
\n\u2022 Preventative Maintenance
\n\u2022 Identifies At-Risk Shipments
\n\u2022 Process Safety Management
\n\u2022 Production Quality experience
\n\u2022 Total Quality Management
\n\u2022 Team Leadership<\/p>\n

EDUCATION AND TRAINING<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
\n\u2022 Safety and Environmental Training (current)
\n\u2022 HAZMAT Training (current)
\n\u2022 Performance Management
\n\u2022 Quarterly Planning and Review
\n\u2022 Process Improvement Workshops
\n\u2022 Benchmarking Workshop
\n\u2022 Coaching\/Train the Trainer
\n\u2022 Total Quality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indiana based Chemical Manufacturing Production Manager with 25 years in operations management. He has held all levels of manufacturing and facility management positions at three profitable companies. His experience includes paint, coatings, specialty chemicals, and lubricants for major industry companies. These plants include batch manufacturing and blending operations. He has managed multiple sites including warehousing operations….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[311],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-production-operations-quality"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}