{"id":905,"date":"2021-01-07T12:59:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=905"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:43:12","slug":"chemical-plant-manager-operations-leader-188303","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/production-operations-quality\/chemical-plant-manager-operations-leader-188303\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemical Plant Manager \/ Operations Leader (188303)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PA based Plant Production Leader and Chemical Engineer with 20+ years of experience in specialty chemical manufacturing. He has led teams ranging up to 250+ in chemical manufacturing operations that include batch processing, blending processes. <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His track record of delivering process and yield improvements while reducing working capital and cycle times is IMPRESSIVE<\/strong>! All of this equals serious dollars to the bottom line! His direct efforts led to a 14X return for investors in a 5 year period! <\/strong> He took his corporate knowledge and build a successful brewing company that he has since handed off. He is now looking for a new challenge where he can ply his big box of skills to improve operations. He is an excellent addition to any chemical manufacturing operations looking to raise the bar on processes and profits! He is willing to relocate <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call us now to arrange a conversation with this great Chemical Manufacturing Leader before he is gone! Contact Butch @ 724 814 3791 or Email bsweedar@mriomega.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Completed $300K renovation project on time and below budget.
\u2022 Successfully led the effort to sell the company resulting in a 14x return for investors within 5 years.<\/strong>
\u2022 Achieved sales growth of 6x and EBITDA growth from -$500K to $14M.<\/strong>
\u2022 Completed acquisition of competitor\u2019s product line that positioned the company for significant margin improvement.
\u2022 Received Presidents Award for Excellence in Service (2010).
\u2022 Reduced working capital by 20% through the implementation of Lean techniques.<\/strong>
\u2022 Led organization to become the first Contract Chemical Manufacturing company to hold ISO9000, ISO14000, and OSHAS 18000 certifications.
\u2022 Received SOCMA Excellence Award for superior EHS&S performance (2005)
\u2022 Standardized and improved work procedures
o Resulting in a reduced cycle time of 25%
o Achieved a yield improvement of 5%.<\/strong>
\u2022 Led a team of 80 to 250 manufacturing specialty chemicals.
\u2022 Increased facility capacity by 50% while simultaneously reducing costs by 10% without the use of capital.<\/strong>
\u2022 Designed and installed process which increased capacity by 50% while reducing emissions by 75%.<\/strong>
\u2022 Improved operating methods and controls.
o This led to improved raw material usage by $200K <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Chemical manufacturing – 20+ years
\u2022 Leadership \u2013 (6 Direct 250 Indirect)
\u2022 Batch Manufacturing Operations
\u2022 Blending Operations
\u2022 High Volume Manufacturing<\/strong>
\u2022 Budget Development
\u2022 Creating SOPs
\u2022 Calculating Production \/ Labor\/ Material Costs
\u2022 Continuous Improvement Projects
\u2022 Process Troubleshooting
\u2022 Driving Cost Reduction
\u2022 Ensuring Future Material Availability
\u2022 Ensuring Optimal Inventory
\u2022 WIP Inventory Management
\u2022 Implementing Lean into Manufacturing
\u2022 Holding Kaizen Events
\u2022 Holding Kanban Events
\u2022 5S \/ 6S Methods
\u2022 Meeting Manufacturing Delivery Targets
\u2022 Increasing Production Capacity
\u2022 Reducing Scrap
\u2022 Adjusting Production Schedules
\u2022 Establishing Production Sequences
\u2022 Holding Staff Accountable
\u2022 Identifying Capacity Requirements
\u2022 Preparing Production Schedules
\u2022 Controlling Labor Costs
\u2022 Scheduling Materials \/ Labor
\u2022 ERP Systems \/ MRP Systems
\u2022 Identifies at Risk Shipments
\u2022 Developing Cost-Effective Processes
\u2022 Statistical Process Control SPC
\u2022 Maintaining Production Paperwork
\u2022 Value Stream Mapping
\u2022 Managing Multiple Projects
\u2022 Measuring Forecast Accuracy
\u2022 Using Plant Visual Systems
\u2022 Preventative Maintenance
\u2022 Resolving Production Bottlenecks \/ Problems<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BS Chemical Engineering,<\/strong> \/ Pennsylvania State University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PA based Plant Production Leader and Chemical Engineer with 20+ years of experience in specialty chemical manufacturing. He has led teams ranging up to 250+ in chemical manufacturing operations that include batch processing, blending processes. His track record of delivering process and yield improvements while reducing working capital and cycle times is IMPRESSIVE! All of…<\/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":[312,311],"tags":[66,115,126,127,147,157],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plant-manager","category-production-operations-quality","tag-chemical","tag-lean","tag-batch-manufacturing","tag-specialty-chemicals","tag-operations-manager","tag-plant-manager"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","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=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":906,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}