Candidate introductionTom Randall

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oxTom Randall – Critical Skill Set

Business Vision

Strategic Planning

Effective Communication

Staff Development

Mentoring

Quality Planning

Safety Programs & Awareness

Budget Planning

Cost ControlLean Manufacturing

New Product Introduction

Continuous Improvement

Project Leadership

Delegation

Accountability

People Management

ROI/Business Impact

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oxTom Randall – Critical Skill Set Examples

Mentoring:As Plant Manager I set up a mentoring program between staff managers and individual contributors to reinforce positive skills and groom high potential candidates for future promotions. Working with the Maintenance/ ME Manager one of our Quality Engineers took on additional projects doing line layout and kan ban organization projects to broaden his scope. His hidden expertise uncovered several improvements to the line layout that saved an additional 10% in travel distance.

Lean Manufacturing:I set up an in-line progressive assembly line for our Slicer assembly. The line consisted of six stations with a TAKT time of 12 minutes. By analyzing the bottlenecks on the line I determined that the “special” models were the limiting item. These were scale machines, certain export models and the unique Arby’s machine. I removed those specials to a dedicated Short Run cell. The result was Takt time reduced to 9 minutes and quality on the special units improved by 15%.

Safety Program/ Awareness:As Plant Manager I established monthly safety meetings covering different topics. I also implemented bi-weekly safety tours with managers to observe, coach and correct safety problems. Actions reduced lost time accidents by 28% and increase days without an accident to new levels. The tour looked for slip, trip and fall hazards, PPE violations, chemical labeling & handling issues and general housekeeping. By demonstrating management commitment to ongoing safety and using staff to supplement the Safety Coordinator we were able to cover more ground and see more potential problems to correct.

Delegation:As Business Unit Manager I was often away at shows, customer visits and dealer training and was unavailable to run manufacturing. I empowered my production team to run the business as if it was their own. I encouraged them to discuss problems, brainstorm solutions and make a consensus decision. Most importantly they made the correct decisions without waiting for me to return. At one point they also hosted a customer visit complete with prep, tour, demonstration and question & answer session that impressed the customer to increase his order size.

Effective Communication:As Plant Manager I created a campaign to change the culture to reduce the amount of time operators spent off the line. By highlighting WIIFT –”What’s In It For Them”, I coached them on reasons why productivity and efficiency suffered when they were away from their workstations during non-break times. By positive reinforcement and a couple examples (write-ups) I convinced the workforce to stay at their stations until break/ lunch contributing to an increase in efficiency by 15% and production output by 40%.

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