Melanie Bowes Email & Phone Number

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Florence, Kentucky

• Responsible for the production of 14 packaging lines producing over ~100MM annual units for ~480 SKUs across Luxury, Professional and Consumer Hair Care Products.
• Manage 6 Supervisors and 50 indirect reports (operators/mechanics).
• Drive process improvement methods and implement best practices resulting in an 8% increase in overall equipment efficiency since inception of position.
• Monitor key performing indicators including headcount, plan achievement/adherence, equipment efficiency trends and labor efficiency.
• Lead interdepartmental focus group to increase the technical capabilities of the current and future workforce to achieve efficiency targets.
• Assess job tasks using the RULA tool and implement controls and best practices to reduce MSD risks.

Florence, Kentucky

• Supervised the daily production on first and second shift through team meetings, continuous improvement strategies, and inventory management.
• Coached, trained and mentored 13 operators.
• Prioritized maintenance personnel and coordinated troubleshooting for mechanical issues.
• Audited adherence to safety, quality, environmental and performance standards.
• Led safety hazard assessment on four packaging lines to identify risks and implement safety controls.
• Developed departmental scorecard to track key performing indicators and drive improvements.

Florence, Kentucky

• Managed $110MM globally sourced raw material catalog and successfully oversaw a catalog expansion of 150%.
• Planned and coordinated monthly bulk production for contract manufacturing.
• Optimized safety stock on materials based on supplier lead times and production demand.
• Monitored production schedules and maintained good supplier relations to support scheduled changes.
• Developed and maintained recurring reports to monitor inventory levels, expirations and destructions.
• Reduced minimum order quantities for top 75 raw materials by 20% to reduce excess inventory.

Florence, KY

• Managed the installation of sites $500M Energy Management Information System.
• Coordinated the procurement and installation of 30 ultrasonic water meters.
• Created utility mapping for sites water system.
• Led water reduction initiatives for newly installed building to a reduction of 295,000 gallons/year.
• Spearheaded working group to increase employee’s environmental awareness and implement best practices throughout the site.

• Prepared analytics and subsequently implemented washout optimization for processing skids- potential water savings of 1.5 M liters/yr
• Designed and installed a ventilation system for quality assurance and operator safety
• Implemented 5S for bulk standards and valve rebuild kits
• Created procedure for new processing software implementation
• Verified the utilities at each processing tank to ensure proper flow
• Assisted environmental awareness team in environmental improvement campaign

• Created layout drawing of compressed air system and proposed distribution improvements
• Spearheaded compressed air leak campaign resulting in 50% leak reduction
• Led data collection and facilitated vendors for LED project - potential energy savings of 1.2 M kWh/yr and CO2 reduction of 1,000 tons/yr
• Recreated an electrical schematic drawing in AutoCAD
• Updated environmental documents, SWPPP and SPCC, for plant modifications
• Computed data for energy efficient HVAC system feasibility study

• Spearheaded labeler machine improvement resulting in 7% decrease in downtime
• Managed and coordinated a $30,000 lighting system project
• Evaluated and implemented production line and washout optimization
• Developed cleaning logs for nine production lines
• Created changeover manuals and procedure documents for mechanics/operators