Ed Ford Email & Phone Number

West Palm Beach, Fl, Us

Deerfield Beach, Fl

Reporting directly to the Director of Operations (Senior Vice President) and supporting the operational oversight of 14 manufacturing sites throughout North and South America with an annual sales revenue of over $800 million. Oversight of production, warehousing and logistics, EHS, purchasing, HR, Quality Control, Quality Management, and Maintenance & Engineering. Coordinator for the commercialization and product realization between Marketing, Product Line Management, R&D, Purchasing and the Manufacturing sites for improved products, new products and new product lines such tile and stone care & maintenance, wood floor coatings, epoxy coatings and structural repair epoxies. Helped to rollout over 1000 new product skus between 2012 and 2019. Managed reset of major retail customer with shipment of 1,700 truckloads of product delivered in 48 days  Oversight of the Powder, Production processes including direction of supply chain, staffing recommendations and operating policies and procedures, standardization and optimization On site plant support for Plant Management training, new plant and new process commissioning including 4 new sites and 8 production lines over past 6 years, incident and nonconformity investigation, efficiency and lean improvements, annual Operations budget planning, capital project planning and scope development and continuous improvement planning to achieve Key Process Indicators (KPI’s). Project Lead on cost accounting project including cycle time analyses by process and sku and allocation of costs to each product sku such as direct and indirect labor, energy, depreciation, overhead, etc. Facilitated Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) over 4-month period for Polymer Operations including Styrene, Butyl Acrylate and Vinyl Acetate monomers

Garland, Tx

The Garland, Texas Facility is MAPEI’s 3rd largest production and regional distribution center globally, housing over 7MM pounds of inventory in 1600 plus sku’s and serving customers in an 800 mile radius. Operating 24/7 with 150 employees, 5 million lbs of product are shipped weekly, resulting in average monthly sales of over $6.0MM. Responsible for the supply chain of Urethane, Epoxy and Resilient adhesives throughout North America. Reorganized management, supervisory and workforce staff an implemented an operating culture which saw a 32% reduction in personnel and 73% increase in production efficiency Implemented “Extreme Makeover” of facility including establishment of 5S and Ownership/Accountability culture resulting in an increase in service performance from 84.5% on time to 99.6% on time. Doubled the size of the operating plant including the addition of an 80,000ft2 warehouse, a second polyurethane adhesive production line and high speed plastic bagging line Implemented breakthrough strategy which increased the polyurethane batch capability from 9 batches per week to 21 batches per week with less than $20,000 capital investment Increased plant sales volume by 64% from 2007 to 2011  Achieved an 82% reduction in safety incidents and reduced worker’s comp insurance costs from $50,000 per year to less than $2,500 per year Implemented quality and management programs including ISO 9001 and OSHA SHARPS. Set foundation for ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. Reduced Service Related complaints by 85% and product related complaints by 28% through rigorous root cause analysis and preventative methods such as FMEA

Ville Platte, La

 Responsibility for all facets of operation for the world’s largest manufacturing facility of carbon black (350+ million pounds annually) – ISO 9001 Certified Directed 120 salaried and union employees and managed $60MM annual operating budget Established Lean Manufacturing operations culture which resulted in $5MM annual fixed cost savings, an annual yield improvement of 3%, an increase in production capacity of 27% and a reduction of 25% of workforce Successfully negotiated current labor contract which resulted in a 10% reduction in wages, consolidation of job skills, and a facility gain sharing program that was based on site critical business metrics Reduced safety incident rate by 80% and reduced Worker’s Comp insurance by 65% which also resulted in a National Safety Council Award and nomination for best chemical plant in Louisiana Improved customer defect rate by over 98% which resulted in increased business with major customer Improved lab capability by over 60% through Six Sigma project which led to over a 25% reduction in testing and inspection Improved plant reliability by over 40% through root cause analysis, defect elimination, preventive and predictive maintenance programs and improved operating systems and discipline Successfully implemented over $40MM in capital investment with a cumulative ROI of greater than 28% which led to increased production and higher margin product lines

Various

- Pilot Plant Operations- R & D- Plant Maintenance & Engineering- Plant Process Engineering- Regional Engineering- Global Product Line Engineering- Plant Operations Management

Worked in polymer operations including pressure sensitive adhesives, chewing gum rosin, and automotive windshield protectionPreweighed batch chemicals, help prepare and mix batch, packaging of final product and cleanout preparation for next batch.

Education record

Bseet, Electronic Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Alpha Tau Omega, Gamma Sigma Chapter Army ROTC Swimming Team Special Olympics Assistant Coach for Softball.