Jacob Wall Email & Phone Number

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Buffalo Grove, Il, Us

- Servant leader of a team of 5 Packaging Engineers.- Develop strategic engineering initiatives through Hoshin Planning to support the overall business objectives. - Build metrics to track progress and performance of engineering team related to onboarding new business.- Direct estimating and sales teams on appropriate film structure, run speeds, and scrap rates for new products.- Engage with customers for strategic new product launches and training.- Partner with machine and raw material suppliers to develop new commercial products.- Build and maintain spending budgets and CapEx plans. - Implement redesign of office to accommodate creative flow and additional headcount.

Buffalo Grove, Il, Us

Buffalo Grove, Il, Us

- Coordinate trials for new products and raw materials with customers and operations teams. - Develop flexible packages based on customer requirements and manufacturing capabilities.- Design pouches and tooling using AutoCAD and ArtiosCAD programs. - Assist operations with troubleshooting trials in press, lamination, slitting, and converting processes.- Provide technical support to internal and external customers via phone, email, and on-site visits. - Communicate project updates weekly to customers and internal executive and sales teams. - Create hand made prototypes for package sizing and customer evaluation.

Herndon, Va, Us

Zurich, Ch

- Managed several commercialization projects simultaneously that ranged from 4-18 months in length.- Performed on-site qualifications to validate new products, resins, and additives- Coordinated all project-related activities including authoring design requests and establishing inspection protocol for qualifications and production runs. - Provided technical support for other departments such as sales, customer service, and operations.- Established working relationships with customers, vendors, and manufacturing facilities by communicating daily via phone, email, and on-site visits.- Maintained budgets and timelines for all projects resulting in on-time and under-budget launches.- Troubleshooted project obstacles using creative thinking and knowledge from past experiences.- Was involved with the pursuit of sustainable solutions for consumer products by pushing lower product weights and sustainable materials such as PCR.

Zurich, Ch

- Led the Implementation of SAP, Shop Floor System (MII), and FMS (Downtime) as a Super User for my plant. Traveled to sister plants to help train their employees and assist in the implementation of their processes as well.- Received the SAP Integration Hero Award for my performance in the integration of the above systems.- Created and implemented SOC's and SOP's to maintain and improve current processes.- Heavily involved creating a standardized process in the Shipping, Warehousing, Planning, Cycle Counting, and Production processes.- Sustainability Team Leader: created a team from all shifts and management to develop a sustainable culture throughout the plant. Major areas of focus: recycling, waste reduction, and cost savings. Created spreadsheets and reports based off of data received through program. In 2016, the Team has reduced waste to landfill from 100% to 29%. Participating in the International Coastal Cleanup in 2017.

Zurich, Ch

- Trained with all departments throughout the facility and learned tools and techniques required to perform everyday tasks from each differing hourly worker to the plant manager.- Participated in cross-functional training at various plants within the company. Traveled to 5 separate locations and went through training for different items: New Product Development, ISO Audits, Internal Process Audits, and SAP training.- Participating member of multiple teams including FMEA, continuous improvement, and Process Control teams.- Implemented and programmed a Vorne Real Time Production Tracker device. Collected data on cycle times, total parts, good parts, and downtime. Generated reports based off of these data sets to identify areas of improvement.- Core Team member of the Safety Committee and the 6S team. Completed action items assigned and attended all meetings related to each team.- Sustainability Team Leader: created a team from all shifts and management to develop a sustainable culture throughout the plant. Major areas of focus: recycling, waste reduction, and cost savings. Created spreadsheets and reports based off of data received through program. In 2016, the Team has reduced waste to landfill from 100% to 29%. - Filled in as a Night Shift Production Supervisor for 5 months. Developed good working relationships with all employees. Created work schedules for employees bi-weekly and approved time for employees. Maintained the highest Operating Efficiency of all shifts while filling in. Trained new hires from Temp agencies and Full Time employees to develop skills to perform job functions correctly and efficiently.

Hartsville, Sc, Us

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Us

- Developed and Implemented Lock Out-Tag Out Forms for entire molding area: - Brought current safety procedures up to meet OSHA compliance. - Worked with other departments within the plant to meet OSHA standards as well. - Assisted in multiple changeovers (color and mold). - Ran numerous calibration tests on molds and presses: - Tonnage, Material Velocity, Temperature, Injection Pressure and Water Velocity. - Assisted in 5S projects: - Designated and labeled areas for equipment, waste, gaylord pallets, etc. - Developed Kaizen Action Reports and executed procedures. - Worked with OGP measuring machines for future product design changes.

- Assisted in running a manual Polyurethane line consisting of pouring the material and the assembly of parts. - Cleaned parts run on injection molding machines and assisted in the changing of 2 molds. - Ran a small thermoforming machine and cleaned parts. - Ran a CNC 5-axis router machine and cleaned parts.

Columbus, Kansas, Us

Helped with the build of the Empire Electric Service Center in Joplin, Missouri using many machines and tools to learn the basics of construction. - Worked night shifts as well as overtime.

Maintained lawns and performed landscaping services to meet the needs of the customers.

Maintained the grounds of the entire school district. Included mowing, weed eating, and other miscellaneous maintenance jobs. Worked with heavy maintenance machinery.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Plastics Engineering Technology

Education record

Master Of Engineering Management