Kevin Settle Email & Phone Number

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Van Buren, Ar, Us

• Manage operations, production, shipping and maintenance for APP• Led scrap reduction projects that decrease scrap by 35% overall year over year• Improved overall extrusion throughput by 23%, printing by 28%, finishing by 24%• Improved customer backlog by 5 weeks while improving OTIF by 34%• Manage 5 direct staff reports along with 75 hourly employees• Led operations team efforts to bring in new products to APP facility• Assisting team with new equipment installations and start up

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Manage operations and production of 75 million cartons per month• Led production projects that increase cutting output by 8.5% per machine• Manage 6 direct staff reports in the operations department • Led operations team efforts to bring in new products to GPI facility• Manage operations of 2 plants along with 300 hourly employees• Assisting team with new equipment installations and start up• Implemented new scrap reduction projects that have led to a 10% decrease

Wilmington, Delaware, Us

• Manage 9 direct staff reports in all activities of the plant (Financial, Quality, Scheduling, EHS, Engineering, Operations, HR, Facilities, and CI)• Established & managed plant financial budget and goals• Led plant EHS efforts to achieve 2 years without a LTI (Lost Time Incident) • Led team in successfully obtaining a 5 year contact with the US Navy to produce Navy Submarine batteries along with installation of new equipment• Changed manning through CI projects to improve productivity by 20% in certain departments• Improved plant overall efficiency by 11% by using lean six sigma, manning changes and production improvements• Successfully led plant efforts in obtaining 3 new product types to the plant, which included a Lithium battery for new customer base• Supported team efforts that led to recertification of ISO 9001/140001 to the 2015 standards

Wilmington, Delaware, Us

• Additional duties of Lean Manager were added to already existing duties of Engineering Manager• Manage 2 additional hourly employees as Lean Champions• Performed Kaizen events with Lean Champions, operators and engineering team• Local Project Lead for Title III Navy, Project Neptune to expand the plant • Work with local architect to design new plant expansion for Pasting and E-lab departments• Led team in relocating of existing equipment to prepare site for new Pasting expansion• Led local efforts for 40th Anniversary celebration and Title III Project Neptune groundbreaking events

Wilmington, Delaware, Us

• Manage all manufacturing engineering decisions, personnel, duties, project design, and budget project implementation• Manage an annual capital budget of about 2M, which includes all projects, contractors, and timelines to achieve plant goals• Help lead efforts in safety related projects with process, machine or operator improvements • Led efforts in process improvements, machine upgrades and new machine installation to improve efficiency and productivity throughout the facility by as much as 40% in some departments. • Coordinate the implementation new automated machines for molding, chemical and assembly processes • Upgrade existing equipment with new control system packages• Develop and Implement time reduction projects that help reduce process time by 33% in multiple departments• Led multiple projects improvements that help reduce scrap throughout the plant by 40%• Led process, product and machine improvements to assist with quality related issues to improve quality of our product • Implemented Robotic Equipment to increase production and reduce safety issues • Worked with UAFS in a Prototype design for a automated finishing line, which led to the development, design and implementation of an automated finishing line • Implementing the operations of Lean Manufacturing throughout the plant, which includes Kaizen events, 5S, TPM, along with other Lean Manufacturing concepts• Worked with production to schedule modification to machines for design and upgrade improvements • Help Production with process, equipment and product issues by leading efforts in troubleshooting problems and finding solutions to the problems.• Assist Quality with understanding customer field issues, determine the root causes and implementing a fix for this issue in the facility• Team Leader at Fort Smith for major product conversions

Wilmington, Delaware, Us

• Co-Leader in the development, layout, design and implementation of a 10.3 million dollar plant expansion in Fort Smith• Identified, Researched, and solved many problem areas throughout the plant• Improved process efficiency by decrease process time by up to 25%• Assisted with the plan, design, development and manufacturing of 2 new product types for a customer in Japan

Chicago, Il, Us

• Proposed, designed, acquired costs, and supervised new projects throughout the plant• Supervised outside contractors working on the plant property• Responsible for orientation of new employees• Ensured a safe working environment for employees

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering

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