Mark Barton Email & Phone Number

Jeffersonville, IN

Seymour, IN

• Start up company, $25-35M initial business, developer and manufacturer of leading edge bio-based plastic resins. (process manufacturing/twin screw extrusion)Senior Vice President, ManufacturingManagement and direction.
• Implemented continuous improvement efforts /structure with limited start up resources (performance measurements, quality system, safety program, etc…), realizing a 35% reduction in manufacturing costs and 25%.
• Implemented successful lean manufacturing and inventory control improvement efforts, focusing on waste and cost reduction. Improved inventory accuracy to over 99%, while reducing raw material inventories by 50%..
• Coordinated/directed relocation of $7M manufacturing facility from Hawthorne, CA to Seymour, IN (2010). Implemented site process layout/lean systems, equipment and operational start up plan. Completed and operational.
• Initial site evaluation/assessment, facility preparation/budget for manufacturing operations in Cannara, Italy (2011-2012).

Shelbyville, IN

• (division of Toray Industries, TSE:3402 ($12 billion, Tokyo based conglomerate, purchased Nippisun Indiana Corp. facility in 2002). $100M business provider of proprietary compounded engineering plastic resins (nylon.
• Initiated and led lean manufacturing/continuous improvement efforts resulting in a 35% reduction in manufacturing costs and 40% productivity improvement. Represents $3.5M average yearly savings.
• Designed and managed quality improvement efforts that achieved ISO 9001/TS16949 quality management system registrations and realized customer complaint reduction of over 40%.
• Championed environmental stewardship activities resulting in registration to environmental management system ISO 14001 and Shelby County Environmental Stewardship Award for outstanding efforts in energy conservation.
• Twice achieved prestigious Toray Industries President’s Award for outstanding overall performance and turnaround/transition of purchased company among worldwide Toray Group.Director of Manufacturing/Plant Manager.
• Initiated and led safety improvement efforts, achieving an 80% reduction in total recordable injury rate and no lost time injuries over five consecutive years.

Shelbyville, IN

• (division of $3.2 billion, Tokyo based Nippon Pigment, Inc., TSE:4119) $75M business provider of custom plastic resin (nylon, PBT, polypropylene, ABS, polystyrene, etc…) and toll compounding services, manufacturing.
• Led re-design/development of operations achieving improvement from 20MM to 75MM lbs yearly production capacity, while reducing costs 20%.
• Successfully transitioned 35MM lbs yearly production to one manufacturing facility in six months, while successfully closing (Houston, TX) production facility.
• Managed and directed quality improvement efforts to achieve ISO/QS9000 and Q1 quality system registrations and received quality performance awards from Toyota, Honda, Denso, Aisin, etc.
• Implemented operational education, 5S and training program for plastic compounding associates, helping lead to reduction in turnover of over 70%.

Gahanna, OH

• (Basell purchased Himont in 1993, Shell/Himont joint venture, now LyondellBasell, NYSE:LYB) $51 billion provider of polypropylene and polypropylene compounds, (worlds largest). As part of Advanced Materials group, site.
• Improved production schedule accuracy from 65% to 98%.
• Resolved scheduling issues with strategic automotive customers to secure $50MM annual sales.
• Led transition team of seven corporate and plant managers to successfully close a production facility, relocating 50MM lbs of annual volume.
• Successfully gained approval for plant gain sharing program from executive management committee, creating the model for subsequent programs at other manufacturing locations.Production Manager (1983 – 1989)Management.
• Led successful design/development of operations to de-bottleneck and increase capacity from 25MM lbs to 80MM lbs yearly production volume.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Management Science/Business Administration

Education record

Lean Leadership Institute Executive Program