Matt Hicks P.E. Email & Phone Number

Libertyville, IL, US

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Radienz Living is Private Equity Held Company (Czech Equity) and is a leading North American manufacturer of home and personal care products, such as unit dose, disinfectant wipes, all-purpose cleaners, facial wipes, and baby wipes.Director of Operations reporting to the Vice President of Operations, oversaw three shift unit dose laundry and dish detergent.

Greater Chicago Area

• Plant Manager reporting to the Vice President of Operations, lead dry blending food production facility and managed eight (8) directreports with 90 indirect reports. Full P&L responsibility for $25MM in revenue.
• Lead site to a 44% reduction in inventory capital.
• Increase throughput in production 28%.
• Increase OEE by 13% for bottleneck production lines.
• Increased profit margins from 35% to 48%
• Knowledge of SQF and FDA Principles

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Associate Director of Operations reporting to the Vice President of Operations inbound production material flow while balancing operational headcount to meet production KPIs. Established and directed secondary.
• Exceeded operational throughput by 15% while keeping production errors at less than 2%
• Increased total site capacity by 33%
• Implemented OTIF (Ontime-In Full) system for the transportation goods between sites.

Round Lake, Illinois

Manage four direct reports with 180+ indirect reports spread across five shifts for aseptic filling and packaging operations. Set strategy for monthly production planning and material procurement. Developed production capacity models for strategic forecast demand planning. Increased monthly absorption production by 95%Increased production throughput by.

Covington, Georgia

• Manage nine direct reports and provide strategic direction for an efficient startup process by using Lean Manufacturing tools and creating a positive discipline work environment. Developed standard operational.
• Manage operations schedule for startup activates.
• Managed successful startup of two Visual Inspection lines and one Packaging line.
• Developed and provided training for nine manufacturing associates.
• Lead cross functional teams to develop manufacturing quality strategies.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Primary responsibilities include developing manufacturing processes, investigating current best manufacturing practices for IGI process, and leading functional teams to ensure construction specifications meet the needs.
• Review and development of area Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Electronic Batch Management (EBM) process steps
• Technical review of equipment specifications
• Review of validation protocols and execution of factory acceptance testing

Greater Atlanta Area

• Primary responsibilities include leading Baxter project teams to develop a fully formed schedule of Baxter activities for each component of Program Covington (PC), organize and maintain PC organizational charts, and.
• Assist eight Project Managers with information collection and reporting
• Reviewed P&ID for equipment list and equipment intakes
• Maintain Program Covington Integrated Program Plan

Appleton, WI

• Primary responsibilities included developing new products per customer specifications and aided the production floor and quality department in launching new products. Gained experience with managing technicians and.
• Managing the removal, transportation, and installation of six production lines
• Developing quality checks for new products
• Leading and working with production cross functional teams

Jacksonville, IL

• Primary responsibilities included aiding the stability of the Hefty One Zip and Slide Rite extrusion and managing technicians in day to day operations of extrusion processes. Gained experience with six sigma and root.
• Created Standard Operating Procedures
• Monitored quality tracking
• Managed specialty parts inventory
• Set up requisitions and purchase orders using SAP

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Men's Rowing

Study Abroad, Business Administration And Management, General

Study Abroad Semester, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics

Activities and Societies: Men's Basketball Tau Kappa Epsilon

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering