Mike Shipley

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Vice President Production @ Acme Brick
fort worth, texas, united states
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States, United States
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About Mike Shipley

Experienced Vice President of Manufacturing with a demonstrated history of working in the building materials industry. Skilled in Manufacturing, Negotiation, Budgeting, Operations Management, Brick and Cement. Strong operations professional with a Bachelor of Science focused in Mechanical Engineering from University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Mike Shipley's Current Company Details
Acme Brick

Acme Brick

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Vice President Production
fort worth, texas, united states
Website:
brick.com
Employees:
912
Mike Shipley Work Experience Details
  • Acme Brick
    Vice President Production
    Acme Brick Jan 2024 - Present
  • Acme Brick
    General Production Manager
    Acme Brick May 2022 - Jan 2024
    Fort Worth, Texas, United States
  • Prince Minerals
    Director - Construction Sales
    Prince Minerals Jun 2019 - May 2022
  • Meridian Brick
    Vp Manufacturing
    Meridian Brick Oct 2016 - Apr 2018
    Dallas/Fort Worth Area
    • Helped lead the joint venture of two of the largest brick manufacturers in North America- Forterra Brick and Boral Brick Companies. • Responsible for the safety, financial and quality performance of 21 operating facilities and 1000 employees. • Achievements included meeting plan cost performance for operating plants as well as product and plant rationalizations to drive synergy improvements. • Developed team of five direct reports including three Regional Production Directors overseeing production as well as Engineering and Environmental Managers.
  • Forterra Brick
    Vice President North American Operations
    Forterra Brick Oct 2015 - Oct 2016
    • Assumed direct responsibility for the Canada Operations for Forterra Brick in addition to all US Operations. Sixteen total plants reported directly to me. • North American cost performance improved over prior year by 20% and profit improved by $15 million.
  • Hanson Brick And Roof Tile
    Vice President Us Operations
    Hanson Brick And Roof Tile Oct 2011 - Oct 2015
    • Assumed responsibility for the East Region brick manufacturing facilities and the concrete Roof Tile businesses. Sixteen plants reported directly to me. • My reports successfully upgraded and resumed operations at a concrete roof tile plant in Fort Myers, FL that had been shut down for six years. • Safety milestones included no lost time accidents in 2012- 2014 for all sixteen facilities. • Upgraded product lines at several key locations that helped lead to favorable performance in challenging markets.
  • Hanson Brick
    Vice President West Region
    Hanson Brick Jul 2008 - Oct 2011
    • Led the West Region through the most difficult housing downturn in our history. • Scaled production facilities to reduce costs as volumes declined. Developed crewing worksheets to target optimum payroll levels for step change production levels. Made the tough decisions concerning our employee retention. • Utilized Lean skills and Lean Manager to drive efficiency improvements with minimum of capital. Engaged hourly workforce to help with safety and efficiency improvements through our Continuous Improvement Team process (CIT). • Worked with Lean Manager to develop a digital safety board with bi monthly updates in employee break rooms throughout our businesses. Goal was to communicate our safety commitment and achievements as well as near miss leading indicators and accident reports in a digital format. This resonated well with our employees in this digital age.
  • Hanson Brick
    Director Technical Resources
    Hanson Brick Aug 2005 - Jul 2008
    • Formed, led and facilitated energy management teams at our facilities to reduce natural gas costs. Worked with a key vendor to perform energy surveys at many locations. Initiatives achieved $10 million in natural gas cost savings mainly through non-capital initiatives. • Helped identify and lead a major upgrade at our Athens facility that included an automated packaging line that reduced headcount by eight people and allowed this plant to reduce cost while maintaining quality and a 40 year no lost time accident record.
  • Hanson Brick
    Vice President West Region
    Hanson Brick Jun 2001 - Aug 2005
    • Responsible for six production facilities that included two multimillion-dollar brown field expansions. One was a first of its kind cored concrete brick facility that produced 70 million brick equivalents. The other was a clay brick expansion of 60 million brick equivalents. • Developed cost options with key vendor to perform a four million dollar grinding room upgrade to feed two locations. • Helped Senior Management team combine the seven Jannock brick businesses into Hanson Brick.
  • Hanson Brick
    Plant Manager
    Hanson Brick 1999 - 2001
    Mineral Wells, Tx
    • Responsible for safety, quality and financial performance of the key West Region site. • In two years, we increased production capacity by twenty-three per cent. • Led production region with the fewest number of manufacturing complaints in 2000. • Upgraded the grinding room and installed a state of the art combustion system to reduce costs.
  • Acme Brick
    Project Engineer, Regional Engineer, Production Supervisor, Plant Superintendent
    Acme Brick 1985 - 1997
    • Was Project Engineer and then start up Superintendent over the multimillion dollar brown field Bennett plant expansion. The Plant become a top performer in one year. • Was Plant Superintendent after the Elgin Butler acquisition. Efficiency improvements helped reduce work force by over 50 employees. • Implemented architectural QC program to drive raw material and color quality standards at both Perla and Elgin. • Held various line management roles that included Mining, Maintenance and Combustion Supervisor.

Mike Shipley Skills

Building Materials Plant Management Cement Lean Manufacturing Manufacturing Continuous Improvement Manufacturing Operations Management 5s Operations Management Kanban Mine Safety Asphalt Process Engineering Process Improvement Team Building Budgets Factory Purchasing Negotiation Contract Negotiation Materials Strategic Planning Budgeting

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