Confidential Packaging testing , creation

• Supplier Engineer for 30 million dollars in packaging accounts.• Bronze Presidential Award 2015- Reduction of defects by a factor of 4, from 2014 • Silver Presidential Award 2016- Reduction of cost of packaging 20% for primary packaging. • Worked with Packaging Engineering department to evaluate issues with packaging on highly automated lines. • Project Manager of four NPD projects.• Issue and resolve all packaging Corrective Action .Root Cause and CM for quality issues- 3 Production facilities -1800 employees. • Implemented Supplier Score Cards system for all packaging suppliers and communicated DPPM goals.

• Developed new packaging for Levolor drapery hardware and Amerock cabinet hardware business of 5000+ sku’s.• Assumed quality lead for 500,000 sq/ft warehouse: Rework, Supplier NCM, and Corrective Action. • Directed Asian suppliers in packaging design for package quality corrections and cost savings. • Key contact for new packaging design, graphics and quality for 80 million dollar corporation. • Created line review samples for retention of roughly 20 million dollars in business for Ace, Wal-Mart and Lowe’s

• Quality lead of all packaging components for Energizer Personal Care, consisting of eleven manufacturing sites.• Audited potential vendors for quality systems and addressed current vendor component quality issues for NCM completion and resolution. • Transitioned to Packaging Engineering position and conducted over 60 line trials and 20 product launches involving analysis of -CAR creation, Change Part purchasing, vendor interaction, & line set-up documentation for Hawiian Tropic, Banana Boat, and generic branded products. • Lead projects to install Accraply Labelers, Rotary Fillers, In-Line Cappers, Norden tube fillers and Vision Systems.• Purchased packaging equipment in excess of 1 million dollars in CAR requests and hard product savings of 800k, with a 20% reduction in labor.

Completed over 200 existing product and 30 new product projects for brands of Lysol, Woolite, Electrasol, Finish, Lime-A-Way, Resolve, and Jet Dry at a facility with 19 high speed packaging lines and a production volume of roughly 30 million cases/year. • Completed “Environmental Green Squeeze” savings of over 500,000 kg of plastic and 2 million feet of corrugate since 2007.• Redesigned packaging and operations structure to increased efficiencies by 20% at co-packers for Lysol and reduced corrugate by 30%.• Hazmat certified and trained annually.• Interacted with numerous competitive vendors to develop displays and packaging for clients including Wal-Mart, SAMS, BJ’s, and Costco.• Assisted in Injection Molding operations and Extrusion Blow Molding operations as it applied to packaging. • Tested packaging and documented quality results and certifications of new and existing packaging products. • Worked teams on Six Sigma projects to improve business results in the areas of safety, quality, efficiency, cost and appearance.• Interacted with marketing, trade marketing, legal and planning to develop clear concise understanding of project goals, limits and timelines

• Designed and tested new packaging, including inner-cartons, corrugated cases, and point of purchase displays. • Worked with internal and external customers, vendors, and teammates to develop innovative, functional, and cost effective packaging with a “speed to market” mentality. • Developed material specifications, display diagrams, and instructions for the structural aspects of packaging displays (600+ SKU’s). • Interacted with numerous vendors on development of displays and primary packaging for clients including Home Depot, Wal-Mart, and Lowes