Ray Ballou Email & Phone Number

• procedures for extruding nylon and polyester post- consumer carpet waste to maximize yields and reduce waste levels.•Created raw material formulations from various sources to produce finished products that meet customer automotive specifications.•Managed Quality Assurance activities for lab and developed a new test method for monitoring polypropylene levels in post-consumer carpet waste.•Developed and maintained ISO procedures for all raw material processes and lab test methods.•Responsible for monitoring and directing manufacturing support activities as related to Cost, Quality, Yield, Customer Complaints, and Downtime. Also works with Accounting Department to determine budget cost of raw materials.•Assisted in development, design, and management of start-up of a unique and patented carpet recycling process designed to remove the impurities from post-consumer and post-industrial carpet. This process allowed the development of new products based on 100% recycled raw material content.•Communicated with tolling customers to ensure product quality, inventory control (incoming raw materials & finished products), and production reporting which included FQ yields, waste, and loss.

Listed skills include Microsoft Office, Management, Microsoft Excel, and Supervisory Management.

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  Various

  Wellman Engineering Resins

  Jun 1978 - Mar 2011 - Johnsonville, Sc

  Production and Inventory ControlProject ManagerQuality Control ManagerProcess Control Manager

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  The Citadel

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