Reid Devitt Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, GA, US

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Coordinate and manage procurement and inventory levels of all masterbatch colorant, resin, and recycled material nationally amongst all 7 manufacturing plants in the US
• Negotiate resin and color prices while developing and maintaining relationships with suppliers
• Analyze and report multiple opportunities of cost savings and sustainability to operations, sales, and leadership team
• Introduce new suppliers and facilitate testing and onboarding of new materials to assist in… Show more
• Introduce new suppliers and facilitate testing and onboarding of new materials to assist in shifting our product procurement and sourcing strategies to incorporate a more risk-conscience position Show less

• Managed CIP project for Color Feeders on all ROC machines, resulting in ~$75,000 cost savings and national implementation across all 7 plants due to decrease in changeover time and scrap
• Assisted in the successful implementation of branding automation utilizing a Cobot on RPC’s resulting in overall labor reduction of one operator and increased cycle efficiency
• Successfully lead implementation of three NPD product lines (Amazon, RB18,Tosca 6419)
• Recruited, managed, and coached… Show more
• Recruited, managed, and coached engineering interns on manufacturing process in FY21 and FY22
• Implemented multiple ergonomic work cell improvements to enhance safety and behavior of all employees

• Coordinated and managed procurement and inventory levels of all masterbatch colorant, polypropylene resin, and recycled material nationally amongst all 7 plants in the US
• Negotiated resin and color prices while developing and maintained relationships with suppliers
• Analyzed and reported multiple opportunities of cost savings and sustainability to operations, sales, and leadership team
• Introduced new suppliers and facilitated testing and onboarding of new materials to assist in… Show more
• Introduced new suppliers and facilitated testing and onboarding of new materials to assist in shifting our product procurement and sourcing strategies to incorporate a more risk-conscience position Show less

• Managed and forecasted all resin, PCR, and secondary materials needed in the Atlanta Plant
• Composed CIP project for a new Material cleaning system resulting in a $200,000 cost saving opportunity (FY23)

• Kaizen Event leader for cleanup and reduction of plastic material spray throughout the facility
• Tracked, documented, and created material flow diagram for all material piping inside and outside the facility
• Composed $50k capital investment project to limit and contain material spray outside the facility
• Created SOP and implemented First Part Approval process for quality assurance
• Constructed and improved production processes for safer and more efficient… Show more
• Constructed and improved production processes for safer and more efficient procedures

Anderson, South Carolina, United States

• Created and implemented a new program and training standards for all inbound, picking, and outbound floor jobs
• Conducted time studies to manage human and machine error for all floor jobs (100+ hrs.)
• Minimized use of temp workers with implementation of new training standards
• Engineered process for constructing ‘Gift Pallet’ for Home Depot’s 4th of July Sale
• Modified distribution floor layout to allow forklift operators to manage the floor more efficiently

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial Engineering