Scott Austin Email & Phone Number

Plant ManagerManaged a unionized palletizer manufacturing facility with over 100 hourly associates and 7 supervisors across 2 shifts.Manufacturing ManagerManaged a 24/7 fast paced plastic bottle manufacturing facility using Extrusion blow molding and Stretch blow molding technologies utilizing 114 hourly personnel, 4 supervisors, and 13 manufacturing lines. Production Manager for Terra Source Global, a producer of industrial crushing equipment servicing the coal and mineral industries. Responsibilities include all of production, scheduling, quality, budgeting, and on-time deliveries.Area Manager for Olin Brass and Copper a producer of copper and brass and copper coils servicing stamping manufacturers. Responsible for the slitting and shipping departments. Warehouse Manager for Gateway Distribution, a 24/7 distribution facility that services 315 McDonalds strores in central/southern Missouri, central / southern Illinois, northern Kentuckey, and parts of Iowa. Responsibilities include shipping, receiving, scheduling, quality, budgeting, and on-time deliveries.Warehouse and Distributrion Manager for an FDA regulated medical device manufacturer across 3 shifts. Responsibilities include budgeting, shipping, receiving, replenishment, and 2 raw material warehouses supplying all manufacturing within the company.Operations Manager with Cooper B-Line. 16 year career leading manufacturing facilities. Focused on lean and six-sigma methodologies to reduce costs and increase productivity. Leader of manufacturing operations in union and non-union environments for a fortune 500 company. Accomplishments:•Increased shipped sales by 61% in three years with little additional labor by using capital projects and Lean processes.•Reduced inventory expenses by 27% utilizing Lean.•Increased plant productivity from 55% to 70% in an 18 month period.•Implemented a “safety committee” to identify, investigate, and correct unsafe working conditions that resulted in 18 months without a recordable incident.•Reduced non-value add activities by 75% in press department, resulting in annual savings of $150K.

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  Georgia Southern University

  Industrial Management