Johnathan E. Zasada 8823 Lantern Drive St. John, IN 46373 Home: (219) 365-8363 SUMMARY jz12ac480@westpost.

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Customer focused, results oriented Operations Manager with over 15 years of mana gement experience. Demonstrated record of success in developing and implementing improvement strategies related to Safety, Quality, Employee Development, Produc tivity, and Cost Control. Decisive and energetic leader with a reputation for dr iving timely, cost effective results. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Expertise includes Six Sigma Black Belt, Operational Excellence, Visual Process Control(5S), Pokayoke, Statistical Process Control, Total Quality Manag ement, Kepner-Tregoe, SAP, Kaizen, 8D, 5-Why IS09000, IS014001, and Theory of Co nstraints. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Delta Companies Group(Greif Inc.), Cicero, IL Plant Superintendent, January 2010 - Current *Integral part of developing long term vision and goals for Operations. *Direct Reports of 2 Salary Front Line Supervisors, Maintenenance Manager, and i ndirect reporting of 40+ Hourly Operators and Mechanics. *Responsible for 6 high speed packaging lines *Composed numerous job classifications and job descriptions that were previously undefined. *Direct the activities of the Maintnenance Department and site improvement proje cts. *Mentored and subsequently promoted a line leader to an official Production Supe rvisor role. *Revised and wrote several Standard Operating Procedures. *Reduced overtime by 20% versus the same period last year. *Implemented several OPEX initiatives for a 30% increase in throughput. Nippon Bee Coatings(Rohm & Haas Company), Lansing, IL Paint Plant Superintendent, Aug 2006 - January 2010 *Responsible for developing/controlling over $16 million in annual conversion co st budgets. *Direct Reports of 8 Salary Front Line Supervisors, 2 Salaried Process Engineers , and indirect reporting of 90+ Hourly Operators. *Decreased applied hours per batch from 10% an average versus the prior year. *Reduced material discards by 15% on average. *Reduced OSHA OII rate by 60% over 7 year span in Operations. *Improved inventory accuracy in Manufacturing by over 70%, year over year *Consistently met or exceeded all budget related goals. *Personally did all the hiring for the year replacing over one third of the enti re work force. *Developed and implemented new training roles in Operations. *Reduced employee turnover by 50%. *Liaison to Nippon's Japanese plants in order to transfer improvement opportunit ies to North American site.

Milling Superintendent/Six Sigma Black Belt, September 2000 - August 2006 *Manage Colorant Dispersion Plant. *Served as Black Belt for Six Sigma cost reduction projects.

*Manage cost center, including annual budgeting and capital requests. *Conduct salary planning and performance management. *Set and implement departmental initiatives and vision. *Responsibility for Departmental compliance to ISO, EPA, OSHA regulations. *Managed plant for 5 years accident free. *Reduced cycle time by 35% via Six Sigma Methodology. *Evaluated and implemented new milling technology, resulting in 50% efficiency i mprovement. Waterbase Plant Supervisor, June 1998 - September 2000 *Manage waterborne automotive coatings plant. *Coordinate various new product launches, including direct OEM contact. *Manage cost center, including annual budgeting and capital requests. *Facilitate safety and employee development training daily. *Set and administer production schedule. *Responsible for staffing. *Conduct performance appraisals. *Solve various production problems through cross-functional management teams. * Quantify, analyze, and communicate plant performance metrics. Technical Support Representative, June 1994 - June 1998 *Conducted root cause analysis on customer complaints. * Implemented corrective/preventative actions resulting from customer complaints . *Performed and prepared process evaluations. *Performed specification testing and reported results to customer. *Coordinated new paint program line trials. *Trained customers on how to use new products safely and efficiently. *Developed formulas and tested new paint submissions. *Made processing changes at customer's facilities to solve color and/or appearan ce issues. *Implemented processing guidelines and parameters for manufacturing. *Recommended specific products for various customer applications. *Correlated off-line applications to match customer applications. Manufacturing Team Coordinator, October 1992 - June 1994 Mini-batch Operator, September 1990 -October 1992 Large Batch Operator, August 1988 - September 1990 Warehouse Operator, July 1987 - August 1988 EDUCATION Olivet Nazarene University, Bachelor of Science in Business Management 1998 South Suburban College, 1991 - 1997 Illinois Institute of Technology, 1986 - 1987