Chase H. Vann
Plant Manager, Case goods
Hickory, NC · (828) 555 0117 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/chasehvann
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Fourteen years in furniture manufacturing, five as plant manager
INDUSTRIES
Case goods, upholstery frames, wood components
SPECIALTIES
Site profit and loss ownership, lean manufacturing, safety leadership, capital planning
SYSTEMS
Epicor, Power BI, Minitab, Microsoft Excel
CREDENTIALS
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, American Society for Quality; Occupational Safety and Health Administration 30 hour general industry certification
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in wood products engineering, North Carolina State University
Results at a Glance
61%
Percent by fixing
9%
Two years
4.6
Million dollar finishing
Executive Summary
Plant manager accountable for a furniture components site of 380 employees and 74 million dollars of annual revenue. Fourteen years in wood and upholstery manufacturing, the last five running the whole site including safety, quality, production, maintenance, materials and the site operating budget.
Signature Achievements
- Took the total recordable incident rate from 5.8 to 1.4 over four years through a behavior observation program and rebuilt machine guarding.
- Improved site overall equipment effectiveness from 61 percent to 74 percent by fixing changeover and material flow rather than buying capacity.
- Reduced cost per unit by 9 percent across two years while volume grew 14 percent.
- Delivered a 4.6 million dollar finishing line installation on schedule with no lost production days.
- Cut scrap and rework from 4.1 percent of sales to 2.3 percent through value stream mapping of the rough mill.
- Held the plant through International Organization for Standardization 9001 certification in its first year of eligibility.
Professional Experience
Plant Manager
Catawba Ridge Furniture Components, Hickory, NC 2020 to present
Full site accountability for 380 employees across rough mill, machining, assembly, finishing and shipping, with a 74 million dollar revenue base.
- Owns the site operating budget, cost per unit, and the labor and material variance conversation with the divisional controller.
- Leads a staff of seven covering production, quality, maintenance, materials, engineering, human resources and environmental health and safety.
- Chairs the daily management review on safety, quality, schedule attainment and first pass yield.
- Runs the lean program including kaizen events, value stream mapping and standard work across all four value streams.
- Represents the site in sales and operations planning and commits the monthly build plan.
- Prepares and defends the annual capital plan and manages projects through installation and qualification.
Production Manager
Catawba Ridge Furniture Components Group, Hickory, NC 2016 to 2020
Ran machining and assembly across two shifts with 190 employees and five supervisors.
- Delivered schedule attainment above 95 percent for eleven consecutive quarters.
- Introduced hourly production tracking boards and a shift start routine on both shifts.
- Reduced overtime spending by 620,000 dollars a year through crew balancing.
- Developed three team leads into supervisor roles.
Continuous Improvement Manager
Yadkin Hardwood Mills, Elkin, NC 2012 to 2016
Led improvement work across two sawmills and a dry kiln operation.
- Facilitated 30 kaizen events and trained 45 employees to green belt level.
- Raised lumber recovery yield by 3 percent through cutting pattern analysis.
- Built the standard work library used across both mills.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, American Society for Quality
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 30 hour general industry certification
Member, Association for Manufacturing Excellence
Education
Bachelor of Science in wood products engineering, North Carolina State University, 2012
Core Skills
Site profit and loss ownership · Lean manufacturing · Value stream mapping · Safety leadership · Capital project delivery · Overall equipment effectiveness · Cost per unit management · Epicor · Sales and operations planning · Supervisor development