Stuart Hosford

1320 Maywood Lane

Greensburg, PA 15601
724.832.3727 Home
724.875.4210 Mobile
shda7db8@westpost.net
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a management position in a manufacturing organization with a team workin
g mind-set in which my learned manufacturing skills will contribute to continued
short and long-term financial growth.
PROFILE
Seasoned leader with considerable demonstrated abilities in the areas of project
management, team management, change management, ERP systems, data analysis/repo
rting, lean management, and 6-sigma statistical control.
CAREER AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
SELF EMPLOYED
2010 - Present Consulting
o Researched and proposed equipment recommendations to support startup of new p
roduction facility in China. (Project Management)
o Supported independent ERP consultant in the transition of an ERP system from
multi-company to multi-facility in order to consolidate and simplify financial/a
ccounting activities. (ERP Systems)
NUKOTE, CONNELLSVILLE, PA
2009 - 2010 Plant Manager
o Responsible for operations of the production facility. (Team Management)
* Manage Union work force of 26 people 3 shifts.
* Oversee all aspects of production assuring that product is completed to mee
t all sales demands.
o Increased monthly production by 20% on 5 day work schedule by shifting weeken
d work to overtime during weekdays reducing plant monthly operating costs by $20
,000. (Lean Management)
1998 - 2009 Engineering/Maintenance Manager
o Management of all plant production equipment and site facilities/utilities ov
erseeing budget of $500K for facility/equipment maintenance. (Project/Team Manag
ement)
o Implemented plant expansion projects resulting in increasing plant revenue fr
om $12 million to $24 million. (Project Management)
* Managed $1.3 million plant expansion project, including facility and electr
ical expansion, removing equipment from a remote plant and re-installing increas
ing potential revenue $10 million.
* Purchased, at open bid auction, and installed integrated production line sp
ending $650K, resulting in $2 million additional plant revenue.
* Proposed using underutilized production equipment to produce small producti
on runs of qualified products resulting in $2 million additional plant revenue a
t $0 upfront expenditure.
o Principal plant lead for implementation and daily use of JD Edwards ERP soft
ware system. (ERP Systems and Data Reporting)
* Developed informational reports utilizing JD Edwards database structure, OD
BC drivers, and various software packages in conjunction with SQL and visual bas
ic to summarize daily production data and streamline daily repetitive tasks.
o Conceptualized, designed, and programmed a statistical process control packag
e reducing in-process hold material $1 million by placing computer work stations
on production floor which utilized a SPC software package, database program, da
ta spreadsheets to provide operators with real time control charts and equipmen
t run parameters. (6 Sigma and Data Analysis/Reporting)
o Utilized TPM procedures in maintenance department to increase equipment uptim
e/utilization by 10% resulting in $500K increase in revenue potential. (Change M
anagement)
o Developed and implemented a real time yield tracking program using MS Excel i
ncreasing overall plant yields by 3% resulting in yearly material purchase reduc
tions of $200K. (Data Analysis/ Reporting and Change Management)
PELICAN/NUKOTE, DERRY, PA
1990 - 1997 Engineering/Maintenance Manager
o Responsible for the daily and long term management of all plant production eq
uipment and site facilities/utilities. (Team Management)
o Managed $3.5 million plant expansion project from proposal through start up c
apacity 250%. (Project / Lean Management)
* Completely renovated existing warehousing area including electrical upgrade
s required to support equipment.
* Installed new equipment as well as moved existing equipment while still mai
ntaining normal production.
* Reduced product changeover times from 4-8 hours to hour and material start
up losses from 200 lbs. to 50 lbs.
* Completed task on time and within budget.
o Encouraged change in work philosophy of maintenance personnel through weekly
meetings and complete shop work area redesign resulting in "repair/rebuild once
only" attitude. (Change Management)
o Developed maintenance spare part inventory software program utilizing databas
e program to keep track of parts inventory and reorder indicators resulting in 1
0% increase in equipment uptime. (Data Reporting)
1988 - 1989 Production Manager
o Managed personnel and production of 3 shift operation. (Team Management)
o Developed change in classifying operation for a unique product resulting in
$50K yearly cost savings. (Lean Management)
o Implemented scheduling product changeover sequence procedure reducing number
of major product changeovers by 50% increasing revenue capacity by $250K. (Lean
Management)
NASHUA CORPORATION, NASHUA, NH
Production/Facility Engineer
o Responsible for technical support of manufacturing facility and coordinating
projects between Project Engineering, Facilities Engineering, and Production. (P
roject / Team Management)
o Researched and initiated material changes to barrel liners for a compounding
machine which increased life from 6 months to over 2 years saving $20K per set o
f liners. (Project Management)
o Diagnosed problem with filter bags used in dust collector which increased bag
life from 6 weeks to over 2 years generating a savings of $20K and increased eq
uipment uptime by 25%. (Project Management)
o Assumed responsibility for startup and management of production facility main
tenance program when site maintenance was decentralized. (Team / Project Manage
ment)
XEROX CORPORATION, YUKON, OK
Senior Project Engineer - Electrostatic Paper Coating/Conversion Operation
o Principal Engineer representing Xerox responsible for the installation and st
artup of a $10 million electrostatic plotting paper production facility designed
and funded by subsidiary of Xerox. (Project Management)
* Multi-facetted production layout consisting of paper coating line, liquid b
atch mixing system, tank farm, paper converting/winding machines, offset printin
g equipment, controlled by master and slaved PLC's.
* Interfaced with subsidiary developmental engineers, installation contractor
s, equipment technicians, continuously approving and following design changes du
ring installation and startup
Process Engineer - Production Facility (Project Management)
 o Served on team of engineers responsible for design and start up of 300,000 sq
. ft. $35 million production manufacturing facility to support introduction of n
ew Xerox Copier with focus on the carrier coating operation.
o Facilitated startup of plant, training for new operators, and production tran
sition to 3 shift operation.
o Facilitated technical seminar on jet milling to Xerox plant technical staff i
n Brazil working through technical language barrier.
EDUCATION
NORWICH UNIVERSITY - Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management
Lean Manufacturing Certified - Catalyst Connection, Pittsburgh, PA