Professional resume for Tom Randall Manufacturing Leader, Director of manufacturing, Director of Operations, Plant Manager, Operations Manager, Director of Quality Assurance.

1. TOM RANDALL | Page 1 of 3
 937-499-3194  tom.randall26@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/tomrandall
 www.tomrandall.info
Springboro, OH 45066
D Y N A M I C M A N U F A C T U R I N G M A N A G E M E N T L E A D E R
Critical expertise in managing a lean manufacturing operation to deliver high quality products that exceed customer expectations.
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Highly organized manager with strong interpersonal skills and a track record of continuously improving quality, productivity
and profitability in progressively responsible positions with General Electric, Illinois Tool Works and Grindmaster. Industrial
Engineering degree with background in industrial equipment, transportation, electronics and aerospace industries.
Passionate about quality, safety, customer satisfaction and having fun while doing it. Demonstrates a strong command of
decision making and problem solving skills. Builds customer confidence by listening effectively and responding promptly
and accurately. Takes on a heavy workload and always produces quality work. Takes the initiative and is an effective change
agent by selling the positives. Excellent team building, coaching and mentoring skills that holds the team accountable.
Currently residing near Dayton, OH and willing to relocate.
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DIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURING & QUALITY 2015 – Present Globe Food Equipment Company
Reported to the President. Responsible for all aspects of the Manufacturing Operation in a
privately held manufacturer and distributor of commercial food preparation equipment. The
role carries direct managerial responsibility for production, purchasing and inventory
management, quality and manufacturing engineering functions and personnel.
• Improved On-Time delivery from 85% to 91% within first half year.
• Maintained warranty as a percent of sales at 0.9% which is below industry standard.
• Set up new assembly line, tooling, fixturing and stock replenishment plan on schedule.
• Chair safety council and maintained zero lost time accident rate.
MANUFACTURING MANAGER 2014 – 2015 IMI Precision Engineering
Reported to the General Manager with responsibility for all manufacturing operations in a highly
engineered producer of actuators and grippers for the industrial automation market. Led
team of 80 hourly production workers involved with CNC machining and assembly of a low
volume, high mix product offering in a $30MM business. (Resigned position to take Director
of Manufacturing position at Globe Food Equipment)
• Began implementation of new company culture aimed at growing efficiency through Lean
tools, reducing manufacturing footprint for future expansion and building a strong, cohesive
senior leadership team.
 Strategic Planning  Budget Planning/ Cost Control  Continuous Improvement
 Staff Development/ Mentoring  Lean Manufacturing  Project Leadership
 Quality Planning/ Control  New Product Introduction  Delegation/ Accountability
 Safety Programs/ Awareness  Effective Employee Communication  People Management
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throughput, optimize, automate, interpersonal,
problem solving, technical, improvement,
sustainable, creative, manufacturing, motivate,
inventory control, resourcefulness, participate, train,
prioritize, outsource, self-directed, implementation,
metrics, engineering, turnaround, resource, toolbox,
communication, competency, operations, self-
starter, utilization, organizational, logistics, world-
class, automated, management, lead time,
leadership, delivery, productivity, budget, cost,
profitability, initiative, strategic, organize, process,
decision making, performance, metric, reliability,
efficiency, track record, improve, developing,
scheduling, staff, manage, collaborate, safety,
creativity, corrective, manager, development,
communicate, growth, data, lead, equipment,
coaching, monitor, customer, quality, planning, lean,
production, solve, schedule, mentor, continuous,
plan, tactical, just in time, nonconformance, product
introduction, ensure, methodology, audit,
certification, responsiveness, calibration, evaluate,
accountability, standardization, teamwork,
implement, documentation, communicator, analyze,
product development, training program, system,
requirement, quality control, coordinate, supplier,
evaluation, hands-on, master plan, awareness,
proficient, facilitate, skill, operating cost,
experience, achieve, preventive, auditor,
specification, maintain, assurance, compliance, goal,
empower, assessor, vendor, root cause, corrective
action, test, lean six sigma, environmental health &
safety, schedule objectives, project engineering,
lean manufacturing initiatives, customer focused,
continuous improvement, mentoring, coaching,
leadership development, layout, process flow,
material handling, maintenance, salary, capital,
prioritize, environment, feedback, industrial,
direction, guidance, concurrent, technology, world
class, configuration, ergonomic, ability, adaptable,
align, analytical, assembly, bottleneck, coach,
collaborative, consistently, coordination,
deliverable, demonstrate, demonstrated, deploy,
develop, direct, director, downtime, drive,
employee, energize, energizing, engineer,
fabrication, facility, fast-paced, financial,
housekeeping, identify, inventory, key, knowledge,
manufacture, material, meet, motivated, operation,
operational, plant, power point, raw material,
require, responsible, responsibility, sheet metal,
shop floor, spreadsheet, strategy, supervisory, team,
work, Plant Manager, Manufacturing Manager,
Operations Manager, Director Manufacturing,
Director Operations, Quality Manager, Quality
Director, Site Leader, Value Stream Manager
PLANT MANAGER 2011- 2013 Grindmaster-Cecilware, Inc.
Reported to the Senior VP Operations. Leadership role over manufacturing operations. Led team of 75
hourly production workers and 3 salary support producing hot, cold and frozen electro-mechanical
beverage equipment in a $60MM business.
 Achieved a complete cultural change from old company methods to new vision company created by
CEO.
 Increased production output by 40% and manufacturing efficiency by 15%.
 Completed transfer of product manufacturing from New York operation to Louisville plant while
growing headcount marginally and creating a stable, permanent workforce. Eliminated 30 Temps.
 Improved on-time delivery from 71% to 92% and reduced average manufacturing lead time from 7.4
to 4.5 days.
QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER 2011 – 2011 JCB North America
Reported to the General Manager – Operations. Responsible for product quality of a $170MM plant
producing Skid Steer Loaders and a specialty backhoe used for military applications. Led team of 4
direct and 8 indirect reports producing on two product lines.
 Reduced defects per unit from >40 to <20 within 2 months through pareto and root cause analysis.
 Recruited and internally promoted strong staff additions to develop a lean Quality organization
during a 50% growth initiative in manufacturing.
1992 – 2010 ITW - Hobart Corporation
BUSINESS UNIT MANAGER 2010 – 2010 Hobart Corporation
Reported to the Director – Manufacturing. Took lateral move to gain sales experience. Responsible for
$15MM Food Prep business unit with full Profit and Loss responsibility resulting in 23.7% ROS in a
difficult economic climate. Led team of 4 salaried and 12 hourly reports producing 8 product lines at
two different manufacturing plants.
 Prepared and executed transition from home-grown inventory control system to Epicor Vantage ERP
system.
 Led redesign of Cutter Mixer to recapture lost chain business resulting in $400,000 incremental sales.
 Developed business strategy for food processor line to incorporate acquisition models into existing
lineup and reduced total model mix by 7 models.
 Attended numerous trade shows and customer visits to demonstrate product features and benefits
resulting in a 5% or $750,000 incremental sales increase.
PLANT MANAGER 2006 – 2010 Hobart Corporation
Reported to the Director – Manufacturing. Responsible for 120,000 ft
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manufacturing plant producing
commercial food preparation equipment. Direct control over Purchasing, Machining, Assembly, Quality,
Accounting, Human Resources and Warehousing. Supervised 7 direct reports and 120 employees.
 Delivered $45MM in product sold by establishing in-lining and cellular manufacturing to minimize
travel time and distance. Reduced headcount by 5.
 Reduced spending by 10% saving $450,000 on annual operating budget.
 Improved on-time delivery to better than 96% through use of a finished goods Kan ban system.
 Decreased inventory from 3.5 to 2.5 MOH by implementing a Kan ban system for all work in process.
 Outsourced all machining operations (20+ CNC machines) recognizing a $200k cost savings.
 Reunited two separate business units into a single production operation.
 Reduced lost time injuries 28%. Passed all corporate EHS and OSHA inspections.
 Created a mentoring program to coach/mentor individual contributors to improve performance.
QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER 1996 – 2006 Hobart Corporation
Reported to the General Manager – Food Machines. Responsible for $120MM division product quality
efforts and led team of 5 Quality Engineers/ Technicians.
 Reduced warranty expenses 5-10% or $100,000 to $150,000 per year.
 Delivered new mixer model family to market with less than 1% warranty rate which was half what
established product ran.
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 Implemented ISO 9001 at two plants and then later converted plant Quality Management System to
ISO 9001:2000 and maintained registration.
 Led Kaizen team that resolved chronic safety switch problem that reduced warranty costs by over
$250,000.
a d d i t i o n a l c a r e e r h i s t o r y
Senior Quality Engineer Industrial Equipment Hobart Corporation
Senior Manufacturing Engineer Transportation General Electric Company
Manager Production Support Aerospace/ Electronics General Electric Company
Manufacturing Engineer Aerospace/ Electronics General Electric Company
Quality Engineer Aerospace/ Electronics General Electric Company
Manufacturing Management Program Aerospace General Electric Company
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BS Industrial Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
GE Manufacturing Management Program
Lead Assessor of Quality Systems (ISO 9000)
Lean Manufacturing The ITW Toolbox
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