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Blye Elliott

Madison,AL

Summary

Experienced manufacturing, quality, and sales professional seeking to fill the Strategic Account Manager position.

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Production Manager

WestRock, Athens, AL Sheetfeeder
2014.02 - 2018.08
  • Directly manage five reports overseeing 52 exempt and non-exempt employees
  • Implement new plant processes improving safety, quality, customer satisfaction, and productivity
  • Partner with customers to understand their needs and troubleshoot product quality and service issues
  • Responsible for interviewing and hiring new employees
  • P&L accountability including $1.8M annual maintenance budget
  • Capital planning with CM and Maintenance Manager
  • Lead employee teams on creating new Alternate Work Schedule to improve employee and customer satisfaction
  • Lead DMAIC projects to improve customer quality credits and plant uptime resulting in over $100K annual savings

Performance Excellence Leader

RockTenn, Hanover Park, IL Sheetfeeder
2013.04 - 2014.02
  • Responsible for implementing the Performance Excellence System
  • Created Work Instructions for Corrugated Division
  • Lead LSS DMAIC project on OEE Performance resulting in an annualized labor savings of $293K

Production Superintendent

Smurfit-Stone Container, Milwaukee, WI Sheetfeeder
2009.09 - 2013.04
  • Responsible for all daily corrugator operations
  • Coordinated production activities with scheduling, maintenance, and quality to exceed plant goals
  • Worked with the Plant Manager to develop processes to solve problems and improve product quality and customer satisfaction
  • OPX certified - implemented new operating system to help plant achieve Silver status.
  • Worked with customers to understand needs, problem solve and implement solutions to current issues

Regional Quality Manager

Smurfit-Stone, Sheetfeeders
2007.08 - 2009.09
  • Responsible for implementing new quality processes in all plants in Sheetfeeder Region
  • Trained managers and hourly employees to use the new processes to improve quality, customer satisfaction, and productivity

Quality/Process Manager

Innovative Packaging Corp., Milwaukee, WI
1997.09 - 2007.08
  • Responsible for all quality processes and training of all employees for startup sheetfeeder plant
  • Worked with all departments to create new processes to improve quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction
  • Met with customers on routine schedules to understand quality needs and implement solutions to current problems

Quality Technician

Stone Container Corporation, Germantown, WI
1994.01 - 1997.09
  • Performed quality checks for key attributes of product quality
  • Worked with the Quality Manager on implementing quality processes and ISO 9000 registration
  • Trained employees on quality processes
  • Worked with the sales department and customers on solving customer quality problems

Sales Representative

Packaging Corporation Of America, Burlington, WI
1990.01 - 1993.12
  • Responsible for $4M of sales in northern Illinois and Chicago markets
  • Sold both brown box and high graphics packaging to medium and large customers such as Avon Products and Baxter Healthcare

Customer Quality Advocate/Manager

Smurfit Westrock
2018.09 - Current
  • Supporting Strategic Account Managers on PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, Treehouse Foods, and Amazon.
  • Voice of customer supporting plants on customer audits, on-boarding new business, and communicating expectations.
  • Developing and managing customer scorecards.
  • Working with plants on developing actions plans to improve quality to corporate customers.
  • Regional Quality Manager for South Region supported Quality Managers at 33 plants.

Education

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Marketing and Transportation

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
1989-12

Skills

  • Strong communication skills
  • Experienced in leading large and small teams
  • Over 8 years experience in Manufacturing Operations Management
  • Over 26 years experience in Quality/Process Management
  • Corrugated sales experience for 4 years
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills
  • Six Sigma Green Belt/LSS Certified
  • Strong technical skills

Certification

Six Sigma Green Belt/LSS Certified

Timeline

Customer Quality Advocate/Manager

Smurfit Westrock
2018.09 - Current

Production Manager

WestRock, Athens, AL Sheetfeeder
2014.02 - 2018.08

Performance Excellence Leader

RockTenn, Hanover Park, IL Sheetfeeder
2013.04 - 2014.02

Production Superintendent

Smurfit-Stone Container, Milwaukee, WI Sheetfeeder
2009.09 - 2013.04

Regional Quality Manager

Smurfit-Stone, Sheetfeeders
2007.08 - 2009.09

Quality/Process Manager

Innovative Packaging Corp., Milwaukee, WI
1997.09 - 2007.08

Quality Technician

Stone Container Corporation, Germantown, WI
1994.01 - 1997.09

Sales Representative

Packaging Corporation Of America, Burlington, WI
1990.01 - 1993.12

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Marketing and Transportation

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Blye Elliott