Plant General Manager

DAVRON CV: Candidate 3827294

OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE | PLANT GENERAL MANAGER | GREENFIELD & HIGH-VOLUME MANUFACTURING

Core Expertise

• Greenfield plant launches from construction completion through commercial production and high-volume ramp.
• P&L ownership with budget, CAPEX planning, capacity forecasting, and operating cost control.
• High-volume automated assembly, injection molding, extrusion, precision machining, and additive manufacturing operations.
• Global supply chain leadership, strategic sourcing, supplier transitions, and working-capital management.
• Safety, quality, and continuous-improvement leadership driving TRIR, defect, scrap, and labor-efficiency improvements.

Project Background

• Established a first domestic manufacturing site for a medical-device organization; scaled workforce and operating leadership.
• Industrialized equipment installation through commissioning, validation, and sustained commercial production for electromechanical devices.
• Led large-scale production ramps achieving multi-fold output increases within an 18-month timeframe.
• Transformed plastics and precision-machining operations to reduce defects, scrap, and labor content while improving throughput.
• Directed global procurement and category strategies supporting multi-site manufacturing and supplier localization initiatives.

Key Skills

• Plant management, site leadership, full P&L accountability, operating budgets, CAPEX planning, and capacity forecasting.
• Injection molding, automated assembly, precision machining, extrusion, additive manufacturing, and sterile-processing operations.
• Production ramp-up, validation, line balancing, sterile processing, scale-up, and throughput optimization.
• Supply chain management, strategic sourcing, supplier transition, global procurement, localization, and working-capital control.
• SAP, advanced Excel, digital manufacturing systems, manufacturing traceability, KPI dashboards, and weekly operating rhythms.
• Lean manufacturing, Kanban systems, continuous improvement, workforce development, safety leadership, and quality systems.

Education

• B.S., Tarleton State University

Why Interview this Candidate?

A seasoned operations leader with 20+ years delivering greenfield launches and high-volume manufacturing scale-ups. Demonstrated ability to build sites from startup to 400+ employees, ramp production dramatically, and deliver measurable safety, quality, and cost improvements. Brings full plant P&L experience, CAPEX planning, and global sourcing expertise ready to drive results as a Plant General Manager.