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BILL BRANJE

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Plant Manager

Ice River Sustainable Solutions
  • Led a small team of dedicated employees to consistently exceed production targets and profitability goals with continually tighter budgets
  • Overcame hiring challenges of working in a community of under 500 people and a seasonal business
  • Integrated a foreign worker program to augment a dwindling local workforce
  • Improved recycling process to achieve the greatest single year output of rPET at over 20 million kg
  • Followed up this performance with an increase in product quality
  • Developed a process-focused approach to the recycling department
  • Instituted a culture of accountability and discipline for the facility leading to increased output and employee morale
  • Revamped the entire warehouse to make product storage safer and more accessible
  • Implemented a change in culture to move away from large inventories to a more responsive, customer-focused culture.

Plant Manager

Trebor Rx Corp
  • Set up manufacturing operations to begin producing quality PPE from scratch
  • Hired and trained all production staff
  • Implemented Safety Committee and Employee of the Month program
  • Developed operating and quality procedures for all processes
  • Created the Quality Management System for the Collingwood and Edmonton facilities
  • Set up clean rooms to be able to produce medical-grade PPE following GMP standards.

Plant Manager

Dura-Line
  • Used input from the employees to optimize operations and increase plant throughput more than 10%
  • Led management group to become the most profitable facility in North America
  • Instituted a safety culture and introduced new best practices to improve safety both in our plant and facilities around the globe
  • Became an innovation champion and participated in a group to create a more sustainable product for the plastics industry
  • Converted operations to 24/7 to increase total plant capacity from 18MM to 26MM pounds output.

Plant Manager

POLYTARP CORP
01.2005 - 01.2019
  • Immediately instituted performance measures in the facility to drive down costs and increase productivity resulting in a rapid turnaround in financial results
  • Dramatically reduced WIP in the plant
  • Led the company in a new direction, installing two new state-of-the-art extrusion lines to take advantage of new markets
  • Achieved ISO 9000:2000 certification within six months of starting
  • Worked with the team to become the first Canadian plastic film company to achieve ISO 22000 certification for the production of food-approved product
  • Developed procedures and critical control points to pass customer and independent quality audits
  • Instituted a 5S program and other lean initiatives to improve product throughput in some cases up to 50%
  • By streamlining production processes, we improved on-time delivery levels to the highest in company history, while introducing new products
  • Introduced a balanced employee disciplinary and bonus system to improve morale and eliminate the historical practice of employee favoritism
  • Successfully defeated an employee union drive
  • Developed a safety program to reduce WSIB costs and respond to existing Ministry of Labor orders, resulting in over four years of no lost time injuries
  • Improved communication throughout the organization through employee/management meetings and discussions
  • Visited clients and provided technical customer support for the sales staff.

Education

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering -

Queens University
1988

Skills

  • Proven manager with strong manufacturing performances and demonstrated leadership ability
  • Excellent “people skills” combined with solid technical knowledge Well versed in modern management concepts including ISO quality standards, continuous improvement and lean manufacturing
  • Experience in dealing with unions and contract negotiations

Professional

Professional Engineer, Province of Ontario, Certified Member, Joint Health and Safety Level 2

Timeline

Plant Manager

POLYTARP CORP
01.2005 - 01.2019

Plant Manager

Ice River Sustainable Solutions

Plant Manager

Trebor Rx Corp

Plant Manager

Dura-Line

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering -

Queens University

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