TOM SPARKS Home 336.

946
.1068
184 Sonata Drive website: www.empowermentrealized
.com
Lewisville, NC 27023 sparkietomsparks@
gmail.com
Dear Recruiter,
I have 25 years experience in manufacturing and held positions as Director of O
perations, Plant Manager, and General Manager for the past 16. I am a Team Buil
der and Unique Human Capital Mentor with my own 3 Rules of Leadership style. I a
m now looking for an opportunity to use my skills to affect change and continuou
s improvement in another organization. My management style hinges on The 3 Rules
of Leadership:
1. Teach people correct principles and let them govern themselves.
2. Treat everyone with fairness, dignity, and respect.
3. Criticize in private, praise in public.
The top talents that I bring to an organization are:
• Delighting Customers: Under my direction Customer Complaints saw a 30% decrease.
We produced “the best quality products in 20 years†.
• Efficiency Metrics – I led my organizations to increases of over 30% in effici
ccessfully started up 5 new high speed lines.
• Leadership – Having worked in Food Manufacturing since 1984, I have provided l
e floor to the corporate offices through ERP, MRPII, IPM (six-sigma), and Lean M
anufacturing practices.
• Leadership Development – I created, marketed, taught, and implemented “T
ment Realized. This has been the core of my success as a leader and team builder
. The 3 rules leadership provides a basic “core†from which to make decisions. Th
sistency, fairness, increased morale, and trust.
• Organization and Development of High-Performing Teams: I encourage all team memb
ers to strive for better performance in all aspects of manufacturing operations.
The performance of these teams is shown by the bottom line results, $3M reducti
on in operating costs annually, 50% reductions in waste, 10% reductions in Downt
ime, and an increase in promotable leaders. The past three organizations experie
nced <3% turnover and <1% absenteeism. One Team decertified a union.
• Safety Compliance/Management: Teams I lead have shown dramatic reductions in Rec
ordable Accidents, 950 days without a lost time accident & full OSHA compliance.
We reduced our recordable accidents –even with a plant shut down.
• My Quality Management and Quality Assurance Track Record is solid
• Advanced Problem Solver with K-T certification.
• Financial and Profit expansion / loss prevention catalyst.
• New Products and New Process Introduction: At Continental Mills I led the desig
n of several new processes and products including high speed waffle manufacture
with automated mixing, smart belt technology with ergonomic packaging systems, m
ini-pancake packaging with seal strip technology, automated centralized palletiz
ing for the entire plant output, and others. I continued this experience in each
of my recent roles.
• Training & Education: My role as a leader is to Teach. I have developed trainin
g modules and conducted classes in leadership, employee development, positive di
scipline, alcohol and substance abuse attenuation, meeting facilitation, K-T pro
blem Solving, Applied Technical Training, Unnecessary waste and work elimination
, various forms of personnel evaluation techniques, strategic thinking, decision
making, Integrated Process Management, Safety Programs and Systems, Audit Compl
iance, GMPs, and many others. • My teams Define and Eliminate Waste: We perform mate
l balances, waste audits, activity based costing, bill of materials development,
IPM and SPC, and use Lean principles as well as 6-sigma. My teams have eliminat
ed material waste, time waste, non-value added waste, and have come up with uniq
ue methods for reducing nuclear waste.
I would appreciate an opportunity to discuss any executive or General/Plant mana
gement positions you may know of.
Sincerely,
Tom Sparks
336.946.1068
Linked In Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sparkstom