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Jacob Christy
76 Bradley Drive
Albert, NH 87443
(803) 555-8766
jacobchristy@xxx.com

Career Summary

I am a manufacturing executive experienced in biochemical, organic synthesis, sterile, and
other manufacturing processes in highly regulated industries. For the last ten years, I have
acted as a change agent involved in cost reduction programs, business resources,
organizational restructuring, process improvement, and quality service enhancement. My
strengths include new product introduction, business team direction, and integrating
business systems. I am currently involved in implementing the Food Science Group’s new
strategic direction.

Laxmer Industries
Food Science Group
Vice President of Manufacturing (since 1992)
Transferred to the division’s headquarters to take charge of all manufacturing, including
2,500 employees and three U.S. and two international plants. Currently hold line
responsibility for the Food Science Group’s manufacturing and support functions and for
the supply of bulk products to Laxmer’s other divisions. Annual production budget:
$300–$500 million supporting up to $800 million in sales.

Key achievements include:
• Wide-ranging cost-improvement efforts have yielded cumulative cost reductions of $110
million per year, including annual labor cost reductions generating $35 million in savings.
• Reduced the management structure from seven layers to three. Implemented 70 self-
managing work teams. Consolidated 16 production departments into seven and closed
three of the original five manufacturing facilities.
• Completed capital investments totaling $370 million. This included the successful 2000
start-up of a state-of-the-art biotech plant in Indiana. Ongoing projects will bring capital
investment to $580 million by 2010.
• Implemented increasingly complex regulatory obligations to agency satisfaction and
reduced discharges to the environment by 47 percent. OSHA incident rate reduced by
64 percent over the past ten years.

Overall Results
Changed a conservative culture into a dynamic manufacturing organization composed of
self-managing work teams supported by state-of-the-art technology and information
systems. Final steps to create a paperless global manufacturing network are currently being
implemented.

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