SUSAN BOOKMAN

3012c Dalton Mill Road * Bullock, NC 27507 * Phone: 919-939-0508 *

Production Supervisor/Manager
Accomplished management career spanning 27 years in a manufacturing environment,
well versed in OSHA, FDA, OEE, 5S, LEAN, GMP and MS Office 2010 seeking positio
n for continued growth with a competitive company.
Professional Experience
Revlon Inc. Oxford NC
2002 to 2009
Divisional Manager
Key Results:
* Directed 5 divisions with emphasis on quality assurance, safety, and cost and
led monthly business focus meetings with all personnel.
* Improved overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) by establishing teams for comp
uterized self-monitoring, resulting in 10% improvement in overall product throug
hput.
* Led safety team for third shift plant wide. Held bi-weekly meetings with emph
asis on near misses and prevention. Trained facility on proper usage of HARP she
ets (hazard recognition.)
* Responded to inadequate sampling through-out plant, by restructuring sample p
rocedure resulting in 63% reduction in missed samples.
* Improved department's material variance 30% or $250M, by developing team to c
ollect data on waste. Used data to brainstorm with employees on production chang
e resulting in this improvement.
* Have some experience in the blow molding department, although not as extensiv
e.
Revlon Inc. Oxford NC
1997 to 2002
Senior Supervisor
Key Results:
* Lean champion in 5S, implementing lean methodologies throughout the organizat
ion, driving continuing commitment to a culture of Lean thinking and continuous
process improvement.
* Analyzed product/process issues identified during manufacturing. Worked close
ly with vendor on changes in component resulting in 54% man hour reduction on pr
oduction line, and a 10% reduction in waste.
* Introduced computers to Supervisors on the manufacturing floor, training on r
esearch and Lotus Notes to familiarize them with computers.
* Working with Industrial Engineering, developed a data system for reporting da
ily production data.
* Worked in close collaboration with Research and Development to facilitate suc
cessful launch of new product by extensive testing of new bulk. Parameters were
then implemented in R&D resulting in a cost savings of $50M.
Revlon Inc. NC
1988 to 1997
Supervisor
Key Results:
* Established tighter control between line changes in a short run environment,
by streamlining processes with new equipment, resulting in 4% addition in lead t
ime.
* Relocated to the North Carolina plant to establish a short run manufacturing
department, a first at this facility.
* Procured key associates and established new parameters, resulting in quicker
production runs, lowering change over time and increasing lead time by 25%.
* Collaborating with the engineering group, a new filling machine was designed,
giving the ability to run JIT (Just in Time) production, while reducing overall
 costs and inventories. Revlon honored this team with the first ever 'Manufactur
ing Innovation' award.
Company sponsored training
* Kaufman Global
* Kepnor & Trego Root Cause Analysis
* Clarity Safety Net
* OSHA certified
* ISO 9001 Certified
* Lean Manufacturing/ 5S
* Foreign Trade Zone Workplace
* Shades of Leadership
Education
* GED in 1989
* CTU 2010 (ongoing) BA in Business with minor in Information Mgmt.