THOMAS McDIERMON
455 Hunt River Way, Suwanee, GA
30024
(770) 277-7157 home. (770) 722-7157
cell.
NOT Available for
Relocation.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE / SUMMARY—I
Have:
Extraordinary innovation and problem
solving skills
Great Retail Sales
Achievements
International and Internal
customer relations expertise
Notable "crystal clear"
communications skills
Proven ability to think "out
of the box" for any problem
Highly developed Management
Skill Set
Natural disposition to
production, management and quality focus
Forward looking proficiency
in business and operations including planning
Self-motivated
cross-functional team member and leader
Advanced Project Management
and control: Supervision of hourly and professional
personnel.
Detail oriented engineering
R&D and innovative solutions for speedy product
commercialization
Maintenance, maintenance
Management, inventory control, scheduling
proficiency
Long time plant systems
electrical, mechanical, refrigeration knowledge and
experience
SPC, TQM, GMP, OSHA, HACCP,
AIB, FDA, ISO experience
Contract administration and
negotiation
EXPERIENCE
The
Home Depot, Suwanee,
GA 2006 -
2008
Appliance Sales Specialist. Sold
retail appliances to public. Consistently achieved monthly
sales goals. Provided great customer service. Led store in
customer appreciation letters. Top producer of Extended Service
Plan Sales.
Independent
Insurance Broker, Suwanee, GA
2005 -
2006
Sales of
Life and Health Insurance products to general market.
Self-employed. Represented 18 different Insurance
Companies.
Merrill
Lynch, Duluth, GA 2004 - 2005
Financial Advisor. Full service firm.
Marketing of financial
service
to individuals and business. Obtained NASD and
SEC Registration and
Certification
American
Signature Furniture, Buford, GA
2003-
2004
Retail
Furniture Sales. In addition to regular sales duties,
trained and mentored new store
associates.
Highest customer
satisfaction rating in store.
Winner of several sales contests
New and
Used Auto/ Truck, Gwinnett County, GA
2001–
2002
Sales
and Leasing. Worked for several dealerships during
this period. Did not enjoy this type of sales. Very high
customer satisfaction score.
Factory
Automation Systems, Atlanta, GA
2000 –
2001
Outside
Sales Engineer. Expenses were too high for a new territory.
Resigned. Dir. of Sales is a reference for
me.
The
Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA
1997 –
2000
Senior
Engineer, Global Sales Equipment Development,
Corporate Engineering.
Provided innovative engineering,
project management skills
and leadership for development of "next
generation" cold drink
dispensing and vending
equipment for Coca-Cola Corporation.
-
Managed supplier development projects and
relations.
- Personally
identified and implemented revolutionary new
technologies profitable to
Coca-Cola.
- Rated highly
for my technical, detail, and problem solving
skills.
- Effectively
interfaced with other internal and external
groups, providing
training and direction.
Supervised, enforced and
coordinated Supplier Purchase
Agreements, Development Agreements,
Confidentiality Agreements and
Created Economic ROI of Projects and
Proposals.
- Key Man for
water treatment applications for Point of Use/
Entry systems.
Created global supplier performance standards in
conjunction with Corporate
QA. Was the Company "subject matter expert" on
issues of drinking
water treatment and safety. International point of
contact for ALL water
purification issues.
-
Single-handedly refined and advanced development of
the concept of advanced ‘Air
Mix’ multi-flavored fountain nozzle. Nozzle will make
the company at
least 4 million USD / year by ROI
estimates.
- Led team that
finalized design parameters for ‘Global
Tower’ dispenser. Led
suppliers to agreement on dimensions for
harmonization of parts. Thus
creating a highly attractive, versatile, and
desirable fountain dispenser to
increase market share of over-seas sales volume and
cost reduction for
distributors.
-
Conceptualized and initiated the development of an
Advanced Electronic
Locking System for vending systems to eliminate
illegal entry of
mechanical vending machines. Estimated to reduce
vending theft losses
world-wide by at least 20 million USD with enhanced
bottler employee and
product traceability.
Nabisco, Planters Division,
Suffolk, VA 1995 – 1997
Project
Manager, Division Engineering. Multi-plant
responsibility. Planned, directed,
consulted, and led all major design engineering
and constructions projects for 3 plants,
offices and warehouses.
- Team
leader for project staff of 3
engineers.
- Reviewed/
prepared/ and submitted requests for capital
expenditures and contracts.
Ensured all contracts conformed to
organization requirements
and verified that the completion fulfilled
contractual obligations.
-
Single-handedly provided prudent and responsible
project control and direction that
saved the company over $300,000 (from capital
budgets) on projects
within first 4 months of
service.
- Took
initiative and identified new supplier that improved
cooking oil refining
operation - saving $120,000 per year chemical costs
and a 15% reduction of
labor.
- Designed
process to remove un-filterable contaminants from
cooking oil.
(Patentable)
- Managed plant
portion of new product introduction projects
and trials.
Provided excellent R&D interfacing and
assistance. All
production schedules kept
on time.
- Initiated and
completed investigation of application of
thermal technology for
process control and preventive/ predictive
maintenance. Would yield
estimated annual savings of
$180,000.
- Selected as
the engineering participant of 10 member
Planters Division
Quality Team that was made-up of managers from all
functional areas
- Solved
structure problem with shipping cartons that
eliminated 32% of all damage
complaints at an estimated annual savings of $75,000
in re-handling
charges.
Knorr -
Best Foods Div., Asheboro, NC 1992 -
1995
Process
Engineer: Analyzed and optimized processing functions
of Food ProcessingPlant.
- Selected for, and
attended advanced processing and
process development training
in Switzerland and Germany. Developed
and maintained
close and effective relationships with
counterparts world-wide.
Effectively acted as liaison between Asheboro plant
and European
counterparts.
- Implemented
process controls procedure that reduced mix
department scrap-loss to
an average 0.5% (A reduction of 75%). Saving $
73,000 annually.
- Improved mix department
maximum operational capability by over
20% via PLC system
modifications.
- Filled-in as
Team Leader on all shifts when needed,
directly supervising as
many as 45 hourly employees per shift from
all production and
shipping departments.
- Created O
& M documentation of critical systems and
operations where none had
existed before.
- Successful as
project manager for installation and start-up of
new mixing system
and 11 million pounds of production transfers to
plant (increasing
plant output by 122%). Without increasing staff
or processing time.
- Initiated,
standardized and implemented SPC/ TQM production
and packaging
quality control measurement system that eliminated
over/underweight issues and insured
regulatory compliance.
Lockheed
Space Operations Co., Titusville, FL
1987 -
1992
Senior
Technical Specialist, Advanced Technology Division:
Performed analysis of
advanced technology theories, engineering proposals,
and projects. Promoted to this
position.
- Created technical
reports and provided cost/benefit estimates
for senior
management.
- Assumed Project
leader/manager position on $8 million
effort.
-
Promoted to this position and assumed leadership of a
study which was over 30 days behind schedule. Wrote/
published the report for
this significant
project that saved an estimated $ 1.2 million in
launch processing
duplication procedures.
Systems Engineer, Facility Field Operations.
Effectively performed design, modification,
operations and maintenance
of electronic/electrical
instrumentation/ process control systems
for Facility Field
Operations Dept.
- Created and
revised operations and maintenance instructions, as
well as directed
planning, troubleshooting, and supervision of
technicians.
- Programmable
logic controller (PLC) programming and
maintenance
- Functioned as
single point of contact departmental liaison
between Facilities
Department and NASA.
- As project
leader recommended and presented two new,
state-of-the-art electronic
control systems for improved efficiency,
reliability, flexibility,
and operational
capability.
- Developed and
installed the systems two weeks ahead of
schedule.
- Received
Shuttle Processing Contractor "Team Award" for
exceptional contribution to
launch processing and quality control
efforts.
- At management
request devised method to reduce excessive "open"
work orders.
Identified process restrictions and closed 70% of
the unnecessary
paperwork in two weeks
time.
- Highly
praised by management and asked to train other
departments in the methods I
developed for the streamlining of work
orders.
EDUCATION
MBA –
Management -- Florida
Institute of Technology
BS EET –
(Electrical/ Electronic Engineering
Technology) McNeese State
University
CONTINUING
EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Statistical Process
Control
Total Quality
Management
Project
Management
Business
Management
Production and
Operations Management
Economic
Valuation of Projects and
Proposals
Water Quality
Management
Refrigeration
Technology
Conflict
Resolution
Supplier
Management
Personal
Computer Software and
Systems
Writing and
Presentation
PC Software
Experience (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project,
Publisher, IE, Outlook and
various software products for production
and maintenance
applications)
Lean
Manufacturing and Bottleneck
Elimination
Professional
Selling Skills
Many other
selling and motivational courses
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND
CERTIFICATIONS
Water
Quality Association
EPA (Universal)
Certification to work with
Refrigerants
FAA Certified
Private Pilot
Licensed
Locksmith.
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