1. BENJAMIN R. HERMAN
1115 W Kaweah Ave ▫ Visalia, CA 93277
Cell: (614) 561-7255 ▫ Email: beherma@gmail.com
PROFILE
8+ Years of Management and Operations Leadership
Self-motivated, personable business professional; results focused, ambitious and practical. Progressive leadership
experiences have created a passion for surpassing financial and operational objectives via a combination of customer focus,
lean operating methods, and incentive driven rewards for team achievement. Derive genuine pleasure from transforming
staff into outstanding leaders and demonstrating the creativity and perseverance critical to financial and operational success.
Available for travel and relocation. MBA, BS, Mechanical Engineering. Core professional competencies include:
▫ Leadership ▫ People Development ▫ Drive for Results
▫ Process Management ▫ Change Management ▫ Quality Assurance/Control
▫ Cost Reduction ▫ Procedure Development ▫ New Product Introductions
▫ Project Management ▫ International Business ▫ Health and Safety Coordination
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
INTERNATIONAL PAPER
(Publicly-Held Company (NYSE: IP); global paper and packaging company)
Manager – EHS&S, Quality Assurance, and Continuous Improvement (2014-2016) Visalia, CA
Planned, implemented, and coordinated all facility efforts in environmental, health, safety, sustainability, food
sanitation and security, quality assurance,and continuous improvement programs for 450+ fulltime employees
producing 6.1+ billion paper cups and plastic lids annually.
Key Achievements:
 Revitalized employee safe work observation program to identify trending at-risks resulting in multiple
LIFE projects across all departments
 Conducted and coordinated safety and quality standard workforce training
 Focused on leading indicator activity for proactive safety results leading to reduction in incidents
 Maintained sales and customer relationships by working cross functionally with operations and
commercial team resulting in year over year reduction of overall complaints
 Successfulcompletion of all food security and sanitation audits with outstanding or better results
including a 99.2% GFSI certification in 2016
Project Engineer/Manager (2014) Winsford, Cheshire, UK
Successfulsite management of UK printing press installation and facility expansion projects to ensure safe,on-
time delivery of both projects within a combined $5.7 million budget to double facility manufacturing capacity
Key Achievements:
 Executed CDM site manager requirements and provided safety leadership to ensure all contractors
working within global and IP compliance standards
 Identified multiple opportunities to reduce costs despite a negative FX rate
 Developed performance and safety acceptance plans for new equipment
 Established PM programs for all pieces of equipment within facility
 Worked with UK customers,sales, and operations along with French and Chinese manufacturers
 Identified and coordinated local corrections to keep project on target and in budget
Plastics and Folding Carton Manager(2011 – 2014) Kenton, OH
Led all aspects of operations, including the development of safety, people, and quality for assigned area
comprised of 110+ employees and a budget of $7 million.
Key Achievements:
 Ensured departments exceeded financial goals by successfully meeting customer demands, launching
new products, and managing personnel and financial budgets
 Implemented a preventive maintenance and training excellence program to achieve 94% machine
efficiency and 100% on time delivery with year over year improvements
 Eliminated quality defects by working with customers, quality, and operations
 Implemented multiple safety programs to revitalize department safety performance
 Mentored six Supervisors on employee engagement and continuous improvement programs
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Manager Associate (2010– 2011) Shelbyville, IL
Led multiple department and maintenance improvement programs in preparation for a department manager
position.
Key Achievements:
 Mentored all Poly Cup Supervisors on spoilage reduction projects
 Implemented a Preventive Maintenance Program to all packaging equipment
 Established a consistent document training program for operations and maintenance
 Coordinated and facilitated a $500,000 training program administered through Lake Land Community
College
Plastics Supervisor (2009– 2010) Shelbyville, IL
Led the day-to-day operations, overseeing all night shift employees.
Key Achievements:
 Coached and motivated 20+ employees to achieve 95% machine efficiency and 100% on time delivery
 Facilitated Root Cause Failure Analysis Investigations in regard to Safety, Equipment, and Product
failures
 Trained employees on process requirements and procedures
 Strategically planned, researched,and developed ways to continually improve process
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION
(Publicly-Held Company (NYSE: X); largest fully integrated steel producer in the US)
Reliability Engineer(2008– 2009) Granite City, IL
Responsible for Coke and Ironmaking process and machine reliability.
Key Achievements:
 Used delay tracking and trending to target specific improvement projects
 Ranked equipment criticality to determine potential catastrophic impacts to production
 Facilitated root cause failure analysis investigations in regard to equipment failures
 Designed or altered equipment for production improvements
EDUCATION
MBA Ohio Dominican University – Columbus, OH
BS, Mechanical Engineering Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville – Edwardsville, IL
Lincoln Land Community College – Springfield, IL
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Positive Management Leadership, The PML Group
IP Advantage, International Paper
Leading Teams, International Paper
Safety Leadership, Balmert Consulting
HACCP, GMP, GSFI, Internal Auditor Training, GCP Consulting