1. Positions: Tolling Group Leader;
Report Line: Direct report to M&E Director, China,
Subordinates: 3 Subordinates (Tolling Managers, covering two sites 7 products)
Role and Responsibilities: My role is responsible for manufacturing, quality,
and on-time delivery of the components manufactured by API toller, through
leading and managing the Manufacturing and Engineering organization and toller
(toller as well as suppliers) including project engineering and planning, start-up,
product qualification, cost reduction, manufacturing optimization, and regulation
compliance activities. In last couple of years, I mainly focused on building
productive relationship with toller, engaging toller into actively contributing to our
business objectives, leveraging FMC/API resource, and closely working with
toller and other functional colleagues to build key competence on HSE, quality,
daily manufacturing and project management on toller.
Specific Contributions and Key Achievements:
1. No major incidents (Cat2 and above PS incidents) occurred in last five
years. Improved tollers’ EHS capability through building fundamental EHS
systems at tollers, developing daily management skills of their frontline
managers, and enhancing process safety management at toller;
2. Established sustainability reporting metrics across at toller and drove full
compliance of regulation/environment;
3. Developed fundamental manufacturing systems and capability across
toller sites, securing no supply interruption from manufacturing side and
providing extra products to support business when needed;
a. Established and improved monthly usage reporting system
b. Established and improved monthly OOE reporting system
c. Achieved the OEE performance well above 85% for all critical
production lines
4. Successfully implemented new projects, 2nd source and capacity
expansion
a. Built a new Clomazone Plant and a new Sufentrazone plant at JB
site;
b. Expanded/debottlenecked the capacity of JB SFZ from 90MTAI/M
to 120MTAI/M, JB CFZ from 30MTAI/M to 36MTAI/M, JL BFR from
103MTAI/M to 120MTAI/M and JSGC 7OH from 240MT/M to
300MT/M – debottlenecking projects.
5. Continuously drove cost reduction through productivity projects
a. Improved the yield of CFZ from 29.7% in 2008 to 34.0% in 2012,
the yield of CLZ from 78.5% in 2008 to 83.5% in 2012 and the yield
of SFZ from 52.8% in 2008 to 55.8% in 2012
b. Eliminated Heptanes at Carfentrazone process
c. Improved catalyst recovery rate on both CFZ and SFZ process
d. Significant solvent usage reductions on all process.