Sal Hazboun

Past

• General Manager at Centro Incorporated
• General Manger & Vice President at InterTrade Industries
• General Manager / Director of Manufacturing / Plant Manager at Scholle Corporation

• Quality Assurance Engineer at Helene Curtis

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Education

• Benedicine University
• California State PolyTechnic University

Connections

29 connections

Industry

Plastics

Websites

• My Company

Sal Hazboun’s Summary

I am an executive with a proven track record of leading manufacturing operations, engineering, and sales & marketing activities in domestic and international markets.

My greatest strength is my ability to develop and capitalize on businesses competitive strategies, and to build, develop, and motivate teams to support the company's vision, mission, and objectives.

I have a BS in Industrial Engineering and MBA with dual emphasis in Operations Management & Logistics and Management of Innovation and Technology

Sal Hazboun’s Specialties:

stategist, multi-plant mangement, mergers and acquisiton, turnaround, six-sigma, lean, expert team builder, new product launching.

Sal Hazboun’s Experience

• General Manager

  Centro Incorporated

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Plastics industry)

  November 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 1 month)

  P&L responsibility for a business unit with $17M in revenue producing custom rotational molded products for OEM’s including John Deere, Caterpillar, Textron, and Atlas Copco. Operating departments include Project and Mfg. Engineering, Sales, Quality, Order fulfillment, Manufacturing, and H.R.
  Revamped failing leadership team and recruited and indoctrinated a new progressive team.
  Reduced operating cost by approximately $1M while improving moral and work environment.
  www.centroinc.com

• General Manger & Vice President

  InterTrade Industries

  (Plastics industry)

  January 2003 — August 2005 (2 years 8 months)

  Recruited to turn around and lead the growth of a privately held manufacturing operation, with full profit and loss responsibility and accountability for financial results. Hired, trained, and directed a management staff responsible for Sales & Marketing, plant management, engineering, quality assurance/planning, and general administration. Selected accomplishments:
   Increased sales from $1.2 million to $5 million, and quadrupled the net worth of the business.
   Developed new markets (aerospace & medical accounts) for business’ products and services, instituted a manufacturer’s representative network, and established strategic alliances with complementary vendors.
   Established engineering and design support functions and led the business to ISO 9001:2000 certification to attract medical and aerospace business.
   Instrumental in negotiating the sale of the business to American InnoTech in May 2005; stayed on to help the new owners with the transition.

• General Manager / Director of Manufacturing / Plant Manager

  Scholle Corporation

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Plastics industry)

  July 1995 — January 2003 (7 years 7 months)

  * Developed World Class operations & led Lean Manufacturing strategies and cutting edge product-process development programs that improved profit margin from 3% to 25% and return on assets from 8% to 33%.
  
  * Improved manufacturing capacity by 40% without any capital expenditure, and reduced inventory levels by $12 million and cycle time by 55%.
  
  * Contributed to 80% increase in profitability of the $200 million North America Container Division.
  
  * Launched a new consumer product simultaneously in several countries; directed market research, creative promotions, global supply-chain, and top-level contract negotiations.
  
  * Applied Six-Sigma and Design of Experiment (DOE) methodologies, greatly improving quality performance (from 1000 to 12 parts per million failure rate), and reducing scrap from 18% to 6%.
  
  * Established highly empowered work teams and a culture of employee involvement, participation, and accountability.

• Quality Assurance Engineer

  Helene Curtis

  (Public Company; Plastics industry)

  1990 — 1992 (2 years)

Sal Hazboun’s Education

• Benedicine University

  MBA , Operations Management & Logistics and Management of Innovation & Growth , May 2002 — June 2004

• California State PolyTechnic University

  B.S. , Industrial Engineering , September 1986 — November 1990

Additional Information

Sal Hazboun’s Websites:

• My Company

Sal Hazboun’s Interests:

I enjoy reading self improvement and motivational books. I also like buying stocks for small cap companies and try to outsmart portfolio managers for large cap.

Sal Hazboun’s Groups:

I am board member of Catawba County Chamber of Commerce and sit on the Executive board as a vice chair for the Champions of Education.

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Sal Hazboun’s Honors:

National Engineering Honor Society
Industrial Engineering Honor Society
International Honor Society in Business Management and Adminstration

Sal Hazboun’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
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