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Senior operators are read for scope and trajectory: the P&L owned, the plants run, the numbers moved. This editorial serif format gives fourteen years room to breathe — numbered sections, generous margins, and a name set like a byline — while staying one parseable column underneath.

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Niamh Keating
General Manager, Operations
niamh.keating@example.com·(555) 218-7745·San Diego, CA·niamhkeating.com/in/niamh-keating
Profile

General manager with fourteen years in precision manufacturing, the last six running a $92 million components business with 380 employees. EBITDA margin up from 9% to 16%, on-time delivery from 87% to 98%, and a plant that went three years without a lost-time injury. Leads from the floor and reads the numbers before the meeting.

Experience
General Manager, Operations
04/2020 – Present
Trivera Components
  • Run a $92 million precision-components business with 380 employees across two plants and a distribution centre
  • Raised EBITDA margin from 9% to 16% in four years through pricing discipline, scrap reduction and a $6 million automation program
  • Took on-time delivery from 87% to 98% with a sales and operations planning process run every Monday
  • Won two aerospace contracts worth $18 million a year by taking the plant through AS9100 certification
  • Built the leadership team of 8; promoted 5 from within and cut salaried turnover to 6%
Plant Head
06/2016 – 03/2020
Trivera Components
  • Led a 220-person plant with $58 million in output; overall equipment effectiveness from 61% to 78%
  • Cut scrap 40% and rework 55% with a quality-at-source program run by the operators themselves
  • Delivered three years without a lost-time injury, from a starting rate of 2.4 per 200,000 hours
  • Commissioned a $4 million CNC cell on schedule and 5% under budget
Production Manager
05/2012 – 05/2016
Kalpen Auto Parts
  • Managed 90 staff on three lines supplying two automotive OEMs at 99.4% quality acceptance
  • Introduced lean daily management; productivity per hour up 22% in two years
Skills
  • P&L ownership
  • Strategy and annual planning
  • Team building and succession
  • Customer and OEM relationships
  • Lean manufacturing and daily management
  • Sales and operations planning
  • Quality systems (AS9100, IATF 16949)
  • Capital projects
  • Pricing and cost-to-serve
  • Contract negotiation
  • Supplier development
  • Board reporting
Education
MBA — University of California San Diego, Rady School of Management2017 – 2019
B.S. Mechanical Engineering — California State University, Fresno2008 – 2012
Certifications
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt — ASQ, 2015
Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence — ASQ, 2018

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Two pages once the P&L years begin, but the first page must carry the scope numbers — output, headcount, plants — because many readers never reach the second.

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