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June 09, 2015 02:00 AM

Manley helped MGS see record profit in 2014

Jeannie Reall
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    Paul Manley, left, is credited by executive administrative assistant Amy Schermetzler for being a "driven young executive" who has helped the company extend its reach.

    Paul Manley worked his way up from the bottom at MGS Manufacturing Group Inc., joining the company in 1996 as an accounts payable clerk. He progressed to staff accountant, to controller, to vice president of finance.

    “I started as a bit of a do-everything kind of person,” he said.

    Now, as CFO and chief operating officer of the injection molder, he does even more.

    He has helped the company grow from one plant to six. During his tenure, he has taken the firm from $15 million in annual sales to $180 million in 2014. In the past five years, the company has experienced 30 percent organic growth, and strategically doubled its position in the health care market.

    Manley, who was one of the finalists for Plastics News' CFO of the Year award, also noted that MGS earned compound annual growth from operations of 43.5 percent for 2009-15.

    The company saw record profit for fiscal 2014, ended in September, “and 2015 will beat that record,” Manley said May 14 by phone from the firm's headquarters in Germantown, Wis. He was preparing to leave for Singapore, having targeted that area and Malaysia as potential growth areas.

    The expansion in health care came last year when MGS acquired a plant from a customer, Hospira Inc. The Buffalo, N.Y., plant makes parts for Hospira's medical-device and pharmaceutical operations.

    The acquisition, which Manley called “a $25 million operation,” added 120 employees to the MGS staff, bringing the total to about 1,500. The site's 40 presses raised the MGS stable to around 250, ranging in size from 50-1,400 tons of clamping force.

    For 2015, about 50 percent of MGS sales will come from the health care industry.

    Manley also helped increase the firm's presence in the automotive market. MGS acquired a plant in Chihuahua, Mexico, in 2008. The site was the company's first outside the United States, and Manley emphasized it was acquired to serve customers in Mexico and not the U.S.

    Paul Manley

    Manley, center, helped with MGS' growth into the medical field last year with its acquisition of a plant from Hospira Inc.

    MGS expanded the site's molding capacity by increasing the number of machines there from 20 to more than 50, added 12,000 square feet of space and providing multishot technology.

    Annual sales there have grown from $6 million when the plant was acquired to more than $30 million.

    “There's been a renaissance of sorts in automotive business,” Manley said, adding that it has grown from less than 10 percent of MGS' business to just under 20 percent.

    In 2011, the company launched its first overseas operation, in Leixlip, Ireland, achieving sales of more than $20 million in 18 months.

    Getting personal

    Executive administrative assistant Amy Schermetzler said in nominating Manley for the award that he is considered a caring person and contributes to a positive workplace environment by motivating employees with his passion for the company. She described him as a “driven young executive” who has helped extend the company's global reach.

    Manley is active in the community, and leads a volunteer program at MGS and annual food drives at the company's plants.

    He and his wife, Shelly, have been married about 10 years and have two daughters: Mia, 4; and Divya, 1½. He enjoys golf and describes himself as an avid sports fan. “In Wisconsin, you're required to be a Packer fan,” he added.

    He received his bachelor's degree in accounting in 1998 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

    See profiles of CFO Of The Year winner Morgan Endecott and nominees Jon Dill and Roger Vang.

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