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St Louis, Missouri, US

Wentzville, Missouri, US

• Spearhead operations for a $45M global screen-printed apparel provider and Harley-Davidson licensee. Develop and implement comprehensive strategic vision, leading internal teams through change management.
• Reduced overall screen processing costs by 37% and improved product quality and throughput, leading conversion to digital automated technology implementation with a 23-month ROI.
• Stabilized capacity planning and order fulfillment through system-driven business logic implementation.
• Rolled-out a new market value stream forecasted to achieve growth and profitability targets in second year; collaborated with owners to diversify business to reinvigorate stagnant sales.

Wentzville, Missouri, US

• Oversaw manufacturing operations, including process standardization and development of succession planning. Developed a structure to forecast quality outcomes and enhance short- and long-term decision-making. Key.
• Standardized training processes and collaborated with workforce agencies to balance labor demands.
• Reduced scrap rates by 46% and simultaneously mitigated annual inspection costs by $170K.

Wentzville, Missouri, US

• Directed short- and long-term programs with cross-functional Lean teams, designed to enhance internal operations, standardize operations and best practices, and deliver growth. Administered company-wide training to.
• Achieved profitability, improving timely delivery by 34% and reducing direct manufacturing costs by $800K within the first year; implemented Lean improvements, including Kanban flow scheduling, inventory management.

• Led operations and maintained full P&L responsibility for three business units generating $18M in revenue, within a national, full-service dental laboratory. Managed a team of seven direct reports across multiple.
• Reduced direct labor costs by 13% and direct material costs by 40% through automation technology within manual manufacturing process and establishing SOPs.
• Generated $3M in annual sales through effective branding of product line and delivering cohesive operations with sales, marketing, production, and distribution teams.
• Enhanced design, construction, and implementation of new technology center at the St. Louis facility to meet timeline and budgetary objectives.

Growing profitable manufacturing capacities for double-digit growth in 2006, 2007.Application of disruptive technologies to improve operational efficiency.Strategic outsourcing to focus on growing core competencies

Member of the Keller Senior Leadership team. Actively participate in strategic planning and reporting to Keller Advisory Board. Leading the St. Louis manufacturing group and educating non-financial managers to manage from their P&L.Responsible for managing a unique pay for performance system that delivered some of the best US labor percentages in this.

Responsible for all vendor negotiations and purchasing agreements. Standardized materials used in multiple manufacturing locations resulting in material cost reduction of 3% of sales.Performed monthly analysis of direct material costs for manufacturing.

St. Louis, MO, US

Support manufacturing and R&D through analysis of materials, labor, and batch production costs. Participated in development, testing, and training of SAP applications and legacy interfaces. Develop Database tools to provide real time data to management and operators.

Mba, Business Administration

Bs, Management / Organizational Behavior

Music Performance, Bus Admin