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St. Louis, Mo, Us

St Louis, Mo, Us

Algonquin, Il, Us

Lancaster, Pa, Us

Responsibilities: Coordinate Production and Maintenance teams to fulfill customer demands, control labor costs and improve efficiency. Collaborate with Maintenance, Supply Chain, Quality and Finance. Implement and generate policies to improve safety, productivity, housekeeping. Implement the CI portion of the Graham Operating System, and develop cross-functional teams to implement operating systems for all departments. Lead a team of 3 Supervisors and 45 hourly team members in a blow molding facility, utilizing Graham Wheels to make household and oil bottles.Coordinate and launch new product lines as business moves from a Plant closure in the network. Accomplishments: Improved labor efficiency with an annual cost savings of $55,000. Improved changeover time on a critical blow molding line by 12% by standardizing trimmer tooling.

Zurich, Zh, Ch

Responsibilities: Generate top line revenue, control labor costs, and improve efficiency. Collaborate with Maintenance, Engineering, Materials, CI, and Quality departments to satisfy customer requirements, maintain operations, and implement change. Coordinate efforts with all departments to improve safety in the Plant. Lead daily meetings with management staff utilizing the tiered accountability process. Lead a team of 6 Supervisors and 130 hourly team members in a stamping facility that produces high volume stampings and low volume stamped/formed parts.Accomplishments: Improved production efficiency in the Lamination Department by 15% from Dec 2019 to Oct 2020. Implemented cost savings project in 2020 with $245,000 annual savings by improving Annealing labor efficiency. Implemented cost saving project in 2019 with $240,000 annual savings by improving Slitting Line efficiency. Managed staffing levels to adjust for fluctuation in demand. Implemented Lean Manufacturing principles, Visual Factory principles and facilitated Kaizen projects. Lead in implementation of tiered accountability process to improve communication, transparency, and accountability for safety, scheduling, overtime, and improvement items.As Manufacturing Manager - 6 Supervisors and about 130 indirect reports.

Responsibilities: Direct and coordinate manufacturing schedules for a diverse group of assembly lines to satisfy customer demands. Prepare reports depicting plant performance and operating objectives. Coordinate with other departments regarding material, finance, quality control, and personnel to maintain operations within budget. Performed root cause analyses and resolved production issues. Champion effective employee relations and communications. Maintain flexible management style while providing team feedback, as well as promote and enforce a safe work environment. Coordinate with other departments, using data to identify and implement improvements. Implement Lean Manufacturing principles, Visual Factory principles, and lead/participate in Kaizen events.Accomplishments: Launched Ford recliner business, and managed staffing levels through all phases of production cycle, including: increasing staff to cover demand, improving machine and labor efficiencies, and retracting staffing levels to react to decreasing demand. Lead efforts to improve equipment efficiencies with laser welders maintaining 85% OEE. Implemented cost saving projects of $100,000 annual savings. Lead and implemented Kaizen projects and Lean Manufacturing principles. Lead and implemented 5S and Visual Management programs within the Production Plant.Plant technologies included robotic laser welding, robotic GMAWwelding, CD welding, as well as fully automated and semi-automatedhigh-speed assembly lines.As Production Manager - 7 Supervisors and about 200 indirect reports.

Responsibilities: Direct and coordinate manufacturing schedules for a diverse group of assembly lines to satisfy customer demands. Prepare reports depicting plant performance and operating objectives. Coordinate with other departments regarding material, finance, quality control, and personnel to maintain operations within budget. Perform root cause analyses and resolved production issues. Champion effective employee relations and communications. Maintain flexible management style while providing team feedback, as well as promote and enforce a safe work environment. Coordinate with other departments, using data to identify and implement improvements. Implement Lean Manufacturing principles, Visual Factory principles, and lead/participate in Kaizen events.Accomplishments: Launched Ford recliner business, and managed staffing levels through all phases of production cycle, including: increasing staff to cover demand, improving machine and labor efficiencies, and retracting staffing levels to react to decreasing demand. Lead efforts to improve equipment efficiencies with laser welders maintaining 85% OEE. Implemented cost saving projects of $100,000 annual savings. Lead and implemented Kaizen projects and Lean Manufacturing principles. Lead and implemented 5S and Visual Management programs within the Production Plant.As Production Superintendent - 3 Supervisors and about 130 indirect reports.

Managed daily production to ensure schedule attainment and labor utilization. Scheduled the work for all three shifts of the laser welding department.Plant technologies included robotic laser welding, robotic GMAW welding, CD welding, as well as fully automated and semi-automated high-speed assembly lines.As Production Supervisor - 50 direct reports.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration/Management

Associate'S Degree, Machine Shop Technology