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Golden, Co, Us

SCN BestCo is a leading innovator, developer and manufacturer of Vitamin, Mineral & Supplement (VMS), Over-the-Counter (OTC) and prebiotics/probiotics in enjoyable forms such as Super Gel, lozenges, Soft Chews and Super Chews.As Senior Director of the OTC Value Stream I have end to end responsibility for over the counter product forms. My position focuses primarily on driving continuous improvement across all areas of the supply chain (i.e., operational productivity, customer service, safety, profit, etc.). and developing manufacturing strategies to optimize results across the end-to-end product family supply chain.My position works closely with engineering, maintenance, continuous improvement, planning, quality,safety, accounting, and logistics to effectively plan, direct, and coordinate all activities of production toinclude safety, quality, production, and cost control.

Evansville, In, Us

Berry Global is a leading manufacturer and supplier of packaging, healthcare and hygiene solutions. The Plant Director is responsible for all operations at the highly automated manufacturing facility in Statesville, NC. The responsibilities include managing the safety of everyone onsite, impeccable quality, P&L management and improving employee engagement. The Statesville facility produces nonwoven material for Berry’s Health, Hygiene and Specialties Division.Accomplishments Include: Led $9 million-dollar onsite project for installing a new slitter for second production line which included the addition of new transport robots and upgrading 2 stationary robots Work with Berry Product Development to design, trial and commercialize new cutting-edge products Grew EBITDA 42% in year one Organically improved site production capacity by 12% Improved site production uptime by 7% Improved site net yield by 8% Improved on-time delivery from 65% to 95% Improved site Employee Engagement Survey score by 86%, which tied for the top site within Berry’s HHS Division. Attended TPS benchmarking meeting with Berry and Toyota Executives at Toyota Manufacturing in Evansville, Indiana to learn and share best manufacturing practices Completed Berry’s Leadership Development Program

Winona, Mn, Us

Fastenal is an American company that specializes in industrial distribution and construction suppliers. This position was part of the manufacturing division which consisted of 9 global locations. My responsibilities covered all operations at Fastenal’s UK and Malaysia based manufacturing sites including safety of everyone onsite, impeccable quality, P&L management and improving employee engagement. Both facilities specialized in CNC machining of consumable parts for industries such as Oil & Gas, Heavy Equipment, Marine and Defense.Accomplishments Include: Led a rebranding of Fastenal sites to the newly acquired Spensall brand Grew pretax earnings from -6% to 1% in the first year Obtained API 20E certification for the Malaysia site; one of only 79 companies in the world to obtain this certification at the time Both facilities were a part of Fastenal’s 2021 EHS Today’s Safety Award for America’s Safest Companies. Achieved and maintained Gold Supplier status with top customers

Winona, Mn, Us

This position was part of the manufacturing division which consisted of 9 global locations. My responsibilities covered all operations at Fastenal’s Rockford, IL manufacturing site including safety of everyone onsite, impeccable quality, P&L management and improving employee engagement. The Rockford facility specialized in the production of high-volume specialty fasteners for industries such as Automotive, Heavy Equipment and Construction.Accomplishments Include: Grew net earnings 52% from 2016 to 2017 and grew sales 13.5%; grew net earnings 217% from 2017 to 2018 and sales 11.6% Increased Return on Assets from 1% to 11% from 2016 thru 2018 Improved on-time delivery from 74% to 98% from 2016 thru 2018

Winona, Mn, Us

This position was part of the manufacturing division which consisted of 9 global locations. My responsibilities covered all operations at Fastenal’s Malaysia based manufacturing site including safety of everyone onsite, impeccable quality, P&L management and improving employee engagement. The Malaysia site specialized in CNC machining of consumable parts for industries such as Oil & Gas, Heavy Equipment, Marine and Defense. Accomplishments Include: Grew net earnings 100%+ every year for 3 consecutive years Doubled top-line sales from 2012 to 2016

Winona, Mn, Us

-Customer facing sales activities for manufacturing, machining, and forging capabilities.-Trained and developed salespeople to sell Fastenal Manufacturing.-Worked closely with store personnel to develop manufacturing customers.-Interacted directly with customers on manufacturing opportunities.-Professionally represent product lines and solutions to new and to both large and small customers.-Continually built the pipeline through cold-calling, networking, and maintaining positive relationships; internally and externally.-Shared best sales practices with the team.-Ensured documentation and reports were accurate, and received on time.-More than doubled sales in the territory for both years in the position.

Winona, Mn, Us

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, Construction Management