Managed production plan by scheduling and assigning team members, establishing priorities, monitoring progress, resolving problems, and reporting results of work flow on visual management boards to leadership staff. Maintained safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on use of all equipment, resources, and standard work. Direct working relationship with union employees, steward, and leadership. Coached team members in method of visual management. Sustained daily metrics around safety, on-time delivery, 5S, quality, and overtime. • Managed storeroom and purchased all supplies for storeroom. In 2016 reduced on hand inventory by 30% or $50K.• Established Min/Max stocking levels of storeroom supplies.• Improved On-time Delivery of Machines orders by 20%• Maintained work order metrics to ensure proper execution and completion.• Scheduled craters for machine shipments going domestic and overseas.• Leveraged best practices at other company business units to deploy across business. • Active member in the Safety Committee.Importing and Exporting, 2006-currentBackup to the shipping department when needed to validated freight forwarder documents to ensure company compliancy. Negotiated contracts and costs with third-party logistics and other transportation vendors. Secured trucks and other transportation for daily outgoing shipments to customers domestically and internationally. • Ensured 100% compliance of all shipping documents with federal, state, and local requirements.• Built partnerships with all freight forwarders and trucking companies.• Created work instructions and trained other employees on shipping processes and requirements.• Attended company-sponsored trade compliance workshops, conferences, and webinars and conference calls.

Forecasted levels of demand for services and products to meet business needs and kept constant check on stock levels. Conducted research to ascertain best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules, and quality. Identified potential suppliers, visited existing suppliers, and built and maintained good relationships. Negotiated contracts and monitored progress, as well as checked quality of service provided. Maintained contract files and used as reference for future. Produced reports and statistics, using computer software. Ensured suppliers’ awareness of business objectives. Trained and supervised work of other staff members. Renegotiated, renewed, and discontinued supplier contracts.• Evaluated supplier core competencies and competitive positioning, using industry cost models.• Reviewed and approved comprehensive list of suppliers for bid processes developed by analyzing industry to understand trends and competitive positioning, and ensure system activation of best possible supply base.• Developed negotiation strategy that delivered against business objectives and achieved sustainable relationships with suppliers.• Implemented supplier agreements and contracts by working with cross-functional stakeholders and suppliers to reach agreement on contract terms and conditions.• Oversaw incoming purchases from outside US. • Achieved 100% on time delivery of purchase parts 2 weeks before first assembly date. • Created work instructions / trained for purchasing in new ERP system.

Led materials, inventory control, shipping (domestic and international), receiving, purchasing, sourcing, saving make-to-buy projects, and master scheduling. Managed weekly production meetings. Initiated daily management teams, tools, and metrics to assist team with performance. Administered top-down goal deployment, cascading to teams to align company objectives and reach targets and stretch goals.• Ensured savings of over $100,000 through cost-saving projects, with $1,000,000 in spending under attack in less than one year. • Implemented visual tools to track customer projects and understand status, progress, root-cause analysis, and countermeasures.

Managed materials and inventory control while coordinating and supervising receiving, stockroom, and screen assembly. Processed machines and part orders and change orders, as well as distributed work orders and drawings to production. Maintained WIP, closing of orders, and month-end within system. Conducted inventory control, cycle counts, physical inventory performance, maintenance, and control. Assisted in Kaizen events, implementing heijunka.