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Lead the business and facilities functions for the church community and campus.

 Safely managed the facility safely though a major expansion project with (0) OSHA recordables Performed ergonomic and machine guarding evaluations of the expansion processes, implementing dozens of improvements, minimizing employee risk of injury Implemented an improved safety inspection audit program, fostering greater employee involvement, helping employees identify hazards which are leading indicators to future safety performance Improved employee safety and environmental performance, providing a safe work environment, ensure regulatory compliance and reduce workman compensation costs by 3% over the previous year despite a 40% increase in plant headcount Established environmental permits with regulatory agencies for our new owner, exceeding expectations and deadlines Improved and maintained the facilities, providing reliable, efficient and cost effective utilities to the manufacturing departments to enhance overall profitability and production Developed safety, environmental, facilities and electricity annual budgets, managed spending to plan or below Prioritized and allocated financial and human resources efficiently and effectively to achieve the company goals annually, meeting targeted budget changes

 Attained continuous improvements year over year in safety [88% below OSHA industry average incident rate], quality [double digit reduction in customer complaints], and productivity [steady 3-7% efficiency improvement year over year, 16% in 2010]  Identified and implemented a different energy cost structure for the site, reducing site electricity costs by $500,000 annually Discovered and institutionalized many projects as member of a corporate cost reduction team, reducing corporate maintenance costs by $575,000 (plus $1,000,000 in cost avoidance) over a 2 year period Critical co-leader in the installation and start up of 35 new manufacturing lines over a 10 year period of time Implemented effective and sustainable Lean manufacturing processes as a vital member of a team, developing employees to do the same Improved operational excellence in the manufacturing plant, supporting other functions by providing engineering leadership for safety and quality improvements Consistently provided reliable, efficient and cost effective utilities to the manufacturing departments Developed and managed plant annual overhead budgets (approximately $6,000,000). In sum, averaged 5% positive financial variances to plan Developed and implemented annual capital plan, achieving company goals in productivity, cost, quality and safety. Projects were successfully implemented to plan, timely and on budget Mentored direct report’s leadership skills, improving performance, enhancing long term retention and growth in succession plan Collaborated with research and development to develop and implement larger capital projects, meeting and exceeding business productivity, cost, quality and safety goals Interim plant manager, during PM absences, sharing management responsibilities and enhancing professional development