Benjamin P. Email & Phone Number

Syracuse, NY, US

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

- Responsible for overall management of Kinex, Nokota, Mustang and Raider Edge NPI/HVM tool groups.- Manage customer relationships through regular face to face engagement, as well as standard cadence working group and Area Manager level meetings.- Responsible for contributing to site management initiatives and ensuring that the expertise and resources of.

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

• Responsible for the overall leadership & management of operations on-site.
• Responsible for contributing to site management initiatives and ensuring that the expertise and resources of the organization are available to support any agreed initiatives.
• Manage the finance of operations and control cost.
• Serve as point of contact for customer, responsible for coordinating all site activity and support.
• Report on performance KPI’s and metrics to Customer & Westerwood Global.
• Technical mentoring to Operations in all aspects of machine and equipment maintenance, installation, and modification

Portland, Oregon Area

• Managed site activity of eight separate scopes of work on the Intel site.
• Acted as a single point of contact for our customer, Intel.
• Coordinated, participated in meetings between the business teams and customer.
• Set strategy and direction for the operational functions to ensure on going value is added across the business.
• Developed the operational teamwork practices in line with lean thinking methodologies, seeking out and sustaining improvements.
• Established, maintained, and audited routines, schedules, and procedures for all operational aspects of the facility, within a quality framework in accordance with company standards.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Managed rubber extrusion facility including production, maintenance, shipping and receiving.
• Maintained quality management system standards of ISO/TS 16949.
• Scheduled all maintenance throughout production facility.
• Utilized Enterprise IQ system for both order and inventory management.
• Applied lean manufacturing concepts to the manufacturing process.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Managed team responsible for all custom laser engraved Hydro Flask goods.
• Managed team, inventory, and shipping for My Hyrdo product line.
• Utilized Oracle systems for both order and inventory management.
• Applied lean manufacturing concepts to the manufacturing process.
• Our custom engraving team broke our own production record six months in a row.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Managed production woodshop, including all production, machine/facility maintenance, and packaging.
• Applied lean manufacturing concepts to the manufacturing process.
• Designed and manage production time tracking studies.
• Operated and performed maintenance tasks on CNC machine.
• Designed the layout of our complex woodshop with production flow and waste reduction as the focus.
• Hosted tours of the shop for customers and attended multiple trade shows with a focus on large scale sales.