Benjamin Vanwagner Email & Phone Number

Everett, Washington, Us

Responsible for all plant operations and the P&L of a high performance electric motor and drive manufacturing facility located at Kollmorgen headquarters in Radford, VA. Facility is a 100,000+ square feet facility with 200+ assemblers, operations support and engineering personnel. Responsible for deploying kaizen through the Fortive Business System to drive continuous improvement and sustainable performance in the areas of Safety, 5S, Quality, Delivery and Cost

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Responsible for overseeing and improving all facility materials processes. Continuous coordination with internal supply chain organization and external supply base to maximize delivery and quality, while minimizing total cost.

In addition to applying operational skills noted in previous experiences, have the added growth opportunity of balancing responsibility for 4 distinct product lines. Expect to gain moreexperience in optimizing structure of DL and IDL associates in these areas; as well as execute on medium and long term plans for the areas.

Gained increasing knowledge of financial and HR areas of business. Continuing to develop experience at driving metrics throughout all areas of plant operations. Went through Budget and PD planning cycles. Worked through challengesassociated with applying DBS and leadership principles in a cross cultural environment.

Driving daily, weekly, monthly metrics. Responsible for all aspects of operations execution and DBS implementation. Improved mentoring and long term planning skills. Also led a portion of a plant consolidation during this time - Gained further experience in large project management, timeline management, change management skills. Gained significant exposure to all areas of a business during move planning and execution.

Driving daily, weekly, monthly metrics. Learned skills in relating to and supervising associates. Responsible for all aspects of Servodisc motors operations and commercial strategy.

Responsible for overall health of product line and commercial strategy. Learned skills in setting prices, evaluating margins, and working with customers. Experienced with product management metrics and quoting procedures.

Project managing key engineering development projects, improving quoting, order entry and engineering development processes, serve as link between customer, sales associates andmanufacturing

External and internal quality improvements, manufacturing process improvements, design and mfg troubleshooting. DBS implementation.

Hershey, Pa, Us

Daily operations of department. Managing supervisory staff,inventory levels and cash flow. Customer conflict resolution.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bs, Mechanical Engineering