Bob Fairclough Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Los Angeles, Fremont , Las Vegas, Phoenix

Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions is your true single source for aluminum and glass products in Division 8 of the specifications. We offer a complete line of architectural aluminum products, fabricated glass, all glass entrances, decorative glass and mirrors. With over 26 fabrication facilities throughout the United States and Canada and delivery on our own fleet of trucks it gives us flexibility to meet our customers’ needs. We have the products, equipment, and an experienced team to take projects from design concepts with the architect to final installation by the glazing contractor.

Santa Fe Springs

Fry Reglet is a leading brand within the architectural metals market, manufactures and distributes a variety of products for the commercial construction industry in all 50 states and Canada. In addition to its own products, we design and manufacture Axiom products for Armstrong WAVE. Operations ManagerManaged plant start up and supervised multi-plant manufacturing sites with distribution warehouse operations within two locations. Direct responsibility for the management and leadership of 7 direct reports, 50 production employees, quality, purchasing, responsible for P&L. Developed manufacturing planning scheduling system for plants by production cells to understand capacity restraints and make planned production decisions of foreseen production volume spikes to meet customers demand. Created efficiency reporting to ensure production peak output to meet the production planned schedules. Result with sales increasing 27% with reduction of production headcount.  Implemented employee cross training and certification program by job tasks Researched and purchase capital equipment in reducing manufacturing cost with justification Cap-X paybacks. Increased major vendor performance with development of metrics and action items holding accountable and meeting with vendors each quarter.

Gale Pacific provides custom exterior roll up sun shades for windows and doors for commercial and residential applications, servicing all 50 states in all major home improvement stores, producing over 300 shades daily.Plant ManagerManaged entire plant manufacturing site with direct responsibility of the P&L including management of 3 direct reports and 30 production, warehouse employees.Increased product output by 45% Reduced Headcount by 23% by implementing line balancing techniques Successfully increased bottom line profitability by 18% implementing cost reduction systems. Developed training programs and matrix increasing skilled labor

Implementation of entire warehouse functions. Organized placement of over 800 different products by bin location in warehouse. Set up manual inventory tracking and reorder points system in excel to later be implemented in SAP management system. Perform design layout for pack room of products to support over 150 shipments per day. Brought warehouse up to safety standards. Implemented company certification for each forklift drivers. Hired warehouse staffing. Wrote each job description and all job procedures.

Managed multi-plant manufacturing sites and field installation operations within two states with direct responsibility for the management and leadership of 6 direct reports and 160 production, quality and field installation staff, responsible for P&L statements.Developed manufacturing system completion timelines and critical checkpoints by department to ensure efficient manufacturing flow and components completion from start to finish.Reduced bottleneck flows, streamlined manufacturing operations and reduced scrap material through the development of a "snapshot" theory of manufacturing components.Researched industry standards for quality assurance to develop company-wide quality standards; trained employees through the providing visual aids with corrective action measures at each work station.

Manufacture of vinyl windows and patio doors with division sales of $13 million.Site ManagerProvided the managerial oversight of all manufacturing and on-time order fulfillment operations for a 135,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility operating five different product lines with 8 direct reports and a team of 240 production employees.Successfully implemented 5S concept and Value Stream Mapping.Increased plant-wide efficiency by 18% within the first year.Launched a Safety Council and implemented the DuPont STOP Training Program, decreasing employee accident rate by 35%.Implemented quality evaluations and control systems while improving upon the methods of procedures.

An acknowledged leader in the fabrication and distribution of architectural glass and aluminum products serving commercial and residential construction markets throughout; Led the start-up, maintenance and operations of an 85,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art cutting and tempering production line including insulating and fabrication operations. Managed and led team of 5 direct reports and 70 total production employees across four different manufacturing lines with responsibility for employee recruitment and training.Designed plant layout to support the required quality of a new delicate product, resulting in improved operational efficiencies, lower in-house rejects, and lower customer returns.Researched & implemented productivity deliverables and procedures of manufacturing equipment, defining performance metrics based on findings, resulting in setting performance goals and objectives while increasing productivity and quality of product. Increased inventory turns and lowered material costs with the implementation of improved efficiencies within the material usage processes and stocking programs.

Manufacturer, supplier and distributor of plastic caps, end caps, pipe caps, grommets and industrial components. Divisional sales were reported at $10 million.Manufacturing ManagerResponsible for managing and directing the manufacturing flow for the injection molding facility equipped with 40 machines running multi part cavities and material on a 24/7 schedule. Supervised finished goods processes while maintaining optimal inventory levels.Implemented automated scheduling system to establish floor priorities, work schedules, and streamline setup and changeover times.Implemented a scheduling process system to accommodate total order bank and 35 presses.Supervised all warehouse processes, molding 1.2 million products monthly in alignment with administrative goals.Successfully completed ISO Certification.