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Addison, Texas, Us

Clearwater, Fl, Us

Vice President of Operations for Aerosonic's aviation instrumentation and avionics equipment - including air data systems, standby displays, digital and mechanical standby instruments, sensors and probes. Our customers include the major manufacturers of today’s civil, military and business fixed wing and rotorcraft platforms as well as all branches of the US military forces.Key Accomplishments:•Managed salaried and hourly employees in machining, fabrication, and assembly operations with revenue of $50-100M. Improved EBITDA by implementing price and productivity improvements; led cost reductions of $1,100k in FY21.•Implemented Industry 4.0 factory automation initiatives: Mazak Palletech manufacturing cell, Universal Robots UR5 machine tending. 24/7 lights-out manufacturing projects with benefits of $500k cost savings annually. •Improved safety TRR record to 0.0 TRR in FY21. Achieved ISO 9001, AS9100 system compliance.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Director of Operations for Plant Startup in Sherman, TX following Emerson’s acquisition of Vanessa Triple Offset Valves from Pentair Valves and Controls. Led product line move & startup from Emerson’s Lugagnano, Italy plant into Sherman, TX facility. Negotiated start up terms, incentives, and registration with all local entities, municipalities, and employees.Key Accomplishments: •Managed plant P&L responsibility ($50-100M) of Emerson’s North American Triple Offset Valves (TOV) product – Global #1 TOV Brand•Hired on, developed, and managed salaried and hourly employees on 2 shifts including assembly, test, paint. Responsible for materials, logistics, cost accounting/finance, and HR.•Zero-recordable injuries during startup and while managing the facility.•Earned ISO 9001:2015 and Canadian Registration (CRN) in record timing to allow for plant startup and to enable achievement fulfillment of high growth order bookings.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

General Manager and Top Management Representative of Engineered-to-Order and Configured-to-Order Hazardous Area Electrical Construction Materials Business (Appleton Enclosures & Controls, Houston).Key Accomplishments: •Oversaw 100-200 salaried and hourly employees on 3 shifts, including aluminum foundry, machining, fabrication, and assembly operations. Responsible for all plant operations, inside sales/quotations, order management, & application engineering.•Produced custom control and power distribution equipment to National Electrical Code (NEC), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards, Underwriters Laboratories (UL) standards, Canadian Electrical Code (CEC), Atmosphere Explosibles (ATEX) and International Electrotechnical Commission Explosive (IECEx) standards•Improved safety TRR record from 5.21 (2014-2016) to 0.82 (2017) and 0.80 (2018). Earned Emerson Safety Award in 2018 for the first time in site history•ISO 9001 compliant; led certification upgrade from ISO9001:2008 to ISO9001:2015 standards•Prepared monthly SIOP plans for Houston operations in conjunction with central planning & sales teams

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Led Emerson’s Perfect Execution initiative at Regulator Technologies which is based on Gartner’s ‘Demand Driven Supply Chain’ framework. Collaborated with sales, manufacturing, and marketing teams to understand business drivers and goals to obtain actionable outcomes. This role required providing insights for business decisions through deep data mining and statistical analyses in Oracle, JD Edwards, and SAP environments. Utilized OBIEE, SQL, Tableau, Sharepoint, advanced Excel, and Hyperion Financial Reporting.Key Accomplishments: • Led LEAN and Six Sigma projects to improve customer request service levels with focused efforts on specific control regulator and valve product lines. Achieved 95%+ customer requested service levels on CTO/ETO products. Lead time reductions of up to 90% achieved (4 weeks to 1 day) on specific products. • Improved balance sheet performance by optimizing inventory management. Achieved significant cost reductions through productivity improvements and restructuring of business processes.• Utilized advanced Business Intelligence (BI) tools to drive improvements. Provided data visualization and analysis through various BI platforms and user interfaces such as Excel, SQL SSRS, Tableau, .NET, and SharePoint.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Primary responsibility was to lead the Supply Chain Steel and Components Team’s market, data, planning, and forecasting efforts. Responsible for the development, implementation, maintenance of programs and tools for the Steel and Components team planning and reporting of Key Performance Indicators. Responsible for preparation, consolidation, and development of materials for quarterly Commodity Reviews, company COO/VP Supply Chain Reviews, and material hedging strategies.Responsible for the following commodities:• Flat Rolled Steel• Steel Long Products• Stainless Steel• Stampings• Machined Parts• Castings: Iron• Castings: Steel/SST/Alloy• Castings: Non-Ferrous• Plastic Parts• FastenersKey Accomplishments:•Developed monthly raw material forecasting reports (globally), 5-year profit review forecasts, and communication of macroeconomic trends and forecasts impacting Emerson’s global raw material purchases.•Conducted e-Sourcing efforts to minimize material inflation. Conducted $100M-$200M of e-Sourcing auctions on mechanical and steel commodities annually using Ariba and Emptoris.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Commodity Manager responsible for machined parts, fabricated parts, welding/hardfacing, and coating commodity, $150M annual spend. Led efforts to consolidate supply base into preferred suppliers and best cost areas. Evaluated global sourcing opportunities using total cost approach including logistics, inventory, and lead time impact. Completed long term contracts through single and multi-divisional agreements.Responsible for the following commodities:• Machined Parts• Fabricated Parts• Welding/Hardfacing Outside Processing• Surface Treatments: Chrome Coating, Annodizing, Electroplating, Paint• Machined Steel, Aluminum, and Ductile Iron Castings• Carbon, Stainless, and Alloyed Steel Sand Castings• Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, and Aluminum Investment Casings• Carbon, Stainless, and Alloyed Steel Centrifugal CastingsKey Accomplishments:•Tensioning of $10.4M in direct material spend in 12 projects using reverse auction tools (e-Sourcing, Ariba) as well as leading supplier negotiations. Delivered cost containment on direct material spend in the amount of $798k through first six months of FY11 (ending Sept).•Trade working capital improvements made through negotiating supplier payment terms and inventory stocking programs at suppliers. Days payable outstanding (DPO) improvement for North American Machined Parts Commodity of +8.0 days. Consolidation into preferred suppliers, and re-negotiation of payment terms with these suppliers to 5th/4th prox.•Traveled to Asia-Pacific to assist in supplier development activities. Led supplier development teams at Chinese foundry and machine shops. Coordinated resources in the acquisition of materials for new and existing hydro-static testing fixturing while assessing and reporting cost impact/savings. •Selected as global procurement resource to advise a task force focused on express delivery program growth. Developed business plan with pro forma annual growth of $20M.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Focused on overall process improvement across Rotary Control Valve Value Stream; including driving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for Machining Area. Responsible for supporting achievement of critical success factors: Safety, Quality, Delivery/Lead-Time and Cost/Inventory Management. Key Accomplishments:•Key contributor to manufacturing of engineered to order Rotary Control Valves, Actuators, and Accessories through assembly and machining support. Developed Best Practices and procedures; clearly communicated these to employees through visual workplace, formal training, and area meetings. Assured that objectives were attained without violation of union contract. •Directed internal/external scrap and rework reduction efforts in conjunction with supplier quality assurance activities. Led machining and raw material quality improvement projects; including an extended stay at a steel foundry working a casting improvement project for over 100 patterns.•Assisted in delivery and installation of 60” Phoenix Vertical Turret Lathe. Prepared AutoCAD area layout, arranged tooling/fixturing storage. Member of lean initiatives team for Rotary Value Stream. Participant in waste walk, value stream mapping, setup reductions, and Kaizen events.•Designed tool inventory database for fixturing and associated accessories. Built and acquired considerable knowledge in Microsoft Access, SQL design, and data acquisition. Supported Trim Cell and Bar Stock areas with lean initiatives. Created $16.6k in cost reduction. Part of Co-op team that was responsible for $127.9K CR.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Mba, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management