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Mooresville, NC, US

Chicago, IL, US

Main consulting clients: AlixPartners, FTI Consulting, Alvarez & MarsalA Transformation Executive and Trusted Advisor who has built a career revitalizing and turning around manufacturing, supply chain, and inventory management processes and organizations. Whether leading cross-functional teams in delivering multimillion-dollar engagements or value stream.

New York, NY, US

• Responsible for leading assessment and/or implementation projects manufacturing operations. Key manufacturing leader that led the development of standardized approaches and materials.
• Site lead for film & plastics manufacturer transformation including implementing improved performance management systems, KPIs, project identification through RCCA, DL/IDL headcount reduction resulting in OEE.
• Site lead for a plastics manufacturer driving performance management through improved tiered meetings, 33% total plant OEE improvement of continuous and discrete processes by improving scrap, machine downtime and.
• Manufacturing lead for team that increased Transformer manufacturer assembly line throughput by 40% via bottleneck & capacity analysis, standard work, crewing model, and improvement of upstream metal fabrication.
• Member of a manufacturing turn-around team for Tier 1 automotive supplier that improved plant OEE by 40% resulting in a run rate improvement from -$7MM to breakeven.
• As manufacturing lead diagnosed $3MM in operational savings and $10MM in additional revenue for a food manufacturer via OEE, quality, and labor improvement and SKU complexity analysis.

New York, NY, US

Worldwide, OO

• Manager in Strategy & Operations / Supply Chain & Manufacturing Operations PracticeResponsible for leading assessment and/or implementation projects for lean enterprise, six sigma, materials management and program.
• Developed a five year, $151M IT Strategy for a medical devices company that included project prioritization, business case development and implementation roadmap creation
• Engagement leader that developed Operational Excellence Strategy for a $2B medical equipment manufacturer that spanned across demand & supply planning, engineering, manufacturing, logistics, and IT for five global sites
• Project lead that assessed the inventory strategy, processes and methodologies for a metal-facing seal ring manufacturer. Developed an inventory strategy that included identifying 50% reduction ($4M) in inventory.
• Project lead assisting client in developing the Program Management Office (PMO) tools and methodologies and standing up the PMO for the client’s Global Procurement Transformation which included 14 initiatives with a.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Responsible for leading assessment and/or implementation projects for lean enterprise, six sigma, materials management and technology. Considered the Lean Sigma expert of Supply Chain Operations Group.
• Project manager for designing and implementing Pull Product Supply System for pharmaceutical company
• Instrumental in the embedment of Lean into IBM’s Application Management Services applying Lean IT methodology
• Developed IT Strategy that included the business case for implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) focusing on pain points, financial and operational data and process improvement opportunities
• Team leader that applied the concepts and techniques of the Toyota Production System (TPS) at multiple operations at an aerospace facility covering material handling/logistics processes
• Developed business case, technology and process solutions for managing automatic software updates of machines in field

US

• While reporting to president responsible for formulating and implementing manufacturing strategy that focused on driving a cultural change to lean manufacturing, in coordination with current six sigma culture, at eight.
• Developed training strategy and materials and trained 400 employees, consisting of hourly associates, engineers, supervisors, managers, and office personnel at Taiwan, northern & southern China, Sweden and Franklin, NH.
• Led team of engineers and managers that diagnosed current state, created future state, and began initial implementation of the Taiwan and southern China locations. Results included manufacturing lead-time and WIP.
• Led team of engineers and managers that diagnosed Franklin, NH location that identified annual labor savings of $1.1M through cellular manufacturing, lay out changes, set up reductions, and material waste reduction

Memphis, Tennessee, US

• Responsible for managing two manufacturing departments of 40 employees as part of $46M business
• Continuously improved business by reducing costs of process while maintaining a safe and motivated environment through employee involvement and interaction with line supervisors, engineers, quality, safety and.
• Increased productivity by 10% via process improvements and employee driven teams resulting in annual savings of $240k.
• Performed Data analysis of sales by SKU resulted in a 25% reduction in inventory while also reducing lead-times from 14 days to 5 days
• Led team that drove material usage reduction resulting in annual savings of $430k
• Facility obtained ISO 9002 certification and achieved Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Status

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Engineering Management

Bachelor Of Arts & Bachelor Of Engineering, Engineering Sciences