- Responsible for Continuous Improvement activities for eight Manufacturing and R & D sites.- Collaborate with plant leadership teams, executive management and finance to document, validate, track improvement projects to meet annual goals and objectives.- Prepare monthly metrics and KPI’s to demonstrate continuous improvement in manufacturing processes and report to Sr Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain.- Lead team to implement Statistical Process Control across organization.

- Lead Lean and Continuous Improvement activities for Chattanooga facility.- Vast improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost.- Drive Lean cost savings initiatives across four sites.- Cost savings projects of $4.0 M for 2016.- Provide ISO Oversite and Quality Standardization across four sites.

- Coordinate Lean, Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement activities for plant.- Coach, mentor, provide training for green belts, black belts, SME’s, and plant associates.- Document and track all continuous improvement projects to meet plant cost reduction initiatives, validate savings and report to corporate each month.- Create equipment specific lock out tag out procedures for all plant equipment and provide hands on training to all associates.- Auditor for TS 16949, OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001.- Achieved GPS Phase 1 and Phase 2 certifications for Poplar Bluff facility.

- Manage operations at multiple plants in a fast paced manufacturing environment.- Developed hour by hour production boards to communicate production rate targets and actual hourly production rates.- Reduced recordable injuries by 45% through implementation of new employee orientation, 5 S training/implementation, and other safety initiatives.- Reduced manpower by 15% resulting in $450k annual labor savings while maintaining production requirements.- Perform plant environmental audits for EPA compliance and plant safety audits to ensure OSHA compliance.- Team leader for Kaizen event resulting in increasing board foot yield by 7.3 % on our lumber line and savings of $134k.- Team leader for Sigma-Kaizen event involving identification of variables affecting the kiln drying process, resulting in improved drying control and reduced defect rate of 5%.

- Manage operations over two Continuous Properzi rod production lines.- Co-set plant production record for most aluminum rod produced in a 24-hour day.- Managed inventory, shipping and receiving of raw materials and finished goods.- Documented standard operating procedures and provided training to employees on JSP’s,

- Managed projects with savings of $514k.- Identified and documented additional opportunities for projects totaling over $400k.

- Accompanied OSHA compliance officers on inspections and responded to OSHA concerning employee complaints.- Performed Safety New Employee Orientation for the plant.- Developed training material and programs used plant wide to ensure consistent training from department to department.- Corporate safety auditor to perform audits at other plants within the corporation.- During my tenure as safety coordinator, our plant received an award from our corporate office for best-improved safety record. Injury Frequency Rate from 7.9 to 4.4.

- Manage a production line of 160 Alcoa A697 reduction cells.- Monitored cell computer system, bath ratio and metal chemistry to ensure quality primary aluminum was provided to our internal and external customers.- Initiated and performed a process investigation of new cell startup to reduce uneven current distribution and unstable conditions, which resulted in increased production and less power consumption during initial life of cell.- Implemented a continuous improvement project resulting in savings of $36k through reduction in equipment and tool usage and replacement.- Assistant Chief of plant Emergency Action Team.- Lead Auditor for QS 9000

- Assist cell operators in monitoring and maintaining reduction cells.