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Greensboro, NC, US

Bethune, South Carolina, United States

Contracted as Interim Plant Manager and matriculated to "Full Time" based on demonstrated achievements in Sales (32% improvement across three months), Culture (leading US site based on eNPS), Safety Culture (Qualitative risk reduction scores) and Productivity (implemented Lean Daily Management and Kaizen Improvement Process).

Mocksville, North Carolina, United States

Led Cultural and Performance transformation of the Mocksville, NC facility and facilitate expansion into additional product lines. Identified necessary manager/staff positions, recruited, and onboarded 19 resources to ensure critical business functions managed and to enable growth. Facilitated technology/process transfer from Midwest-located plant..

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Created and led Continuous Improvement organization in a multi-division, legacy textile industry organization. Developed standardized, long-term strategy among multiple manufacturing sites in Asia, Europe, North and South America. Created and managed project execution plan which returned greater than $14.648 million in EBITDA savings impact to the company..

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Recognized entrepreneurial opportunity to drive transformation efforts in global manufacturing organizations by focusing on team development, leadership development/restructuring, CAPEX project management, process improvement and Lean system creation. Developed and provided training to team members at all organizational levels in the methods and processes.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Led 130 salaried and hourly Associates in the manufacturing and delivery of Serta-branded mattresses and box-springs in the bedding industry. Responsible for site level P&L, DOT reporting/tracking, as well as, driving improvement in company-based production related metrics.> Initiated culture change through application of Servant Leadership techniques and.

Greensboro, North Carolina

Recruited to lead OPEX activities for the company’s manufacturing facility to include creation of company Lean Manufacturing practices; and people development in each of the same.> Installed WCOM (World Class Operations Management) lean manufacturing methodologies and infrastructure as a team-based means of developing and utilizing current.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Led the Greensboro facility’s Production and Maintenance/Engineering functions in order to provide “on-time” customer delivery of the highest quality while reducing costs and focusing on FDA GMP implementation. Implement culture change in order to meet the demands of current business environment with relation to both international and domestic customer.

Danville, IL

Led the Danville facility team to optimize plant operations to deliver quality products to Tier-1 automotive customers in a Just-in-Time environment, while assuring compliance with all EHS policies and procedures. Responsible for overall site planning and management to ensure reporting and compliance for an overall expense budget of $7.5MM annually and.

Davenport, Iowa Area

Coordinate and implement ABS principles across the department’s flowpaths. Focus on Tactical projects in the areas of safety, recovery improvement, training and production. Responsible for coordinating efforts on process improvements, including capital projects, and support/leadership of problem solving efforts related to process and machine improvements.>.

Alcoa Program Office, New York, NY

Assigned to MRO (Maintenance Repair & Operations) Spend Reduction Team in support of Alcoa, Inc. $2 Billion Cash Sustainability Program target (MRO reduction targets of $267 Million in 2009 and $397 Million in 2010). Analyzed spending trends/levels and conducted targeted reduction workshops across North American locations. Analyzed spending trends/levels.

NA ABS Center Of Excellence (Davenport, IA)

Educated and coached classroom participants in ABS manufacturing tools and concepts. Prep/plan/conduct CoE training sessions for all Lean Manufacturing tools classes at Davenport Works as well as “on-location” sessions at selected facilities. Responsible for implementing same ABS concepts and improvements in manufacturing floor and staff environments.>.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Consult, educate and facilitate in areas of Quality Engineering throughout Production Quality Control, Product Development, Research Technology, and Manufacturing departments. Utilize statistical process control knowledge and expertise for quality improvement and maintenance of quality. Employ DOE to document, study and correct manufacturing quality.

Ms-Industrial Technology, Manufacturing Systems

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Management