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Auburn, Indiana, United States

Bremen, Indiana

General Production Results  Increased on-time delivery from 60% to 95% over two years.  Direct management of 98% on-time delivery for largest military customer.  Met and/or exceeded greater than 90% of external monthly sales goal targets.  Increased accuracy of casting inventory, reducing shrink by 2% in warehouse.  Managed daily/weekly meetings with largest industrial customer to increase OTD and quantity accuracy.  Decreased orders on hold from an average of $755k to an average of $200k or less.  Management/Supervisory  Direct report team of five across Logistics, Customer Service, Data Entry, and Scheduling.

Biscoe, North Carolina

Management/Supervisory:- Actively managing direct reports across Customer Service, Machining, Shipping, Scheduling, and Data Entry- Appointed acting Production Control Manager by executive team with corresponding increase in responsibilities for 18 months following medical leave of direct supervisorProject Management/First-of-a-Kind Initiatives- Implemented Lean manufacturing strategies (i.e., Kanban methodology) across multiple production components, resulting in $350K annual savings in internal machine shop- Supervised implementation of internal cost saving measures totaling $1.75M in 30 Months across Labor, Tooling, Inventory, and Containers- Managed $3.6M in outside expenses across ten vendors including Machine Shops, Heat Treaters, Painters, and Core ShopsGeneral Production Results- Production scheduling practices improved on-time delivery rating from 84% to 95% in 6 months- Negotiated external shipping rates resulting in annualized savings of $75kQuality Assurance- Support division transition from ISO 9001 to IATF 16949 certification in 2017, ensuring scheduling and purchase order practices conform to updated Quality Assurance standards

Biscoe, North Carolina

Management/Supervisory: - Active management of direct reports in Data Entry department- Customer Service Representative to the division’s largest customer with on-time delivery exceeding 95%Project Management/First-of-a-Kind Initiatives- Implemented new inventory control procedures resulting in 25% reduction of inventory shrink- Developed quantitative root methodology for scheduling tool, resulting in 24% reduction of slow moving inventory- Conducted root cause analysis of safety events with subsequent implementation of procedures to OSHA standardsGeneral Production Results- Assisted in management of monthly sales goals, achieving or exceeding the monthly sales goal in 11 of 12 months- Conducted monthly physical inventories of over 2 million pounds of WIP and Finished Goods with 99.9% Accuracy

Southfield, Michigan

- Developed quantitative mathematics of chemistry additions prior to rollout of company-wide tool to minimize inoculation waste- Standardized vendor codes across all 17 Grede divisions, resulting in annualized savings of $100k- Managed a virtual online document database pivotal in the successful sale of Grede Holdings LLC- Assisted in divestiture of multiple foundry assets; prepared asset lists for auction and vetted multiple offers- Prepared detailed summaries on potential acquisition targets and competitive threats for executive leadership team