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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Oversight of several critical areas within the business. CI, Quality, Safety, Manufacturing, Production Scheduling, Facilites, and Maintenance all report up through the Director of Manufacturing

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Leading the manufacturing operations at Merit Brass. Driving multiple efficiency initiatives throughout the organization and creating a workplace culture that all associates can be proud of.Additional oversight of Quality & EHS departments and processes

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Leading the continued drive towards operational efficiencies and pursuit of improvement opportunities in a mixed manufacturing environment with warehousing & distribution elements.

Solon, Ohio

Execute the corporate macro lean strategy in a collaborative, agile, and cross functional manner to achieve the business objectives for the valve services group (VSG) by working with new product development, sourcing, supply chain, planning, assembly, production, warehousing, engineering, distributors, outside vendors, and customers to drive down costs, increase utilization of resources, and leverage market position for the collective profitability of all parties.

Solon, Oh

Responsible for disseminating the corporate lean methodology throughout the enterprise consisting of 20+ domestic and multiple global sites. Including but not limited to; training, kaizen activities, value stream mapping efforts, visual management & flow, KPI's, cost savings, capital justification, and business process efforts.

Carrollton, Oh / Binghamton, Ny / Tampa, Fl / Thomasville, Ga

Administrator of The Atkore Business System, Environmental Health and Safety concerns, and Analytics. Lead daily management and safety projects. Facilitate monthly Kaizen events, safety meetings, generate raw data to implement cost saving initiatives, communicate with local, state, and federal governmental agencies to ensure environmental compliance, oversee all safety related manufacturing protocols for four industrial complexes.

Carrollton, Ohio

Lead implementation of continuous improvement initiatives, drive a lean culture and be a change agent. Oversight of employees, quality control, kaizen events, in addition to environmental accountabilities.

Primary responsibilities: oversight of operational standards for 14 locations; including store general managers, staffs, customer service, HR functions, marketing, logistics, legal and collections.

Responsible for all aspects of store management including inventory management, procurement and sales, budgeting, route optimization, delivery scheduling, customer service, and leadership of store staff.

My responsibilities included: HR functions, P&L, inventory, scheduling, logistics, marketing, and many other functions related to operating an individual small business.

Bachelor’S Degree, Organizational Management & Project Management

Organizational and Project Management disciplines with a focus on process improvement and risk management.

Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Crew Team (rowing)Golf team candidate, Nationally ranked crew team