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Jurupa Valley, Ca, Us

Jurupa Valley, Ca, Us

Inland Empire, Ca

Responsible for all Inbound, Outbound, Safety, and Quality operations, as well as Associate and Manager development for one or more shifts in a multi-temperature 1.1 million square foot Grocery Distribution Warehouse. Duties have ranged from shift management; delivering on volume and cost targets, to support roles in Change Management and Learning.• Developed night shift operations as building volume expanded 250% in the wake of the Covid pandemic. • Developed tools for tracking and improving rate and volume execution, driving rates up 30%. • Developed a shift planning tool in use for the entire network which sets cost and staffing targets, reducing indirect spending 20%. • Developed a Dock Management process which is now being used to drive a reduction in transportation cost and freight delivery delays.• Ran a High volume product trial that eventually led to the use of pick process (Slotting), which increased rate (and reduced pick cost) by 33%, and eliminated 100% of palletize cost.• Oversaw the construction of an additional 200,000 square feet of temperature controlled space, which allowed expansion of Slotting pick from 30% of volume to 70%. • Implemented Ambient Crossdock which eliminates up to two indirect positions, and will further increase slotting % from 70% to 80% of pick volume,• Implemented a new Order Picker driver follow up system which eliminated 100% of new driver accidents. • Overall handling cost per unit has dropped from .48 to .20

Orange County, California Area

Responsible for the day-to-day operations to drive business objectives while managing Key Customers, production, quality, and materials managers. Leads teams in all phases new product roll-outs. Performs staff training and mentors/develops high-potential individuals. Creates and tracks key performance indicators to eliminate waste, drive continuous improvement, increase margins, and maintain customer satisfaction. Created and manages ISO9001:2015 level QMS.● Qualified Altinex as a Tier 1 supplier to a Fortune 100 company resulting in $100MM in revenue. ● Successfully implemented Kanban, Kaizen, and 5S to eliminate waste and reduce/eliminate transactional costs and non-value-added processes, resulting in a 6% improvement in EBIT● Introduced KPI’s company-wide to drive continuous improvements. Examples include first pass yield increased from 85% to 96%, field MTBF increased by 35%, on-time order completion >98%, shipping accuracy >99.8%● Onboarded 2 plumbing businesses leading to $2.5MM annual revenue incre

Orange County, California Area

Developed measurable objectives for Production and Materials, and ensured on time completion of jobs. Inspected and evaluated workplace environment, equipment, PPE, and work habits to ensure compliance with OSHA safety standards, and developed an IIPP resulting in improved compliance results during worker’s comp. insurance carrier and county hazardous waste and environmental health audits. ● Improved machine efficiency by 35% using Demand Flow and waste elimination and modified work cells to increase production by > 50% ● Developed a process to acquire Safety Data Sheets, LTA log, accident response forms, and an IATA/DOT compliant process for shipping and storing LI and NIMH batteries

Orange County, California Area

Supervised teams performing job kitting, receiving, incoming inspections, customer order packing, and shipping. Implemented programs to measure receiving/shipping accuracy, ABC cycle counting, and inventory accuracy.● Created the NCMR process, Materials Review Board, accident response form, inspection standards, and non-conforming material forms/processes ● Implemented cycle counts, turns reporting, shipment accuracy measurement, company wide ESD precautions ● Automated picking and packaging/implementation of barcode scanning, floor stock, two-bin systems, and the requisition process.

Colton, Ca

Managed 24/7 8-line extrusion operation extruding sewer and gas line pipe out of Polyethylene. Managed 4 shift supervisors and a tool room. Oversaw rail car receiving and offloading of resin, dock operations: palletizing pipe, loading trucks, and yard operations: regrind, staging and movement of pipe. ● Improved machine up-time by 20%, and reduced line scrap rate by 60%; eliminating 2.6M lbs. of scrap● Designed a program to measure WIP inventory of resin and consequently eliminated line stops caused by material shortages● Won a concession from AWWA allowing increased use of regrind, and eliminated 75% of inherited yard scrap in 9 months.

Pomona, Ca

Managed all operations related to building high dollar bare board test machines for the PCB industry; PCBA test, Machine shop, electro-mechanical assembly, software validation, and final product test. ● Reduced final product lead time from 2 months, to 2 weeks● Achieved an average 18% labor savings per unit by outsourcing● Reduced incoming PCBA failure rate by 70% by providing quality data to our supplier

Pomona, Ca

Managed a 3-shift assembly and fabrication shop creating custom test fixtures for automated board test.● Reduced average lead time by 25%● Reduced materials scrap by $150K annually● On-boarded two new businesses resulting in $3.3MM additional revenue per year