Craig Farley Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Asked to lead a turn around situation.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Multiple site Lean Transformation Manager

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

Asked to transfer to help lead a plant turn around:• Improved On Time Delivery by 57%• Improved employee engagement score by 13 points (2 points is considered significant) by creating Value Stream organizations, management Gemba processes, and week-long Kaizen events• Reduced annual scrap 45% in 2015 and 54% in 2016 through TWI program (Training Within Industry) and Kaizen events• Improved productivity 47% on the I2 production line using 5S, Standard Work, and Visual Management of SWIP• 10% improvement in OEE through daily Gemba, SMED, and visual management of metrics

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

- Promoted to General Manager of a $300M, 400 person factory• Achieved operating income improvement of 2% per year; P & L Management• Improved employee engagement score by 14 points in 2013 (2 points is considered significant)• Reduced annual scrap from 589k to 381k through employee problem solving• Reduced time from order entry to shipment and product flow time by over 50% • Exceeded 10% annual labor productivity improvement goals using lean tools

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

Recruited to improve all operational metrics, through lean cultural change, of a $300M factory-May 2013, Plant wins Climate Solutions Sector "Operational Excellence" Award for all of the global Trane/Thermo King factories- 2013 Plant wins Operational Excellence Award for cultural change- 2015 Plant wins President's Operational Excellence award for reducing LT product cycle time from 19 days to 2.5 days, reducing plant scrap by 41%, and improving plant labor productivity by $1.87 Million

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Promoted to Value Stream Manager to improve Sales Growth, P&L and major customer account relationships:• Managed product life cycles to improve operating profit• Completed ownership of product launches from concept through end of life• P&L – Improved Sales and Operations forecasting processes through implementation of Lean Accounting principles• Responsible for creating and executing a multi-year capacity plan for the fastest growing value steam in the company (30-50% compound annual growth)• Exceeded 12% annual labor productivity improvement goals using Kaizen events and other lean tools• Improved inventory turns from 20 to 22 • Safety improvement of 50% through employee suggestions• Met 99% On Time Delivery in 2010 while increasing production over 100% in less than 6 months • Established clear alignment between 115 employees and Value Stream operational/financial metrics

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Responsible for new product designs, advanced manufacturing process development, and all manufacturing metrics to support product launch through production to meet aggressive Tier 1 deadlines.-Applied Six Sigma Black Belt certification skills to achieve large scrap improvements

Us

Promoted to accomplish the following Executive directives for initial product release:• Met marketing requirements for product throughput and size • Operated within the $7 million annual development budget• Directly managed all activities of the 50+ Engineering / Manufacturing member team• Outsourced major portions of the product and performed supplier management activities including invoice management, progress monitoring, and on site acceptance inspections for robotic, electrical and chemical/gas handling systems

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Operations Management

Mba - Master Of Business Administration, Business Administration, Management And Operations

Bachelor Of Applied Science, Applied Technology In Nuclear Engineering