Christopher T. Chiles Email & Phone Number

Brevard, Nc, Us

Chiles & Company is a full-service management consulting and implementation firm serving middle and lower middle market business owners and private equity companies in North America. Our operating partners have over 500 years of experience across a wide range of industry segments and products.

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President for custom metal fabricator in the hollow metal frame and door industry.

Lake Oswego, Oregon, Us

Stabilized and top graded staff.Led rapid turn around in over $8M in delinquent customer orders.Doubled throughput of key JSF (F-35) components.Secured $100M + in new 3-5 years contracts.

Stockholm, Se

Led 11 plants and 11 service centers with 2.6K employees and $600M in annual revenue. Focused on Lean, automation, value analysis, and CAPEX activities, as well as lead Sustainability and ISO 14001. Co-led business process automation activities and value engineering activities for the Americas. • Drove $12M in cost extraction in 2013 and consistently delivered 2 to 3 points of EBIT in cost reductions each year through weekly and monthly site visits and reviews with each General Manager.• Developed and managed Value Engineering program for the door group. Established program, trained site leaders, and coordinated and led events, realizing $1.3 M in savings for 2013.• Led rapid business improvement at Fleming Baron metal door company, resulting in 10-pt. EBIT improvement over 18 months through Lean and Six Sigma activities.• Doubled wood door group EBIT in 2010 and 2011 through product and supply chain changes and extensive cost controls on labor and variable spending.• Worked globally (China, Malaysia, Australia, Mexico, Canada, and the US) on supply chain development, manufacturing excellence, and product development of new wood and metal door products. Gained extensive experience with UL and Intertek in fire-door testing.

Directed mill, railway and logistics operations at 7 sugar mills, overseeing 2K employees and 100 MW of renewable electricity generation. Managed rail and locomotive network harvesting 14M tonnes of sugar per annum and producing 2M tonnes of sugar over 300K acres. • Brought in to top-grade site leadership at the sugar mills, unify processes between 3 geographic regions, and prepare company for sale. • Restructured site leadership, engineering, and supply chain leadership, resulting in a cohesive operational team.• Realized $2M cost savings by restructuring CAPEX process and priorities to streamline projects and avoid excessive startup costs for over $60M in capital spending per annum.• Increased plant availability 10% and reduced maintenance expenditures 8% by focusing on top 5 downtime issues and reallocating resources.

Stockholm, Se

Operational leader for $60M wood door business, responsible for all supply chain, manufacturing, engineering, and distribution functions for a 2-plant business with 300 employees.• Stabilized struggling plant within 120 days, correcting major quality, production and customer service issues. Established customer service level of 99.9% on-time and complete delivery by implementing Lean and Six Sigma processes. • Increased profits by 5x and sales by 45% from 2006 to 2008 by through product redesign, supply chain cost reductions, and rapid labor improvements.• Doubled production from 2006 to 2008 by reconfiguring plant in a total layout change, decreasing downtime, improving first pass yields, and installing new automation.

($2M startup contract manufacturer and distributor of wall décor, frames, and wood and medium density fiberboard mouldings to retail and wholesale companies) Chief Operating Officer, Lexington, NC• Full responsibility for starting up the company. Developed product line, customer list, engineered factory layout and hired staff.• Implemented lean manufacturing methods during plant startup.• Responsible for growing sales to $2M annualized.• Developed innovative manufacturing and distribution programs for retailers, catalog, and e-commerce companies.• Developed custom manufacturing and distribution methods to accommodate order sizes from one to thousands.

President, Mooresville, NC• Developed business plan, secured funding, and assembled sales team.• Engineered warehouse, product line, and secured manufacturing agreements.• Designed website and e-commerce functions.• Covered all functions from sales, marketing, operations, and finance. • Sold in fourth quarter 2001 after September 11th.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Plant Manager, Intercraft-Burnes Division, Statesville, NC Jan 1998- May 2000(Intercraft-Burnes was a $450 million dollar division of Newell Rubbermaid providing photo frames to the mass merchants and department stores).• Full responsibility of manufacturing and distribution with 8 direct reports and a total workforce of 500. $80 million in annual sales covering distribution to the mass merchants for the eastern half of the United States• 99.5 % on time/99 % line fill record for shipments.• CEO Award winner for 1998.• Reduced cost of goods by 5 % in 1998 and 4 % in 1999 through lean manufacturing methods and Kaizen events.• Integrated two acquisitions into the facility requiring reengineering of the complete warehouse.• Manufacturing review leader for vendors in Mexico and China

Atlanta, Ga, Us

(Manufacturer of framed art and frames for the major retailers)• Full responsibility for manufacturing and distribution with 6 direct reports and a total workforce 300. $45M in annual sales with 300 teammates.• 99.5 % on time/ 99.8% line fill record for shipments.• Improved safety record 100 % in 4 months.• Increased plant productivity 45 % in 5 months by developing a new assembly process.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

(Manufacturer and distributor drapery hardware and window décor to Walmart, Kmart, Target, Kohls, Home Depot and Lowes, $220 million dollar division with a total workforce of 1000)• Full responsibility for division engineering group (manufacturing and industrial engineering, machine development, tool and die, machine and facility maintenance). 6 direct reports and 75 skilled trades.• Project manager for $60 million acquisition. Involved in due diligence and prepared product line strategy and facility rationalization. Closed and integrated 2 plants into the Freeport facility.• Engineered new products resulting in $20 million in new sales over 3 years.• Led cost reduction program using cellular manufacturing and JIT techniques that resulted in $10 million savings over 3 years.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

(Manufacturer and distributor of glass products to the residential lighting, industrial lighting, and consumer markets, $75 million division with a total workforce of 600)• Full responsibility for plant process improvement and development, product development and packaging. 5 direct reports.• Completely reengineered the batch house and furnace control systems during $4 million furnace rebuild.• Developed first high-speed electro-hydraulic glass press resulting in a 20% production improvement.• Developed first powder coating system for glass lighting products.• Product manager for OEM glass meter covers supplied to the major electrical manufacturing firms and controlled 85% of the industry production.

Corning, New York, Us

Facilities Engineer, Greenville, OH 1989-1991(plant supplied glass to automobile lamp manufacturers, industrial lighting manufacturers, and consumer bake ware, $100 million plant with a workforce of 600)• Led all Safety, Health, and Environmental Activities. Plant achieved the top rating in each category.• Installed major facilities expansion with new electrical substations and switchgear.• Redesigned plant cooling system for hydraulic power units saving production downtime.• Installed de-ionized water system for mould cooling resulting in production increase.Equipment Engineer, Greenville, OH 1987-1989• Developed first plant wide high speed data acquisition for high speed glass machines allowing real time display of all key process variables with control limits and trending capabilities• Developed first machine vision system for quality control on automobile headlight light patterns.• Developed new automated glass loading machines.

Washington, Dc, Us

Naval Nuclear Power School 1982 to 1987Naval Submarine Support Unit New London, CT 1987-1989Ashore Mobile Communication Unit, Driver, VA 1989-1991Naval Communications Station, Keflavik, Iceland, 1991-1993Naval Intermediate Maintenance Unit, Norfolk, VA 1993-1994

Mse, Electrical And Communication Systems

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Bs, Electrical Engineering