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Owner and Operator of Tacos 4 Life in Mooresville, NC. We serve craft tacos for an incredible cause! Join us in our mission to end childhood hunger (in partnership with Feed My Starving Children) when you buy a meal at any Tacos 4 Life restaurant 🌮

Leading transition and upfit of company headquarters in Charlotte to greenfield 145,000 sqft facility.

Led Operations of $15M+ annual revenue heavy duty & vocational truck modification facility - Fontaine Modification’s headquarter facility in Charlotte, NC.Managed a team that consistently delivers Contribution Margins above 30% by optimizing material, labor and quality costs

Developed and deployed multi-site 5S and Quality apps via PowerApps, Power Automate and SharePoint platforms.Developed “Frozen Schedule” process for operations management. Delivered 20% efficiency improvement and 10% reduction in Labor as a % of sales in 1st month.Design custom modification parts in Inventor to reduce in-house fabrication requirements, improve operational efficiencies and standardize modification quality for customers.

Led a team of 12 Assemblers with the goal of further improving schedule attainment without sacrificing quality in the platforms we build.Improved Platform schedule attainment from an average of 76% to 104%.Developed Quality Delay trending process to identify key causes for platforms on delay and pareto cause levels. Share with peer coaches twice monthly. Has helped drive a 35% reduction in platform delays for 2021 – from highs of 8 delays/week to 5.2 delays/week currently.Developed new hire skill sets in welding, grinding & dual action sanding of beds via hands-on training and self-developed standard work methods.Owned safety record and 6S to ensure safety is priority #1 via team safety topic reviews weekly, monthly safety audits of the department & weekly 6S walkthroughs with operators.

Led a team of 6 Quality Technicians and 2 Quality Engineers on the path from Quality Control to Quality Assurance with a heavy focus on driving Quality at the Source through Standard Work, Visual standards and Poka-yoke (error-proofing)

Led initiative to balance utility body assembly lines, improving overall plant productivity by 1.5% ($1.6M in savings) and reducing workload on upstream kitting function via "heijunka" (order batching).Led cross-functional team that developed fully bolt-on hitch solution for utility bodies, creating $156K in incremental profit while resulting in 45 minute/unit savings ($165K labor savings) at install locations.Led $250K savings identification and validation of new dump body hoist. Channel partnership resulted in 1 hour install savings for Knapheide by moving piece preparation time to partner.

Created and maintained process settings, enabling rapid changeover and avoiding downtime and waste occurrences during line start upLed centerlining initiative to install visual controls on lines, enabling quick troubleshooting of material and equipment alignment issuesTrained 20 line operators on new SAP inventory management system ensuring seamless transition for ordering and delivering raw materials

Managed North American (NA) Heavy Duty Liquid (HDL) Packaging Material savings portfolio, delivering $18M in savings for FY 2015/2016Qualified and validated the use of new equipment to drive raw material scrap from 4% to 1.75% on HDL transition piecesLed cross-functional team to qualify and validate five CHEP pallet extraction sites, avoiding $30M in new pallet costs year over yearLead savings reviews with VP-level leadership to coordinate Commercial buy-in and CPS alignment on savings projectsUtilized P&G Integrated Work Systems tools to root cause material defects and implement systemic fixes at suppliersDeveloped supplier capability in Root Cause Analysis, centerlining procedures and Rapid Changeover protocolsLed qualification and validation of 11 new bottle blow molds

Delivered $500K in savings by optimizing display designs without sacrificing stopping power in stores and fit for use capabilityDesigned channel differentiating WOW displays for five different high-visibility initiative launches which generated $7M in Net Outside SalesManaged cross-functional team of contractors to design and construct custom in-store product displays for Dish and Surface Care businessesDeveloped Daily Management System to reduce frequency of recurring Quality Incidents (QI) and share learnings from Root Cause AnalysesLed recruiting efforts on campus at Penn State University and networked with Engineering students regarding P&G employment opportunities