David Rhode Email & Phone Number

Crookston, Minnesota

Imlay City, Michigan

Hibbing, Minnesota

• Direct 3 crew operation consisting 50 production employees.
• Lean Champion accountable for training in lean concepts and the project management of opportunities identified during kaizan activities.
• China manufacturing project coordinator accountable for 2.9 million dollars in overseas manufacturing.

• Directed team of three buyers, scheduler, maintenance and 14 production employees. Developed operations budgets including purchasing, manufacturing and labor costs.
• Created multi-disciplined “continuous improvement” team to track progress on large-scale projects, better tighten production controls and timely respond to manufacturing issues.
• Reduced annual labor costs $280,000 and headcount 50% by championing 5S lean manufacturing concepts and better leveraging role of outsourced vendors.
• Saved $130,000 annually and reduced lead-time 90% by utilizing value stream mapping and point of use inventory activities in manufacturing cells.
• Increased employee productivity 25% by instituting labor tracking and control system.
• Improved on-time shipping performance from 72% to 94% by managing inventory levels and coordinating efforts of scheduler, warehouse and catalog sales call center.

Business Administration And Management, General

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