David Will Email & Phone Number

Memphis, Tn

Workiing with company leadership, develop the strategy, training and tools as well as the needed coaching and facilitation to support the companies transformation to a High Performance Lean Culture.Built strong partnership with plant manager and his management team at company's largest plant (over $450 million in annual revenue) to develop a plant model of a high performance culture for the company. Results included 50% improvement in Quality, 60% improvement in Safety and two records in speciality production over a five year period.

Memphis, Tn

Work with CEO and other team members to develop aspirational vision related to profitably doubling the size of the company. Involved creating acquisition decision criteria, developing candiates, vetting them and providing recommendatons.

Memphis, Tn

Managed the global logistics strategy covering annually ~$80 million dollars of spend, 17,000 ocean containers, 45,000 tons of break bulk, 5,500 railcars, 7,000 trucks and other contract services. Drove $16 million (~20%) reduction in annual spend.

Memphis, Tn

Led a multi-functional and multi-plant team to conduct a feasibility study of moving from different site systems to a SAP enterprise system for maintenance, storeroom and purchasing. The VP of Business System said, "This is the most well done recommendation I have ever seen".

Perry, Fl

Responsible to coordinate, prepare, forecast and reconcile a $250 million dollar budget for the plant. Developed new cost of goods sold model for the business. Prepared the financial analysis of all improvement captial projects for the plant. Created a new Profit/Loss model for the company by customer and grade. The company President said, " This is excellent work and will really help us improve our pricing decisiions on a timelier basis ".

Cincinnati, Oh And Perry, Fl

TEAM DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (Perry, FL; 1989-1993)Managed two multi-skilled teams with 28 team members to meet safety, quality and reliability goals.Achieved over $1 million of additional production and 75% reduction in injuries in the department.PROCESS ENGINEER, SOAP & FOODS DIVISION (Cincinnati, OH ; 1982-1989)Developed process design and equipment specifications to support new product development and cost savings initiatves. Led the successful start-up of several systems and projects.