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Roseville, California, United States

Helping my clients reach their business goals in a manner that works best for them! Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Woodland, California, United States

(Covid Layoff) - Tasked with creating an enterprise based manufacturing model that still allowed for separate revenue and reporting streams related to field functions at the construction sites. • Developed a new CapEx process to validate needs, control costs, and monitor outcomes by project and cost center.• Established revenue and expense model tracking template to track financial and expense performance of key departments.

Promoted from General Manager to lead the western region with a consolidated P&L of $120M. Increased ROI while reducing regional costs, lowering injury frequency rates, and improving on time delivery metrics. Led branch General Managers in assuring their facilities safely produced and shipped quality products on time, and at budgeted profits.• Delivered actionable business plan that turned a failing factory into a profitable operation year over year.• Contributed nearly half of the annual profits to the bottom line compared to the other three regions combined.• Coordinated facility expansion efforts with General Managers at several branches and managed CapEx projects resulting in new equipment and products. • Recruited to lead Change Management team for multi-million dollar company ERP transition project.

Woodland, Ca

Complete operational, fiscal, and sales oversight of a $22M P&L manufacturing and distribution facility. Implemented programs that focused on solving root cause issues, and reducing injuries. Led branch to record profits YOY by consistently meeting customer needs and creating a culture focused on safety, quality, cost reductions, and on time delivery. • Applied Lean methods to streamline operations, reduce waste, and dramatically improve profitability.• Maintained better than 98.5% on time and complete delivery metric for all customers.• Maximized performance by managing labor, reorganizing shop equipment, and introducing new metrics.• Improved will-call lead times more than 65% leading to increased order pickups and lower shipping costs.• Reduced shipping expense 40% by improving production and shipping scheduling coordination efforts.

Sacramento, California Area

Oversaw purchasing and inventory for all company locations. Worked with facility teams to establish inventory control procedures and tracking of materials through the supply chain and inventory distribution process. Provided support to several projects and worked with cross-functional teams throughout the business.• Introduced inventory kitting program resulting in significant process time improvements at the production lines. • Launched standard work modules for each direct report and implemented metrics to measure progress.• Lowered departmental operating costs by identifying and eliminating non value added processes and resigning labor accordingly.• Established hazardous waste removal program bringing company into compliance with State regulations.

Woodland, Ca

Promoted from previous position to lead the fiscal, manufacturing, and operational efforts for the vinyl window division. Built a team oriented culture focused on operational excellence, safety, and meeting customer needs. Utilized continuous improvement methodologies to drive sustainable results across the operation.• Established team to identify new opportunities that led to the effective launch of two new product lines. • Led process mapping team resulting in improved efficiencies and lowered manufacturing costs of 12%• Introduced division wide training program to document, share, and track best practices across facilities.• Developed distribution modeling tool lowering costs 18% through the use of remote sister DC facilities.

Hired in Oct 2006 to turnaround a losing factory which lead to a profitable 2007 and being recognized for achieving zero recordable injuries that year. In building a team that was held accountable to processes, I was able to redefine roles and responsibilities, and build upon the strength and knowledge of key team members. • Delivered a 14% turnaround YOY by reducing waste, improving first run quality, and creating structure.• Established new safety program resulting in the team winning its first ever Corporate Safety Award.• Achieved 17% reduction in direct labor costs through process standardization and improved scheduling.• Reduced inventory levels 12% and lowered overall scrap 6% through the use of KanBans systems.• Introduced method of using sister-company factory locations as delivery points to reduce shipping costs.

Master'S Degree, Business And Leadership

Bs, Business Management

Greenbelt, Lean Six Sigma

Certification, Change Management Practitioner