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Chattanooga, Tn, Us

Calhoun, Georgia, Us

Lagrange, Georgia, Us

Cartersville, Georgia, Us

Successfully managed the installation, startup, and implementation of an additional automated production line to support the rollout of a new product.Drove improvements in line availability and process control to achieve a 20+% improvement in throughput.Created a culture of accountability by eliminating work silos (operations, supply chain, maintenance, process engineering, quality) and aggressively promoting from within the organization.Reorganized the Production/Quality/Maintenance/Engineering teams to better support the organization’s transition from a newly formed startup to an established competitor in the market.Improved first quality yield across all product lines by 6+%.Led the creation of a continuous improvement culture that has identified over $1 MM in annual savings.

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Full operational responsibility of a multi-shift, high volume manufacturing operation representing revenues in excess of $90 million. Managed the performance to the key production metrics of quality, safety, productivity, cost, and delivery for a 350+ employee manufacturing facility which produces consumer photographic products and services for Secondary, Elementary, Preschool, Special Events markets.Led a LEAN manufacturing initiative to create a one piece process flow across multiple product lines that led to annual cost savings >$250,000 for the last 4 years.Reduced total number of quality escapes by 40% in the Sports and Preschool production processes.Improved product delivery by 2 days by reducing overproduction and WIP.Maximized labor utilization to exceed budget expectations by 8% ($400,000).Reorganized multiple departments to reduce overall exempt headcount by 20% (2 FTE), while creating a Process Engineer position.Established a single source of truth for reporting of performance metrics that is being modeled as the enterprise wide solution for the Division.

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Led the continuous improvement efforts to drive performance in product delivery, quality, and cost reduction. Successfully managed the project to convert the production system from film based processing to the LNSS Digital Senior Production System.Improved Senior Proof product on time delivery from 95% to 98.5%Developed and implemented a production system that achieved the highest Customer Satisfaction score (4.8/5.0) among all production facilities

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Led the project to convert the Sports and Special Events production system from film based input to a digital production system. Managed the continuous improvement efforts in the Chattanooga plant. Improved Sports product on time delivery from 88% to 97%Reduced customer request delivery times from 7 to 4 days.

Managed a 100+ employee department and led the continuous improvement efforts to assure the efficient production, quality, and delivery of extruded and laminated packaging for the pharmaceutical, confectionary, and tobacco industries.Collaborated with union leaders to create a unique work schedule to create an additional shift of extruded production (7+%) weekly.

Supervised the development and execution of the quality testing procedures to support the production of pharmaceutical, tobacco, and confectionary products. Managed customer audits and maintained certification requirements to comply with customer expectations.

Managed the creation and maintenance of product costing standards for all printed, laminated, and extruded products. Led continuous improvement efforts to minimize waste and lower costs. Supervised the implementation of all capital projects and audited accordingly to assure savings targets achieved

Richmond, Va, Us

Responsible for creating and maintaining product costing systems and cost control programs. Developed, trained and implemented processes to support the efficient production of new products. Supported environmental engineering and permitting requirements.

Worked with multiple teams to best align recently purchased assets within the divisional structure of the company.

Spartanburg, South Carolina, Us

Responsible for product costing and leading the continuous improvement (Evergreen) program for the plant. Supervised the Carding and Roving operations.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Industrial Engineering And Operations Research

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business

Mba