Derek Adamczyk Email & Phone Number

Kassel, Hessen, DE

Algonquin, IL, US

This leadership role involves overseeing the operations of diverse product portfolio of medical devices and ensuring the organisation is running as well as possibly can, with a scalable and efficient process that meets the expectations and needs of customers. Essential duties include, site leadership, continuous improvement, inventory & materials.

• Plan & direct the full spectrum of daily manufacturing operations in this 35,000 sq. ft. facility with 10 machines. Responsible for production, employee development, change management, safety, quality, service & cost.
• Oversee production results through communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring & appraising job results
• Analyze trends in production operations to define areas of improvement
• Lead production quality assurance team that identifies areas of improvement
• Develop & manage operations budget valued at $90M with a focus on product costs and margins
• Drive the continuous cycle of internal and external benchmarking to evaluate various technology trends & innovations to form actionable insights that fuel innovation

Stamford, CT, US

• Managed all aspects of daily manufacturing operations and ensured safety, quality, service and cost goals were met for Cenveo operations, a $120M manufacturing facility with 75 direct reports across three.
• Served as a key member of the Safety Team; implemented behavior-based safety programs to prevent injuries.
• Led the maintenance department and effectively improved equipment uptime and reliability.
• Created preventative maintenance schedules and maintained the waste management system.
• Optimized production and output by implementing Lean Manufacturing methodologies.
• Reduced quality issues and subsequently customer-issued credits by revamping the Quality Control (QC) department practices.Accomplishments:

Stamford, CT, US

• Accomplishments: (Continued)
• Reduced ink costs from $18/lb to $2.97/lb from one vendor by assisting with rewriting formulations.
• Created a white paper bale recycling procedure that dramatically reduced rejected bales for contamination with zero returned white paper bales within six months.
• Delivered wins across numerous Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) including setup reduction, throughput improvement and run speed improvement.
• Collaborated with the EHS manager to develop injury prevention presentations that created awareness to all employees and led to a significant decrease in reported injuries and accidents.
• Successfully implemented behavior-based safety programs and implemented Lean Manufacturing methods to optimize production and output.

Stamford, CT, US

• Managed a production team with accountability for maintaining crew schedules, maintenance and PTO requests; ensured processes and procedures were in place to achieve optimal productivity and output.
• Developed initiatives to improve performance while ensuring compliance with safety, quality, delivery and cost objectives.
• Liaised with employees during and after continuous improvement process to ensure understanding of why changes were performed and beneficial outcome.
• Led department strategic planning including operational budget, capital investment, LSS strategies, staffing plans, employee and leadership development.
• Generated department capacity plans to meet forecasted demand for increased manufacturing capacity.
• Created and presented yearly performance appraisals to all direct reports.Accomplishment:

Stamford, CT, US

• Oversaw the creation and implementation of a centralized ink database. Leveraged best practices across 15 plants. Managed ink and adhesive monthly inventory procedures; served as a purchasing agent for machine parts.
• Maintained accuracy in generating monthly purchase orders and expenditure reports.
• Achieved the best results in printing/gumming by maintaining and reducing the ink and adhesive output. Accomplishments:
• Delivered a $300K cost savings by developing a cost-conscious master ink formula database for all company locations on a nationwide basis.
• Achieved significant savings throughout the production process by developing multiple ink formulations; led the print rollers recovery program for increased cost savings.

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