Doug Downing Email & Phone Number

New York, New York

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

• Established this management consulting practice with my wife Carol in 2021. Consult with small businesses to help them establish best practices.
• Provide startup consulting, including taxes, payroll processes, insurance, business software, and LLC filings.
• Conduct audits of business and payroll process to help determine compliance and provide corrective action.
• Provide detailed invoicing of client customers, including clients with complex, multi-tier invoicing procedures.
• Provide professional payroll services to multiple clients, including onboarding, performance management recording, and termination processing. Payroll platforms include Paychex, QuickBooks, and Gusto.
• Provide construction site management and reporting for new home construction and pool installations.

Holly Ridge, NC

• Joined this small upstart residential construction company as a seasoned business professional to help take on new business and shore up all internal processes. Accountable for all operational controls and financial.
• Advise key stakeholders on opportunities for improvement and development value-stream mapping to leverage them and to course-correct on processes that are not value-added.
• Grow revenue and profitability by sourcing quality local lenders, overhaul supply chain by partnering with new suppliers and reducing unit cost and lead times and reducing non-value-added activity.
• Strategic planning for investments, acquisition of coastal homes in need of repair, create new revenue streams through construction and acquisition of rental properties.
• Partner with developers for exclusive building rights in key locations that provide greater revenue and profit margins.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Manage all aspects of the Value Stream; also liable for effective deployment of Continuous Improvement. Lead the development and implementation of goals and strategies for improving operations and processes. Partner.
• Plan, direct, and execute engineering projects related to methods, processes, work measurement, routings, engineering changes, cost estimating, facilities, systems, and equipment using knowledge of existing.
• Help grow revenue and profitability by improving quality and lead times as well as reducing non-value-added activity, in addition, identify cost-effective solutions, through strategic integration of operational.
• Leverage Lean / Six Sigma methodologies for sustained improvements in safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and productivity. Assess site level and develop an improvement plan across the division in alignment with the.
• Work collaboratively with site leadership and process owners to implement approved project plans and ensure sustained results. Independently guage effects and provide regular updates on progress, issues, needs, plans.
• Manage and approve site orders required to satisfy all departmental needs. Manage inventory department to ensure no variances during weekly and monthly counts.

Hartland, Wisconsin

• Accountable for Beverage Dispense Solutions product line and combination product groups within the external manufacturing organization. Reporting directly to the President and Co-Founder, was charged with building the.
• Achieved success through managing product development and delivery (i.e. hitting product release milestones, at agreed-upon quality levels); achieving high levels of customer satisfaction with the products; and.
• Developed supply chain function with major manufacturers and common carriers, driving cost out of purchasing and shipping while building relationships with suppliers. Managed and supported 7 manufacturer’s.
• Designed, developed, and managed a brewery project in which process design incorporated nitrogen generation to replace carbon dioxide; tremendous reduction in gas cost and carbon footprint. Successfully tested at a.

Stuart, Florida

• Focused 100% on R&D, go-to-market strategy, training, and draught beer product management. Researched latest technology in nitrogen production and gas blending systems. Designed equipment upgrades and improvements to.
• Attained 25%+ YoY increase in sales of beer products for 3 consecutive years at NuCO2.
• Met with national chains to present equipment features and benefits as well as answer technical questions regarding performance, reliability, product differentiation, and value proposition.
• Represented NuCO2 in the Center for Draught Excellence, an alliance among Anheuser-Busch, NuCO2, and Micromatic to develop awareness of quality in draught systems.
• Worked with Director of Sales to develop training program for all sales and operations leaders.

Stuart, Florida

• Ramped up the newly-created Field Engineering department at America’s largest and only national bulk beverage carbonation supplier. Developed standard operating procedures. Drove implementation and compliance to.
• Reduced costs by analyzing Supplier deliveries, identifying deficiencies and negotiating process change.
• Tested, piloted, and rolled out electronic HOS logs and vehicle data tracking systems in 2013. Saved the company hundreds of thousands of dollars in reduced fines, accident reduction, and routing efficiencies.
• Appointed as engineering subject matter expert in new draught beer initiative. Attended multiple training sessions with major beer equipment suppliers & brewers. Installed several new systems. Provided support to.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Extremely successful in the project design, management, and implementation at YRC Freight. Effectively organized and led a team of executives and other high-level personnel in constructing a complicated redesign of.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Akron, Ohio, United States

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Marketing/Business Administration, Gpa 3.0 Overall; 3.8 In Business Core Curriculum

Activities and Societies: Dean’s list (1984, 1988 and 1989). Sigma Nu - Zeta class president. Intramural football and basketball.

Engineering/Industrial Management

Activities and Societies: Studied Industrial Management & German (Played varsity football)