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Goleta, California, US

Goleta, California, US

Rockwall, TX, US

• Accountable for leadership of manufacturing, engineering, supply chain and quality organizations of contract sheet metal manufacturing organization.
• Developed and implemented KPI measurement system to measure performance of organization and provide a 20% growth in productivity. This system provided timely feedback to the organization for any possible required.
• Created capacity program to assist organizations ability to onboard new customers.
• Developed value stream mapping process between departments to identify and eliminate wasted component movement and inventory utilizing Kanban.
• Initiated poke-yoke system in welding department to eliminate defects.
• Facilitated conversion to PLEX ERP system.

Fridley, Minnesota, US

• Responsible for overall management of multi-site operation with facilities in Augusta Georgia and Camden South Carolina employing 650 hourly associates and 101 salaried associates.
• Improved safety and operating performance of facilities by implementing a culture of teamwork, ownership and accountability.
• Developed employee engagement program reducing employee concern line comments by 80%.

• Accountable for all operations of a FDA regulated facility, manufacturing medical syringes, employing 50 salaried and 300+ hourly associates.
• Developed annual financial budgeting process to include inputs from all departments which allowed for improved understanding and ownership of goals leading to achievement of controllable metrics.
• Implemented process improvements resulting in a 95% backorder reduction during first year of leadership.o This resulted in achievement of service levels greater than 98% for the remainder of the operation of the.
• Facilitated development and support of new product and equipment installations allowing for 100% milestone achievement.
• Implemented continuous improvement culture achieving yearly average of $3.5M in cost savings by implementing Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma programs.
• Implemented Focus Factory structure utilizing lean principles to support continuous improvement efforts which led to improved engagement and 20% performance improvements.

• Managed manufacturing facility for private label incontinence products employing 250 associates operating high speed web converting lines.
• Developed production scheduling initiative resulting in achievement in service levels of 98.5%.
• Achieved safety record of 450 days without a recordable accident.
• Increased cost reduction initiatives of $200,000 per month.

• Managed operation of seven production lines, 8 salaried associates, and 160 hourly associates in a 24/7 manufacturing facility.
• Drove implementation of Team Based Technician System focused on lean implementation.
• Improved operating efficiencies by 20% over period of 3 years.
• Converted all production interfaces within four manufacturing facilities and corporate headquarters from BPCS to SAP Software. Project included production / downtime reporting, scheduling / capacity planning and.
• From March of 1991 through March of 1999, I filled several roles of progressive responsibility from including Corporate Project Engineer, Production Manager and Shift Supervisor.