Dwight Miller Email & Phone Number

Tupelo, MS, US

Lincolnshire, IL, US

• 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ.
• Partnered with clients to evaluate supply chain opportunities and solutions to lower overall costs and improve product delivery.
• Led the execution of distribution projects to enhance the speed and shipping accuracy of the client's distribution center.
• Assessed the feasibility and led the closure of a window manufacturing plant in Newton, KS, with projected savings of $2M/year.
• Analyzed operational processes with a local woodworking shop implementing 5S to improve efficiency and reduce waste.
• Spearheaded projects leading to $1M in indirect labor savings and the ability to fulfill delivery requirements by 99% (an increase of 25%)

Solna, Stockholm, SE

• Responsible for 6 manufacturing plants and 4 warehouses and distribution centers, with full operational P&L accountability of $700M, managing manufacturing, distribution, transportation, sourcing, quality, customer.
• Managed and coached a team of 8 Directors and 1,200 indirect union and non-union employees, driving manufacturing improvements and business optimization in labor and overhead cost, materials savings, manufacturing.
• Streamlined all global manufacturing capabilities, including CNC machining and welding, plastics, foaming, painting, and assembly operations, to produce products sold through numerous distribution channels, including.
• Conducted operational due diligence of a $200M merger and acquisition, achieving $6.5M of annualized savings through operational synergies.
• Consolidated Dometic's supply chain, which increased serviceability to the NW United States and Western Canada, reducing freight cost by $2M.
• Restructured Dometic's distribution network resulting in six warehouses' closure while maintaining the same service level resulting in $12M annualized savings.

Solna, Stockholm, SE

• Established and shaped a strategic product portfolio and project planning to support global company initiatives for continuous market growth and margin improvement for the Sanitation Division.
• Managed ~$35M annual R&D and innovations budget including multiple R&D and VA/VE sites, leading a team of 6 Chief Engineers and a Director, and 50+ indirect support team, in the US, China, and Europe.
• Championed organizational changes within the innovation and product development teams to facilitate project execution and achieve a time to the market speed of fewer than twelve months for new products.Partnered with.
• Led the product team in those product changes, price positioning, and quality-driven output that drove sales and production rates up to meet demands to commercialize multiple new products, including "Blizzard" rooftop.
• Worked closely with all suppliers and purchasing departments to ensure the correct selection and design of components used worked with the pricing and engineering needs.
• Created VA/VE program with global sourcing to achieve a 3% targeted goal in material reduction per year

Solna, Stockholm, SE

• Directed the synergies between three manufacturing facilities (both union and non-union), and over 900 employees, coaching a team of 3 Operational / Plant Managers and 1 EHS Manager controlling a $230M operational P&L.
• Formalized consistent dashboard tools, KPIs, and metric goals driving changes to processes, staffing, and directives that reduced expenses to the company in labor percentage, tool expenses, material expenses, and scrap.
• Established a culture of continuous improvement while developing leadership abilities in the management team, increasing all levels of team member engagement, fostering 360-degree accountability, challenging team.
• Exceeded 2013 budget expectations by $1.9M through various projects and effective employee communications.
• Consolidated and outsourced product to close a Canadian facility that saved $1.2M.
• Decreased raw inventory by 10% by localizing vendors, executing a vendor managed inventory program and establishing supplier quality systems

Solna, Stockholm, SE

• Championed process to move manufacturing operations from Sweden to a new start-up facility in Elkhart, a 400K square foot refrigeration assembly and manufacturing operation, 3 months ahead of schedule, achieving 85%.
• Empowered and motivated a team of 6 direct managers and 600 indirect non-union employees in an RV absorption refrigerator manufacturing plant accountable for the $85M P&L and ownership over production, facilities.
• Coordinated performance improvement initiatives with a practical "hands-on" management style to obtain optimum efficiency, the economy of operations, and maximize profits adding $5M in material savings in the 2nd year.
• Established new procedures to increase productivity and efficient resource utilization reducing operational expenditures by optimizing available resources.
• Led a team that moved an air-conditioning assembly line from Pompano Beach, FL, to Elkhart, IN, achieving the start-up goal of 30 days and doubled the assembly line's capacity, thus allowing Dometic to remain.
• Streamlined company operations, identifying more productive methods to achieve top performance, eliminated waste, and reduced expenses.

Solna, Stockholm, SE

• Managed transportation for 5 manufacturing plants and 10 distribution centers (U.S. & Canada), managing domestic and international shipments, and import containers, with annual transportation, spend of $50M.
• Built/maintained international business relationships (Sweden, Germany, Mexico, Asia, Canada), reduced outbound freight expenses and leased equipment rates, recovered duty expenses, reduced rail and delivery rates.
• Recommended and implemented different distribution lanes and truck cubing models that resulted in fewer freight claims and shorter lead times for customers.
• Negotiated a freight pay contractor, which resulted in more accurate month-end freight accruals and a $102K savings per year in freight overpayments and freight claims.

Solna, Stockholm, SE

• Responsible for 5 West coast warehouses, distribution, and manufacturing facilities leading a team of 8 direct and 100+ indirect employees at all sites with operational P&L accountability of $150M.
• Negotiated contracts with third-party logistic warehouses to operate Dometic's smaller warehouses, which resulted in a $200K savings per year by negotiating contracts in the percentage of sales, thus creating a lower.
• Provided a distribution plan for the west coast, which facilitated the consolidation of Ontario awning production with the LaGrange plant during the 2008 recession. The closure plan of Ontario was executed with zero.
• Led team providing continuous improvement projects resulting in a $500K savings per year.
• Organized and cleaned up the California awning assembly operation, which resulted in an $800K reduction (60%) in raw inventory, and increases in productivity and on-time-delivery of 30% and 96%, respectively

Solna, Stockholm, SE

• Responsible for facilities, maintenance, and process improvement projects collaborating with the operations team to plan, develop and implement scheduled events.
• Tracked and managed departmental assets, facility equipment, and inventory of spare parts ensuring limited operations interruptions.
• Managed and implemented continuous improvement processes to improve safety, products, services, processes, or machine cycle times.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Fire Support Officer for an Infantry Battalion. Service includes tour in Iraq during OIF II.

Stockholm, SE

• Led a 400-employee business unit that set numerous efficiency and cost-saving records.
• Increased assembly lines, which resulted in a reduction of finished goods inventory by over 50%.
• Reduced raw material freight cost by consolidating freight with other facilities, which resulted in a $1.3M annualized cost savings.
• Led a team that achieved 2.8M man-hours without a lost-time accident.
• Designed and installed a $200K chainsaw production line and automatic chainsaw starter.

Msme, Mechanical Engineering

Bse, Mechanical Engineering