Ed Milligan Email & Phone Number

United States

Baltimore, MD, US

Multi-site leader responsible for operations of multiple manufacturing locations. Responsibilities include Manufacturing, Purchasing, Quality, EHS, Applications Engineering, Aftermarket Parts, Continuous Improvement, Lean Initiatives, Planning, Inventory, Receiving and Shipping, Facilities and Maintenance and Operational Excellence.

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Direct all North American Industrial Refrigeration operations including R&D Engineering, Applications Engineering, Controls Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Service and.
• Strengthened customer relationships, drove quality control and improved bundled approach to increase market share from 38% to 56% in dollars, and 32% to 53% in units.
• Managed price, eliminated process waste and implemented cost controls to improve margins from 25% to 32% and return on sales from 13.7% to 19.3%.
• Reduced Sales, General and Administration expense from 14.8% to 10.6% through cost control actions.
• Directed the launch of new Low Charge Central System to reduce ammonia charge in centralized refrigeration systems. This unique product allowed customers to avoid the regulation burden of high charge systems while.
• Directed the launch of high pressure and API compliant compressors for CO2 and heat pumps applications.

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Maintained multi-plant responsibility for manufacturing locations in US, Mexico and Canada. Successfully led manufacturing operations in three diverse businesses: Industrial Refrigeration, Airside, and Chiller.
• Met P&L requirements by flexing conversion costs in line with volume fluctuations and driving continual cost control. Improved plant operations via strategic capital investment.
• Improved cost position by driving higher plant productivity and lower conversion costs via Kaizen events, and the implementation of automation such as robotics via capital expenditures.
• Led strategic plant footprint projects to improve overall plant network flow and cost position.
• Led strong safety programs in all locations, successfully reducing TRIR and LTIR to zero in the Waynesboro heavy manufacturing plant and achieving no recordables for 23 consecutive months.
• Solved critical customer delivery and quality issues as a result of production line moves to Mexico. Instituted S&OP principles and critical component deep dive analyses. OTD improved from 78% to 95%.

Cork, Ireland, IE

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Directed all manufacturing operations including Machining, Welding, Compressor Assembly, Package Assembly, Controls Assembly, CNC Programming, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, Receiving, Shipping, Material.
• Implemented vessel flow line and compressor package flow line to reduce conversion costs and improve cycle time. Reduced overall lead times by 2 weeks and increased productivity by 10%.
• Implemented pipe bending and pipe spool cell to improve quality, reduce package assembly times and improve welder training program. Weld leaks reduced by 35%.
• Launched weld school and training program to improve critical welding skills.
• Lead table member during union negotiations ending in successful contract signing.

Cleveland, US

• Led the closure of two manufacturing plants and the consolidation into one facility utilizing the concepts of 5S, lean manufacturing, manufacturing cells and value stream flow.
• Completed on time and under budget with a 67% decrease in utilized assets.
• Orders processed per month in new Saint Louis operation increased 500% with only a 15% increase in headcount and a 25% reduction in lead times.
• Improved operation from $3.5M loss to $500K profit.

Masters, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering