Set up manufacturing facilities, multinational sourcing teams and supply chains in Spain, India, China, Canada, ect. Lead our company through the COVID supply chain crisis by finding new sources for microchips and other critical components and adjusting our MRP planning strategy so that our customers were shielded from any supply chain disruption. Wrote software code to streamline our planning processes and determine Safety stock numbers through statistical process control

Supervised a team of manufacturing engineers. Created capital equipment justifications. Managed all Preventative, Corrective and Contiuous improvement projects. Created and maintained documentation for all manufacturing processes and routers. Responsible for cost analysis and make vs buy decisions. Created and documented all types of processes across all departments. Worked with outside suppliers to ensure quality through root cause analysis and corrective actions. Supervised a team of quality inspectors. Responsible for the quality management system. Trained and supervised internal auditors. Responsible for maintaining ISO9001 certifications through external audits, handling nonconformances and corrective actions. Supervised a team of facility maintenance technicians. Responsible for overseeing all repairs and improvements to the facility. Worked with maintenance technicians to repair and troubleshoot CNC machines. Managed all outside contractors for building systems repairs and replacements including HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Fire protection, concrete, landscaping, roofing, ect. Built out over 100K sqft of office space and production facilities for for ourselves and tenants. Organized and facilitated the move of our entire administrative, sales, customer service, purchasing and engineering groups from our plant to a new office building. Was responsible for all aspects of the layout and overseeing contractors to get it done.

Worked in conjunction with the hotmelt sales manager on the development of a new business division. Coordinated order fulfillment, technical development, inventory levels customer issues, trained an expeditor on how to expedite orders. Obtained goals for on-time delivery. Worked with an implementation team to grow the business unit to the point where we ended up acquiring Melton a competitor in Spain and then helped to integrate them into our company and processes.

Responsible for routing products, setting up new part number, making sure product costing and overhead allocations were correct. Designed and executed department floor plan changes to improve throughput and manufacturing efficiencies company wide. Learned CNC processes and G code programming. Developed a framework for justifying CNC machinery by calculating tax shield benefits, MACR depreciation schedules and working with different government incentives like section 179 to maximize ROI.