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Zurich, CH

• Director of Operations for the Northeast Region Customer On-sites. Promoted to lead four sites within three months of being hired to lead two sites.
• Provided direct operational leadership for the four customer on-sites: Gatorade (Mountain Top, PA), Campbell’s (Napoleon, OH), Refresco (Dunkirk, NY) and Pepsi-Co (Moncton, NB Canada).
• Oversaw a $7 million capital expansion of manufacturing capabilities.
• Hired/promoted, directed, coached and mentored new leadership teams in two of the plants.
• Directed 100+ employees and managed a budget of over $100 million.

Management Consultant in operations assessment and improvement which included the application and implementation of Lean Manufacturing to reduce waste & lower operating costs.

Miami Lakes, FL, US

• National Molding is a global injection molder of highly engineered plastic parts for world class, multinational companies including OEM, Tier 1-2 automotive, commercial, and military customers.Promoted to Operations.
• Consolidated two money losing Chinese plants into one profitable facility. Drove over $500k in annual labor savings – reduced headcount from 196 to 98.
• Generated over $1.3 million in annual labor savings at the largest US facility through reorganization of the workforce in line with customer and production demands.
• Spearheaded a mold runner reduction project saving $150k annually in resin costs.
• Introduced Scientific Molding to the workforce including RJG eDART systems and cavity pressure transducers.
• Reduced Workers Comp claims by 75% to 2 from 8. Introduced a formal safety program.

• Nypro Kanaak Iowa, NKI, is a custom injection molder providing full manufacturing services to major companies including P&G and Kraft. NKI is a joint venture of Nypro Inc. - a global leader in plastics design, molding.
• P & L responsibility for the Mt. Pleasant facility and contributed to total growth of 150%.
• Turned around operations in a highly automated state of the art facility with a focus on reduced scrap, increased efficiency & utilization and improved quality and customer relations.

• Management Consultant in operations assessment and improvement which included the application and implementation of Lean Manufacturing to reduce waste & lower operating costs.
• Successfully piloted a Kaizen event to turn around a poorly performing production department.
• Performed a major operations assessment including recommended improvements in the areas of warehousing, materials control and production operations.

• Ropak (BWAY) is the largest producer of rigid, plastic shipping containers in North America, serving a variety of industries including consumer products, food processing, material handling, construction, dairy.
• Increased profits by 150% over three years and doubled EBITDA.
• Grew Sales by 32% through organic growth and innovative new product development.
• Increased manufacturing output by 20% without increasing direct labor through automation and Lean methods such as 5S, quick changeover, standard work, line balancing and kaizen.
• Reduced scrap by 40% saving hundreds of thousands in material costs.
• Reduced lost time accidents by 67%. Changed the safety culture of the workforce from the top down.

• Transferred to a struggling division to turn it around and return it to profitability.
• Increased profits to 10% from breakeven and doubled inventory turns to 14 from 7, improved cycle count accuracy to 96% from 70% and reduced inventory value by $500,000.
• Increased product output by 38% with no increase in total labor cost.
• Obtained ISO 9001-2000 Certification and AIB Food Safety Product Certification.

• P & L responsibility for 24x7 manufacturing facility.
• Increased profits to 10%; turned around a struggling plant to be one of the company’s most efficient, highly utilized and high-quality operations.
• Increased product output by 40% with no increase in total labor cost.
• Reduced scrap by 37% through a scrap improvement project.
• Promoted to Plant Manager after holding increasingly responsible management positions of: Assistant Plant Manager, Production Manager, Distribution Manager, Quality Manager, and Production Control Manager.

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