As the Sites and Facilities Manager at SpringHill Camp, I oversee the maintenance and operation of all camp facilities and grounds. My responsibilities include:Facilities Management: Ensuring buildings and grounds are safe, functional, and well-maintained.Project Oversight: Leading renovation and construction projects to enhance camp infrastructure.Safety Compliance: Managing safety protocols and ensuring facilities meet regulatory standards.Team Leadership: Supervising and supporting the maintenance staff.Resource Management: Managing budgets and optimizing resources for facility operations.My role is essential in creating a safe, welcoming environment where campers can focus on their experience and spiritual growth.

Provided overall direction to manufacturing site operations members for production of products and components that meet Haworth internal standards and both internal and external customer expectations. Ensured cost management, goal setting, safety, schedules, member relations, customer satisfaction, quality systems deployment, and other directives on a multi-shift basis, in a complex operational environment. Coordinated plant support requirements of Material Resource Planning, Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality Assurance.

Invio Automation designs, implements, and sustains automation for the largest operations in the world. Our company history dates back 65 years and we continue to evolve. We take pride in truly partnering with our customers to solve big challenges by exploring, testing, and customizing the latest manufacturing technology.

Alexis Manufacturing produces the finest quality chairs and wood parts for the industry's best-known furniture companies.

As a Senior Operations Manager I am responsible for managing multiple plants at Herman Millers Main site in Zealand, Mi. The manufacturing plant I have the pleasure to manager outputs roughly 120 million dollars of annually revenue and the distribution plant ships office furniture to the tune of roughly 450 million dollars of annual revenue. I also conduct activities to establish and achieve operational objectives in areas of safety, quality, reliability, cost, continuous improvement, employee engagement and talent management. Ensure alignment with operations and corporate business strategy and goals while promoting great places to work initiatives. Oversees the development and implementation of programs and practices that ensure the successful achievement of these objectives; monitor progress through measurement systems and ensures corrective action as needed. Lead and collaborate with various functional groups including manufacturing, engineering, planning/scheduling, information systems, supply management and HMPS to deliver results. Drives results and manages change through successful leadership and team development, as well as effective planning, organization, implementation, and execution.Accomplishments• Planned and impimented an entire plant relayout to increase the avaible space for growing product lines all without any negetive impact to the customer.

Responsible for leading, managing, and setting strategy for multiple OperationsWork Team Leaders and their teams to achieve operational objectives (in suchareas as safety, quality, reliability, cost, continuous improvement and employeemorale), which align with and promote the achievement of Operations' and thecorporation's business strategy. Results are achieved through coaching, leading,and developing Work Team Leaders and their teams. Additional results areachieved through effective planning, organizing, implementation and execution.Accomplishments• 14% increase in Operational Avaibility while keeping the team motivated and ensuring a good working environment.

As the Quality Manager I am responsible for leading the plant quality team and coordinating improvements to our quality systems. I am actively involved in developing and maintaining quality policies and procedures for the facility, as well as working closely with our Production Managers and our Launch Team to ensure perfect product is delivered to our customer.Responsibilities:Manage the ISO/TS documentation plan within the plant to ensure successful ISO/TS certificationsManage the audits of production departments to ensure adherence to quality assurance procedures and standardsLead the plant in providing perfectly acceptable product to the customersAddress customer quality concerns utilizing 8D (or similar) problem solving methodsCoach and mentor people in the plantLead continuous improvement efforts to ensure we hit our key measuresParticipate in the launch process of new tools to the plantEnsure proper quality training is providedAccomplishments• Reduced the plant’s cost of poor quality by 41.91%, saving over $120,000 annually in secondary inspection.

Responsible for managing 3 molding business units with 9 salaried employees and over 50 production employees, and 41 injection molding machines. I lead my teams in all aspects of safety, quality, delivery, labor efficiency, machine utilization, scrap, yield and 5s performance metrics. Accomplishments• Maintained a healthy working environment by sustaining a zero work place accident score card.• Continuous improvements cost savings of more than $400,000 year after year. • Machine utilization increase of 14% the first 3 years across all of the cells I managed.• Labor efficiency increase of 11% across all molding units in 2013.

Supervise, oversee and coordinate the manufacturing of all products, which includes the maintenance of all production machinery, maintaining an accurate inventory, meeting production schedules, ensuring quality specifications are met and properly documenting, recording and filing all related paperwork.Accomplishments• 31% increase in production while keeping the team motivated and ensuring a good working environment.• 25% reduction in customer complaints and an 80% reduction in our number one ranked quality issue. • As team leader for NSF Audit earned the highest scores in the company’s history with no non-conformances.

In a direct, hands-on capacity, be able to learn, perform and understand all functions involved in the operation of a manufacturing facility. Working in a rotational program, sufficiently strengthen skills and knowledge in multiple areas in order to be able to successfully provide direction and management of one or more of the following operations: production; scheduling; inventory; warehousing; maintenance; shipping; receiving; and quality control.Accomplishments• Created cutter die standardized change procedure with a result of 75% long life for the life of the tool.

Bata Plastics Incorporated, Byron Center, MIConsultant 2003-Present• Created new streamlined operational procedures • Clarified key production functions • Restructured inventory and purchasing processes• Diagnosed mechanical problems and taught maintenance procedures

Delegated operational tasks to line ForemanManaged material handling, quality control, and equipment maintenance Standardized material processing to minimize processing costOrganized material flow to minimize material handling Customized shredding system procedures to maximize through put for recycling needsAccomplishments• Standardized shredder loading procedures creating a 45% increase in production. • Increased cutter tool wear life by 75%; reduced machine down time by 30%.