Jim Epler Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Florida, Us

Tampa, Florida, Us

Tampa, Florida, Us

London, England, Gb

Worked with Logistics Director Global Crafts to develop a lean model and budget. Responsible for leading Manufacturing, Administrative and Distribution Kaizen Events.• Trained to become a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt @ Greenville Tech.• Traveled to Sweden in 2012 to train future Black Belt for Nordic Region.• Drove Pick Pack productivity from 60 to 93 lines per hour for an improvement of 55%. • Helped lead first Crafts Ipiranga Kaizen Event to Reduce Manufacturing Lead Time in Brazil.

London, England, Gb

Corporate Coordinator of the company’s Continuous Improvement Plan. Reported directly to President of Coats and Clark. Traveled two to three times a month to distribution and manufacturing facilities in Albany, GA to provide Lean/Six Sigma Training and to work on productivity projects. Evaluated, assessed and relocated almost the entire managerial staff at the Albany Distribution Center to improve quality and productivity. Reduced the lead time of UPP thread from Mexico to Toccoa from a baseline of 32 days to 14 days. Submitted Duty Drawback proposal/presentation to President which included the number of weekly hours needed to maintain the Import Bank

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Managed department with I.E. coordinator and Process Engineer at plant with 500 employees. Worrked with Plant Accountant and Plant Management on machine capacities, CapEx, Headcount, Profit and Long Range Plan, CR projects and standard cost manual for budget purposes. Trained, led and participated in week long Kaizen Events to assist the plant in meeting OEE, Quality and Housekeeping goals.Developed Capital Appropriation Requests (CARs) to submit to upper management for approval on projects over $50,000. Supported ISO 14001 by attending and participating in core meetings and by leading an EMP team to reduce carpet waste going to the landfill by 5%. Submitted proposal to go from (15) to (9) AGVs for a savings of $626,000. Supported plant financial targets by eliminating (1) I.E. Clerk, (2) Training Coordinators, (2) Lift Trucks and reducing waste removal and janitorial annual spends.

Managed department with two senior I.E’s and two clerks at plant with 1,000 employees.• Supervised implementation of incentive standards for new automatic equipment.• Worked with Accounting and Plant Management on budgets.• Provided analysis of detailed plant data to management with solutions to improve cost.• Coordinated, organized, and developed routes for costing purposes.

Supervised the project to convert the sheet inventory in Finish Roll Warehouse from a Legacy System to a new method of roll identification.Maintained and improved accuracy of inventory through implementation of cycle count program. Provided feedback to upper management through daily accountability reports on inventory accuracy.

Bachelor'S Degree, Statistics

As, Business

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