James F. Kurt Mba Email & Phone Number

Long Beach, California, United States

Rancho Palos Verdes, California, United States

I help families gain clarity at a time of crisis. When a death occurs, I am their trusted advisor providing them with information and encouragement to memorialize their loved ones in the best manner possible for their families current and future needs.

Long Beach, Ca

* Revenue Generation - Create and deploy customized digital lead-gen and immediate foot traffic for local businesses using WordPress, SEO, On-page/Off-page optimization, Mass-page Website Development, Hyperlocal Marketing using Google My Business (GMB) and schema, Social Media Marketing, Youtube/Facebook Video Creation, Content Marketing, Syndication as well as Retargeting and Remarketing.* Cost Control - Rough Cut Capacity Planning, SKU rationalization, MRP and BOM explosions, Training of on-site personnel regarding Supply Chain best practices, KPI dashboards and methods.* Insurance Sales/Consulting - Attract pipeline of new and existing clients to exceed their Life, Health, Home, Auto and Business insurance needs using a variety of digital marketing, Press Release Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and other online techniques.* Industries/Niches Served: CPG, Insurance, Automobile, Jewelry, Gifts, Art, Cannabis, Antiques, Pets, and Clothing.

Irvine, Ca

* Other Positions held: Sr. Director - Operations, Sr. Director - Operations Business Management, Director - Operational Excellence and Director - Manufacturing.* Dynamic Cross-functional team leader implementing project management, P&L, budgets, customer service levels, new product launches, personnel development and KPI’s.* Attract, Motivate and Inspire human talent. College and military recruiting.* 18% reduction in FG inventories and WIP via collaboration with all stakeholders through implementation of S&OP processes and identification of bottlenecks across 15 manufacturing plants and 20 distribution warehouses.* Improved on-time and service levels 21% while reducing freight and logistics via rolling inventories.* Created new department of Operations Business Management consisting of 5 directors level reports to consolidatemanufacturing operations due to $2.9 Billion takeover of International Home Foods to insure flawless execution.* Achieved cost reductions of $106 Million first year with the Operations Business Management team.* Led Banquet Homestyle Bakes product launch team realizing over $102 million in first year sales.* Methodical SKU rationalization via ABC costing, GMROI, capacity mapping and outsourcing.* Managed 27 contract packaging and co-packing relationships to standardize methods and improve ROI.* Designed multi-departmental product input model for all changes to existing and development of new productsacross entire product line. Shortened concept to launch by 18% via collaboration and streamlining process.* Spearhead organization’s efforts in the areas of continuous improvement, production planning, organizationaldevelopment, workplace safety and employee training.* Reduced Mean Average Percent Error MAPE forecasting error by 38%+* Opened $54 Million, 216,000 SqFt. aseptic pudding manufacturing facility. Plant of the Year Award Winner.

Terminal Island, Ca

* Other Positions held: Quality Assurance Manager, Superintendent - Cannery, Superintendent - Can Manufacturing and Senior Production Planner* Relentless pursuit of cost reduction while improving KPIs for service level, inventory turns and reduced transportation costs for low-acid cannery, can manufacturing and regional co-packers.* Consistently exceeded P&L expectations in Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality Assurance and Logistics via process simplification, identification of bottlenecks, waste, giveaway etc. while significantly reducing holds, changeover times, Statistical Quality Control SQC implementation and Total Quality Management TQM training.* Management of Chemistry lab and DAF wastewater treatment facility. 300K gal/day.* Led 600 unionized plant personnel through 3 years work without Lost Time Accident LTA.* Restructured Store-Brands scheduling process resulting in 3-day reduction in lead time, 23% reduction in bright stock WIP, 29% reduction in finished goods inventory, improved service level from 96% to 98.7%.* Reduced yield loss 32% with net savings of $2.5 Million via SQC training and preventive maintenance.* Expanded Private Label co-packing business to better absorb overheads and improve facility ROI.* Integration of acquired Quaker Oats Pet Food product line into existing production equipment via acquisition.

Mba, Finance, Business, Marketing

Bsba, Finance, Economics

Activities and Societies: Alpha Kappa Psi - Professional Business Fraternity