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Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Omaha, Ne, Us

• Continuously focused on safety improvements and driving an improved safety culture that has resulted in a 67.9% improvement in recordable incidents.• Drove YOY raw material reductions of 19% and aged FG inventories down by 37%.• Top Graded two of three plant manager positions and seven functional managers.• Delivered $1.49MM in cost savings in 2018, $2.58MM in 2019, and projected to deliver $2.24MM in 2020.• Consolidated freight spend from individual plant controlled to centrally procuring which has resulted in an initial 7.8% cost savings.• Implemented over $2MM in automation in the finishing department that will eliminate HC, reduce safety risks, and drive a 2.8 year ROI.

Stamford, Ct, Us

• Lead a diverse group of departments including supply chain, finance, operations, marketing, and logistics optimization.• Full P&L responsibilities for $200 million in total revenue covering four facilities and a total of 750 employees.• Drove a large-scale SKU rationalization targeting 40% of total SKU’s covering both private and Quality Park labeled brands.• Drove $2.45MM in freight savings YOY in 2017 through freight optimization, level loading volume, and improving overall capacities.• Drove fine reductions of 65.9% YOY ($1.632MM) through fill rate, customer negotiation, and production improvements.• Top graded multiple leadership roles in supply chain and manufacturing as we continue to develop succession plans for all key leadership roles while reducing overall support staff by 22%.

North Mankato, Mn, Us

• Co-lead an acquisition integration team covering 13 manufacturing facilities and $340+ million in revenue and developing the future state manufacturing footprint of the combined companies which will drive over $10.2 Million in bottom line profit improvements.• Continuously drove Gross Margin improvement initiatives that have resulted in $6.7 million in bottom line profit improvements in a 29-month period.• Continually built client loyalty by increasing on-time delivery from 86.2% to 96.2% in one facility and from 97.93% to 99% in the other facility over a ten-month period.• Aggressively drove out cost through continuous improvement – beat cost targets by $1.31 million on 16% less revenue in 2013.

North Mankato, Mn, Us

• Downsized facility by more than 35% in a nine-month period while simultaneously beating cost ($973K), waste (20% improvement), and delivery targets (7% point improvement).• Continually build client loyalty by increasing on-time to promise from 90.6% to 97.93% in a twelve-month period by actively engaging sales and customer service, while continually improving our production processes. • Reduced average lead time from 37 days to 24 days in a six-month period.• Steadily drove out cost through waste and efficiency improvements that have resulted in a decrease in factory cost from 54.1% to 50.6% equaling $1,823,000 in savings vs. budget. • Constantly drove waste reduction projects resulting in a YOY improvement from 10.4% to 9.6%.

North Mankato, Mn, Us

• Managed production, quality, shipping, safety and maintenance in a 60-associate facility.• Continually drove quality improvements that have resulted in a decrease in total cost of quality from 1.31% to 0.28% YTD.• Relentlessly drove cost out of the business through quality, waste, and productivity improvements resulting in a decrease in total factory cost from 58.1% in 2007 to 52% YTD.• Continually drove waste reduction projects resulting in a YOY improvement from 14.0% in 2007 to 9.4% in 2008.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

- Responsible for managing the plant productivity deck.- Mentor all project leaders in order to ensure timely project completions.- Participate in weekly staff meetings and involved in staff decision making.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Developed an employee involvement program that drives continuous improvement from a floor level with a yearly productivity goal of $150,000. - Contributed to $600,000 in savings over the last 12 months. - Worked with the commodities, packaging engineering and production teams to redesign the box designs for 22 SKUs which resulted in material and labor savings of $550,000. - Conducted an OEE improvement event that improved Performance by 15% - Participated on an improvement team that implemented the future state of a VSM reducing our operation to a two shift schedule - Responsible for mentoring plant engineers and production managers in order to drive productivity improvements throughout our division.

- Directed and coordinated a crew of 22 individuals in the Lamination Department.- Responsible for driving safety, quality, and employee morale in a 24/7 operation working with one of the most senior production teams in the facility. - Responsible for production planning and decision-making in order to maintain customer satisfaction levels.- Provided direction/motivation to employees in order to achieve and exceed production and individual goals.- Interfaced with leadership to optimize production and improve product quality and efficiency.

Pella, Ia, Us

- Supervised a crew of 38 highly skilled tool room employees.- Responsible for driving safety, quality, Kaizen, and on-time/on-budget initiatives.- Developed training programs and monitored training of all new employees.- Developed, tracked and maintained on-time/on-budget milestones and took appropriate corrective actions.

Oak Brook, Il, Us

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Organizational Leadership

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