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St Paul, Minnesota, Us

Providing senior-level consulting, interim executive, and contract engagements, primarily to privately-owned companies. Specializing in transformational endeavors, from turnarounds and bankruptcies to high-growth and ownership/successorship situations. Part-time contract/project work occasionally entails ERP planning or implementation guidance, Global Sourcing assistance, strategic planning, or LEAN Enterprise audits and initiatives.

Drove a highly successful rapid turnaround of this business in under 10 months. Attained record Efficiency levels, a PERFECT Safety record, near-perfect on-time shipping, record-low voluntary turnover, and dramatic cost/leadtime/and inventory reductions. EVERY KPI dramatically improved to indicate Excellence.Responsible for Operations (Production, Supply Chain, Quality, Logistics, Safety, Continuous Improvement, Sustaining Engineering) for Standex- NorLake Hudson, WI business. Led the team to Operational Excellence through LEAN.Developed a formal VISION for our Factory of the Future, based upon LEAN principles, and this VISION was expected to dramatically reduce overall costs, cycle times, inventory, and waste.Developed a new product concept which would provide market differentiation and significant cost improvement.Position eliminated due to a major reorganization/facility consolidation (to Mississippi) and elimination of senior-management and numerous salaried positions at this location...and divestiture of the division.

Edina, Minnesota, Us

Drove turnarounds in our Owatonna, MN business; Fremont, NE business; and strong improvements in Statesville, NC; Sioux Falls, SD, Brampton, Ontario, and Juarez, Mexico. Consolidated operations via a Center of Excellence model.Led a major expansion project in Juarez. Designed new facilities for Sioux Falls and Charlotte. Implemented new EIQ ERP systems in multiple sites. Established LEAN/CI program to establish Best Practices across the enterprise.Restored operational efficiencies to record highs.Championed a cultural evolution that engaged employees, drove performance and innovation, and led to significant improvements in employee turnover.Partnered with customers to identify opportunities for Value-Add and new revenues.Drove rapid and lasting performance and cultural change through Perfect Execution principles. Implemented process automation, world class safety practices, and solid quality programs across the corporation. Established a collaborative environment of trust, respect, and accountability. Acquisitions, plant expansions, greenfield, and consolidation. AmesburyTruth is a leading Door & Window Hardware Manufacturer with production facilities in US, Canada, and Mexico. Responsibile for footprint rationalization, LEAN & operational excellence, Capital equipment, process engineering, Quality and safety. Consumer goods hardware assembly, distribution, die casting, injection molding, spring winding, stamping, Roll Form, paint, powder, and distribution.

Little Rock, Ar, Us

A Leading Retail Graphics and Services Provider: Held P&L responsibility for a >$80M business unit (Successful Turnaround) and full Operational P&L for >$220M. Led all Operations in performance excellence (Perfect Execution), cost reduction, LEAN Enterprise, and drove an enjoyable, collaborative and high-performing culture. Worked with customers and commercial team to demonstrate our value to them as partners.Facilitated revenue growth & profits for 3 consecutive record years, contributing to significant valuation and 2 ownership changes.Integrate Supply Chain throughout entire product cycle, from raw material suppliers through logistics and customer operations.Enable scalable, significant growth on a profitable basis. Employed highly effective capital asset utilization and flexibility.Assure a safe working environment for our associates and drive perfection in Quality. Significantly improved recordable safety incidents and virtually eliminated Customer Complaints.Strategize and manage our physical footprint to assure optimal service to customers.Dramatically reduced waste (from 11%+ to <1%), improved labor efficiency, fixed costs, defect rates and safety record (reduced recordable incidents by 60%).Improved on-time deliveries from 78% to a sustained 99.97% (including customer-caused error).Invented and developed a breakthrough new product with 9 US Patents awarded, resulting in multi-million $ revenue generation at high margin.

Divisional responsibility for all operations of 14 subsidiary companies, including P&L of 6 companies in the US, Mexico, & Europe. Responsibilities incl: Mfg, IT, Quality, Customer Service, Estimating, Global Supply Chain, Planning, HR, Scheduling, Logistics, Facilities, Corporate Safety, & Distribution, Sales, & Strategic Planning.. Led Successful Turnarounds at 3 of my companies:- As President of Narboni (concurrent with all other responsibilities) I led the restoration of customer base, established strategy and organization for EMEA expansion. Drove the company to profitability in >9 months. Assumed responsibility (interim GM) for our newly-acquired Portland, OR company, at the time losing customers and revenue due to poor performance. In year 1, I coordinated activities of the sales team to drive growth, reorganized, recruited a GM, implemented capacity improvements, & attained $1.4M profits...$2.4M turnaround. Continued/sustainable improvement thereafter.Rationalized manufacturing operations. Halted losses at Mexican & Nevada facilities, then sold Mexico & closed Nevada, profitably consolidating into remaining 6 operations.Investigated, evaluated, and implemented entire division's capital expenditures to improve capacities, reduce manufacturing costs, improve safety, and improve efficiencies. Implemented Lean Manufacturing Best Practices at 6 facilities.Averaged $1.8M in annual material cost reductions to offset an average 7% sell price erosion (market pressures) to preserve profitability of the division. Led a cultural change initiative to build a high-performance organization for IGH based upon core values & behaviors Implemented Quality systems at all facilities to reduce customer defects. Attained zero defects at Travel Tags in 2010. Also reduced internal defects (scrap/rework) by 15% in 2010.Increased cash flow and ROC for 4 consecutive years.Implemented industry-leading Safety programs to reduce rate and severity of incidents.

Glass bottle-making equipment, factory automation equipment and integration-; $600M sales; 1800 employees; 4 mfg sites; 4 Global Dist facilities)Managed consolidation and operation of 8 global facilities & established effective organization for this Fortune 300 manufacturer of glass containers & glass-making equipment. Responsible for Global Supply Chain. P&L responsibility for 1 US business, 1 in Thailand, 1 in UK, and 1 in Colombia. Operational P&L for several others. Developed and executed the strategy for global footprint, determining viability of existing sites, need for improvement, and in-sourcing/out-sourcing initiatives. On-site corporate manager, responsible for manufacturing operation (machining, assy, distribution)Led corporate consolidation/standardization initiative for the 8 facilities that had been independent.Reduced division inventories by 52% while improving fulfillment rates.Led numerous kaizen initiatives to improve processes at multiple facilities.Streamlined Order Entry and fulfillment cycle, realizing average of 45% lead time reduction.Implemented Next Day Delivery program on global basis for critical spare components.Led initiatives resulting in $16M (8%) in annualized cost reduction via negotiations, leveraging, insourcing and outsourcing. Implemented Supplier-Managed Inventory, Lean Mfg-plant layout, Consignment Kanban & Direct-shipment programs to streamline Supply Chain. Implemented Global 3PL's.Co-led multi-site ERP implementation (J.D. Edwards One World Xe/Peoplesoft Enterprise One) Developed and implemented effective Supplier Qualification/Mgmt program.

Bachelor Of Science- Business Administration, Industrial Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Business