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Los Angeles, CA, US

Full P&L responsibility for China Operations. Leading a team of 15 through 2 direct reports - Responsible for Sales, Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, EHS, HR, Supply Chain, Customer Service, AccountingAdditional responsibility for new business development in Western US across all product segments and marketing for pretreatment business.

• Circle-Prosco, Inc. is an innovation leader in the formulation and application of specialty chemicals for the metal finishing industry. Reporting directly to the president with responsibility for setting up and running.
• Factory Site selection, leas negotiation, factory build up, equipment installation - complete set up of new factory operations.
• Registered company, completed environmental certifications.
• Achieved ISO TS 16949 Quality Systems certification to support automotive business.
• Launched automotive programs exceeding KPI for labor cost, material cost, yield, while achieving 100% OTD and 0 DPMO customer defect rate to date through first 50 months of operations.

Kunshan, China

• BVTC is an “In-China-For-China” educational startup, focused on providing Chinese High School students with an alternative path to foreign university. Reporting directly to the owner, providing operational and.
• Doubled enrollment year over year
• Reached breakeven within 18 months of launch
• Developed and implemented marketing initiatives including summer camp and cultural exchange events, engaging prospects from across China (Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Yunnan, and Heilongjiang provinces)

Taicang, China

• Full P&L responsibility for China Operation. Growth oriented general manager with proven results developing &commercializing “In-China-For-China” packaging solutions. Cross cultural bridge builder adept at leveraging.
• Ran new product development and commercial launch team, coordinating technology, procurement, manufacturing, and sales to develop and commercialize packing solution for Tenwow. Developed local material suppliers.
• Led team to develop 3 new customers in 2 new segments in 12 months, representing $250M (5%) new sales growth.
• Delivered $255,000 in year over year productivity savings vs. plan of $100,000.
• Drove plant safety process improvement achieving 3.5 years without a OSHA recordable incident through emphasis on energy isolation and forklift safety processes.Sonoco Asia transitioned to a functional structure in.

West Coast

• Insightful and compelling communicator adept at building high level relationships with new accounts, and acquiring customer specific knowledge required to develop relevant solutions. Specializing in new market customer.
• Penetrated Nissin Foods and developed relationships within customer organization that controlled purchasing decision. Identified customer pain points with incumbent supplier, and offered alternatives to solve recurring.
• Developed and commercialized new package format for novelty ice cream maker looking to differentiate their product through packaging innovation. Customer and segment new to Sonoco in North America. Met aggressive.
• Managed portfolio of rigid paper and plastic packaging accounts across Sonoco technology platforms -blow molding, thermoforming, injection molding, composite cans, and functional closures in excess of $20MM annual.

Los Angeles, CA

• Strategic, visionary leader, demonstrating strong execution skills and proven track record of achieving customer satisfaction, and operational results. Directed 24 hour, unionized, manufacturing plant with annual sales.
• Achieved Abbott Labs supplier certification requirements in less than 12 months
• Reduced customer disruption index by 49%
• Delivered year over year productivity savings of$1.1MM
• Exceeded three years, and 300,000 hours without an OSHA recordable incident
• Reduced Inventory days by 22%

Los Angeles, CA

• Dynamic change agent and driver of operational excellence through Six Sigma process/quality improvement projects for converting and metal end plants throughout North America. Directed cross functional process.
• Directed Kaizen Blitz events reducing labor requirements by 20%, 25%, and line changeover/setup time by 50%.
• ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, ranked in Top 5% of the Company for verbal, written and presentation communication skills by Vice President of Global Operations
• Developed and delivered division-wide training on sustaining productivity improvements

• Directed safe, efficient, and profitable production and maintenance department operations, producing in excess of 160MM units annually on 9 manufacturing lines. Fostered innovation as a way of doing business..
• Utilized Six Sigma process to deliver 35% process scrap reduction.
• Designed and implemented line modification, increasing throughput 10%.
• Developed and implemented operational efficiency, and throughput tracking system.
• Developed plant energy isolation (EI) process, including behavior based tracking database to target competency and compliance gaps. Conducted target employee training and refresher courses to close gaps. Established.
• Served as Plant Energy Isolation Champion and Ergonomics Champion

Directed 1st shift production department operations emphasizing safety, product quality, and process efficiency. Drove plant safety effort, iestablishing behavior modifcation emphasis on energy isolation compliance. Conducted weekly plant safety mtg.'s. and all new employee safety orientations. Reduced OSHA recordables from 2 in '94, 1 in '95, to 0 in '96..

• Directed plant accounting, purchasing, and administrative functions with priority given to cost control and administrative system refinement. Responsible for all plant raw material purchasing and inventory management.
• Identified and negotiated $80M in purchasing productivity savings
• Prepared plant operating budget.
• Performed monthly P & L analysis.
• Coordinated month-end closing and raw material inventory reconciliation process.

• Scheduled all plant manufacturing orders for 3 shift operation with emphasis on minimizing changeovers, and overtime while exceeding on time delivery objectives.
• Developed weekly, plant master schedule, and directed manufacturing department overtime and staffing decisions.
• Developed automated finished product labeling system, reducing labor related to inventory tracking. Trained quality technicians to operate system.

Mba

Executive MBA Marshall Class XXIV

Bs, Aerospace Engineering

Activities and Societies: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship IVCF