Jeff Key Email & Phone Number

Winchester, TN, US

Calhoun, Georgia, US

Responsible for safety, quality, cost, and delivery performance of the yarn conversion plant that supplies the tufting process with yarn to produce for the residential carpet industry.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS-utlized 22 years of automotive experience to develop visual managment approach to the plant to better understand critical KPI affecting plant safety.

Vélizy-Villacoublay, Île-de-France, FR

Responsible for all operations of the plant in Morrison; Safety, Quality, Profit/loss performance, sales growth, continuous improvement, new model launch.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS-eliminated 100,000 SF offsite warehouse in 6 months, reduced overall inventory by 70%, -adopted lean principles in several manufacturing processes to improve variable margin by.

Appointed as top American producer responsible for the overall performance of the company.Developed engineering and commercial strategy that led to $4.8M in annualized raw material cost savings.Created a visual management system, later referred to by OEM customers as the benchmark, for strategies to be developed on the manufacturing floor reducing labor.

Served as the primary commercial negotiator, for both suppliers and customers, for the company since 2006.Established index with major customers utilized to support the recovery of $3M in material inflation.

The first person within the Kinugawa global operation to be assigned both areas of responsibility in tandem. Now the global “norm” in Kinugawa as a result of this success, per Kinugawa Global President.Led cost reduction teams within TEPRO as “Kaizen Champion.”Appointed the North American leader to establish sales justification for new Kinugawa plant in.