John Reddy Email & Phone Number

Summerfield, Nc, Us

High Point, North Carolina, United States

Lexington, North Carolina, United States

South Boston, Virginia

Responsible for Financial Close, Analysis and various continuous improvement initiatives.

Bamberg, South Carolina

• Responsible for full P&L, including all pricing decisions, capital management and budgeting.• Leading the ACE (Achieve Competitive Excellence – similar to Toyota Production System) program within the Delavan facility. Responsible for EH&S, Quality and Improved Production efficiency. o Developed Access database to capture SPC data for Process Certification.o Monitored turnbacks/defects for continuous improvement projects. Used data for various Lean Initiatives in Manufacturing and Administrative environments.• Improved year over year on time delivery by 10% while reducing lead-times from 3 weeks to 2 weeks. From April, 2015, our OTD has been greater than 98%.• Established Materials Management group focusing on:o Customer Service, KanBans, JIT, Shipping & Production Planning• Established Quality Council to monitor customer complaints and 1st Pass Yield issues. Quality Council led many projects using failsafe tools, FMEAs, and other continuous improvement techniques.• Established direct communication with key customers to improve S&OP process.• Helped developed European vision and mission.

Moncks Corner, South Carolina

Carolina's Harvest, a division of SKR, Inc., is a small bakery mix business which sells its products to grocery stores and gourmet shops. SKR Inc. manages commercials kitchens, provides food safety classes and owns residential apartments.

• Consolidate 3 worldwide entities in the U.S., Germany, and Colombia on monthly basis.• Coordinate 3 manufacturing entities across 3 continents (US, Europe, South America).• Developed manufacturing strategy to incorporate lean techniques.• Improved the quality system to include raw material audits and a customer/supplier complaint process.• Responsible for Human Resources and implementing initiatives to improve employee satisfaction.• Responsible for Information Technology.o Co-Manage the implementation of the ERP system to the JD Edwards system.

Various Locations With Cummins, Inc.

* Consolidated 5 entities monthly and completed annual operating plan and forecast.• Performed SOx and internal audits to confirm accounting controls.• Performed analysis and audit of supplier contracts and prices and assessed their benefit to the business.• Assessed manufacturing and facility leases.• Worked with a team to negotiate government incentives for new manufacturing operation. o This start up included installation of new IT system. o Receive “A” grade for internal controls after 6 months of operation.• Completed annual review of product cost system to make allocation changes and ensure accuracy.• Certified Six Sigma Green Belt closing 4 projects• Managed relationship with the Consolidated Diesel partners (Consolidated Diesel is a JV formed by Cummins, Inc. and CNH Global – a subsidiary of Fiat SpA).• Managed and directed Finance, I-T and Six Sigma staff (30 people).• Developed operating strategies with the company operating team.• Managed leasing contracts for manufacturing and technology equipment.• Managed relationship with external auditors and bankers for $180m loan.• Key Accomplishment: Development of Six Sigma strategies to achieve cost reduction, operation efficiencies and warranty goals for the operation.