Responsible for Division Scheduling and Production Control functions at Broken Arrow, OK and Okmulgee, OK with a team of eight talented and experienced individuals. The brands that comprise PACCAR Winch Division include Braden, Carco, and Gearmatic.Braden's history began in 1924 with the Braden Steel Corporation located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1983 PACCAR brought these three companies together, locating all three to Braden's main manufacturing facility in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The move created the industries most dynamic and flexible manufacturer. Consolidating three companies to one division by PACCAR created a synergy of knowledge and experience that has lead to the highest quality, highest value winch, hoist, and drive systems in the world.PACCAR Winch fosters a continuous improvement mindset throughout the organization and lean six sigma tools are used on a regular basis.www.paccarwinch.com - PACCAR Winch is a division of PACCARwww.paccar.com - Stock Quote: http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/PCAR

Responsible for overall production execution with the assistance of an excellent team of experienced professionals making over 1000 winches per month for the global lifting and winch markets.

Maintain master scheduling responsibility for the Okmulgee, OK location.Supervise a staff of five experienced individuals who maintain all production control activities in the facility.Utilize lean six sigma principles on multiple projects assigned as needed to drive operation improvements.

Responsible for all procurement operations at Gunnebo Johnson Corporation for blocks, sheaves, and plant operations in Tulsa.A staff of three professionals in our department who sourced all materials for the production of specialty crane blocks, sheaves, and associated lifting equipment for our Tulsa operations.SAP and Excel were utilized extensively in our coordination of all supply chain management activities.Our product line is custom engineered to order (ETO), make to order (MTO) and make to stock (MTS) for a global lifting industry customer base. We manage over 5000 active components with a typical shipment of over 200 unique finished goods SKUs per month.Primary items are metals, castings, forgings, stampings, bearings, bushings, paints, packaging, and associated hardware for assembly. Gunnebo Johnson was privately held by Segulah Sweden. They were eventually sold to KKR, absorbed into the Crosby Companies and the Gunnebo plant in North Tulsa was closed at the end of 2020.

Purchasing and Supply Chain Operations for US Based Gunnebo Johnson Corporation's manufacturing site in Tulsa, OK.Planned and procured outsourced machined parts for final assembly operations in the Tulsa plant utilizing SAP.Drove cost savings and inventory reduction by working closely with the planning and sales departments.

Direct staff of 4 mid-level managers including purchasing, logistics and information systems functions.Coordinate Enterprise Software (ERP) use and implementation of upgrade (Visual Manufacturing – Infor Global Systems – formerly Lilly Software) from start to finish.Review and set standard costs for OEM cranes for quoting and margin analysis.Make or buy analysis along with identification and sourcing of subcontractors.Oversee manufacturing Bills of Materials.Companywide master scheduling and quarterly physical inventory counts.Procurement, deployment and management of all IT Infrastructure – Servers, PCs, Cell phones, IP Desk Phones, Cable/Internet/Phone Providers.

Oversaw all manufacturing and purchasing operations for three plants. Assisted with design, construction, and implementation of $3 million facility in Richlands, VA.Completed moves of equipment and production to Virginia location.Phased out and closed one facility in TN, trimming $1 million out of payroll in one year.Implemented Visual Manufacturing Software into manufacturing and engineering.

Responsibility for all aspects of two shift OEM crane manufacturing plant employing 75 peopleScheduling, supervision, human resources, safety, production, shipping, receivingResponsible for completion of OEM crane manufacturing from design to completionTook plant from 2-3 cranes per month up to 4-5 cranes per monthPeak sales volume was about $15 million

Took over steel purchasing – moved to outside vendor and reduced costs 25-30%Track production hours and schedules of all cranes manufactured.Assist Engineering Department with design and drawing of cranes.Assist Engineering Department in completing CNC drawing files for machining of crane partsDevelop and recommend manufacturing improvements with regard to tooling, methods, and plant layouts. Analyze, justify, and procure manufacturing equipment.

Supervise employees on two shifts in material handling, shipping, and receiving activities.Recommend and purchase material handling equipment and supplies including capital equipment and warehouse leases.Maintain the installation of ISO 9002 (1994) and train plant internal auditors.Schedule production for all primary manufacturing operations.

Responsible for three tape core business unit plants.Assisted with ISO 9002 implementation at Boone, IA.Performed business unit wide internal and external quality auditsServed on customer partnership teams (3M, ALCOA, Johnson & Johnson)Provided TQM training (Seven tools, etc.).

Responsible for three regional plants.Implemented QC data collection in plants and conducted SPC training.Developed software model scheduling system which became a mainframe application used for shipping and production scheduling in Sonoco’s paper tube manufacturing division.