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Planning, organizing, directing and running optimum day-to-day operations to perform against budgeted spend and beat conversion costs.Leveraged spend by consolidating MRO venders. Annual cost avoidance of > $200kOnsite resident subject matter expert on process controls and conditions. Created process sheets from best run conditions and trained personnel. Oversee warehouse, scheduling, production and maintenance activities. Active leader in Safety programs and culture driving injury and near miss rates down.Partnered with quality team to close the gaps in process, CAPAs closed and verified and established new control plans for product lines.

Responsible for plant KPI’s including safety, quality complaints, waste reduction-first pass yield, downtime reduction and employee turnoverBuild monthly plant operational forecast to meet budget goalsReport out plant metrics to identify areas in need of structure and improvement Active leader in Safety programs and culture driving injury and near miss rates down.Responsible for 25 direct reports – Three supervisors, two offices hourly and 175 indirect reportsTeam member designing and negotiating Union CBALed the plant CI initiatives with Kaizen events using Six Sigma tools

Planning, organizing, directing and running optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations. Responsibility for production output, product quality and on-time shipping and full P&L responsibility. Develop processes that will maximize safety, quality and productivity.Safety committee leader who led, organized and fostered modern safety procedures. Developed standards and organized training matrix.

Lead safety, quality, production, maintenance, and warehouse teams to safely ensure on-time production and delivery of safe, quality and legally compliant products. Responsible for personnel, budget full P&L, business planning, and communications with all functions within the plant. Continuous improvement and cost reduction are to be achieved by employing best practices across the plant to realize consistent business results.

Directs the manufacturing of quality products and provides strategic direction which includes support and managing manufacturing operations. Broad responsibility for overall operations of the Molding, Assembly, Automation value stream, scheduling, daily performance of operations, financial performance, strategic planning, and overall performance of the production floor. Develop strategy to ensure a safe working environment. Drive manufacturing and quality improvements, provided premier customer service, develop a technical work force, reduction of operating costs by level loading production schedule, controlled inventories and lead times through continuous improvements. Supported Business Excellence (Lean & Six Sigma) initiatives and driving continuous improvement processes. Performed process part validation, in accordance with FDA and medical device OEM guidelines related to medical device development and production overseas in China and parts in central and South America. Oversee projects, timelines and validations. Accompanied major OEM engineers to validate processes. Performed metrology for first article and oversaw CPK measuring process for parts gathered during IQ OQ and PQ. Assumed production manager role for overseas companies to minimize cost and sustain quality product. Developed training to overseas employees in regards to scientific molding principles and standard work.

Company no longer in business

Closed Manufacturing facility company consolidation

Company was bought and diversified. Currently D&W Fine Pack