Lead Operations activities in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, including cell culture media. Manage $50M operating budget. Provide expertise on manufacturing principles aimed at transforming operations from small shop thinking to a seasoned, metrics driven system. Support overseas sites helping solve tough execution and engineering challenges.Coached the team on the deployment and use of various Lean Enterprise tools including Visual Management, Kanban, and 5S. This improved shift-to-shift communication, eliminated material stock-outs, and improved safety through shop floor organization.Leveraged SAP experience to rescue failing processes implemented with an incomplete understanding of ERP system control requirements. Identified sources of inventory accuracy issues and installed countermeasures to prevent costly inventory write offs. Poka Yoke material consumption, eliminating errors by deploying standard work for the receipt, use and return of raw materials.Successfully reduced inventory variances by over 90% as a key member of strategy business team.Worked cross functionally with supply chain and planning teams to improve site S&OP processes. Reversed spotlight focus on operations performance by showing the impact of poor forecast accuracy and revenue gap to budget.Reduce manufacturing associated scrap costs by 50% in one year.

Lead operations in the manufacture of cell culture media for the Bio-Pharma industry. Responsible for the safe and effective manufacture of Irvine Scientific products servicing various markets. Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practice deployment across Irvine Scientific's Global manufacturing footprint. Serve as the business SME for operations, supporting satellite facilities in Europe and Japan.

Regional Director for Solvay’s California operations. Provide overall leadership and support for three composites manufacturing plants in Southern California. Full P&L responsibility for Solvay's California Composites Operations. Charged with the safe manufacture of aerospace composite and adhesives through a variety of product transformation processes, serving markets across the globe.

Lead Solvay's Orange Site in the safe manufacture of Composite Materials used in various aerospace applications. Responsible for Site P&L and overall factory performance, driving improvements in safety, quality, delivery and cost. Provide support and empowerment to a dynamic team operating in a unionized 24/7 operation.

Lead Site Operations and Maintenance teams in the manufacture of aerospace composite materials:• Responsible for executing the manufacture of aerospace composites, directing efforts of 150 personnel in a 24 / 7 unionized operating environment. • Right sized operations team to match business conditions; partnering with business and union leadership to ensure a smooth and effective transition. • Lead site activities around installation of Solvay’s Manufacturing Excellence operating philosophy, aimed at lean deployment and focusing efforts on the critical few to improve operating rhythm and overall effectiveness of production work cells. • Supported Maintenance Manager, developing a scheduling system that effectively eliminating past due preventive maintenance work orders improving equipment uptime. • Acted as an advocate for both Maintenance and Work Cell Managers, identifying gaps in staffing and on-boarding appropriate personnel.• Partnered with human resources aligning performance management processes aimed at providing timely and objective feedback to salaried personnel.

Provide overall guidance and leadership to Glidewell’s medical device manufacturing division:• Lead manufacturing departments in the production of zirconia, lithium silicate glass, polymers, injection molded products and CNC machine assembly in an ISO-13485 compliant environment.• Drive key business initiatives centered on efficient manufacturing execution that meets customer demands while maximizing operations margins. Continuously improve operations with a focus on safety, quality, cost and delivery.• Right-sized operations by appointing high performing personnel to key positions throughout the operation. Generated over $1.5 Million in cost savings; a 25% improvement in FTE utilization through shop floor reorganization and Lean activities. • Transformed business operations through the alignment of key leaders across the business, including Manufacturing, Engineering, Planning and Logistics. Empowered the Planning team to dictate operational needs from Engineering and Maintenance support departments. Utilized performance metrics to grade the logistics team on stock outs while also educating on the use of visual management and KANBAN.• Leading cross functional team in the consolidation of manufacturing operations in one 80,000 sq. ft. facility; creating free space for lab operations while improving the efficiency and responsiveness of support groups by co-locating operations.