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Kansas City, Mo, Us

Bristol, In, Us

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Lead all operations at the Grandview location and all outside manufacturing, warehousing, and assembly supplying to the Grandview location. Establish and lead the team through a recovery process from Q3 2019 through Q2 2020. Achieve double-digit Op EBIT improvements over the same period of time. Train, guide, and mentor the leadership staff of 10 members with a total plant headcount of approximately 300 full-time employees. Provide and obtain approval for approximately $10MM in capital improvements both for the enhancement of process and the overall presentation and morale of the plant. Implement best-demonstrated practices to assist in recovery and start-up respectively while collaborating with plants in Gastonia, NC, Queretaro, MX, Romanshorn, Switzerland, and Suzhou, China.● Improved OEE by over 10 percentage points through the implementation of strategies in manufacturing.● Increased inventory accuracy from 55% to 99% and reduced physical inventory loss from $1.1MM to $30K while working closely with the Logistics group to transform the overall process of the warehouse.● Achieved Overall savings in excess of $300K per month by reorganizing the quality department.● Attained 1 million man-hours without a lost-time accident by decreasing overall lost days for OSHA recordable and workers compensation from 864 to 4 YTD.● Improved headcount with lower overall costs by evaluating and modifying the overall structure of the salary and hourly staff.● Reduced overall costs for the entity by $700K per month in premium freight, sorting costs and overtime.

Lenexa, Kansas, Us

Steered all facets of manufacturing and associated processes, including engineering and maintenance. Ensured consistency of work and product by introducing and implementing systems to the plant. Implemented Kanban for non-inventory items. Reduced downtime by implementing 5S principles for the operations area. Augmented on-time delivery of products by adjusting the scheduling priority and system. Acted as interim sales manager for the company's largest account. Increased business profitability by securing and launching two new product lines. Secured first Tier 2 automotive customer for Novation iQ.● Maximized yield by 23% points and decreased unidentified losses by 38% points. Increased on-time delivery of orders to the logistics department to over 98%.● Attained $500K in sourcing savings while implementing a dual-source initiative for business continuity.● Maximized yield in the production areas by increasing capacity and decreasing costs utilizing lean techniques.

Piloted all facets of operations, sales, and quality for the Gallatin facility and coordinating activities with similar functional groups at other manufacturing plants in the US, Europe, and China. Developed and maintained budgets, annual plans, and long-range plans for the plant. Enhanced business performance by steering daily and long-term operations-related activities of 51 production lines in 8 production cells. Oversaw business unit activities with sales of up to $93MM annually. Mentored and supported a leadership team of up to 10 employees (7 direct reports). Launched 8 new pieces of equipment. Negotiated and sourced all flat-stock steel for the automotive segment in North America.● Increased revenue by over 15% and bottom-line profit by 3% points.● Maximized production while minimizing operator input and cost by developing a "lights dim and lights out" program.● Obtained savings of over $1MM annually by negotiating contracts with key suppliers.● Established a long-term strategy for the plant, including capital expenditures, growth initiatives, and quality improvements.● Increased the sales revenue per employee by 13% from $503K to $569K.

Led all process engineering, electrical specialist, and manufacturing department activities for the business unit and coordinating activities with similar functional groups at two other SCA North American based and multiple other European based manufacturing plants. Increased productivity and reduced waste on 4 separate lines in the Bowling Green, KY facility over three years. Reporting to the Site Manager.• Maintained a working relationship with European and Japanese sister plants to communicate learnings.• Steered business unit activities with sales of up to $53MM annually.• Supervised 20-45 employees including engineers, electrical specialists and hourly employees.• Created and maintained budgets and targets for the business unit.• Increased efficiencies / decreased waste to record levels on pants line that was started up two years prior.• Boosted efficiency by 24% on a retail pads line in 8 months.• Successfully launched a new packaging line meeting the expected learning curve within two months.• Exceeded expectations on efficiencies, waste, spare parts budget and safety for 3 consecutive years.• Managed a $3.5-5.0MM operating budget within targets.

Steinhausen, Zug, Ch

Oversaw all process engineering, product development, and quality department activities at the Glasgow location and coordinating activities with similar functional groups at two other 3A US-based manufacturing plants. Reporting to Director of Technology and Plant Manager.• Led the rolling product launch of 3A’s Omni-Flute (corrugated polypropylene) line, including management of the assets, operations personnel, and production schedule. The Omni-Flute line, a $5MM investment, is scheduled to produce $8MM in revenue in 2011.• Formulated the current Omni-Flute recipe for maximum functionality through extensive designed experiment work; tested and matched all performance parameters for current and new customers.• Managed ongoing planning process for long term plant technical improvements and provided technical support to line supervisors on all product and process troubleshooting in four production centers.

Coldwater, Mi, Us

• Ensured the attainment of more than $11M in revenues by closely managing the company’s existing accounts while aggressively developing new clientele in compliance with forecasted revenue and profit targets.• Drove sales growth with a key client at a pace of 200% per year for 4 years.• Played a key role in the development of new customers by actively resolving product issues and proactively conducting product and material trials prior to the release of product to the customer.

Mba, Strategic Managment

Bsche, Chemical Engineering