Ken Dillard Email & Phone Number

I have a broad background and extensive experience improving financial returns through in depth knowledge of Finance and Accounting, Demand Forecasting, Operational Improvements, Risk Management, and Project Emergency Response. Additionally, I have a wide ranging base of compliance activities including SOX 404, Fraud investigation, Japanese Financial Compliance, ISO TS 16949, C-TPAT, and Manufacturing Safety.My operational and process improvement work has been conducted across 10 countries within North and South America, Europe, Asia, and West Africa; With direct reports in 7 of these countries.Please reach out to discuss how I may be able to help improve your profits.

United States And Canada

Lead cross functional team building and developing processes for implementation of a Canadian distribution center. Ensure mobilization of teams in purchasing, IT, construction, transportation, existing distribution centers, and finance. Utilize knowledge of industry, customers, and products for successful redeployment of inventory for the benefit of customers and cost savings.Interface with other significant teams redesigning the full US and Canada supply chain.

Lead the business planning function for all Commercial tire businesses (Truck/Bus, Retread, AG, Off The Road) by developing collaborative forecasting processes and working with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and well as utilizing my experiences within Manufacturing and Supply Chain.Direct the accumulation of high level economic factors, industry trending, and analysis for determining future industry projections impacting the tire industry, unit volumes, and market share.Continue to maintain duties related to individual projects, strategic cost leadership, risk identification, ethics, and compliance.- Forecasting accuracy improvement- Driven toward effective inventory levels- Significant improvements in identification of constraints and potential solutions- Strategic outsourcing decisions- Development of insightful and actionable reporting for industry data, market share, inventory trends, by unit customer needs through production tickets

Tire Manufacturing Facility, Lavergne, Tn

Core member of capacity increase and expansion project teams. Directly responsible for capital spending plans, direct material purchasing, traffic and warehousing, inventory levels, and shipping. Responsible for all closing and reporting activities. Special manufacturing projects: Mixing capacity and performance, automated warehouse capacity study, waste and scrap improvement, and productivity assessments.- Mixing output study- Safety improvements- Capital investment allocation- Warehousing and inventory leadership

United States

Develop project management methodology and reporting processes to be a trusted project response unit across operating divisions. Improve a wide ranging portfolio of processes including: direct customer interactions, manufacturing options, capital project evaluations, world wide risk assessment, procurement improvement, and building project tracking and improvement. Develop Key Performance Indicators for multiple departments including internal metrics. Identify and classify risks, and work with appropriate departments to minimize those risks.

Multinational

Lead an improvement project for local offices in 7 countries through designing improved planning and execution, and working with management on process improvements. Run special projects including IT, building projects, and process improvement projects for Bridgestone Japan. Lead the advancement of 36 people in 7 countries and foreign country assignments.- Cost improvement leadership- Process improvement specialist- Operational improvements

Multinational

Responsible for and implementation of legal, business process, IT controls, and reporting initiative covering more than 50 locations in 10 countries. Partner with other departments to minimize risks, improve the operations and costs structure for Bridgestone. These have included working with accounts payable, accounts receivable, insurance, logistics, environmental, tax, legal and security.- Team building- Change management- Compliance- Team Building- Broad International Experience

Us / Canada

Responsible for audit and due diligence integrating the Resort Quest company purchase into the Gaylord financial and operational metrics and processes. Responsible for compliance, financial and operational auditing, risk identification, and internal management consulting in the US and Canada.- Asset verification- Operational Improvements- Team Building- SOX 404

Usa

Direct and implement operational improvement projects throughout this organization. Lead cross functional project management and implementation teams for improving customer service metrics, sales analysis, reduction in workers compensation and other business insurance premiums, inventory management, and reductions in cost structure. Responsible for leading the annual risk assessment and business insurance renewal processes. Implement and monitor strategic alliances with other companies. Lead corporate redesign teams, talent development processes, and future leadership teams.- Risk Assessment- Process improvements- Strategic Alliances- Transportation and Logistics- Audit

Master'S Degree, Industrial Systems Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting