Ken Flack Email and Phone Number

A flexible and participative leader with proven abilities in strategic planning, improvement efficiency of operations and team building. Able to identify areas of strength and weakness and implement company policies, standards, changes in operations and systems that optimize productivity and bottom line. Ability to motivate staff to maximum productivity and control costs through the most effective use of manpower and available resource.Responsible for the operations of the manufacturing functions for cost effective and on time delivery of high quality manufactured products. The main duties are to implement strategic plans and provide leadership to the shop floor manufacturing team to meet functional goals and KPI’s in productivity, on time delivery, inventory, health and safety and quality. Working collaboratively to drive continual improvement through the use of lean principles and processes and driving high performance across the manufacturing functions.•Lead and drive the manufacturing strategy through execution of production plans to achieve financial productivity, quality and safety objectives and ensure alignment of objectives with the business and other functions.• Provide high level technical and operational recommendations to achieve productivity, inventory, product quality and customer service objectives.• Review the manufacturing structure and align resource for the improvement initiatives to support, execute and ensure sustainability•To lead, promote and maintain a culture of health and safety awareness across the manufacturing functions to minimize hazard, risk and unsafe events.•Responsible for 45 employees and 4 shop floor leaders working over 5 individual production factories, each with up to 5 individual production lines. •Lead, develop and empower the shop floor team in managing production line KPI’s - Daily “Gemba” +QDIP (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory & Productivity

Jan 2003 – July 2016 - Xylem Water Process Ltd (Formally ITT Industries) Hoddesdon, Herts.Position: Factory Manager/Supervisor (2009 – 2016)Jan 2003 - Jan 2009 (CNC Machinist)• Cell Team Leader• Day to day running of a busy manufacturing cell• Set and program Hardinge 5 axis Twin Head machining centre• Responsible for quality and OTD

1990 – Nov 2002 Night Shift Team LeaderSkilled C.N.C Programmer / Setter / Operator S.M.S Technologies – Harlow, Essex•Set and program C.N.C double and triple turret fixed head turning machines Traub TNS 30/42D, Traub TNS60 and Traub TNS42•Set and program C.N.C milling machines HAAS VF3, HAAS OE •Set and operate various conventional machines i.e single spindle autos, mills and drills•Team leader/Supervisor to the night shift•Trusted key holder to premises•Responsible for quality to ISO 9001•Interact with day shift management

1989 – 1990C.N.C SetterGreenpar – Harlow Division, Essex• Machining Team Leader• To set and program Tsugami C.N.C Lathe

1986 – 1989C.N.C Setter/ OperatorLea Valley Spark Erosion – Stanstead, Essex• To set and operate Traub TNS 360 C.N.C Lathe• Order all required tooling

1977 – 1986Browns Engineering – Loughton, Essex• BTEC & City & Guilds Apprenticeship in machining• General machining responsibilities• Demonstrate Yamazaki (Now Mazak) machinery to potential Yamazaki customers • Set, Program and operate Yamazaki Quick Turn and Hitachi Seiki C.N.C Lathes