Perform quality checks on housekeeping issues and perform maintenance checks.

Selling a small variety of products on Amazon

Council Member at GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group)

As an elected official I help manage a$42 mil budget. I am part of a 7 member team in our city that can create law for our community. I serve the people of Ward 3 in Siloam Springs, AR.

Stabilizing pricing and growing the motor business.Reaching a new customer base and helping our current customer base growRelationship building with our current and future customers

• Increased sales consistently year over year by $2mil• Managed four distributors, improving sales by 67% in 2012 at one location and on pace to improve 98% in 2013 at another location. • Generated monthly customer forecast by part number.• Prospected new markets and developed additional accounts.• Managed all service issues between the plants and the customer.• Responsible for three global customers based in the US, with annual global sales of $20mil

• Directly responsible for an inventory reduction of $1.6M, or 46%, over 10 months.• Travelled internationally to meet with current and potential vendors – includes both in-house manufacturing and external sourced production• Responsible for annual production planning and forecasting of $9.2 mil• Supplier negotiation to include pricing, terms, lead times and supplier quality• Developed and tracked budget for departmental spending on all raw materials and freight with annual budgets of $5M and $500K, respectively

• Assisted in the development and final layout of 110,000 square feet of warehouse additions.• Responsible for revisions to facility layout to improve production flow and optimize efficiencies.• Played vital team role in implementation of new $1M MRP and warehouse management system.• Implemented procedures that reduced shipping errors by 200% in 2 years.• Increased sales and shipping by $25M in from May 2004 to May 2006 without increasing headcount while managing a $5.5M budget.• Responsible for direct communication with the 2 largest accounts, totaling 40% of the overall business, Ace Hardware and Home Depot, as well Lowe’s and True Value.• Communicated daily with internal customer service manager regarding order status updates and improvements in SOPs.• Developed and tracked key performance indicators to benchmark growth and efficiencies and identify areas of opportunities.

(Relocation with spouse position) Responsible for supervising 2 shift, two high speed cold drink production lines that averaged 150-20oz bottles per minute and 60-2L bottles per minuteSemi-annual evaluations of hourly personnelResponsible for cross training and maintaining training matrix for personnelTeam member responsible for record production efficiencies; overall plant efficiency rate increased by 5% from 2002 to 2003Developed and implemented weekly team meetings to identify and address quality, performance and production challengesIdentify, develop and implement production SOP'sTracked and compiled production downtime

(Manufacturing relocated to out of state facilities)Managed a 24 hour, 3 shift 55+ personnel team in a union shop. Responsible for the development of quality and safety training of employeesDepartment was responsible for final quality inspection prior to distribution at the customer levelUtilized sales forecast to plan production to improve product freshness and reduce product loss at the store levelManaged the high volume distribution of short shelf life product thru multi channels to maintain proper instocks. Developed SOP's to reduce incorrect distribution of product by 80%Responsible for a $4 million budgetChallenged with the reduction of product loss due to employee theft. Loss was reduced by 300+% in 2 yearsImplemented and maintained weekly team communication meetings to improve employee morale and develop a team atmosphere. Team meetings were later implemented facility wideResponsible for departmental staffing, employee relations and grievance resolution

(Manufacturing moved overseas)Managed a staff of approximately 170+ personnel (including five supervisors and one manager) for an ISO 9000 certified, high speed manufacturing facility. Responsible for product flow improvement, employee development and quality improvementImplemented proper scheduling and employee training to improve coil production from 850 coils per day to 2500 coils per dayChampioned a new scrap reduction process that reduced scrap by 15%

Managed a staff of approximately 70+ personnel for an ISO 9001 certified, high speed manufacturer of air conditioners. Responsible for departmental staffing, defect control and product quality. Managed several departments with a budget of $4 million. York UPG-Wichita was a unionized facility at the timePart of 12 member team challenged with the long term plan of implementing Demand Flow Technology process to include line layout and personnel allocationThis position was a developing stage for the next level of management Championed the first two Demand Flow Technology production linesLed scrap team project to reduce scrap 75%

Responsible for managing 30-35 personnel, quality and safety training of employees, and computerized spread sheet. Departmental duties included product quality, employee and product scheduling, inventory control, and purchasingHuman resource duties included departmental staffing, management of a 99% union shop, conflict resolution, grievance resolution, and employee relationsHandled high volume distribution to all sales personnel