Kevin Abel Email & Phone Number

Rockville, Md, Us

• STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND PLANNING: Responsible for prioritizing and implementing initiatives throughout of multiple departments throughout the company based on long-term roadmaps and short-term successes including new product development, process improvement, maintenance/facilities projects, executive priority projects , strategic use of database systems, and general company improvements.• EXECUTIVE INTERFACE AND COMMUNICATIONS / PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT: Involved in corporate goal setting, planning and decision making. Communicates and proactively coordinates managers, teams, and personnel for proper emphasis of roadmap/goals and executive domestic and international communications. Prioritize daily, project, and long-term goals for engineering, production, and maintenance concerns while coordinating company initiatives.• TEAM AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT: Determined workforce requirements, recruited/hired employees, created talent pipeline / training systems within production, engineering, and maintenance departments. Directed all areas of engineering within the facility for necessary controls and improvements, including: new product development, manufacturing / process / inventory improvement, cost estimation and budget maintenance, safety / facility ergonomics.• KEY CUSTOMER / VENDOR INTERFACE: Executive decision-maker involved in important customer conversations, partnership building, estimated production capabilities, estimated costs, define schedules and capacity to take on made-to-order projects. Oversaw effective communication of goals and requirements to vendors. Oversaw vendor relationships, determining potential areas of cost and delivery improvement, while fostering a win-win environment to allow for both company and vendor future successes.KEY EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS:• Long-Term Planning• Cross-Functional Management• Team and Talent Building• Strategic/ International Leadership• Project Management

Ellicott City, Maryland , Us

• PRODUCTION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING: Led production scheduling/ planning for daily /long-term needs of labor and production requirements over multiple departments, using sales and future forecasting. Utilized 24 hours per day/5 days per week (over 3 shifts), focusing on increasing throughput and balancing production, engineering, shipping/ receiving, warehousing, and maintenance. • PRODUCT COST ESTIMATES / PRODUCTION BUDGET MAINTENANCE / CONTRACT MANUFACTURING: Created new cost estimates and manufacturing procedures for new product development, contract manufactured items, and set standard costs for standard items. Created bills of material and labor estimates, monitored / improved costs, determined production and inventory requirements for each order. Constantly monitor estimating process for continuous improvement, including the transition from physical to digital estimations. • PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS: Daily, continual process improvements identified and addressed through every department via engineers and management oversight, including shipping/receiving/warehouse, production processes, inventory control, cloud/database processes, and general business processes. Engineering controls implemented to increase facility throughput through Lean principles/tools, such as root cause and VA/NVA analysis, as well as the reduction of the “deadly wastes”.• FACILITIES MANAGEMENT / EQUIPMENT PLANNING: Responsible for the long-term viability of production facility. Evaluate and define production throughput/flow and machine placement throughout the facility. Vendor maintenance interaction. Analyze and enforce OSHA and regulatory requirements. KEY PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SKILLS:• Production Planning and Scheduling• Cost / Budget Management• Labor Planning / Scheduling• Process Improvement• Contract Manufacturing• Performance Management

Ellicott City, Maryland , Us

• INVENTORY PLANNING / MATERIALS AND WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT: Created and monitored digital and physical inventory planning systems and forecasting models to optimize inventory levels. Implemented inventory min/max management, Kanban systems, standardized purchasing procedures. Defined and improved effective pick system/storage for large and small parts/products.• SUPERVISING COST / SOURCING CONTROLS: Supervised new product, production/contract manufacturing through constant cost monitoring of comparisons based on: last purchase, competitor pricing, delivery advantages, and cost-justifiable quantity discounts based on usage. Monitored total inventory costs for auditable cost evaluation.• STRATEGIC SOURCING: Worked sourcing and management of price comparison and potential consolidation or transfer for commodities. Personally experienced in new product development project launches, contract and price negotiations, supplier business reviews. Worked with sourcing in domestic and international purchases to improve costs/lead time, reduce price increases. • TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION / SHIPPING / RECEIVING: Worked with multiple areas of the transportation industry including overseas communications and shipping management, freight forwarder coordination, trucking company coordination and arranging port/domestic requirements. Created standardized processes, increased shipping throughput/ minimized costs by daily and long-term management Key Supply Chain Management Skills:• Inventory Planning / Management• Strategic Sourcing• Importing / Buying• Inventory Cost Control• Warehousing / Shipping / Receiving

Ellicott City, Maryland , Us

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

Member of Accelerated Development ProgramLocated in Colorado Spring, CO and Clarksville, TNHeld separate positions with full responsibilities in a program designed for operations development as a Process Engineer, Materials Planner/Buyer, Manufacturing Supervisor, and Commodity Manager (Sourcing) Emphasis on additional leadership training, operations coaching, and community involvement

Horsham, Pennsylvania, Us

Engineering Co-Op through Lehigh University

Stratford, Connecticut, Us

Reported directly to Director of Industrial Engineering and Planning

Hunt Valley, Maryland, Us

Reported to DSM Maintenance Team Manager