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• Lead and develop all aspects of a local, equipment and service company, assisting customers with appliances, heating, cooling, electrical and plumbing needs.• Manage layout and estimating electrical, gas piping, HVAC, and plumbing jobs.• Oversee all materials procurement, sales and customer negotiations, construction trade partners, and P&L responsibility.• Key Position Achievements:o Increased sales by 62.5% to $1.3M without increasing headcount, leading a team of 7 employees.o Proactively implemented equipment and processes to improve ergonomic, safety, and productivity.o Led staff to become state licensed and highly skilled in electrical, plumbing, HVAC, hydronics, and refrigeration areas.

• Cultivate key partnerships with executive leadership and various operational and business unit teams while building connections and credibility with the front line staff. • Develop and maintain strong supplier relationships and provide Subject Matter Expertise on the plastic category including marketplace environments, industry trends, and supplier capabilities. • Utilize knowledge in material/design specifications, quality performance, and SLAs to meet key strategic and financial goals. • Produce short and long term material forecasts and strategies using market forces, cost drivers, and technological trends. • Evaluate operational and financial risk inherent in potential or existing supply chains to predict any level of detriment to HNI.• Identify and introduce new materials, supply chain capabilities, technologies, and processes to meet current and future goals.• Minimize supply chain disruption and execute complex projects on time, to budget, and without HNI or customer impact.• Drive continuous improvement in the plastic category through quality, price, design, structure, and process.• Key Position Achievements:o Negotiated contracts and moved existing suppliers to regionally support new facility in Saltillo, MX.o Developed and implemented plastic injection molding tooling standards.o Efficiently managed $54M in supplier spend producing $600K in annual cost savings.o Promoted multiple times due to proven results, manufacturing expertise, and leadership skills.

• Provided guidance for a 3 shift plastic and foam injection molding factory with responsibility for staff, process improvements, cost reductions, facility improvements, capital equipment installations and member retention..• Key Position Achievements:o Implemented $1.3M in annual cost savings.o Increased productivity through layout improvements and installed additional injection molding machines.o Improved work environment with sound enclosure for plastic grinder.o Insourced multiple plastic injection molded parts for quality, cost savings and flow improvemento Developed and implemented an inhouse plastic processing training program and mentored a new Manufacturing Engineer.

Project Manager, Tech Services (2019 to 2020)• Led new process development, cost reduction and capital equipment initiatives for manufacturing.• Drove Implementation of segments of the 3 to 5 year facility plan.• Key Position Achievements:o Developed the right sized powder paint system with $400K in annual cost savings.o Implemented a steel coil fed laser producing a 40% improvement in productivity.

Supply Chain Manager, Strategic Materials (2016 to 2019)• Developed the strategic plan for plastics and foam, managed supplier relationships and oversaw annual spend of $56M.• Continually led process improvements, cost reductions, and agreement negotiations.• Key Position Achievements:o Produced an annual cost savings $3M+ through insourcing plastic injection molding.o Led tool transitions between suppliers and insourcing and sourced alternate raw material provider during natural disaster.o Rehired to Allsteel/HON due to proven expertise, cost savings and process improvement initiatives.

• Directly oversaw 7 employees with indirect management of 150 personnel across 2 shifts, managing stakeholder relations while producing Allsteel product within the HON Florence plant and managing all capital equipment initiatives.• Managed team scheduling, employee development, training, safety, recognition, hiring and recruiting.• Key Position Achievements:o Implemented recognition events for safety and productivity to drive down incidences.o Developed multiple employees into promotions within the company across engineering, buying, and production supervision.o Improved production flow by implementing a new plant layout and production output by implementing correct equipment.o Justified packaging changes by decreasing finished product damage.o Promoted to a new plant location to help increase productivity, decrease costs, and develop staff.

Factory Manager, Geneva Plant (2005 to 2006) • Directly oversaw 5 employees with indirect management of 75 personnel across 2 shifts, managing stakeholder relations while producing Allsteel product within the HON Geneva plant.• Key Position Achievements: o Increased area capacity without increasing square footage and implemented several new products into manufacturing.o Insourced multiple critical manufacturing processes, implementing multiple process improvements for cost reductions.