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Wisconsin, United States

Wausau, Wisconsin Area

Site Director for 3M Roofing Granule Manufacturing Plant and Quarry property.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Business Group Leader for Global Consumer Mfg. Plant ERP SAP Deployments for 7 Plant sites in Europe, US, and Mexico, Significantly reduced time to stabilization at every iteration by shaping and leveraging system improvements and training methodologies for Plant deployments.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Deploy Lean Management System and lead continuous improvement efforts in 3M Plant that makes Post-it(R) Notes and Scotch(TM) Packaging Tape. Significantly reduced changeover times through SMED principles, achieved record outputs through OEE improvement, reduced inventories to increase turns and streamlined extended Value Streams for the site.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Full P&L responsibility for 250 employee operation making Post-it(R) Notes and Easel Products, the largest operation of its kind. Reduced cost of goods by double digits through OEE improvements and yield savings every year. Met service, inventory, and cost goals on a very complex product line with high seasonality and increasing supplier headwinds.

Monterrey Area, Mexico

Managed all operations for 600-person 3M manufacturing site in Mexico making consumer refrigerator and home water filters. Drove major improvement in a challenging acquired facility. Integrated site to meet expectations of a North American 3M facility. Drove very significant improvements in Safety, yield, inventory, and factory cost. Met profitability requirements ahead of schedule. Upgraded facility and increased equipment uptime by 50%.

Austin, Texas Area

Led and managed all aspects of source of supply change projects for 3 Divisions. Managed supplier search, financial justification, contract negotiations, equipment relocation, capital purchases, inventory & customer planning, and startup. Greatly increased profitability and averted significant service interruptions. Corporate expert for Mexico maquiladora sourcing. Established China manufactured goods partners and agreements for significant savings and product line extensions.

Austin, Texas Area

Certified on projects in the Optical Components and Telecommunication Product Lines during an extremely tough market environment. Implemented significant yield improvements and productivity increases at multiple sites during assignment.

Austin, Texas Area

Managed a 90-person organization making high tech/high value Fiber Optic Devices. Significantly increased output with reduced resources during Telecom market peak. Significantly reduced factory cost, inventory, waste, and cycle time. Department earned Corporate Quality Award.

Brownwood, Tx And Austin, Tx

Responsibility for various product lines including high volume automated Fiber Optic Splice and Connector assembly lines, Diamond Grade(TM) Reflective Sheeting construction work zone reflective sheeting, and mixing and milling for very large transportation signing site.