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Scope of duties consist of establishing and managing from the ground up all organizational administrative and operational duties for this privately held startup that develops technologies deigned to protect human life and prevent violence between police officers and suspects. Increased company evaluation from $250,000 to more than $285 million in 4 years..

Tasked with the ownership and responsibilities in a startup organization who recently acquired an Asian-based company responsible for manufacturing and delivering pet food and treats. Developed and implemented strategic initiative to optimize the global supply chain network from China into the United States, including inventory management, transportation.

Sterling Heights, Michigan, US

Served as an integral member of the executive staff. Responsible for overseeing the company’s engineering, health and safety, continuous improvement, and strategic development organization’s while leading the efforts to improve the processes and procedures that significant improved voice of the customer experience. Reduced wasteful overtime spending.

Sterling Heights, Michigan, US

Served as the driving force behind supply chain strategy, operations, and operational excellence for 3 Thyssenkrupp NA business segments such as: Tesla, FCA, and Thysseenkrupp Elevator. Leadership scope spans 50+ sites including 19 distributions centers, 15 supply chain/fulfillment centers, 5 transportation hubs, and all contract service sites generating a.

Cork, Ireland, IE

Primary duties focused on optimizing supply chain operational performance supporting 50 JIT plants across North America with full accountability for maximizing Return On Investment (ROI) for $200+ million in critical commodity spending. Instituted a series of improvements within supply chain operations that captured $4 million in savings within the first.

Round Rock, Texas, US

I was brought onboard initially to lead global continuous improvement before adding the User Experience, Initial Product Experience Director role in 2010. As such, I directed the transition from Dell-owned manufacturing operations to a 3rd party manufacturing outsourced business model headquartered in Taiwan. I then oversaw manufacturing operations.

Round Rock, Texas, US

GLOBAL CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTDelivered a combined $500M+ in cost savings/increased revenue over a seven-year span including cutting system spend by $231M within a year of implementing Lean Transition across strategic partners.Developed and led a global supply chain quality improvement initiative that increased First Pass yield from 90% to 98%.Netted $200M+.

Rockford, Illinois, US

• Led all aspects of $175M operation across four business units and two shifts. Mentored and directed multidisciplinary teams against aggressive performance metrics. Key Achievements
• Generated $4M+ in past dues reduction
• Established office processes that reduced Engineering Approval Request Transactions from two months to less than 10 days, along with a First Pass Yield on EARs improvement from 50% to 82%
• Developed and institutionalized company’s vendor/organization relation’s partnership program; delivering a savings of $1.5M for fasteners over three-year period
• Founded systematic process to reduce inventory from $41M to $28M through the development of Fluid Power’s Kanban System and Point of Use; $13M direct savings
• Increased utilization of manufacturing floor space by 13%; 125,000 sq. ft. to 110,500 sq. ft., through implementation of Lean Manufacturing Concepts

• Led strategy initiative and manufacturing operations transition of acquired business, overseeing $20M revenue site with operational P&L of $12M, $5M capital budget, and deploying TPS and Strategy Deployment..
• Reduced Past Due from $194K to under $30K and increased OTD to 96% within three months
• Implemented Cellular Manufacturing concepts increasing daily productivity 22%
• Reduced inventory from $3.1M to $2.25M over first three months utilizing Point of Use and Kanban Programs

• Directed two-shift division quality department across two remote locations (Mexico and Colorado). Worked as quality engineer, planning, and executing impactful projects and continuous improvement initiatives. Key.
• Eliminated 55% of post-production scrap and reduced average PPM’s from 32000/month to under 7000/month, within eight months
• Served as ISO 9000 Management Representative, developing and implementing multi-departmental Quality System that spanned management groups and 300 employees improving efficiency and standard work
• Reduced past due from $1.1M to less than $10K in three months
• Increased PMDC Product Line productivity from 60% efficient to 97% over past year
• Reviewed and designed equipment to increase productivity from a FPY of 50% to 98%

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Operations Management And Supervision

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering