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Doraville, Ga, Us

West Hartford, Ct, Us

West Hartford, Ct, Us

Market leading plastic injection, extrusion, and assembly operation serving retail, distribution, and industrial channels.

Costa Mesa, Ca, Us

Greenfield plant startup to include component fabrication, assembly, and installation of CNG/LNG fuel systems for the heavy truck industry.

Mississauga, Ontario, Ca

Metal fabrication supplier for construction OEM's, primarily located in the Southeast. Manage supply chain/purchasing, customer service, planning/scheduling, warehousing, material flow, and shipping/receiving. Integrate functional groups into a customer focused supply system providing direction and support to manufacturing operations. Plant leader during two year transition of leadership team.

Dodge Center, Mn, Us

Market leading manufacturer of refuse and concrete placement trucks; $600M in annual revenue and 1K employees.Direct materials analysts and materials supervisors overseeing dock-to-stock materials flow. Stabilize spending and replenishment for $34M in raw materials. Championed lean material flow strategy to enhance replenishment and realize a 35% reduction in inventory (5% above plan) and 45% reduction in headcount (20% above plan). Implemented materials feature to operating system, resulting in 60% reduction of warehouse stock-outs, and $2.25M reduction in safety stock, with a 72% increase in inventory turns (3.6 to 6.2). Introduced basic material and inventory concepts to increase accuracy of material availability through proactive planning with sales and operations regarding sales trends as an improvement to existing S&OP process. Interim management role for procurement and aftermarket warehousing during leadership change while training new team members to assume those roles.

Burr Ridge, Il, Us

Market leading provider of boilers for heating and hot water supply; 500 employees with $250M in annual revenue.Recruited into startup facility to implement lean planning and optimize production flow of assembly lines to drive down inventory carrying time and cost. Managed production and transportation planners for the residential, commercial, aftermarket, and fabrication assembly operations. Created, evaluated, and utilized on-time delivery, schedule attainment, and stock-out metrics to increase workflow efficiency. Attached inventory planning to the existing S&OP process resulting in leveled production schedules and overtime reduction. Created key metrics to accurately evaluate success of inventory data, fill rate, and schedule attainment.

$450M international provider of window coverings and hardware with 1K employees.Managed direct inventory for key clients Lowe's and Target, advised retail buyers on forecasting and purchasing, and supervised transportation from factory to retail distribution centers. Oversaw $150M supply chain operation. Increased fill rate to 98.6%, on-time delivery to 98.5%, inventory turns to 7.1 (91%) through targeted stocking plans and supplier/JV master scheduling. Oversaw direct to customer import program for international joint venture and four international suppliers.

Watertown, Sd, Us

Privately held, international electromagnetic transformers and hardware supplier with annual sales of $200M.Production focus on scrap rate, on-time delivery, production efficiency, and quality standards. Implemented winding process SPC and inventory cycle counts. Created and maintained production schedule for home site and facility in Mexico. Super-user for Oracle ERP implementation as well as remote training manager for sister facilities.

Masters Of Business Administration (Mba), Business

Bs, Industrial Management