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Coach, mentor, and lead West region SH&E team consisting of 350+ employees at 35 locations across two states to meet regulatory compliance and ensure the business unit adheres to company standards.● Supports and partners closely with operations, sales, and ancillary teams in developing and achieving safety and environmental goals.● Conducted internal assessments at 12 facilities to increase awareness and compliance with company standards.● Analyze accident/injury data to identify improvement opportunities that drive towards ZERO injuries/accidents.

Manage packaged gas fill plant (industrial, medical, food grade, acetylene, butane, and propane) and distribution operations encompassing a seven state region. Provide leadership and guidance to 4 salary and 36 hourly employees. Responsible for meeting P&L objectives set by regional management.● Managed facility expansion projects exceeding $3 million requiring communications with internal and external stakeholders to meet budget and schedule commitments.● Increased plant safety procedures by transitioning required facility processes to comply with OSHA PSM and EPA RMP mandates.● Implemented process improvement initiatives resulting in 25% YOY cylinder production filling requirements to support regional sales growth with zero impact on P&L Operating Profit.

Washington, Dc, Us

Manage and coordinate the work assignments of 15 line managers and 227 maintenance employees. Ensure adherence to operational policies and procedures, implementing steps for corrective actions as needed while maintaining quality and safety objectives.● Guided a team of eight employees that implemented process improvement initiatives in four work cells that resulted in a 27% increase in department productivity.● Developed key performance indicators that empowered division managers to quickly identify logistics constraints and enabled the organization to achieve a 7% decrease in aircraft component repair time.● Performed data analysis from three information technology systems to improve maintenance practices which resulted in $4.9 million decrease in repair costs.

Patuxent River, Maryland, Us

Trained, mentored and coached supply chain managers and staff in best practices, lean concepts, waste reduction, inventory control methods and safety to improve performance and compliance with Navy requirements.● Incorporated information technology solutions that enabled the organization to synchronize logistics improvement efforts and identify inventory reduction opportunities across 11 geographically dispersed repair locations.● Managed the enterprise-wide implementation of lean improvement methodologies at five industrial aircraft maintenance facilities.● Implemented maintenance procedures that reduced aircraft component back orders by 20% within a six month period.

Washington, Dc, Us

Managed and coordinated the work efforts of 5 line managers and 53 maintenance technicians.● Implemented an employee training curriculum that focused on eliminating common technical deficiencies which resulted in a 15% decrease in repair time.● Managed the installation of $42 million of updated electronics test equipment and coordinated the testing and compliance validation.● Conducted quality assurance inspections which elevated team competency in key processes and validated standards compliance with a 100% pass rate.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led a team of seven instructors in the delivery of over 2,000 instructional hours of technical curriculum to 153 students in a three-year time period.● Revised curriculum for three courses that reduced student training time by 30% at a cost savings of $9,000 per student.● Mentored 23 newly assigned staff members which resulted in a 16% increase in qualified instructors.● Developed a computer based training module that increased technical knowledge throughout the organization and led a 15% repair cost savings within a two-year period.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration And Management, General