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Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply
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Director of Manufacturing Operations
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Nisswa, Minnesota, United States
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Nathan Hanson is listed as Director of Manufacturing Operations at Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply, a company with 2 employees, based in Nisswa, Minnesota, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Nathan Hanson.
Nathan Hanson previously worked as Vice President of Central Operations at Polaris Inc. and Director Of Operations at Polaris Industries. Nathan Hanson holds Bsme, Mechanical Engineering from North Dakota State University.
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Growing up on a dairy farm instilled in me a solid work ethic required to persevere through the challenges that life brings. Interest in mechanical assembles drove me to study Mechanical Engineering. From developing the assembly work instructions, fixtures and tooling to jumping in when short staff to ensure the team succeeds. My career at Polaris allowed me to start as an entry level Manufacturing Engineer and work into progressively higher Leadership positions. I learned the value of being a Servant leader who understands and expands on the value of hourly employees. I have a take charge mentality and drive hard for results, looking for solutions when others stop. I exhibit a transparent, efficient style that sets clear goals, mentors and grows my team allowing metrics to be achieved. Demonstrating the ability to adjust based on audience’s experience, company level and message.Through these engineering and leadership roles, I have supported progressive assembly lines, off line subassembly and back shop support components as a Manufacturing Engineer, Front Supervisor and Unit Manager. Part count of products varied from 10’s to 1000’s and cycle times from 30 sec to 20+ min being both seasonal and year-round production. Successfully demonstrated development and use of standardized work to ensure consistent performance.I am naturally drawn to leading and developing teams. In my last 2 roles – Polaris Roseau Plant Director and Polaris VP of Central Ops involved mentoring and growing teams to achieve our SQDC metrics. In Roseau managed 12 direct Managers covering SQDCI. In VP role, led efforts to recruit and hire 3 of 6 Directors on my team. I left my Central team as one of the highest performing in the plant network.To drive this improvement, I had set schedule for 1-1 meetings, staff meetings and check ins for my team. We completed benchmarking, trainings, development sessions and stretch assignments to grow and develop our team and provided mentoring for new hires. To ensure our teams were pursuing common goals, team goal setting started year and was cascaded down to hourly level. Tracked progress during 1-1’s. Formal reviews at mid-year and end of year reviews. Leveraged progressive disciplinary, when necessary, via Performance Improvement Plans.After goals were set and communicated, we embraced Metric, Pareto, Action, Reward methodology. Metrics were relevant, understandable for work force and visible. Leverage pareto approach to focus resources on top issues and then drive action to resolve and celebrate the successes!
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Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply
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Director Of Manufacturing Operations
CurrentManufacturing leader for Mann Lake's plant network. Mann Lake Bee & Ag is the leader in quality manufacturing, innovation, and customer service in the beekeeping industry.
Aug 2024 - Present
Vice President Of Central Operations
- Senior Operations leader for 3 Central Plants with 600 employees and a $80M budget that provided engines, clutches, displays and EV packs to 8 global Polaris assembly plants. Responsible for long range planning.
- Significant reduction in assembly down time and unit first past yield through deploying Lean Team and Central Plant employees to support global company needs- training, rework, vendor recovery. Team completed 10 Kaizen.
- Oversaw capacity planning, expansion, and optimization of 4 new global plant facilities.
- Launched new company operations in Vietnam and Mexico and identified and delivered annual Insource/Vertical Integration savings of $3M+.
- Spearheaded the Assembly Tech Team and drove $20M+ in savings through development and installation of new technology.
- Steered the Capital Expenditure approval process to ensure global equipment and process standardization.
Feb 2022 - Jul 2024
Director Of Operations
- Senior Operations site leader responsible for balancing legacy of original Polaris plant while evolving the site into a Lean Manufacturing focused facility. Roseau site had 1200 employees, running 24/7 operations with.
- Headed site conversion from AS400 to Warehouse Management Software.
- Drove Safety improvement from double digit OSHA recordables to near zero.
- Demonstrated record of cost control in headwinds of COVID, part shortages, rework, OT.
- Optimized 800,000 square foot plant while Attracting, Developing and Retaining our Technical Team.
- Completed 2 momentous projects to solidify the long-term viability of the site – new $26M liquid paint system and new $4M Lobby/ Visitor center
May 2017 - Apr 2022
Director Of Production
- Established new role in Roseau plant providing leadership to all Assembly and Back shop production departments. Adjusted staff requirements through movement of Ranger / RZR products out of via PNO activity and.
- Insourced 70,000 hours of plant hours (9 % increase) driving plant growth in a down finished good environment.
- Teams led 25+ Kaizen events per year with over 100 different employees driving favorable plant annual savings targets.
- Orchestrated SQDC performance of Assembly, Weld, Paint, Tube Fabrication, and Injection Mold operations. Leveraged Tiered Gemba system focused on Metric, Pareto, Action, Reward methodology.
Nov 2015 - May 2017
Manager Of Distribution Center Operations
Oversaw Polaris DC startup of Wilmington site, installing Polaris’s culture, building community relationship, improving customer order response, and establishing operating systems while growing site to 12,000 supplied part numbers while incorporating acquisition of Kolpin brand. Was the key interface between site and community
Apr 2014 - Nov 2015
Snowmobile Production Manager
- Leadership over Snowmobile assembly line, Pilot and Kit Assembly. Developed plan to support growth with specific focus on safety and quality improvements.
- Managed assembly of highly seasonal, legacy product including vendor capacity and quality.
- Drove lean, safety and quality improvements through development and engagement of both new and high tenured employees.
Jan 2012 - Mar 2014
Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - Victory / Indian Motorcycles
- Career growth in Spirit Lake Plant from Watercraft Manufacturing Engineer, Front Line Supervisor, ATV Manufacturing Engineer, Victory & Indian Adv ME. Team member of Indian Motorcycle Acquisition Team.
- Served as the Motorcycle Advanced Manufacturing Engineer for Victory Vision and Cross-Country products.
- Post acquisition, transitioned Indian Motorcycle bike assembly from North Carolina to Iowa and resuming production.
Sep 2007 - Jan 2012
Aug 2000 - Aug 2007
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Nathan Hanson works for Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply.
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Nathan Hanson is listed as Director of Manufacturing Operations at Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply.
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Nathan Hanson is based in Nisswa, Minnesota, United States while working with Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply.
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Nathan Hanson has worked for Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply, Polaris Inc., and Polaris Industries.
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Nathan Hanson holds Bsme, Mechanical Engineering from North Dakota State University.
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