Patrick C. Ryan Email & Phone Number

Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Responsible for overall and direct operations of the Manitowoc facility including management and direction for Vice President of Sales, Vice President of Human Resources, Controller, Operations Manager, Engineering Manager, and Quality Assurance Manager.• Led, coordinated, encouraged, and participated in strategic long-term planning which established annual budgets of $10 million annually and operational goals and objectives.• Successfully determined and budgeted capital investments up to $1 million annually.• Remained on target for continued improvement on quality, production, service, and cost reduction which ensured established annual budgets and operational goals were met. • Directed the implementation of safety processes and operational controls which resulted in no lost time accidents during the last five years of operation.• Encouraged flexibility across all departments with scheduling, creative staffing, etc. which contributed to a culture with virtually no turnover.• Successfully ensured the completion of planning and revisions such as FC-1 etc., within the timeframe established by Groz Beckert.• Maintained active oversight of Sales ($10 million annually), Financials, Operations, Engineering, and Quality Assurance which ensured achievement of set goals.• Coached and mentored associates during tenure which contributed to six individuals receiving promotions to opportunities with increasing responsibilities.• Initiated brainstorming and follow up meetings to redesign machinery which launched an extremely high-quality needle style, designed by Groz Beckert, into production and ensured operation and production in Manitowoc for an additional four years. • Conducted cost reduction meetings with mid and high-level managers which resulted in reduction of production costs from $65 to $58 per one thousand needles.

Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Responsible for working with Area Managers in overseeing pointing, barbing, heat treatment, inspection, and shipping operations; achieving scrap and productivity goals; expediting rush orders; and scheduling all production areas based on incoming customer orders. • Assigned ship dates to customer orders based on capacities in production which determined customer lead times.• Successfully scheduled all production areas based on customer orders.• Effectively managed expedited “rush” customer orders without increasing lead times.

Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Responsible for traveling to customers throughout the USA Midwest and recommending needle styles based on the customers final product.

Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Responsible for direct management of Production Manager, Area Managers of Hard and Soft Manufacturing and Shipping; establishing and achieving weekly budgets, scrap goals, and productivity goals; daily scheduling of production; and coordinating raw material deliveries. • Directed improvements to manufacturing processes which positively influenced quality.• Improved needles per man-hour from 800 to 1300 and reduced scrap from 15% to 3.5%.• Conducted daily meetings with Sales which established customer order delivery schedules, needed changes, and on time deliveries in excess of 98%.• Increased production efficiencies in set up and implemented a (JIT) Just-in-Time lean operation which reduced production inventory costs. • Oversaw the influx of new machinery, and integrated it into production to achieve maximum efficiencies.• Reorganized the flow of product throughout the plant which resulted in streamlined operations and increased productivity.• Directed the cross-training of employees and combined work responsibilities which reduced overtime from nearly 200 hours per week to zero.

Coursework Toward Of Bachelor Of Science, Business Management

Scheduling And Finance

Coursework Toward A Bachelor Degree, Transportation/Mobility Management

Associate'S Degree, Electronics Servicing