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• Every business is unique. The Conlon Group assists businesses to improve their bottom line immediately and into the future. How well are the individuals and processes of your organization working together to achieve.
• Increased a Chemical Manufacturer’s output by facilitating Lean Six Sigma training and leading a Kaizen event
• Dramatically reduced line downtime for a frozen food manufacturer by delivering Lean training and implementing Kanban systems throughout manufacturing
• Positioned a Window Manufacturer to improve warehousing efficiency and lower facility costs by consolidating an external warehouse
• Led a networking company through the complete strategic cycle, developing strategies and tactical plans that led to significant increase in membership in new marketsLearn more at TheConlonGroup.com

San Rafael, CA, US

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Harrisburg, PA, US

Agile Lean Transformational LeadershipOrganizational Leadership

• Recruited as an Interim General Manager to manage the business during the closure and product transfer to four different locations. Challenged to meet our Tier 1 Automotive customer’s expectations through the.
• Maintained a high level of morale throughout the organization, ensuring all employees felt valued for their contributions through Gemba Walks, practicing Walk Around by Management and employee involvement. Minimized.
• Met customer safety stock requirement for an additional 6 months to 1 year of product prior to the product relocation. Transitioned the factory to a 24/7 operation from a 16/6 operation
• Focused personnel on process improvements reducing defects on some processes from as high as 25% to less than 5%. Productivity improved by 15% overall throughout the plant
• Lead and managed the transfer process ensuring that all receiving plants were properly engaged in the transfer process, qualifying and ramping to meet customer demand
• Ensured Supply Chain scaled to meet our significant and urgent demands

Singapore, SG

• Recruited to revive a struggling division and improve customer relations, to become a turnaround story. Integrated two business units into one organizational structure to leverage personal skill sets and leadership to.
• Reduced Quality Incidence, year over year, by 32%
• Improved On-Time delivery >25%
• Improved Safety Incidences >50%

York, PA, US

Directed operations at three manufacturing facilities and collaborated with functional areas to integrate processes and build synergies. Championed Kaizen events, throughput, line balancing, quick changeover and 5S initiatives across operations and internal/external supply chain.Significantly boosted revenue, increased production capability, and improved.

Trenton, New Jersey, US

Joined the company to help an entrepreneur build a profitable business developing and producing recycled plastic products. Secured licensing partners. Built relationships and sold green recycling concept to major corporations. Led all operations and material sales.Built the organizational structure and introduced 200 new products created from recycled.

Recruited by Tier 1 supplier to build and operate a start-up metal enclosure assembly facility that would supply generator canopies to a Fortune 100 construction equipment company.Built the greenfield operation from the ground up. Finalized the location, hired the management team and support staff, ramped production to three shifts, and enabled delivery on.

New Freedom, PA, US

Drove operations excellence for a family-owned business that needed to instill discipline in operations management and face significant competitive pressure. Managed overall operations, including manufacturing, facilities, engineering, safety and customer service. Mentored and enhanced owner’s understanding of business threats.Gained efficiencies and.

Lisle, IL, US

Provided operations leadership in an environment experiencing dramatic growth in telecom customer demand. Played a key role in relocating the plant to China.Positively transformed the operation by instituting best practices, replacing batch assembly with production line and introducing second shift to markedly improve efficiency, production and.

• Overview: Spearheaded start-up of new business unit and subsequent growth of Fremont facility from $20 million socket manufacturer to $30 million small-form PCB assembly operation. Retrained all production and.
• Reduced PCB and component inventory to $100,000 by negotiating consignment and vendor-managed inventory contracts with vendors and distributors.
• Realized additional 20% gain to margin through increasing productivity. Redesigned component assembly production by implementing inline pull system for all products.
• Developed project management program to gather and cultivate sales leads for small form factor business. Upon identifying a lead, assembled a cross-functional team to handle the project from quote to shipment. Met.
• Grew production in Mexico plant to $100 million by transferring 29 product lines to Juarez to reduce labor and overhead costs. Inspired customer confidence through on-time delivery of quality products. Developed.

Bs, Industrial Enginerring

Mba, Corporate Management

Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma

Green Belt, Lean Six Sigma