Bradley Pederson Email & Phone Number

Tubular Louisville

♦ Become the world’s safest steel company through serving our Teammates first.♦ Build partnerships based on integrity and trust with every teammate, partner and customer to ensure mutual long-term success.♦ Grow and develop the talent of Nucor.♦ Drive open and honest communication at all levels of our company.♦ Be profitable through all cycles.

Vulcraft Nebraska

Kansas City, Missouri Area

A Nucor Company - The Largest Steel Company in the United States♦ Responsible for the Safety-First culture in each of the 5 AMR facilities. Drive every decision first and foremost around the safety of nearly 200 teammates throughout AMR. ♦ Support Safety as priority #1 and the goal to zero accidents.♦ Responsible for coordinating production, safety, environmental programs and teammate retention throughout AMR. Conduct plant operation reviews with plant managers and supervisors to ensure compliance, performance objectives and financial/budget results.♦ Responsible for full P&L across all of AMR facilities, find methods to drive profitability through a broader range of the macroeconomic cycle.♦ Interpret complex financials, market data and trends to model difference scenarios within operations in alignment with a changing industry, market or economic conditions.♦ Translate the vision and business strategy into goals and objectives departments, facilities and individuals.♦ Represent the organization in regional community and political matters.

Kansas City, Ks

Responsible for the tactical and strategic operations of two vertically integrated food grade plastic packaging manufacturing plants with 250+ employees that generate close to $100M in sales. Departmental responsibilities include Safety, Quality, Manufacturing, Maintenance, Continuous Improvement and Product Development.♦ Leader of safety efforts to ensure the plant is accident free. In first year at PPT, reduced OSHA recordable incidents throughout both manufacturing plants by 69%, year over year. During entire duration, reduced workers compensation costs on average by more than 50% and reduced workers compensation insurance premium by over 25%.♦ Strengthen and develop the Operations Leadership Team to drive improvements in Safety, Quality and Productivity. Developed first time managers into stronger leaders of associates with emphasis on individual emotional quotient.♦ Drive Continuous Improvement through KAIZEN events to reduce setup time and increase throughput. KAIZEN events in lamination and converting have lead to 30%+ increase in productivity with 25%-40% reductions in scrap.♦ Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Level II certification and recertification for both manufacturing plants.♦ Develop and enhance plant maintenance to include CMMS for preventative and predictive maintenance to reduce unplanned downtime. CMMS based work queue prioritized to improve hours on work order efficiency.♦ Improve gross margin on targeted customer / product lines throughout the converting production process, with actual bottom line impact in excess of $2M.♦ Developed automated product design and specification through web / AutoCAD / Abobe Illustrator to increase speed to market.

Kansas City, Ks

Recruited by Plastic Packaging Technologies, LLC in late 2014 to lead the qualitymanagement system (QMS), the evaluation and determination of optimal technologies, process settings and controls on production lines, associate training & certification programs, leadership and management of regulatory/compliance matters including third-party certifications and Safety/OSHA matters.♦ Repaired customer relationships struggling with historical quality issues, including 3 of the top 5 highest revenue customers.♦ Enhanced the Quality Management System, including documentation framework, policies and procedures for improved quality. ♦ Recertified Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Level II for both manufacturing plants. Recertified ISO 9001:2008 for both plants and supported future certification of ISO 9001:2015.♦ Developed a continuous improvement strategy and team, hired two Process Engineers. Completed three KAIZEN events resulting in significant improvements in productivity and product quality.

Kansas City, Kansas

Responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of a 90+ employee, $110M operation. Responsibilities center on the overall management, direction and coordination of plant operations in executing company objectives. Facility functional areas of Safety, Quality, Production, Scheduling, Inventory Control, Maintenance and Engineering.♦ Safety! Led efforts to ensure the plant is accident free. Certified OSHAS 18001 in 2014.♦ Responsible for Safety, Quality, Production, Supply Chain (w/ scheduling), Plant Maintenance and Financial Performance.♦ Defined, hired and focused a team of engineers to drive strategic continuous improvement♦ Directed planning, process development and overall manufacturing performance. Achieved near world class levels in weekly schedule attainment.♦ Accomplished an unplanned 18% increase in annual volume at less than 2% increase in actual to budget spend♦ Quality! Maintained the highest of quality standards, earned A rated BRC (British Retail Consortium) Food Safe facility for 2014. Focused on First Time Right production.♦ Developed long range goals and objectives for the plant

Lenexa, Ks

Lead demand and inventory planning throughout the supply chain for Corbion (Caravan). Responsible for $400M+ sales forecast and $41M in total finished good, WIP and raw material inventory. Manage and support plant production schedules. Drive inventory reductions throughout the supply chain network from Finished Goods to Raw Materials.♦ Drove the implementation of a best in class commercial Demand Planning Software Package.♦ Developed inventory and forecast strategies to support new product launches to ensure product availability♦ Reduced total inventory levels by $2M (~5%) in the first 6 months of 2013 using process based tactics at both the Finished Goods and Raw Material levels.♦ Managed forecast accuracy and inventory risk related to a multi-year SKU optimization reduction project.Accountable for performance reviews, task management, associate hiring and terminations.

Canton, Ohio Area

Managed all demand and inventory planning for an $800M portfolio of Large Bore products in North America, with global oversight in Europe and Asia. Lead a 9 member team of demand planners, inventory planners and special project resources. Drive monthly S&OP process in North America. Coordinate closely with cross functional teams in Customer Service and Product Marketing. Selected Contributions:♦ Managed 2-person demand planning team to drive S&OP process monthly♦ Managed 4 person inventory planning team to review weekly stock positions, monthly forecasting and quarterly statistical model reviews♦ Directed a 3 person, global multi year, product supersession project♦ Developed and presented to Executive leadership the forward year business plan demand forecast

Lead all aspects of short-term projects to improve global supply chain function across distribution, logistics, inventory cost control, raw material strategies, and lead-time reduction. Interact and coordinate with stakeholder departments; communicate extensively to achieve project goals. Document, prepare and present project reports. Identify and capitalize on areas for improvement.Selected Contributions:♦ Directed a 14-person, cross-functional team to affect continuous improvement of supply chain, targeting order management and distribution network for acquired business. ♦ Played key role in integrating the acquired company's supply chain functions projected to provide 15% revenue growth in the following year.♦ Directed project involving three-month assignment in Wuxi, China, to achieve 50% reduction in product lead-time and opening global market for domestic organization.♦ Developed processes to forecast packaging requirements for distribution centers.♦ Crafted and implemented a process control plan that ensured consistent management of raw materials inventory.

Directed all aspects of project design, development, testing, implementation and support for a new, world-class manufacturing engineering data management system and extensive process automation. Administered multi-million dollar budget; led 12 cross-functional team members; coordinated project deployment across three domestic and one Chinese manufacturing plant. Trained power users at all plants.Selected Contributions:♦ Achieved implementation of Teamcenter Manufacturing across all four plants within only nine months.♦ Integrated new system with SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system across materials, bills of materials (BOMs), routing and production orders.♦ Crafted bilingual English / Chinese manufacturing process document for custom production orders.

Provided engineering leadership across multiple manufacturing processes and evaluated processes according to design of experiment (DOE) principles. Crafted request for quote (RFQ), analyzed submissions and selected design; managed resulting project.Selected Contributions:♦ Successfully optimized product finish while minimizing cycle time through effective DOE use and process analysis.♦ Averted tens of thousands of dollars in recurring fees by converting engineering software licensing structure.

Interfaced with customers and liaised with internal departments to analyze issues, identify root cause, and develop options for performance improvement. Built strong customer relationships. Fostered optimal communication among stakeholders. Developed and delivered highly technical presentations. Selected Contributions:♦ Identified and crafted successful solutions for performance-inhibiting factors in products.♦ Designed and deployed a Web-based portal that improved communication and analysis capabilities for cross-functional personnel without external intervention.

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Delta Sigma Phi

Master Of Science, Mechnical Engineering

Mba, Finance