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Franklin, Wisconsin, United States

S&C Electric Company founded in 1911 is a Chicago-based company that designs and manufactures switches, protection, and control products for electric power transmission and distribution.

Cudahy, WI

• Highfield Manufacturing Company is a division of Rexnord Industries, LLC. Highfield is the leading producer of high-quality security systems for the electric, gas, and water utility industries. Offering a complete line.
• Responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating all manufacturing operations. Specifically around three components: execution, organization, and improvement strategy.
• Forecasting and delivering performance; managing day-to-day activities to achieve targets and improve Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC) goals (Execution).
• Developing and managing teams, including talent development and performance management.
• Developing and implementing the long-term operations strategy to create sustainable SQDC improvements.
• Managed Shipping & Receiving.

Watertown, WI

• Fisher Barton Specialty Products, Watertown, WI Manufacturer of performance-enhanced wear components, including heat-treated stampings, weldments, and coated knives and blades, used in the agricultural, construction.
• Responsibility for development and implementation of four Business Units in conjunction with two other Business Unit Managers.
• Responsibility for the $12 million Short Run business unit including establishing budgets and ownership of P&L.
• Implemented SQDC metrics and lean manufacturing principals in three of the four business units.

Watertown, Wi 53094

Delavan, WI

• Directed daily operations for purchasing, scheduling, receiving, cycle counting and material handling team.
• Established and maintained inventory controls, reducing Raw and WIP inventories by a minimum of $200,000, by establishing Kanbans and identifying setup reduction opportunities.

Delavan, WI

• Responsibilities included on-time delivery of materials to both internal and external customers. Managing process improvements, team building, using Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Managed activities of the cross functional team to satisfy customer requirements.
• Established self-directed teams, facilitated Kaizen and SMED events.
• Responsibility for establishing and maintaining annual budgets for three departments.

Delavan

• Led team implementing SAP and supported global operations for Production Planning module in SAP.
• Participated in the development, testing, and planning phases for all new roll-outs of SAP to locations both in the United States and abroad.

Waterford - Delavan

• Held several positions within Sta-Rite, starting with working on the assembly floor and moving into management positions.