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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 of locking devices and hardware to meet our customers growing need for security, safety, and maximum protection against meter tampering and theft of service. • 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, mining, and bio-fuels industries. Annual sales of $50 million. A subsidiary of Fisher Barton, Inc., a multi-industry manufacturing organization based in Waukesha, WI.Business Unit Manager• 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.