Rob Rouse Email & Phone Number

Carol Stream, IL, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Facilitate second step grievance meetings with the union members and provide responses in the best interest of the company
• Lead day to day operations including daily production reports, Gemba walks and managing over 200 hourly employees, supervisors and managers
• Act on behalf of the plant manager when he is offsite including daily and weekly reporting for production and finance
• Complete all monthly reporting including SLT and MOR Meetings and Operating reviews and lead each of the events with the team

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Lead and manage Lean Projects for the Carol Stream facility
• Lead the Midwest Lean Alliance Call to share best practices
• Standardize processes across the Midwest and identify best practices for the company
• Train Management and hourly workforce on Lean concepts
• Set-up machinery and created/trained standard operating procedures for the successful onboarding of the Maravac process in Carol Stream.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Reduced the waste at a contract manufacturer generating microwave bowls from over 10% waste to maintaining waste of under 4% resulting in a cost savings of $239M
• Reduced gluing complaints for Nestle Cartons in the Menasha & Mitchell facilities by nearly eliminating all defects from the process generating $121M in savings
• Optimized the packing process during a business transfer from ATL to Charlotte transforming the business from negative to positive margin generating $633M in savings
• Reduced the white waste at Kalamazoo Carton by 25% saving $220M annually

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Supervised 3 quality technicians including coaching, scheduling and payroll through ADP
• Developed standard operating procedures for the quality technicians to streamline work which resulted in restructuring of the department reducing headcount by one person
• Mentored the quality department interns and assigned projects to develop their understanding of the business while providing value for the company
• Managed and maintained the customer and vendor complaint process for the plant
• Led the plant through recertification audits for SQF with scores of over 98%
• Led and managed Lean/Six Sigma projects for the plant resulting in $1.4MM in savings for the facility

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Led and managed Lean and cost reduction projects for the facility resulting in $400M in cost savings for the plant
• Managed and maintained the customer complaint system
• Developed and maintained data collection programs
• Responsible for preparing the site for SQF Certification and creating corporate documents for SQF and HACCP

• OEE Data Collection
• Data acquisition and analysis using Excel macros
• Measurement System Analysis
• Responsible for quality assurance for fabrics to meet customer requirements

Muskegon, Michigan, US

• Conducted an onsite customer visit to recommend changes to optimize operating conditions of machinery
• Research and development on customer projects resulting in new processes to recover metal from a solution

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Responsible for 20 direct reports and workflow direction to ensure customer satisfaction
• Created staffing schedules to minimize wait time during peak periods
• General customer service responsibilities including cashiering and taking orders
• Balanced registers and inventory at the end of a shift and when receiving shipments