Robert Acker Email & Phone Number

Pompano Beach, Florida

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Brewster

• Manufacturer of sputtering targets, evaporation materials and machined components. Special process capabilities include vacuum induction melting, inert gas hot processing, rolling/forging operations and state of the.
• Established production standards, metrics, and performance monitoring systems
• Successfully implemented 5S concepts throughout operations
• Spearheaded safety committee-team was comprised of hourly and salary volunteers
• Responsible for 75 employees in New York and 10 in Santa Clara
• Continuous improvement savings of greater than 250k

• Recommend and spearhead business process improvements positively affecting budget and operational efficiencies. Identify, develop, and implement wide range of continuous improvement initiatives.
• Implementation of SAP into Brewster and Santa Clara sites
• Green Belt project to reduced cycle time of Production Orders from 10 days to 1.

• Provided leadership for 50 production personnel at 2 sites with 5 direct reports. Led the daily operations providing direct oversight for all aspects of manufacturing. Established initiatives that worked to lower.
• Increased on-time performance from 70% to greater than 95%
• Improved lead times from 30 days to less than 20
• Led safety initiatives that resulted in zero recordable injuries
• Reduced inventory from 15kk to 10kk
• Improved gross margin on core products from 21% to 30%.