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Batesville, Indiana, US

• Adapted to organizational restructuring and transitioned to a new role.
• Created a semantic model for Sales and Operations in Power BI.
• Led Industry 4.0 road mapping for plant and IT/OT network separation.
• Evaluated Industry 4.0 solutions for business applications.
• Redefined warehouse data structure needs for dimension tables.
• Developed a Supply Chain Business Intelligence Roadmap.

Batesville, Indiana, US

• Led product innovation to allow for robotic welding automation.
• Reduced Burial SKUs from 2,400+ to 600+ to enhance Sales and Supply Chain effectiveness.
• Co-led divestiture from Publicly Traded Firm to a Private Equity Firm.
• Created a Shop Floor Execution System for a sister company to aid in their divestiture.
• Led user and customer testing for a new web platform launch.
• Increased production during the COVID-19 pandemic by 20% in one plant.

Batesville, Indiana, US

• Responsible for leading all aspects of the Batesville Warehousing, Transportation, Distribution, Scheduling, and Call Center Teams which is over 1,000 people
• Provide Lean and Management Training for the Annual Supply Chain Meeting
• Backfilled for the Vice President of Supply Chain for 2 months
• Lead a project to simplify Products and Processes for 4 months identifying over $1.5 million of annual savings
• Lead the team through a Strategic Planning process identifying $3.5 million in annual savings projects
• Implemented Daily Management Process saving more than $250K monthly

Batesville, Indiana, US

• Lead the Scheduling, Call Center, Purchasing, and Value Engineering teams along with working with the VP, Supply Chain to set and drive the Lean Business initiatives for Batesville.
• Provided Lean and Management Training at annual Supply Chain Conferences
• Implemented Supply Chain Finance with suppliers extending terms from 60 to 150 days improving cash flow by $26 million
• Implemented cost savings projects saving over $4 million annually
• Managed contracting process with vendors
• Supported in various capacities Plant consolidation activities

Batesville, Indiana, US

• Responsible for leading the Supply Chain Scheduling team and Funeral Directors Assistance Center.
• Provided Lean and Management Training at Supply Chain Meetings
• Created and Implemented new scheduling processes
• Developed new Promotion order entry process reducing 95% of the rework and reducing time spent by 80%
• Reduced number of customer shortages by 61% in one year
• Reduced expedited Shipments by over $400,000

Batesville, Indiana, US

• Responsible for leading the Materials team for Batesville IN Operations, scheduling the plant daily, and leading the shipping/receiving team
• Reduced inventory by over $400,000
• Reduced days on hand by 17%
• Implemented pull system on 100% of the direct materials from the Assembly Plants in 1.5 years (1524 SKUs and 158 Vendors)
• Implemented pull systems on 100% of Stamping direct materials and production scheduling

Batesville, Indiana, US

• Co-led Kaizen events and lean training sessions.
• Improved quality by 36% while reducing HPUs by 11% as Interiors Group Leader.
• Helped define and design a paperless Shop Floor Execution System.

Jasper, Indiana, US

• Responsible for all Production related activities including Materials Management, Production Control, Computer Systems, Personnel issues, Environmental Compliance, and Customer Service for a Hospitality Furniture Company
• Managed 10 direct reports and 107 hourly team members
• Reduced labor content from 45% to 23% in 5 months while increasing production by 62%
• Worked with various vendors to reduce costs by over 12% from the previous year
• Managed a factory closing

• Responsible for materials management, production scheduling, and IT systems.
• Reduced WIP by $100K (80% reduction) and lead time reduction of 30 days to 8 days.
• Managed vendor relationships
• Conducted Supplier Development consulting on Lean and TOC principles to help operation.
• Managed transition from solely MRP to a combination of Kanban and MRP production systems

West Chester, Ohio, US

Grew an account from $10K per week to $100K+ per week.