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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Area

Focused on manufacturing optimization, innovation and strategy.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Area

Leading global engineering, technology and factory performance. Focus is on driving innovation in all areas of process, product and equipment and ensuring that these innovations can be applied and sustained world wide. Driven by guiding principles of Collaboration and Partnership.Engaged with R&D, Packaging and Commercial partners on new product development driving and funding corporate growth with a focus on leading Supply and Demand effectiveness and efficiency at a world class level. Managing a multi-million dollar capital expenditure program including key focus in the area of planet sustainability and strategic initiatives involving feasibility studies on global sourcing and manufacturing capacity.

Led North American Supply Chain Engineering. Managed mulit-million dollar divisional capital expenditure program, championed growth savings through indirect material procurement, vertical integration and operational effectiveness. Partnered with key corporate and Supply Chain functional leaders including, Marketing, Quality/Regulatory, Operations, EOHS, Finance and R&D.Assessed contract manufacturing ROI cost and cross border sourcing to define viable strategic projects.

Managed a high performance engineering and maintenance team at leading manufacturing facility for North America. Accountable for multi-million dollar annual capital program with functional integration of TPM, EOHS and Quality initiatives into engineering systems. Championed continuous improvement programs, leading the development of new innovative process solutions, including flexible changeovers, optimized cycle times and a plant MRO program.

Led rapid engineering process for design, implementation and management of major capital projects across North America, Developed engineering standards and project management principles for executing strategic growth initiatives and speed to market. Pioneered continuous post differentiation process and led the development of an integrated team approach to engineered solutions.

Responsible for manufacturing engineering projects across a wide range of product processes. Developed standards for project scope definition, capital estimating, equipment procurement, contract management, planning and scheduling, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement programs.

Managed an extensive warehouse distribution process, utilizing SAP systems for order management.Industrial Engineer, 1985Led feasibility studies of manufacturing systems and manufacturing product costs analysis.