Russ Haug Email & Phone Number

Duluth, Georgia, Us

■ Oversee all Operations for AGCO Hesston Paint and Assembly plants. ■ Facilitate and coach continuous improvement kaizen activities targeting savings of over $1M.■ Drive data analysis and process improvement focused on reducing defects per unit by 30%■ Promote a preventive safety approach through risk assessments, 5S, and safety kaizens.■ Develop the problem solving skills and strategic thinking of my leadership team.

Hesston, Ks, Us

■ Gordian specializes in providing process improvement consulting for service industry organizations

Hesston, Kansas, Us

■ Able to sell both corporate managers and front line employees on the mindset needed to implement new accountability strategies for safety, leading to a 27% decrease in OSHA recordable incidents within 2 years saving $124K annually in claims costs. ■ Introduced lean methodologies to address quality bringing about an 11% rise in first time yield over 3 years.■ Looked at logistics to revitalize outbound shipping and cut product delivery time to ½ of the industry standard. ■ Created peer-review groups to address solutions to workplace injuries; pin-pointed over 20 areas for improvement instigating a cost saving reduction in monthly accidents. ■ Revamped problematic paint line production to more than double volume within 4 weeks and reduced the number of units needing rework from 100s to less than 20 daily.■ Introduced technologies and up-to-date machinery resulting in 5 times faster production than traditionally achieved. ■ Recognized potential for manager struggling in position and coached him to lead and improve his team to top performers reaching 98% first time yield and sustaining it.■ Administered a $50M budget improving profit margin until 7% was reached for the first time in 10 years.■ Employed better space utilization to increase plant capacity from 350 units to 900 per day. ■ Realized a decrease in manufacturing cost per unit year after year while also navigating periods of growth up to 194%.

■ Took over management for a startup whose only customer was threatening to pull their contract due to consistently late deliveries, reached 100% on time delivery rating within 6 months. ■ Turnaround of contract performance resulted in a customer nomination for an Award of Excellence, earning a contract increase from $50K to over $2M. ■ Capitalized on relationship with client to sell $1/4M contract to one of client’s international contractors.

Master Of Business Operational Excellence

B.S. In Mechanical Engineering