Ryan Arledge Email & Phone Number

Kalamazoo, MI, US

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Winston Salem, North Carolina

Operational Excellence program manager and Black Belt project manager

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Responsible for data analytics and business process improvements for targeted account’s reverse supply chain.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

• Responsible for business process analysis and improvements within the System 21 ERP scope. Facilitate continuous improvement projects across the business. Support all departments with System 21 and operations challenges.
• Set overall inventory planning strategy including stock levels for raw materials and finished units. Established Sales, Inventory, & Operations (SIOP) plan for managing within System 21. Support operations with.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

• Manage procurement, sourcing, production control, and inventory control teams for all required materials for the plant. Interface with Group Purchasing unit from holding company for global sourcing projects and Value.
• Facilitated a cross functional team to redesign warehousing and assembly line space within expanded facility.
• Project manager for ERP integration (Infor’s System 21) into business operations, replacing obsolete business software and facilitating the trainings, test scripts, and readiness assessments necessary for the final.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

• Manage purchasing team in procurement for all raw materials, purchased finished goods, instruments, accessories, & spare parts for the Anatomical Pathology – Kalamazoo site. Serve as strategic sourcing manager for the.
• Expanded import coordinator duties to ensure compliance to corporate Global Trade Compliance and federal import guidelines, including FDA, FCC, and all DHS related inquiries. Actively classify under HTS the various.
• Expanded PPI role as site PPI Administrator; responsible for deployment of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across departments. Facilitate Kaizen events and continue to train and support teams in problem solving..
• As Division PPI Master Trainer, responsible for qualifying other site PPI Process Managers and assisting in launching PPI in their respective business units.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

• Manage international supply chain, specifically imports, to the Americas for all instruments, accessories, and spare parts within the Instrumentation product portfolio for the Anatomical Pathology Division. Responsible.
• Assist the strategic product managers in new product launches and serve on commercialization and post-launch support teams. Full ECO deployment into manufacturing system, including costing, item master, bills of.
• Serve as import coordinator for APD Kalamazoo, MI and Fremont, CA, overseeing the Import Management System as directed by Corporate Global Trade Compliance guidelines.
• Serve as a Practical Process Improvement (PPI) Process Manager for APD Kalamazoo, facilitating trainings (4-6 per year) and guiding both training and Solo teams; serve on site PPI Steering Committee. Strong emphasis on.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

• In addition to responsibilities as materials manager, oversee entire manufacturing operations as plant manager. Responsible for all direct labor, operations, policies, scheduling, and other various activities relating.
• Managed development of the company price book, which required mastery in Excel and Access; product costing, product classification/segmentation, and product pricing skills; and strong project management skills.
• Coordinated with IT partner to facilitate new IT network structure and the migration of company’s ERP package (“M2M”) from a Visual FoxPro based software to Microsoft SQL.
• Global focus through the development of the company’s export program (principally in NAFTA), transfer pricing, global logistics, import models, and dealing with multinational customers and distributors.
• Change management expertise in 5S implementations, lean systems (including value stream mapping, Kanban planning and execution, supplier training, visual trigger management, group technology, and employee training.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

• Oversight of all personnel and processes for planning and execution for production, purchasing, receiving, and shipping of capital equipment and customer MROs. Includes purchasing for office, manufacturing, and.
• Responsible for full company supply chain management, including validation, performance measurement, pricing, delivery, contract resolution, quality, and all partnership agreements with all suppliers.
• Successfully migrated the company’s dependence on metal fabrication from a single source to four qualified sources, increasing flexibility, reducing lead time, and dramatically improving quality of incoming fabricated.
• Continued membership and leadership on “Lean” function teams, facilitating lean manufacturing concepts in manufacturing, sales and marketing, service, and back-office to eliminate waste and add value to the products.
• Responsibility for product release and ECO implementation into the manufacturing system (Made2Manage) as well as full shop deployment (i.e., drawings, routings, work instructions, tools, training, etc.)
• Continued assistance and liaison with the Motan Group Quality teams for execution of the Quality Management System. Responsible for all Motan, Inc. quality programs and initiatives.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

• Continued planning activities for all purchases; scheduled sales orders for production; oversight of a buyer and a purchasing assistant.
• Responsible for implementation of Engineering Change Orders (ECO) into the purchasing and production planning systems.
• Team member for Lean Manufacturing Implementation Team.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

• Planned for purchasing of all production parts through material requirements planning (MRP) data; continued assistance with management of QMS

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

• Assisted the QA Manager with management of company’s ISO 9001 QMS
• Certified ISO 9001: 2000 Internal Auditor

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

• Supervised evening programs for at-risk inner-city kids; coordinated activities and volunteer staff; maintained discipline of children; large group public speaking.
• Minor maintenance of facility; worked with light and sound equipment; supervised the facility’s computer center.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management, 3.92

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.93

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