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Recycled and Prime Resin Compounding

Established profitable business operations in North America for technology water purification, reuse and industrial wastewater company. Leads direct sales and distribution channels, account management, marketing, branding, sales forecasting and reporting, system design, engineering development, purchasing, supply chain, warehouse management, logistics, project management and customer service. Directs nine employees and multimillion-dollar P&L.STARTUPSLed business from product concept to market launch. Identified, qualified, and closed 31 accounts in the US, Mexico and Canada, driving revenue from start-up to multimillion-dollar growth, with projected YoY growth of 50%.PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTCreated TrueBlue™ suite of systems, with pre/post treatment options, achieving up to 100% reuse of challenging industrial wastewater for automotive, heavy equipment and aerospace manufacturersBUSINESS EXPANSIONExpanded business to New Zealand, with multimillion-dollar business opportunity value.MANUFACTURING FACILITY MANAGEMENT Orchestrated lease/retrofit of 20,000 square foot manufacturing facility in 2014, projected to deliver $1.2M savings annually.

Circleville, Ohio, Us

2008 – 2011Executed a complete financial and operational turnaround during recessionary period to ensure automotive and commercial parts manufacturer’s ongoing viability. Led total operations, quality, quoting and costing, engineering, customer service, material, accounting, and tooling and equipment engineering. Directed 400 employees and multimillion-dollar P&L.EXPERT NEGOTIATIONSNegotiated and signed contracts with 11 new customers, driving multimillion-dollar revenue growth.PROFITABLE BUSINESS TRANFORMATIONTransformed injection molding facility in Circleville, Ohio, boosting multimillion-dollar plant revenue, and improving negative profitability to >35% contribution margin in six months.PROCESS ENGINEERINGReengineered chrome-plating process, delivering million-dollar operating profit annually.FACILITY MANAGEMENTBuilt new manufacturing facility in Canada to supply parts to Honda Canada, generating multimillion-dollar revenue.EFFICIENCY EXPERTLaunched >250 new injection molds and stabilized development of complex tooling. Expanded plant capacity and improved overall equipment effectiveness from <50% to 83%.

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Transformed the operations of nine failing automotive and heavy truck interior parts manufacturing plants. Led total operations, quality, materials, engineering, customer service, accounting and equipment engineering. Directed 1,100 employees and multimillion-dollar P&L.REVENUE GROWTHLaunched new heavy truck and automotive business, grew multimillion-dollar revenue in 15 months.MANUFACTURING OPERATIONSOptimized manufacturing operations, reducing scrap from 6% to <2%, leading to multimillion-dollar cost improvement.PROCESS IMPROVEMENTStreamlined workflow processes, reducing headcount 18% with multimillion-dollar annual savings.INVENTORY MANAGEMENTStandardized inventory management, reducing inventory days 44%, from 29 to 16.FINANCAL MANAGEMENTEliminated two layers of management and established detailed KPI reporting, saving multimillion-dollar annual savings.

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Us

Led a complete financial and operational turnaround of the interior automotive parts manufacturing facility in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Responsible for operations, materials management, quality and cost controls. Directed up to 821 employees and multimillion-dollar P&L.BUSINESS EXPANSIONLed successful expansion of business, more than doubling annual revenue from $70M to $157M.OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCYFully rationalized and improved division operations, decreasing headcount from 821 to 430, and reducing inventory days 58%, from 21 days to 8.7 days.MANUFACTURING PROCESS IMPROVEMENT Implemented a production planning, scheduling and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes, improving material variance from 4.9% to <.9%, and reducing scrap from 5% to <.8%.

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Selected for a one year assignment at M-Tek facility, one of Honda’s automotive parts suppliers to stabilize production quality and delivery of all parts shipped to Honda plants. Revamped manufacturing operations to ensure timely delivery, with multimillion-dollar savings in expedited freight costs. Reduced customer quality concerns from 6,900 ppm to 16 ppm.

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Realigned seating fabric and leather development at all fabric, leather and seating suppliers to meet timing of new car model releases. Implemented new R&D systems and launched 12 full interiors across North America.

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Progressed through multiple STAFF ENGINEERING and PLANT PROJECT LEADER positions at East Liberty and Marysville Auto Plants. Managed business planning, quality improvement and ISO 9002 certification initiatives. Led plant-wide team of Japanese and American staff in the launch of 1996 Honda Civic Sedan and Coupe.