Ed Saunders Email & Phone Number

Middleton, Tennessee, United States

Decatur, TN

• Responsible for leading continuous improvement efforts, product costing, profit/loss reporting, monthly profit/loss variance projections, set job assignments and capital equipment justifications.
• Supervise Process Engineer, Plant Accountant, Supply Room Lead and Supply Room Kitter.
• Responsible for developing the annual operating budget of $35M for the facility as well as the capital spending budget.
• Responsible for plant asset management and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Provide assistance through reports, observations and method studies to make improvements on processes.
• Converted manual waste tracking in log books to system tracking using barcodes which allowed for analysis by waste type, department, shift, machine and cause which helped reduce total waste from 0.8% to 0.5%.

Decatur, TN

• Provide guidance to plant leadership on process improvement opportunities at the facility.
• Provide leadership & technical support to Six Sigma Black & Green Belts in effectively using this methodology.
• Lead plant personnel in selecting & defining projects using Six Sigma methods to help the facility meet savings goals.
• Provide reporting to divisional and corporate management on process improvement projects to ensure progress towards plant goals and document activities in the corporate database.
• Utilize Lean principles & methods as additional drivers of continuous improvement.

Rockwood, TN

Verified labor & material standards and quality yield necessary for costing in a high volume production environment.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Responsible for managing SOP Analysts & supporting Project Managers in new client acquisitions and the setup of processes until SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) could be written & implemented.
• Lead company SOP writing and auditing efforts, resulting in completion of 375 out of 500 identified SOPs in ten months.
• Developed product specification sheets for warehouse fulfillment personnel to help support the distribution of products.
• Developed client specification sheets, which defined our client’s service levels and expectations.