Scott Radeker Email & Phone Number

United States

Louisville Metropolitan Area

Louisville Metropolitan Area

Louisville, Kentucky

Provided galvanizing leadership to over 100 team members located in the USA, Japan, China, Philippines, Hungary, and Germany, while managing daily operations for quality, engineering, and safety departments. Responsible for P&L/Budgets (CapEx: up to $10MM, OpEx: up to $75MM, 85% EBIDTA), as well as process improvements, KPI implementation, strategic goal development, and on-time/on-budget project completionKey AccomplishmentsDeployed multiple technical/commercial improvements to provide a competitive advantage in the marketImplemented enhanced centrifuge technology, superior ultra-filtration techniques, and new dehydration processesDirected a Korean Solar business project, overseeing operations while creating the business structure, hiring local employees and completing the entire project within 6 months of landing contractHandled up to $8MM in project expenses; recruited 5 staff members and developed roadmap allowing growth, becoming a 35-team member department with a fully operational site Championed efforts to attain the ISO 9001 certification, guiding a team through 7 different audits resulting in zero non-conformities; reduced external audit conformities from 8 to 2 within a 2-year timeframeHeaded preparation efforts for the 2019 audit, resulting in zero findings (no major/minor non-conformances)Skillfully managed business relationships, generating contract extensions and implementing amendments that produced an increase in revenue/EBIDTA, and extended deals into multi-year agreementsAchieved 25% more revenue from Japan and extended terms for China operations until 2023Led the recruitment and retention initiatives while managing performance evaluations, creating a healthy working environment with less than 2% turnover per year

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Oversaw international engineering activities and projects as well as a six-member engineering staff within a multi-project environment. I designed, constructed, and installed proprietary recycling technology at sites across the US and Europe for projects with a typical life cycle of four to eight months and budgets ranging from $5.5K to $6M. Led multidisciplinary Lean engineering process improvement initiative to simplify recycling systems resulting in a reduction in initial capital investment from $6M to $7M per system down to $3M to $4M per system.

Greater St. Louis

Responsible for managing yield and scrap rates, plant performance forecasts, budgeting expenses and revenue, handling quality systems, and leading a team of 80 operators/20 engineers to meet metrics/goals. Developed strategic plans for the entire facility, collaborating with business leaders in decision making, goal setting and business analysis (SWOT); relied upon to manage a $700K annual budget Key AccomplishmentsDeployed a slurry recycling system that provided a $250k savings per yearCreated new methods to capture data and measure process performance, reducing scrap and rework by over 5%Implemented lean manufacturing principles to shorten the turn-around time between steps, increasing efficiency by 70%, going from a 2.5-hour cycle to a 40-minute processServed as an interim shift supervisor for 18 consecutive months, converting a low performing team into a top-rated group, exceeding yield/productivity and attendance metrics

Greater St. Louis Area

Planned, designed, and facilitated master-level degree coursework in Operations Management, Lean Manufacturing, and Supply Chain Management.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

Master'S Degree, Engineering/Industrial Management