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Eau Claire, WI, US

Leveraging over 30 years of experience in manufacturing in positions from Front Line Supervisor to Supply Chain Manager to General Manager to Vice President of Operations, I work with my clients to develop a Strategic Plan to grow their company profitably and work with their teams to implement sustainable Lean Operations.

Chippewa Falls, WI, US

• Lead the global operations at a $50M dairy ventilation company. My job was to lead the organization in margin improvement through supplier development, Lean Enterprise implementation, and implementation of ISO 9001.
• Hypergrowth: Spearheaded enterprise project involving configurable to order product, simplification, new ERP solution, and data automation which took annual revenue from $15M to $50M over last 30 months and positioned.
• Capital Projects: Led all aspects of capital project to consolidate four locations by constructing 115K sq. ft. facility which improved production processes and streamlined operations.
• Acquisition Integration: Enabled smooth workflows and seamless assimilation of (2) new company acquisition into company culture, processes, and products while overseeing full integration lifecycle.
• Lead margin improvement of 29% ($4.5M annualized) through supplier consolidation and Lean implementation in the product assembly process
• Change Management: Facilitated transition from on-site, to remote, and then to hybrid work environment over past 3.5 years while concurrently maintaining optimal production levels and managing offshore operations

• Leveraging my entrepreneurial spirit, industry experience, and solutions-oriented approach, I executed a diverse range of engagements for 2nd stage companies. The role called on me to apply my subject matter expertise.
• Turnaround Management: Enabled client in Baldwin, Wisconsin with $300K in annual revenue to increase monthly incomes from $8K loss to $10K profit by planning and executing comprehensive turnaround project.
• Project Management: Guided turnaround initiative for Plastic Injection Molder company which resulted in first profitable year since acquisition and first business awards after ten-year drought.
• C-Suite Leadership: Hand-selected to serve as Interim CEO and President of Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce in recognition for positioning several enterprises to achieve business excellence.

Hudson, WI, US

• During my last role with Philips Plastics, I supervised day-to-day operations at two facilities with a $1.7M capital budget and $35M in revenue. My scope of responsibility covered P&L management, capital project.
• Business Development: Achieved highest new revenue growth in facility’s 29-year history by driving new business and growing sales by $32M between 2010 and 2013.
• Strategic Business Planning: Devised strategic roadmap focused on targeted sales growth, tactical pricing, and cost improvement projects which turned around negative sales and EBITA trend to 6% sales and 13.2% EBITDA.
• New Product Launch: Vastly improved launch process using Kaizen Events to retool new product launch operations and achieve greater cross-functional involvement during launch.
• Cost Savings: Slashed costs related to direct labor, fixed and variable overhead, materials, and total cost of quality by executing LSS strategy that utilized 5S, Kaizen, “Poor Man’s DMAIC, and Six Sigma.

Hudson, WI, US

• As the Operations Manager, I created and established policies that aligned each department’s competing goals with our overall strategic plan. I also managed our P&L along with the execution of a corporate-wide lean.
• Employee Engagement: Cut waste and gained employee buy-in for continuous improvement projects by championing Kaizen, 5S, 5 Why Root Cause, and Total Productive Maintenance events throughout facility.
• Department Restructuring: Reorganized poorly performing Materials department by establishing Visual Schedule and turning group into key contributor towards facilities’ financial success.
• Lean Methodologies: Earned recognition throughout corporation for developing and guiding implementation of Lean strategy which became enterprise-wide model for operations.

Hudson, WI, US

• Earlier in my career, I was responsible for customer service, planning, purchasing, and warehouse operations. My main duties were to develop our first Visual Schedule using MRP and Kanban while also creating a.
• Supply Chain Excellence: Enabled under-performing supply chain team to raise on-time delivery rates from 89% to 99% while also decreasing premium freight bill by $6,500 per month and inventory reduction from $3.2M to.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Empowered leadership team to make data-driven decisions by making critical contributions towards creating and implementing real-time data collection processes within production operations.
• Professional Growth: Earned promotion in 2003 from Team Lead to Materials Manager in recognition for effectively leading up to sixty team members while also boosting productivity, reducing scrap, and applying lean.

Chippewa Falls, WI, US