➤ Managing more than 100 open projects from production to shipment with direct, proactive contact with clients.➤ Interviewing all new production personnel, supervising 20 production staff, and co-managing 35 wire technicians.➤ Completing annual staff performance reviews, taking any disciplinary actions needed, and recommending pay increases.➤ Overseeing development of new and experienced production staff and successfully maintaining low employee turnover.➤ Tracking labor hours expended versus labor hours bid per project and monitoring project budgets through production.➤ Interfacing with engineers regarding technical changes or updates and work with suppliers on delivery and pricing.➤ Coordinating inventory and purchase orders and applying 13 years of experience with ERP and 13 years with MRP.➤ Managing project scheduling, tracking production, and coordinating supplies/ materials for delivery prior to production.➤ Tracking projects and assigning to production in compliance with due dates to ensure jobs are completed on time.➤ Coordinating project parts arrival timing with Account PM and staging materials for efficient use by wire technicians.➤ Balancing shop workload schedule based on customer delivery needs and allocating labor and material resources.➤ Understanding client-specific product requirements, providing insight on potential issues, and troubleshooting problems.➤ Resolving issues with prints/BOM with the account manager and internal engineers to ensure product delivery.➤ Assisting with hardware designs or smaller projects and coordinating completed panel checkout schedule with quality.➤ Specifying construction-related components when wiring panels to machines including fittings and cord grips.➤ Serving on the training team for technical development of technicians and contributing to the quality assurance team.➤ Conducting annual shop technician reviews with input from Account Manager and Engineering/Manufacturing VP.

➤ Purchasing Manager & Shipping/Receiving Manager – Wunderlich-Malec Engineering/Systems, Inc – 09/1995 to 02/2000 & 07/2003 to 11/2012➤ Purchasing Manager – Instrument Control Systems, Inc., Plymouth, MN – 02/2000 to 07/2003➤ Assistant Manager – Mid-America Entertainment Company, Plymouth, MN – 08/1993 to 09/1995➤ Operations Manager – North Central Food Systems, Bloomington, MN – 10/1990 to 08/1993