Avanti Industries is a subsidiary of Pella Corporation

Oversee all direct manufacturing activities at the Carroll, IA site (safety, quality, productivity, material utilization, scheduling, staffing, etc.)Responsible for planning and coordinating project efforts with cross-functional teams that deliver to plant budgetMentor & manage team of 7 department managers and 280 hourly team membersDelivered 99.56% on-time delivery through coaching and establishing processesContributed to 1.3% gross margin improvement with 8.4% sales dollars growthResponsible for developing internal training programs that bolster internal talentDrove 8.5% improvement to UPH performance since 2012

Oversee 2nd shift manufacturing activities and operations in 3 of 4 plantsResponsible for the development, guidance, and direction of 6 department managersConstructed individualized development programs for Department Managers based on needs Coached department managers in metric utilization to drive improvement Developed and implemented MDI processes that established metrics and drove productivityLed Kaizen team to develop and implement plant 5SCo-created and employed an internal quality audit process that raised corporate quality work instruction scores over 20%

Led assembly line to 20% unit cost improvement and 790 hour favorable performance Improved quality ONM scores by 12.3% Improved On-Time Shipment by 8 percentage points 0% Recordable Injury rate with zero lost work daysImplemented and refined IG scrap process that contributed $13,863 savings Directly managed 27 hourly employeesEstablished 5S employee program and standard work auditing Managed issuing, shipping, and receiving of aluminum extrusion stockroom Created and managed cycle counting processes of stockroom