• Responsible for global supply chain management, logistics, customer service, distribution, materials, component manufacturing, indirect procurement, smart factory and manufacturing strategy for Strattec & its joint ventures• Re-negotiated global freight & parcel contracts with estimated annual savings of over $4M• Reduced headcount for distribution by 10% saving over $320k/year• Reduced service/aftermarket back-orders from $1.1M to about $200k through statistical analysis of ordering patterns• Deployed Strattec’s first weekly S&OP process including sales, planning, customer service & operations teams• Identified & initiated strategic deployment plans for initiatives totaling over $11M in cost savings to simplify and optimize the supply chain organization• Led team to develop smart factory and enterprise infrastructure tools such as electronic purchase requisitions, premium freight authorization, automated shipping, automated demand planning, EDI expansion, metric dashboards, et.

• Responsible for P&L of component manufacturing in the US and Mexico• Reduced salary/hourly headcount from about 348 to 224 and reduced overtime from $3M to $1.3M/year while maintaining sales levels to generate over $11.5M annual savings• Reduced expenses from $9.9M to 4.5M/year and improved COQ from $2.9M to 1.6M/year saving about $6.7M/year• Developed/deployed die cast technology of hot runner systems, fully electric machines and ingot making saving over $4.5M/year• Led union contract negotiations (USW) which included contract extension from 3 years to 4.5 years (expiring Nov 2025)• Developed and piloted electronic kanban and automated e-planning/scheduling tools

• Global Process Engineering for Faucets & Showering Division with 7 facilities in 4 countries• Architected and led $7.3M USD year on year scrap reduction achieved thru deployment of lean tools & standardized problem-solving approach utilized in China, India and North America in foundries & coatings areas• Lead time reduction from 6-8 weeks to 6-8 hours and 70% reduction in labor created by re-designing both HPDC zinc & LPDC brass foundries to single piece flow with automation• Developed plastic & die cast tooling process reducing from 30-34 weeks to 6-8 weeks (kickoff to PPAP)• Completed 3 greenfield factory designs in China & Mexico – included design gate system creation, financial templates, process modeling & FEX/FNEX staffing ramps• Led full facility transformation - layout/flow, smart factory, facility upgrades & 20% scrap reduction• Developed/deployed global change management system for operations enabling global standardization of equipment, consumables, tooling, preventive maintenance & process specifications• Assisted global strategic plan development including footprint optimization & invest/divest processes• Created global tooling team for plastic molding & die casting, standardized tooling design guidelines/templates and aligned globally during global faucets first ever tooling summits

• Global plastic & composite expert/NPD liaison for faucets and showering division• Design and oversight of the construction/startup of China plastics and showering operation• Co-created concepts of faucet and showerhead standard platforms with NPD creating improvements in cost, delivery, inventory and competitive advantage in speed to market

• Responsible for manufacturing engineering & Continuous Improvement for 2 windmill blade facilities• $9M reduction in recurring capital thru development of storage solution• Improved laminate wrinkle scrap issue saving approximately $800k per year• Optimized fiberglass and adhesive hose design on 3 lines with an annual cost savings of about $240K• Overall FTQ improved by 27% thru engineering defect reduction projects• Reduced past due engineering changes from 456 to 16• Launched 4 new blade lines in 6 months including all technical training for nearly 250 new employees• Re-wrote 4 lean production training modules reducing training time from 30 hours to 6 hours

• Responsible for all activities related to quality assurance, quality engineering and lean manufacturing• 19.1% thru-put increase in bottleneck process utilizing pull system concepts• Primary customer contact for Titleist, Callaway, Nike, TaylorMade, Mizuno and Ping• System creation & deployment for SPC, gage calibration, dock audits and material identification• Created picture-based standard work for setup, operation & visual inspection on all operations

Thermostat BU/Operations Manager (Pine Bluff, Arkansas) (June 2008 – Dec 2009)• All related to thermostat production, planning, engineering, maintenance, quality and tooling totaling 135+ associates• Responsible for overall project management & customer communication of UAW facility relocation in less than 8 months. (Automotive OE/Aftermarket & Industrial OE Customers)• Improved service fill rates from 30% to an average of about 95%• Reduced hourly associates by 20% while improving productivity by 58%• Designed and delivered 3-day training packages for 150 associates including product understanding• Launched new products equaling 15% growth in new sales during relocation production facilityPlastics BU/Operations Manager (Pine Bluff, Arkansas) (Sept 2004 – June 2008)• All related to plastic molding production, planning, engineering, maintenance, quality and tooling totaling 80+ associates• Expanded sales over 20% saving $1M using level scheduling/Kanban creating 14k machine hours• Improved fill rates from less than 60% to 98% while reducing WIP inventory – reached nearly 30 turns• Changeover time reduced from 239 minutes to 45 minutes used SMED and standard work concepts. • Increased FTY 85.5% to 96.1% and reduced gross scrap from 8.1% to 3.9%• Reduced overall headcount by approximately 15% saving about $172k• Deployed HTML/mapics maintenance system including breakdown maintenance, cycle-based PM plans, work order & predictive maintenance systems• Process control & optimization thru plumbing diagrams, 3 level/8 factor DOE’s, standardized work, automated process monitoring, process troubleshooting guides and reversing conveyors

• Manage UAW staff of 15 journeymen• TPM champion and trainer for the facility• Developed & deployed work order, PM, electronic MRO and predictive maintenance systems• Re-located maintenance crib and reduced floor space over 300%• Black belt project completed with 26% reduction in cycle time, 11% reduction in scrap, and a 21% increase in efficiency for GRV fuel valve automated assembly cell

• Automation designer & project manager of two fuel valve cells with error proofing, spin welding, sonic welding, decay leak testing, mass flow testing, laser marking and helium leak testing• APQP leader responsible for 14 new OE programs from customer release through product launch• Implemented several process improvements for annual cost savings over $800k• Provide technical assistance to the maintenance department in resolving unplanned downtime issues including leak/flow testing, vision systems, laser marking and plastic welding processes• APQP documentation including FMEA, control plans, process specifications and operator instructions

• All activities related to quality including receiving, in-process and final inspection, PPAP, functional testing, gage calibration and quality system certification for automotive & appliance markets• Developed quality systems and obtained ISO9002 for certification for plastic injection molding facility• Established training programs for statistical process control, internal audits and lean manufacturing• Detailed new product line from concept including CAD models, tooling design, prototype creation, drafting patent documents and assisting with the marketing presentation

• Production superintendent of 5 departments and approximately 120 UAW associates• Designed automation reducing labor and floor space by 50%• Developed an adhesive with a new supplier for 10% reduction in raw material cost• Reduced inventory of 16 components nearly 44% using pull systems with suppliers• Occupied key role in implementation of QS9000 within organization• Performed dimensional, functional and durability testing in the materials and functional laboratory• Drafted control plans, FMEAs, operator instructions & process specifications for 17 departments• Completed assignments in accounts payable, cost accounting, purchasing and financial planning