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Pioneer Molded Products is an innovative thermoforming and vacuum forming operation. Pioneer Molded Products has unique expertise with creative material solutions and assembly capabilities for automotive, furniture and residential markets.Responsibility for directing Engineering, Purchasing, Quality, Accounting, Human Resources, Customer Service and Operational staff to meet the corporate KPI’s. - Restructured key individual staff members to create a high performance, very dedicated team to improve most all KPI metrics.- Coordinated Sales Manager and Engineering team to diversify product portfolio to include more non-automotive, higher margin product sales for profitability improvement.- Worker in conjunction with Quality Manager, Engineering and Operational staff to improve AITF audit results year over year.

Responsibility for directing and motivating three shift Managers, Shipping Manager, Maintenance and production associates to meet the corporate KPI’s.- Improved operational excellence to achieve 40% productivity improvement in less than 8 months. This during two major automotive launch which essentially doubled the revenue of the company.- Championed efforts to improve on-time delivery rating from less than 50% to an 8-month sustained 99.8% average, 6 months of 100% on time.- Retrained workforce to improve PPM score from 200+ to now less than 10 PPM. - Led a workforce reduction initiative through an improved training program to save close to $500,000 direct labor costs annually, reducing temp workforce from 50% to less than 15%. This resulted in a significant improvement to overall O.E.E.- Implementation of a new ERP system to improve inventory turns by 40% and improved inventory accuracy from 55% to now 95%.

As a non-profit entity serving adults with disabilities, our mission is to provide disabled individuals with cognitive, learning and social disabilities, opportunities to be challenged. This is accomplished with three primary elements; education, skill building and socialization. Executive DirectorResponsibilities include developing alternate funding sources for the various program elements, the development of the individual marketing plans for growth in each program segment. Networking with the community mental health systems of the various counties as well as the public-school systems to assist in the transition from high school to their future life as an adult with disabilities.

Plastic injection molder and assembly component tier 1 & 2 supplier to G.M, Chrysler, Ford, Honda and Nissan. Operations Manager / ISO 14001 Environmental Management System RepresentativeResponsibilities include leading 210 hourly production team members to meet the corporate objectives of the organization as one of the top performing units of Key Plastics worldwide.- Maintained operational excellence to achieve 30% sales growth in 16 months, meeting customer expectation of 99.95% on-time deliver status and less than 5 PPM during that growth period. - Championed a labor force reduction saving over $1,000,000 annually. In conjunction with Engineering and Human Resource developed a training program and issues identification system to improve O.E.E. on all three shifts. This resulted in a 28% reduction in the hourly associates and reduction of temporary workforce from 42% to 12%.- Developed plan to reduce inventory and improve turn from 22 to 30 turns per year.- Organized raw material and component inventory with visual inventory system, thus reducing Material Handlers by 22% for a $100k annual cost savings. - Maintained 99.9% on-time shipping performance to all customers.

Office furniture component supplier to Herman Miller, Steelcase, Inscape, Irwin and American Seating.Operations ManagerManaged a team of up to 35 manufacturing personnel, 1 procurement manager and 1 administrative support. Led operational strategies from manufacturing concept and implementation to final product shipment to the customer. Applied lean manufacturing principles in new product launches. Full P & L responsibility as well as financial budget.- Improved on time delivery from low 90% to 14 months of 100% with all customers.- Reduced internal scrap from 3.5% to 1.2% and external ppms by 70%.- Reduced inventory and improved turns from 3.5 to 6 per year.

Zeeland, Mi, Us

Global contract office furniture manufacturer with $1.8 billion in annual sales and 5,000 employees Program Manager – New Product DevelopmentResponsibilities as the lead individual of the new product launch Core Team to drive manufacturability into product design refinement, provide leadership for the NPO Order Fulfillment team at all the Herman Miller manufacturing facilities and suppliers; provided HMPS and DFX leadership to ensure best methods for manufacturing as well as lowest cost for products. Additional responsibilities included working as a liaison between Product Development Engineers and the site manufacturing teams to develop and sustain a solid working relationship. Extensive classroom facilitation for PMP certification.- Launched a new frame & tile office system in 16 months within capital budget constraints.- Led the aggressive post launched cost savings team to meet year 3 margin and sales expectations by year 2.- Develop and monitor capital budget up to $12M per program. Major product launches.

Global, then, $6 Billion Fortune 200 Company with 350 operating units in 13 countries. ITWB&L Plastics Division was a $40 million, ISO 9002 certified, engineered plastic injection molder for the Contract Office Furniture Industry. Operations Manager / Controller 2/96 to 4/98Controller / H.R. and I/T Manager 4/89 to 2/96Responsibilities included skill's development and team building for the Operations, Purchasing, maintenance, Customer Service, and Shipping / Receiving departments; development and monitoring of a 3 and 1-year business plan, with an emphasis on improved process efficiencies. - Insured compliance to the Certified Supplier Programs for major customers maintaining a 99.5% on-time shipment record with a 3 to 10-day lead time. - Responsible for asset procurement of approximately $1.5 million annually with stringent ROI and ROA paybacks, as well as an $11 million annual budget for purchased material and components. - Accomplished annual cost savings of $350,000 in process improvements and scrap reduction. Led additional yearly cost savings associated with alternate materials and suppliers which saved up to $200,000. - With product line simplification and the improved efficiencies outlined above doubled our pretax profit % two years in a row.Controller / IT manager responsibilities included the development of a 3 year and 1 year financial plan to achieve corporate planned profit and operational goals; led the development the monthly performance measurements for the five team centers as well as the supervision of all Payroll, A/Receivable and A/P. Budget monitoring as well as Monthly, Quarterly Corporate Financial Reporting and yearly tax kit. Development of all capital request projects to insure R.O.A., R.O.I., and payback period were met.

Master'S In Management, Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Acounting And Business (Dual)