Timothy Bender Email & Phone Number

Bluffton, SC

• Managed a team of 15 VP’s, DVP’s and Directors supporting 28 remote manufacturing locations in the US, Canada and Brazil.
• Implemented $165.0 MM in capital spending which generated $68MM in incremental profit and savings annually.
• Completed a $65.0 MM fast-track artisan bread line with no recordable accidents, on-budget and within 7 months of project approval.
• Restructured the engineering department and responsibilities which reduced travel costs by 25% and improved service and responsiveness to regional bakeries.
• Expedited closure of a poor performing bakery savings the company $2.0 MM in transitional costs.
• Developed comprehensive departmental metrics for measuring project execution success which improved performance 15% in the first year.

• Managed a multidiscipline group of 18 divisional engineers supporting 32 remote manufacturing locations. Administered the capital budget of $142.0 MM in annual spending.
• Gained Board approval for $138.0 MM to consolidate manufacturing facilities from 4 to 1 generating annual savings of $37.8 MM.
• Project Manager and Principal Engineer for a customized process (patent pending) to produce a formed tortilla chip that emulates the functionality of the national brand. The project generated $14.1 MM in sales and $3.8.
• Project Manager for the closure of four manufacturing plants and the downsizing of another resulting in an annual savings of $11.0 million.
• Led the division continuous improvement and lean manufacturing programs with a combined four year savings of $43.4 MM on 414 individual projects.

• Managed the Corporate Contract Manufacturing Sales, Manufacturing Planning and Engineering Departments and a Peanut Butter Manufacturing Plant for the Ralcorp Private Brands division.
• Increased Contract Manufacturing accounts by 20% totaling $86 million in annual sales.
• Renegotiated the largest contract account which improved overall profitability by 8% in addition to a 5 year contract extension.
• Reduced operating costs at the Peanut Butter Manufacturing Plant by 10% through productivity improvements and headcount reductions.
• Increase customer service levels to 99% by re-engineering the forecasting and scheduling S&OP’s and improving finished goods accuracy of over 8,000 SKU’s.
• Secured an incremental $10.0 MM in capital by identifying cost reduction projects with less than a 2-year simple payback.

Bridgeville, PA

• Innvolved in all phases of sales and account management including business development, sales proposals, project management, contract negotiations, budgets and estimates, order administration, technical design.
• Managed the top three customers accounting for over 25% of total annual sales.
• Negotiated exclusive service agreement with all the top customers.
• Completed over 125 projects in a three year period in the US, China, Australia and South Africa.

Bachelor'S Degree, Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics