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Akron, Oh, Us

North Bethesda, Md, Us

Akron, Ohio, Us

Here, I provide strategic leadership for 35 employees (including indirect), directing strategic planning and execution of comprehensive business strategies to drive revenue growth, optimize profitability, and secure the company's position as a leader in the regional market. I foster culture of safety and compliance, and leverage advanced data analysis and reporting tools to evaluate regional performance, track key performance indicators (KPIs), and implement continuous improvement initiatives.➥ Influenced revenue growth by $3M between 2022 and 2023.➥ Played an instrumental role in presenting recommendations to senior leadership to reduce quote development turn times and justify additional head count. ➥ Successfully reduced inventory by $2M by developing and reimplementing a new, aligned with market, inventory model for the Copley, OH service center.

Akron, Ohio, Us

In this role, I provided strategic and tactical leadership for the product support team. I oversaw 11 direct reports, including product line specialists, proposal managers, researchers, and order processing specialists, and cultivated a team culture of integrity, accountability, innovation, and teamwork. ➥ Spearheaded game-changing effort to stock material more proactively, stocking and building on standard lead times, resulting in decreased costs on items. ➥ Led the sales effort of $1M worth of inventoried panels, saving 30% on the cost of production and increased profit margins.

Akron, Ohio, Us

In this position, I improved overall process and plant operations, taking on 3 new functions. Led 7 direct reports. Supported continuous improvement initiatives, leading Kaizen, and Six Sigma events. Influenced rapid improvement projects to enhance operational efficiency and drive waste reduction. Devised and deployed strategic production plans to meet customer demand while optimizing resource utilization and minimizing production costs.➥ Streamlined production by implementing new shop scheduling processes, which provided full backlog visibility to plant management.➥ Improved shipping performance timeliness by 3%.➥ Led six sigma teams to improve physical inventory layout, reducing time-on-task from 2 hours to 30 mins.➥ Pioneered a project in Salt Lake City, implementing new tube forming equipment. Facilitated team trainings and company-wide emergent workshops. Authored CAD drawings for plant layout in Salt Lake City.

Akron, Ohio, Us

Here, I supervised a small tube bending quick-turn production job shop focused on higher margin operation (50-60% incremental gross margin), allowing major manufacturing plants to focus on core business production manufacturing. I drove efficient workflows, created, and launched production plans and schedules, and aligned them with customer demand and inventory requirements, augmenting efficiency, quality, and safety of production processes. ➥ Developed standard operating procedures for all the equipment, while managing and maintaining all inventory to support fabrication.➥ Increased shop production by 22% over the prior years by forging strong relationships with sales and business project managers. ➥ Boosted production working hours from 2800 to 8000 to support incremental sales. ➥ Reinvigorated plant safety focus, resulting in reduced incidents throughout tenure.

Akron, Ohio, Us

Here in this role, I managed the building construction and launch of a new manufacturing facility, specializing in Tube bending. I oversaw the purchase and implementation of new capital equipment to support the manufacturing process at that new facility. Steered operational excellence, providing direct support on all First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) projects, leveraging expertise and experience to ensure the successful execution of innovative and complex initiatives.➥ Completed building project on time and on budget. ➥ Hired, trained, and developed a high-performing manufacturing team, and established a culture of teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Akron, Ohio, Us

In this position, I received specific product line assignments and managed end-to-end inventory control processes, safeguarding the accuracy and integrity of inventory records. I examined supplier performance, ensuring supply chain consistency, and minimizing production disruptions. Implemented corrective actions and preventive measures to maintain data accuracy.➥ Guaranteed uninterrupted flow of production by collaborating with cross-functional teams, proactively ordering consumables, safety products, and other essential tools.➥ Streamlined the inventory model by applying automation through Excel-based functions and by simplifying Boolean decision equations.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial And Manufacturing Engineering