Todd Steele Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA, US

Manage to excellence in all inbound, transfer, outbound, and import freight flowing through our North American fulfillment centers and transportation networks. Collaborating on the design, development, and delivery of key programs, forecasting models, metrics, reports, analyses, and dashboards to drive key business decisions across customer-facing.

Seattle, WA, US

Responsible for all budgetary, people development and operations objectives for Customer Returns, WHD, and VRETs areas. Drove 41% increase in Final Sellable Yields for Customer Returns for 2017, netting over $16.2M in savings. Number one in Return Logistics Network for scorecard performance and 108.8% to benchmark standards. Also helped achieve #1 FC for.

Chandler, AZ, US

• Retained as Sr. Level Manufacturing Operations Director to ramp factory output by greater than 30% in less than 8 months.
• Held full production, training, equipment, industrial engineering, and P&L responsibility.
• Controlled over $40 million quarterly operating budget.
• Managed a team of 11 direct reports and 650 indirect reports to reduce waste and increase productivity while tightly controlling wafer costs.
• Achieved annual cost savings over $5 million and reduced wafer costs by greater than 13%.
• Increased factory line yields by 5% contributing over $3 million in bottom line savings.

Neubiberg, München, DE

• Provided executive leadership for all core business and operational functions within the global manufacturing operations.
• Achieved high volume KPIs through eradication of waste. Championed equipment and manufacturing improvement activities for 6 factory network located around the world in 3 countries.
• Assigned as temporary manufacturing director of 2 factory network in Wales, UK to turn around poor performance trends; reduced 9 thousand in excess inventory (~$600 thousand), increased on time delivery by over 60%.
• Promoted from Equipment Engineering Manager managing 4 shift (24x7) equipment operation teams that reduced variability of availability (CoV) of focus toolsets by greater than 30%.
• Worked directly with General Managers at each site on operations and systems improvements. Reported to Vice President of Factory and Foundry Operations.

Neubiberg, München, DE

Provided executive leadership for all core business and operational functions within the manufacturing operations. Managed high performing team of seven direct and approximately two hundred indirect employees to achieve HVM KPIs through eradication of waste. Strategically planned through Lean Manufacturing Principles to crush and improve department goals.

Alpine, NJ, US

Responsible for leading Industrial Engineering and Project Manager Teams at multiple West Coast Consulting Accounts, Operations and New Business Development. Improve manufacturing, equipment performance through TPM systems, cost savings, capital requests, and all associated business and operational impacts.

Warren, NJ, US

Santa Clara, California, US

• Managed team of 6 Maintenance Managers, 3 ICs, and approximately 50 MTs through MBP/iMBO process to set clear goals, define plans, facilitate action and continuously increase efficiency.
• Continuously drove daily improvements through lean manufacturing and effective coaching.
• Significantly increased availability for HDP (30%) and ADH (20%) through teaching and utilizing HPM principles of standardization, component level troubleshooting and visual management.
• Reduced Thin Films area cycle time 65%, for sustained 6.0+ WIPT factory (.7 days per mask layer). Led precise planning and cooperation with manufacturing, engineering and maintenance teams.
• Twice rated 100% on manager feedback for connecting team to organizational strategies in 2006.
• Manager said: “Todd significantly increased the cadence of decision making through coaching, teaching, and driving problem solving at the point of activity throughout his span of control with engineering, maintenance.

Austin, Texas, US

Reduced inventory and ensured weekly 100% factory on-time delivery to four foreign customer sites.

Atlanta, GA, US

Promoted from package loader in less than 8 months due to ability to rapidly perform duties and help other loaders out in three different work lines. Awarded Maximum Density Award for effective and efficient use of trailer space reducing costs and increasing load sizes.

Mba, Business

Industrial Technology, Business And Management Minor