Led supply chain activities including manufacturing, distribution, continuous improvement, production scheduling, purchasing, engineering, maintenance, and lab development activities. Supported revenues of over $150 million for domestic and international channels. Led core and temporary employment of over 300 employees. Developed departmental budgets for labor, overhead and oversaw the management of capital projects. Facilitated teams supporting improvements in safety, quality standards, training, production processes, and cost reductions.• Achieved production output, shipments, expense control, and productivity that exceeded budgeted expectations with focus on metrics – OEE, standard operating procedures, goal setting and accountability.• Participated and facilitated segments with the implementation of an ERP and Warehouse Management System that integrated business functions to support continued business growth, increased complexity of customer requirements to improve operational efficiency and inventory accuracy.• Managed the planning and implementation of large multi-million-dollar capital projects; relocated existing distribution center, introduction of new manufacturing technologies to support new product introductions, growth, throughput increases, and labor / overhead cost reductions.• Focused operations on meeting customer performance expectations for service and quality.

Directed three shift union facility for the manufacturing of steel 3-piece aerosol containers. Led production, scheduling, distribution, quality, and production engineering. Responsible for plant income, customer service, variable cost productivity, quality improvements, inventory management, environmental and safety programs.• Improved and maintained on time in full shipments above 97%• Consistently exceeded budgeted income goals as a percent of sales. • Improved operational equipment efficiency, variable cost productivity, throughput, and quality costs of nonconformance through training and implementation of preventive maintenance programs.• Negotiated a zero-cost increase local union collective bargaining agreement.

Managed three shift union departments for eleven aerosol container production lines and thirty end presses. Emphasis on production metrics, operational equipment efficiency, daily and preventative equipment maintenance, quality, training, variable cost productivity and safety.• Implemented a rigorous preventive maintenance program for equipment intensive manufacturing process resulting in increased line equipment efficiencies and decreased costs of nonconformance.• Developed operator mechanic training program to support a maintenance program based on review and documentation of process quality checks over time and production throughput.

Led a team responsible for materials purchasing, production finished goods scheduling, inventory management, customer delivery requirements for commercial and industrial fixtures.• Managed $21M of finished and raw material inventories.• Reduced purchased inventories through improved forecasting, communications with sales and instituting regular material reviews for stocking levels and MRP system parameters.• Transitioned to new finite capacity scheduling software as part of an ERP implementation.• Reduced time between customer request dates to time shipped complete from 50 plus to 24 days.

Managed 15 production assembly teams of over 400 employees for the final assembly of industrial, area, arena, and roadway lighting fixtures. Achieved budgeted cost reduction goals for direct and indirect costs.• Managed an annual expense budget of over $12M supporting $180M in sales.• Generated variable cost productivity savings through implementation of lean and demand flow concepts.

Applied and taught statistically based measurements, analysis, and decision-making techniques to cross functional teams. Facilitated team projects generating improved quality standards, variable cost productivity and expense control.• Facilitated cross-functional engineering and manufacturing teams to reduce assembly process variations and implemented new procedures and toll gates in final assembly and engineering documentation. Team accomplishments resulted in defect reduction and increased productivity.• Implemented design and startup of factory for new product introduction, AC drive systems incorporating lean demand flow concepts in Monterrey, Mexico.

Led union teams in final assembly, test, and shipment of Power Generation Turbine, Excitation and AC Drive Systems with $70 million annual department sales.