Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Executive leader with over 20 years of leadership experience in the US Army, manufacturing operations, procurement, sales and estimating. Specialties: Production planning, operational improvement tools such as Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma, new product introductions, union negotiation experience and facility expansions
Executive level manager responsible for estimating and sales activities.
General Manager for Milwaukee Operations of Master Lock with overall responsibility for performance related to safety, quality, delivery and cost. The Milwaukee plant had over 360 hourly employees and 40+ salaried personnel with operations across three shifts. Served as the lead negotiator for the company during the recent union contract negotiations.
Selected to lead a newly formed organization for the development and implementation of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for 30 plants worldwide • Led a cross functional team to review and select an MES software solution for global implementation • Developed a cross-organizational council to leverage funds and drive uniform software solutions across business • Initiated two compliance related software projects with a program budget of more than $2M
Managed a 5-member global sourcing team for $86M in direct material procurement for a global manufacturing operation. • Achieved 10% ($8.0M) productivity gain and developed sourcing strategy for two new product introductions, including the design and implementation of plan and execution phases. • Developed business strategy on largest cross-functional supplier resulting in over $6M in future savings • Personally drove 14 separate projects which resulted in an additional $2M in annually recurring productivity gains
Led the premium product manufacturing team for Cat Scan tube technology. Managed 9 salaried employees and more than 35 hourly employees to achieve organizational goals. • Selected as a top 20% performer for mid-level managers and promoted to Senior Professional • Led the team to achieve 50% increase in output over previous year and reduced inventory 38%, from $2.9M to $1.8M • Directed a yield improvement initiative which resulted in over $800K of annual savings