Experience

Don Park LP

• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President Manufacturing

  • 2004 - Present

  •P&L responsibility for a 50,000,000 dollar a year manufacturing business with 350 unionized employees, 5 union contracts, and 9 locations. •Consolidated 9 manufacturing locations into 3. •Reduced order cycle time from 10 days to 2 days. •Implemented an automated custom product quotation system •Led the development and implementation of 6 new products •Developed cost reduction methodologies for materials, labour, and overhead. •Responsible for technical sales and partnership sales agreements •Responsible for implementing lean manufacturing •Developed the companies first costing system •Created and led the first formal cost reduction team Show less



HPM Consultants

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lean Manufacturing Consultant

  • 2002 - 2004

  •Profit Improvement Services, specializing in lean manufacturing implementation ,cost reductions, team building for continuous improvement, and leadership development. •Profit Improvement Services, specializing in lean manufacturing implementation ,cost reductions, team building for continuous improvement, and leadership development.



Steelcase

• United States
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Manager

  • 1981 - 2002

  •Developed and implemented lean manufacturing at Steelcase •Leader of 230 non union hourly and salary employees •Responsibilities include budget development, safety committee co chairman, purchasing, production inventory control, distribution, engineering, maintenance, and manufacturing for a 210 million dollar a year business Key Accomplishments: 1.Reduced cost of goods sold 12% 2.Reduced factory size 70% 3.Increased inventory turns from 9 to 77 4.Decreased cycle time from 8 weeks to 2 weeks 5.Reduced salary cost 15% 6.Developed the first supplier J.I.T. contracts with cost reduction clauses and penalty clauses 7.Improved correct and on time performance from 89% to 99% 8.Suggested new products that increased earning by 23% 9.Achieved ISO 9002 and 14000 certifications 10.Achieved 50% reduction in injury frequency, and achieved 2 years of no lost time accidents Show less