Director of Operations

• Jul 2022 - Present

Supply Chain Manager

• Oct 2021 - Jul 2022

Owner, Primary Consultant

• 2020 - 2022

- Passion project during COVID-19. Developing own firm. - Mission: Guiding and mentoring individuals and businesses to develop strategies to achieve their goals through data analysis, lean thinking, crucial conversations, Genchi Genbutsu, and project management. - Passion project during COVID-19. Developing own firm. - Mission: Guiding and mentoring individuals and businesses to develop strategies to achieve their goals through data analysis, lean thinking, crucial conversations, Genchi Genbutsu, and project management.

Manufacturing Manager

• Mar 2021 - Oct 2021

Plant Manager

• Oct 2018 - Feb 2020

Career transition to overseeing larger team of 200 (6 direct management reports) and learning injection molding ($30M annual sales); navigating challenge of insufficient capacity through staffing increase, efficiency improvements, and outsourcing which resulted in 1800 past due hours reducing to less than 50 in three months; rebuilding TPS foundation; creating a culture balanced between rewarding positive behavior and accountability; partnering with critical customer and TASUS team to identify root causes of quality performance decline and developing action plan to address; restoring confidence of customers in the Indiana team’s ability to provide quality product on time. Show less

Plant Manager - Louisville Operations

• Jun 2015 - Sep 2018

Working with the team in Louisville to exceed customer expectations through on time delivery, quality and productivity. Louisville supplies weldments and painted and cut parts to the other Textron Tools and Test manufacturing facilities, along with Storage Boxes and Material handling products to our customers in the field. Change is constant here which provides an excellent opportunity to live out continuous improvement.

Director of Customer & Distributor Support

• Oct 2014 - Jun 2015

Responsible for leading the Customer Service organization and Factory Service Center. Focused on strengthening Greenlee's relationship with both our distributor base as well as our end users. Working to improve the overall efficiency of the customer service team by introducing lean processes.

Supply Chain Manager

• Nov 2013 - Oct 2014

Overseeing inventory and forecast management. Supporting standard work and process development for our corporate supply chain processes. Digging deep into data analysis and SAP to ensure we are set up for success. Customer Care. Project Management of On Time Delivery improvements for request and promise date performance, including SAP enhancements. Training and Coaching the ISC Team regarding our Materials and Lean Vision and Culture.

Plant Manager

• Oct 2012 - Oct 2013

Plant Manager at Greenlee's Genoa, IL facility

Plant Manager

• Feb 2011 - Sep 2012

Plant Manager at Greenlee's Louisville, Kentucky facility.

Manufacturing Manager

• Sep 2008 - Feb 2011

Productivity analysis; expense management; EHS Coordinator (Mesa, AZ and Vista, CA); resource management through cross training and flexible workforce; developing cycle count strategy; August 2009 SAP implementation and process controls (ITAR Business); lead transition team relocating a product line

Materials Manager

• Dec 2006 - Sep 2008

Inventory analysis and reduction; contract negotiations; developing purchasing ISO procedures; May 2008 SAP Implementation; restructuring supply chain team; partnering with suppliers; cost reductions; implementing SIOP; partnering with engineering on NPI

Senior Buyer

• Jul 2006 - Dec 2006

Purchasing, scheduling and disbursement of components for PCB Assemblies; inventory and PPV analysis; reporting purchasing and inventory results to management; communicating with production planning and warehouse to improve supply chain; creating and improving purchasing procedures and reports; supply and demand analysis; coordinating purchasing assignments with buyers

Buyer

• Jan 2005 - Jul 2006

Purchasing, scheduling and disbursement of components for PCB Assemblies and parts to support copper model manufacturing; inventory maintenance; RFQ and PO communication with vendors; acquire knowledge of components, parts and assemblies required by Tempo products1/2005 - 9/2005 was through Manpower in a temp-to-hire position at Greenlee (Tempo at the time)

Lecturer

• Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

Teaching Operations Management course. Developing lectures and assignment content. Providing tutoring and sharing real-world experiences with students. Honored to receive the student nominated Top 5 Faculty Favorites Award. Teaching Operations Management course. Developing lectures and assignment content. Providing tutoring and sharing real-world experiences with students. Honored to receive the student nominated Top 5 Faculty Favorites Award.

Varied Supply Chain Roles

• Sep 1999 - Jun 2004

Project Coordinator Buyer/ Material Planner Material Planner (Started in September 1999 as a temp assignment to Sony through Adecco) Project Coordinator Buyer/ Material Planner Material Planner (Started in September 1999 as a temp assignment to Sony through Adecco)