Experience

IC Bus

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Operations Manager Supply Chain

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  • Maintain profit goals through detailed analysis and by proactively addressing issues. • Manage a $90M budget exceeding annual savings goals by 6%.• Design and implement continuous quality improvement initiatives throughout plant materials organization. • Answer to senior executives regarding material goals and consistently exceed expectations. • Daily oversight of material department of 120 employees including 6 salaried managers within a 1 million square foot facility and offsite warehouse.• As a member of the plant leadership team, achieved manufacturing cost reduction of $3M in FY22 through Objectives and Key Results (OKR) planning and Toyota Kata Improvement Method.• Formally designated by plant manager as his first in line successor through leadership development planning process; appointed as manager in charge when plant manager is out of the facility. Show less

• Senior Operations Manager Quality

  • Mar 2019 - Mar 2022

  • Ensure the high expectations of our customers are met daily, working collaboratively with Sales to spearhead a “Voice of Customer” quality initiative.• Drive, lead and troubleshoot quality investigations to ensure issues are thoroughly contained and resolved.• Implement control plans and Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA) to plant production processes and new product launches.• Develop and implement a customer-centric audit process to decrease Pre-Trip-Delivery (PTD) issues attaining lowest warranty levels in plant history.• Led manufacturing First Time Quality (FTQ), Defects Per Unit (DPU) and Direct Run Ratio (DRR) improvement through quality team overhaul.• Core contributor to IC Bus achieving #1 in school bus manufacturing market share, growing from 33.1% FY18 to 45% FY22. Show less



Navistar Inc

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Operations Manager Bus Specialty Center

  • Nov 2016 - Mar 2019

  • Managed standalone aftermarket installation business for all global bus manufacturing.• Converted P&L from $2M in revenue and negative EBIT FY2017 to $8M in revenue and $110k in positive EBIT FY2018.• Executed complete conversion of business from an assembly department within manufacturing to an aftermarket sales business unit directly offering installations to all I.C. Bus dealers.• Implemented all sales, marketing and operations conversion for business resulting in a 400% growth in revenue and 100% profitability.• Expanded feature offerings to over 100 individual items approved by product engineering and regulatory standards. Show less

• Indirect Procurement Manager

  • Nov 2013 - Nov 2016

  • Responsible for $1.5M of inventory and $11M in spend annually.• MRO strategy implementation from integrator to in-house buyer team.• Launched Indirect Purchasing organization from ground up within heavy. manufacturing facility of over 1200 employees.• Implemented $500,000 in cost savings initiatives for 2015.• Practiced Lean principles as they pertain to inventory management and production critical inventory.• Managed Facility and Maintenance category for all Navistar enterprise ($20M spend annually).• Negotiated contracts for service and parts spanning across multiple categories within heavy manufacturing. Show less



IC Bus

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Maintenance, Facilities and EH&S Manager

  • Jan 2010 - Nov 2013

  • Managed the daily operations of a team of 55 employees and a $5 million annual budget. • Achieved 98% uptime average. • Supported Lean endeavor through improvements to efficiency and effectiveness of manufacturing processes. • Created tool and fixture solutions to address quality, ergonomic and safety issues. • Tracked safety, quality, maintenance, and facilities projects and ensure on-time completion. • Designed and implemented a formalized preventative maintenance program for machinery. • Managed an air compressor project that saved $70,000 in annual energy consumption and received a $100,000 energy rebate. • Reduced energy consumption by 34%, resulting in $140,000 annual cost avoidance, and received an additional $150,000 energy rebate. Show less



Navistar Inc

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Southwest Regional Security Manager

  • Nov 2007 - Dec 2009

  - Accountable for security and loss prevention at five assembly plants and five parts distribution centers - Created department Share Point site and continue as administrator - Was appointed to Global Security Project Manager role for Monaco acquisition - Oversaw Loss Prevention Managers at five sites - Performed site security audits at various company sites within region - Consistently outperformed budget and exploited cost savings opportunities - Introduced integrated access controls throughout region - Investigated incidents of fraud, embezzlement and ethical misconduct Show less



United States Army Reserve

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Private First Class

  • May 1996 - Dec 2004

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