Experience

Snap-on Tools

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Regional Velocity Center Manager

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  Obtained Kaizen training certificate from Shingijutsu USA in Japan.



Essendant

• Distribution Center Manager

  • Feb 2011 - Jul 2016

  Recipient of Blue Diamond Award for Most Improved Facility in 2014



GEODIS

• France
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Operations Manager

  • Mar 2010 - Oct 2010

  • Responsible for E2E accountability for receiving, returns, inventory control, RF picking, cluster picking, line and field picking, shipping, etc. for direct to consumer distribution.• Inbound scheduling, PO reconciliation, 24hr dock to stock, replenishments to reduce stockouts, 2 Physical Inventories per year, reslotting based on product velocities, value added services, cycle counts based on ABC velocities, customer returns processing and disposition, stock rotations, 5-S program implementation and aisle maintenance program, high value security requirements.• Increased capacity and throughput in the cluster picking area.• Provided direction, leadership and training to 5 Management level reports and over 120 FTE and 80 supplemental staffing personnel.• Responsible for over 200,000 sf of warehouse operations• 24/7 direct to consumer operation through web purchasing



CEVA Logistics

• France
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant General Manager - Microsoft Operations

  • May 2009 - Mar 2010

  • Business unit sold: Transition of operations team from Technicolor to CEVA ownership.• Successful management of fast tracked projects during first 100 days:o Setup purchasing and procurement serviceso Setup order management serviceso Separation of business and operational systems from old company.o Conversion of processes and procedures to new company corporate requirementso Organization, design and implementation of Packaging operation in new West Coast facility.o Lean out opportunities to reduce operating costs.• Senior Leadership of Custom Packaging, Loss Prevention, Inventory Control, Engineering, Facilities, and EQS (Environmental, Quality and Safety).o Quality programs including sampling, process audits, containment, root cause analysis, business interruption response, and corrective actions.o Safety training including forklift, incident response, safety topics, licensing, alerts, emergency response.o Security of facility, employees, theft investigations, exit procedures for high value environment.o Engineering including cost savings projects, equipment CEA’s/cost justification, process redesigno Facilities maintenance and repair including tool crib managemet, parts inventory reductions, cost analysis and exercises to reduce costs to maintain facility.o Inventory Control including cycle counting, process performance reporting and partnership with operations.



Technicolor

• France
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager

  • Oct 2006 - May 2009

   Reported directly to Division Vice President: Senior Leadership of a Value-added Services business unit. Direct P&L responsibility for all aspects of job shop manufacturing, kitting and bundling activities.  Consistently delivered projects on-time for Microsoft launches while exceeding metrics requirements. Maintained the confidence of Microsoft Executives. Earned 2 new business streams for manufacturing of FPP products (over $1.1M revenue). Consistently improved operations year over year including employee performance improvement. Subject matter expert for Microsoft Custom Configuration (internal and external) Familiar with Lean Six Sigma, Total Quality Management.  Achieved and maintained a 5 Sigma rating with Microsoft.

• Manager - Custom Configuration (Microsoft)

  • Mar 2005 - Oct 2006

   Production Manager of a Value-added Services business unit. Responsible for services supporting distribution center for Microsoft Corporation. Direct P&L responsibility for all aspects of job shop manufacturing.  Earned Presidents Award for individual achievement for 2005 performance. Responsible for converting a fiscally financial losing operation into a profit center within 18 months. Turn around operation that was failing to meet customer requirements. Within 1 year, gained Microsoft Executive Management confidence and developed extended business offerings. Improved operations and increased operating profit by $500,000 in first year.

• Industrial Engineer

  • Jul 2003 - Mar 2005

   Implementation of high volume conveyor system(s) to process distribution packages for quick-turn customer orders. Integration of $680 thousand project to expand custom packaging capacity. Includes time studies, development of line layouts, standard work flow, sourcing of machines, managing vendors/contractors, and integration of the system to the production floor. Development of line layouts for special customer orders with balancing of correct labor resources to achieve highest effective profit and achievement of customer expectations. Support of production processes to ensure most cost effective approaches are utilized. Design of business unit processes to utilize time standards, line setup sheets, performance reporting, process improvement efforts, and goals to reduce costs. Experience with high volume packaging, labeling, shrink wrapping and cartoning equipment in an environment which achieves 1 million packages produced per day. Responsibilities include supporting projects in all 5 Memphis locations. Developed and introduced lean manufacturing, 5-S, and kaizen training to Custom Packaging manufacturing department. Assistance provided to operations on improvement methods and how implementation of LEAN principles will improve performance and reduce costs. Development of solutions to reduce departmental cost per labor hour.



Arrow Electronics

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Mar 1998 - Oct 2003

   Project lead for implementation of MES environment into shop floor. Includes shop floor management, data collection, online build documentation, process design, test processes, and release into production environment. Responsible for implementation and maintenance of hardware and software to support the MES shop floor management system. Led 5 Kaizen teams for process and cell design improvements. Sub-team and member of multiple kaizen events during 3 years of lean environment. Project lead of efforts to create time standards and matrix for use in quoting labor. Time studies and work measurement. Design and implementation of lean process enhancements to reduce cost and improve efficiencies. Project lead of efforts to improve customer service levels from Engineering to the production floor. Provide engineering support directly to cell operators while assisting in providing on-time delivery to our customers. Managed the closing of a sister company production facility in NY, consolidated operations into local facility, managed transition of products, developed support structure and processes to manage customer warranties. Responsible for process improvements, cost reduction efforts, material handling projects, time studies and work measurement, line balancing and Kaizen events for lean manufacturing.  Design of fixtures, jigs, and other poke-yoke devices.  Creation of highly detailed technical instructions.  Processing of ECN’s, AECN’s, and D/W’s for computer integration products. Managed projects including pnuematic screw gun implementation, MSDS program, fixture and jig management, and Y2K Compliance and Readiness plan. Extensive experience in process mapping.

• Program Manager

  • Mar 1995 - Mar 1998

   Managed three of the top ten integration customers, including the number one account. Liason between Memphis Value-added Integration Center and the customers. Successful development of integration center’s largest customer with annual sales of $16 million.  Beginning to end project responsibility for customer prototypes, engineering changes, assembly instruction updates, manufacturing and shipping for custom computer integrations. Day to day management of customer order schedules, inventory forecasting and finished goods levels. Duties extend to indirectly managing engineering, technical writing, manufacturing, inventory, and warehousing resources. Team Leader for process mapping project to document current processes and development of improved processes to work with MES shop floor management environment. Drove cost reduction efforts to increase margins on integration products. Responsible for implementation of an inventory management system that allowed us to pre-build customer systems to satisfy their demand fluctuations to medical customers.