Business Owner

• Feb 2019 - Present

President

• Jun 2015 - Present

Director of Project Management, Global Product Development

• May 2016 - Jun 2018

Senior Project Manager

• Apr 2014 - May 2016

Plant Manager

• Mar 2012 - Apr 2014

Transformational, versatile and accountable business leader with demonstrated success in Plant Management, Continuous Improvement roles across Operations, Manufacturing Management, IT, HR, Production, Consulting and Personnel Management seeking a leadership opportunity that integrates my Transformational Change, Operational Leadership, Project Management, Lean Sigma, Employee Engagement and Communications competencies.Promoted to this position 5 months after date of hire to continue, extend and deploy lean transformational improvements and culture throughout the plant.Evaluate all staff positions and employees. Create and execute plan to performance manage up to Toyota/Lean model. Develop team as needed to include termination, repositioning, promotion and new hirers.Establish profitably goals, develop plan to reach goals and lead the execution of the plan with and through my staff. Show less

Manufacturing Manager

• Nov 2011 - Mar 2012

Organized Manufacturing structure per the Toyota model to better support production capabilities – Split the Supervisor role to balance workload and staffing levels. Promoted Team Lead to Supervisor to segregate disparate responsibilities and competing priorities to enable success on every priority. Hired Team Leads to enable direct line support where none existed. Moved Manufacturing Engineer to Manufacturing floor and assigned direct responsibility to the needs of the floor.Introduced Manufacturing Process Design methods to include Process Experts (direct line staff) to align understanding of capability and firm a commitment to expectation based on what is physically possible through Lean processes and metrics – Promise = CapabilityImplemented One Piece Flow lines on previously designated batch lines where One Piece Flow was believed to be impossible. Philosophy: create believers one success at a time by involving all stakeholders and expecting expert analysis and solutions from those who participate. Redesigned Scheduling Tool to include Constraint, Recovery Plan, Area of Responsibility, Owner and Priority to better measure plan to actual and enable rapid recovery excision. Originated and led several Kaizen Blitz events while supporting others. Show less

Custom Print eCommerce Platform Manager

• Apr 2010 - Oct 2011

Led the development and successful implementation of a large-scale corporate eCommerce enterprise system for a superstore client. Managed domestic and global business teams.Spearheaded the business case/ROI analysis for the integration of multiple disparate IT systems into one seamless eCommerce Platform resulting in acceptance by Taylor Corporation and Staples.Developed and implemented the eCommerce enterprise system resulting in the consolidation of hardware, software and locations into one data center, a 66% reduction in maintenance costs, a 24% decrease in headcount, a 50% projected increase in sales and significant increases in conversion rates.Established Google Analytics for two largest Retail Customer Platforms. Designed and implemented funnels and goals. Implemented filters to aggregate data minus session ID and other unique data not pertinent to Analytics strategy. Applied SEO tagging and titling to improve user navigation and Analytics. Show less

ERP Project Leader

• Dec 2008 - Apr 2010

Lead the ERP initiative from selection through implementation. Managed all project managers representing all business processes from begining to end.

Project Unity Leader

• Apr 2007 - Dec 2008

Unified 8 disparate companies under one company, brand and business practices.

Senior Project Manager - Continuous Improvement

• Jul 2005 - Apr 2007

Led large-scale transformational change project to design, build and deploy an ERP corporate initiative that unified 8 plants on a single platform and paved the way for multiple new clients/initiatives. Managed a diverse team of 88 employees.Developed the front end business case and ROI analysis for the ERP project resulting in business rationale and the acceptance. Created and lead team to perform the selection process including documenting requirements for RFI, RFP and final performance analysis and selection. Formed a steering committee to serve and maintain the corporate directive relative to ongoing changes.Headed the ERP design and deployment resulting in the analysis, de-composition and re-engineering of many processes and a 30%+ reduction in support and direct labor overhead. Show less

Manager of Project Managers

• Jun 2004 - Jul 2005

PMO Manager PMO Manager

Independant Consultant - Continuous Improvement

• Jan 2002 - Jun 2004

Planned and directed contract process improvements and quality initiatives for two growing companies. Managed four team members. Saved $280K for ISI on OSHA and DOT safety standards project. Saved $100K on project relating to manufacturing processes improvements. Planned and directed contract process improvements and quality initiatives for two growing companies. Managed four team members. Saved $280K for ISI on OSHA and DOT safety standards project. Saved $100K on project relating to manufacturing processes improvements.

Founder / Director of Operations

• Jun 1999 - Jun 2001

Co-founded and managed this spin-off from ASAP to focus on process improvement, quality and safety consulting for 100+ manufacturing clients. Played key role in strategic planning and startup. Enabled growth from 0 to $3MM in first-year revenue increasing to $8MM in revenue in four years. Co-founded and managed this spin-off from ASAP to focus on process improvement, quality and safety consulting for 100+ manufacturing clients. Played key role in strategic planning and startup. Enabled growth from 0 to $3MM in first-year revenue increasing to $8MM in revenue in four years.

Founder / Marketing & Sales

• Dec 1994 - Apr 1997

Co-founded and directed Sales & Marketing for this fulfillment company. Developed the business plan, business model and Operational and Logistical systems. Won 20 new customer contracts in first year including 3M. Enabled $3MM in first year sales and subsequent growth to $5MM in Co-founded and directed Sales & Marketing for this fulfillment company. Developed the business plan, business model and Operational and Logistical systems. Won 20 new customer contracts in first year including 3M. Enabled $3MM in first year sales and subsequent growth to $5MM in

Office Manager

• 1988 - 1992

Began working here to pay for college. Promoted to become youngest Branch Office Manager in company history at 21 years of age. Started as part time sale representative while in college. Awarded top national sales representative. Promoted several times to include highest local position (Branch Manager). Completely turned around operations. Led branch with shortest growing season from worst to #1 ranking out of 17 nationwide. Managed up to 25 personnel. Redesigned sales methodology, pay structure and customer on boarding process; Transformed customer collections to customer service; Redesigned pay structure for lawn technicians all to align employee goals and performance standards with customer satisfaction and retention metrics. Reduced bad debt from 8% to less than 1% with a 4% national standard. Reduced cost-per-close by 35% Introduced to Project Management during the Business System Conversion project. First professional plant turnaround. Show less