Experience

Advantage Utah

• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Operations

  • May 2015 - Present

• Press Room Manager

  • Sep 2013 - May 2015



FC Printing/ Franklin Covey

• Production Manager

  • Mar 1996 - Present

  • Purchasing components and coordinating supply, demand transit time and arrival to coincide with production schedule of jobs while maintaining optimal inventory levels. • Forecast product demand for monthly, quarterly and yearly inventory levels. • Manage 80+ employees including four supervisors with crews of roughly 20 full-time employees. • Reduced operating expenses through purchasing and efficiency initiatives by over $1,000,000; FY2012-FY2013, without sacrificing quality or on-time delivery. • Hiring and termination, performance management, and overseeing corrective actions. • Vendor negotiations and supply planning for raw materials used in production builds; reducing consumables and external vendor expenses by 27 percent, while maintaining or improving quality standards. • Motivate and train supervisors to manage effectively using Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, and Six Sigma methodology to obtain maximum efficiency. • Implemented a vendor-managed inventory system; and control Metrix, resulting in improved cash flow by reducing the need for on-hand inventory and extended terms on products. • Improved product flow to the customer using Six Sigma, DMAIC, process mapping and other efficiency tools; increasing throughput while minimizing labor and inventory expenses. • Oversight of production schedule; ensuring jobs are completed on-time and accurately. • Implement, oversee, and audit the 5S program; maintaining a high level of shop organization. Show less