Experience

E&R Laundry and Dry Cleaners

• United States
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Plant Manager

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  • Responsible for all plant operations, managing 130 people.• Create and manage budget• Recruit, train, and onboard new employees.• Collect and review data to reduce inefficiencies and waste.• Develop plans to help operations run smoothly (based on Lean Manufacturing process).• Oversee operations to ensure safety. • Responsible for all plant operations, managing 130 people.• Create and manage budget• Recruit, train, and onboard new employees.• Collect and review data to reduce inefficiencies and waste.• Develop plans to help operations run smoothly (based on Lean Manufacturing process).• Oversee operations to ensure safety.



Milliken & Company

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Manager

  • Feb 2020 - Jan 2021

  • Operations Manager in charge of all operations, overseeing 230 employees. • Operations Manager in charge of all operations, overseeing 230 employees.



Polartec

• United States
• Textile Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Plant Manager

  • Nov 1989 - Feb 2020

  Hudson Plant Manager 2018-2020• Knitting Plant Manager in charge of 42 Union workers, 7 Technicians, and 5 office support professionals.• Successfully negotiated the termination of the union contract after 80 years of existence.• Improved overall plant production by 30%.• Reduced transportation costs by $200,000 per year.• Improved on-time delivery from 85% to 99%.Global Team Plant Manager 2017-2018• Travel between Guatemala and Tennessee performing Plant Manager duties as outlined belowPlant Manager 1995-2017Reporting directly to SR VP, directly supervise 7 staff supervisors and 220 union employees to consistently meet or exceed production goals⦁ Key team member that planned and facilitated the rebuilding of the finishing plant⦁ Reduced off quality production from 3.0% to 0.5% plant wide⦁ Increased productivity by 25% annually⦁ Help to develop safety standards that reduced OSHA reportable accidents by 40%Shift Superintendent 1994-1995Reporting directly to the owner, directly supervised 65 union employees in a fast paced production center⦁ Provided the leadership necessary to improve quality output by 3% and overall production by 5%⦁ Implemented monthly safety meetings to successfully reduce injuries by over 10%Dye House Shift Supervisor 1990-1994Dye Lab Technician 1989-1990Production Associate 1988-1989



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Field Artillery (E-5)

  • 1988 - 1992