Experience

Brownells, Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Director of Operations

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Grinnell, Iowa, United States

• Director of Business Transformation and Operations Excellence

  • Oct 2018 - Feb 2023

  Grinnell Iowa

• Operations Performance Manager

  • Feb 2017 - Oct 2018

  Grinnell Iowa Lead and execute plans to efficiently utilize stock, labor, and equipment. Work with personnel to develop operating plans, forecast schedules and performance targets.

• Site Fulfillment Manager

  • Sep 2014 - Jan 2017

  Grinnell, Iowa Manage a team of 150 employees with responsibility for operations planning and execution of safety, quality, productivity, order scheduling and staffing. Coach and mentor all employees in process improvement and waste elimination.

• Senior Process Engineer

  • Sep 2012 - Aug 2014

  Montezuma, Iowa Project Manager for new 200K sqft facility. Lead and facilitate process maps for new capital projects to develop proper business requirements. Received LBBP certification July 2013.



Vermeer Corporation

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Continuous Improvement Manager

  • Aug 2007 - Sep 2012

  Led a continuous improvement team that used lean methodologies to improve plants KPI measurements. I also led or participated on over 90 week long kaizen events that focused on new product development, line work rebalancing, quality, material handling, 5S, process maps, and value stream mapping.



Pella Corporation

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Department Manager

  • Jan 2000 - Aug 2007

  Managed production team in door and window manufacturing, with responsibility for safety, quality, productivity, scheduling and staffing. Led efforts in continuous improvements throughout facility.