Experience

Copper and Brass Sales | thyssenkrupp Materials NA

• United States
• Mining
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Waterjet Operations Manager

  • Oct 2022 - Present

• Value Add process Manager

  • Jan 2017 - Oct 2022

• Plant Manager

  • Jan 2009 - Jan 2017

  Full responsibility over a 65,000 square foot building and 40+ employee's. We are currently one of the largest distributors of processed aluminum plate in the country- doubled output in items and lbs- increased lbs and added new equipment, additional racking, moved 80% of cranes and equipment in a span of 5 months- installed the companies first waterjet machine and was instrumental in learning about and teaching on the waterjet- led projects to reduce spend on packing materials by $48k- working on a data analytics project for saw production- reducing consumables spend by utilizing non OEM parts for waterjets by $80k

• Assistant Plant Manager

  • Oct 2007 - Jan 2009

  Oversaw the quality system, material control, safety, maintenance and all administrative employee's. Was instrumental in moving from a 125,000 square foot facility to a 50,000 square foot facility completed in a 1 month period with no downtime.

• Supervisor

  • Jan 2007 - Oct 2007

  Supervised both first and second shift for a premiere coil slitting and leveling facility and 30+ employees. Assisted in setup and scheduling of slitting, helped to train employee's in quality, safety and material control as this was a new facility.

• Quality Manager

  • Feb 2004 - Jan 2007

  Was responsible for the quality system in the largest facility of copper and brass sales. Successfully passed 4 ISO quality audits. Developed a safety incentive program that saw injuries drop from 15+ a year to three straight years with no incidents.

• Warehouse Associate, office associate, michigan region lean focal

  • May 1998 - Feb 2004