Experience

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  Brother Industries, Ltd.

  • Bartl

  • Managing Director

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • Bartl

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  Brother International Corporation

  • United States
  • Consumer Electronics
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director of Technical Services

    • Apr 2014 - Feb 2022

    Currently responsible for Product Returns Processing, Repair/Refurbishment, Recycling, Toner Cartridge Returns, Quality, Product Reconfiguration, Product Rework, and Site Security. Actively leading 'Organizational Transformation' at department and division levels by implementing Strategic Management System. Defining strategic objectives and goals, implementation of initiatives with specific targets for improvements, and communicating with the use of a balance scorecard to all team members (department of 75 team members). Alignment with multiple members of the division has allowed the deployment to be documented for other departments to model.In 2016, Bartlett facility will become a ZERO to landfill facility.

  • Director of Facilities

    • Sep 2009 - Apr 2014

    Responsible for facility management of Brother's 1.5M square foot distribution and light manufacturing facility, with a scope including Returns Operations, Facilities Engineering and Maintenance, Environmental Health & Safety, and Security.- Participated in the successful extension of Shelby County PILOT program.- Received Tennessee Governor Award for 2012 for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability.- Received Brother 5R awards (Environmental Excellence) in 2010, 2011, and 2013.- Installed 2-60kWh Solar Panel farms on property utilizing almost 80% State and Federal funding.

  • Director Parts Distribution

    • Mar 2008 - Sep 2009

    Responsible for the parts distribution operations. - Improved same-day order processing performance from 85% to 99%.- Eliminated missed shipments on SWAP orders (consumer machine exchange).

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  Technicolor

  • Director of Fulfillment Operations

    • Jun 2006 - Jan 2008

    Oversaw 1,100 employees in a 805,000 square foot facility dedicated to catalog fulfillment services for Walt Disney Studios, Universal Studios, and Paramount Home Entertainment. Led the cross-functional team which consisted of 11 direct reports who responsible for each element of the customer supply chain.- Completed successful integration of Paramount Home Entertainment in 2007. - Integrated 12,000 SKUs and 60M units of inventory over a 3 month period. Completed year with 99.4% rack location accuracy and 99.94% unit accuracy.- Accomplished transition of 100% additional capacity with only 50% increase in headcount and 50% increase in capacity. The balance was achieved through product-flow optimization and efficiency improvements.- Achieved 99.1% OTIF through 4th quarter peak.- Reorganized management team in July 2006, resulting in a 33% reduction in staff and $1M cost savings in indirect labor.- Restored operation to profitability September 2006 through January 2008 exceeding operating profit by $2M.

  • Director of Packaging Operations

    • Dec 2002 - May 2006

    Responsible for the design and layout of a new 922,000 square foot DVD Packaging and New Release Distribution facility that included the shutdown and relocation of the VA operations. Responsible for bringing facility on-line, hiring management team, increasing daily packaging capacity to 1.5M discs and distribution volumes over 2.0M daily. - Improved Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) by 180% from July 2005 to May 2006, utilizing Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing techniques and line optimization.- Reduced 25% direct labor cost during same period which allowed for additional volume to be absorbed with no increase in staffing and capital equipment expense.- Recognized by Microsoft for product-flow improvements on the Perfect Dark Zero launch which reduced material loss by 300% compared to previous Halo 2 launch. Presented with award from Microsoft in Redmond WA offices.- Led organizational growth from 500,000 units packaged per day to 1.2M per day with 10% increase in direct labor and OCOS.- Led successful transition and start-up of packaging operations from Charlottesville, VA to Memphis, TN. Completed April 2003.

  • Engineering Manager

    • Aug 2000 - Dec 2002

    Directed all engineering activities for 2 facilities totaling 360,000 square feet of manufacturing and distribution space. Oversaw and led all capital projects totaling $35 million during this period. Managed 80 departmental resources, 2 managers, and 12 engineers. Created and lead safety committee for all VA operations.- Designed new layout for packaging operations in Charlottesville facility. Implemented 'horseshoe' packaging line concept reducing staffing by 42% on the 6 lines. - Led company growth into new DVD market by installing new capacity and went from 250k discs per day to 630k discs per day.- Led cost saving projects for Xbox game manufacturing, silver vacuum sputtering, and injection molding cycle time reductions.

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  Sony Music Entertainment - Sony Disc Manufacturing

  • Japan
  • Entertainment Providers
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Engineering Manager

    • Feb 1995 - Aug 2000

  • Process Engineer

    • Aug 1994 - Feb 1995

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  Computer Memory Disk - Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

  • Eugene, OR

  • Engineering Manager

    • Dec 1990 - May 1994
    • Eugene, OR

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  Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. - Computer Memory Disk

  • San Jose, CA

  • Process Engineer

    • Jan 1988 - Nov 1990
    • San Jose, CA