Warren Arenz
Vice President of Operations at Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc- Claim this Profile
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Jacqueline Mancheno Cohen SHRM-SCP
Warren is a very capable leader. I have had the opportunity to partner with Warren in several roles in highly ambiguous, fluid, and changing circumstances, while he was leading a functional area from HSE to Supply Chain, to Production, and/or Distribution. Warren is a highly agile and self-aware leader who engenders honesty, accountability, and integrity in his organizations. He is adept at leading and sponsoring change because he has a keen ability to empower and build trust within his teams. I have consistently found Warren to be communicative, collaborative, and connected, instilling a positive and engaged energy across his team. He leads the delivery of results and improves the performance of a function in a highly effective manner. Warren also possesses strong commercial awareness, business acumen and an innovative approach that contributes to his well-rounded leadership style.
Cliff Caldwell
I've had the good fortune to work with Warren for many years. At times I was his manager and other times his peer. He is highly collaborative, proactive, structured, professional and intelligent. He touches base regularly with his people, his peers and his supervisors to make certain he is working on the most important topics for the business. His perspective is broad when he works on an improvement program. He takes into consideration how his actions would impact the customer and the balance of the organization. He has a deep commitment to building a strong safety culture and understands that building a strong Quality Management System approach into the business brings customer satisfaction and business efficiency. He has all the characteristics you would want in a business executive leader.
Jacqueline Mancheno Cohen SHRM-SCP
Warren is a very capable leader. I have had the opportunity to partner with Warren in several roles in highly ambiguous, fluid, and changing circumstances, while he was leading a functional area from HSE to Supply Chain, to Production, and/or Distribution. Warren is a highly agile and self-aware leader who engenders honesty, accountability, and integrity in his organizations. He is adept at leading and sponsoring change because he has a keen ability to empower and build trust within his teams. I have consistently found Warren to be communicative, collaborative, and connected, instilling a positive and engaged energy across his team. He leads the delivery of results and improves the performance of a function in a highly effective manner. Warren also possesses strong commercial awareness, business acumen and an innovative approach that contributes to his well-rounded leadership style.
Cliff Caldwell
I've had the good fortune to work with Warren for many years. At times I was his manager and other times his peer. He is highly collaborative, proactive, structured, professional and intelligent. He touches base regularly with his people, his peers and his supervisors to make certain he is working on the most important topics for the business. His perspective is broad when he works on an improvement program. He takes into consideration how his actions would impact the customer and the balance of the organization. He has a deep commitment to building a strong safety culture and understands that building a strong Quality Management System approach into the business brings customer satisfaction and business efficiency. He has all the characteristics you would want in a business executive leader.
Jacqueline Mancheno Cohen SHRM-SCP
Warren is a very capable leader. I have had the opportunity to partner with Warren in several roles in highly ambiguous, fluid, and changing circumstances, while he was leading a functional area from HSE to Supply Chain, to Production, and/or Distribution. Warren is a highly agile and self-aware leader who engenders honesty, accountability, and integrity in his organizations. He is adept at leading and sponsoring change because he has a keen ability to empower and build trust within his teams. I have consistently found Warren to be communicative, collaborative, and connected, instilling a positive and engaged energy across his team. He leads the delivery of results and improves the performance of a function in a highly effective manner. Warren also possesses strong commercial awareness, business acumen and an innovative approach that contributes to his well-rounded leadership style.
Cliff Caldwell
I've had the good fortune to work with Warren for many years. At times I was his manager and other times his peer. He is highly collaborative, proactive, structured, professional and intelligent. He touches base regularly with his people, his peers and his supervisors to make certain he is working on the most important topics for the business. His perspective is broad when he works on an improvement program. He takes into consideration how his actions would impact the customer and the balance of the organization. He has a deep commitment to building a strong safety culture and understands that building a strong Quality Management System approach into the business brings customer satisfaction and business efficiency. He has all the characteristics you would want in a business executive leader.
Jacqueline Mancheno Cohen SHRM-SCP
Warren is a very capable leader. I have had the opportunity to partner with Warren in several roles in highly ambiguous, fluid, and changing circumstances, while he was leading a functional area from HSE to Supply Chain, to Production, and/or Distribution. Warren is a highly agile and self-aware leader who engenders honesty, accountability, and integrity in his organizations. He is adept at leading and sponsoring change because he has a keen ability to empower and build trust within his teams. I have consistently found Warren to be communicative, collaborative, and connected, instilling a positive and engaged energy across his team. He leads the delivery of results and improves the performance of a function in a highly effective manner. Warren also possesses strong commercial awareness, business acumen and an innovative approach that contributes to his well-rounded leadership style.
Cliff Caldwell
I've had the good fortune to work with Warren for many years. At times I was his manager and other times his peer. He is highly collaborative, proactive, structured, professional and intelligent. He touches base regularly with his people, his peers and his supervisors to make certain he is working on the most important topics for the business. His perspective is broad when he works on an improvement program. He takes into consideration how his actions would impact the customer and the balance of the organization. He has a deep commitment to building a strong safety culture and understands that building a strong Quality Management System approach into the business brings customer satisfaction and business efficiency. He has all the characteristics you would want in a business executive leader.
Experience
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Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc
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United States
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Chemical Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Vice President of Operations
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Jan 2020 - Present
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Messer Americas
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United States
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Chemical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President Of Distribution & Scheduling, North America
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Mar 2017 - Jan 2020
Steer initiatives to improve the distribution operation by implementing solutions including centralized scheduling, customer service, Order-to-Cash, fleet asset design, and procurement. Scope requires directing an operation network with rail, truck and marine logistics and 1,000 transportation vehicles operating in North America. Allocate a $300M annual operating budget and a $50M annual capital budget while managing 8 direct reports and 1000 employees. Achieve results by negotiating costs and executing business plans with complete financial/P&L responsibility of business units. Uphold compliance with RCRA, DTSC, TSCA, DOT, OSHA, and other local and federal agencies. ► Improved customer service (20%), reduced injuries (45%), and boosted productivity (5%) using safety, service, and collaboration strategies. ► Saved $14M annually, the highest globally and accounting for 36% of the overall savings, by implementing projects addressing gaps in productivity (bid board, payload, 3rd party carrier displacement, tracking tools). ► Boosted asset utilization from 33% to 46% for a fleet of 800 liquid trailers, resulting in capital avoidance of $30M for 2017 and 2018. Show less
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LINDE GAS LLC
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Houston, TX
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Vice President of Bulk and OnSite Operations, North America
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Apr 2016 - Apr 2017
Generated $1.2B in annual revenue by leading the operations team of eight Senior Managers in overseeing 36 manufacturing sites with 1100 employees across the US, Canada, and the Caribbean. Achieved efficiency and productivity objectives by stretching the $350M operating budget and $45M capital budget using short and long-term planning strategies. Responsible for manufacturing, storage, rail and pipeline deliveries of gas and liquid Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon, Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen and Helium, while overseeing productivity, staffing, regulatory compliance, project and process management and well as KPI performance reviews. ► Slashed costs $3M with successful development of production flows to maximize plant capacity and decrease plant Unplanned Cost of Downtime (UCOD) by 25%. ► Positioned the organization for efficiency by incorporating daily management communication process at the plant level with quick escalation of daily key issues to keep executive management team informed. ► Increased transparency with a management tool to capture operational process safety risks, risk rank, and prioritize CAPEX and OPEX to ensure the highest risk items were addressed and/or mitigated. Show less
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Vice President of Cylinder Supply Chain Operations, North & South America
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Mar 2011 - Apr 2016
Stewarded the supply chain of industrial, medical and specialty gas products in 13 countries throughout North & South America, which includes 160 chemical gas and distribution facilities, as well as Customer Engineering and Field Services. Reduced deviations from targets using operational business strategies, streamlined budgets, safety leadership, quality systems oversight, and lean initiatives. Managed eight direct and 1800 indirect reports with an operating budget of $400M and $45M in capital. ► Cut total recordable injuries 47%, lost time injuries 75%, and driving incident 46% with a new safety program that focused on the human behavioral aspects of employees to include DriveCam, daily safety talks, weekly Executive Safety Leadership talks. ► Played a pivotal role on the Canada Executive Team that increased revenue 4% private branded products. ► Captured $4.5M of revenue for unpaid and/or disputed invoices using an easier and more accurate billing process that also helped the client understand service and opportunity issues. Error rate dropped 17%. ► Reduced operating expenses by over $12M dollars over a 2-year period with a cost reduction and efficiency improvement program for the North America packaged gas business. ► Strengthened asset utilization and reduced capital required to take on new business, leading to identifying a 70% surplus in cylinder stock and reducing capital expenditure by $3M. Show less
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Linde
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United Kingdom
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Chemical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President of Safety, Health, Environment & Quality, North America
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Jan 2009 - May 2011
Developed, implemented, and led high performance strategies in the areas of Safety, Health, Environment, Quality and Security for 140 bulk and packaged gas facilities in North America. Worked in partnership with business heads and the Executive Leadership team to improve the overall performance and compliance.► Decreased operating expenses by 25% and staffing by 20% while also creating a new strategic SHEQ operating model focused on customers.► Successfully implemented a new behavioral based safety program (LeadSafe, Good Catches, Consistent Consequence Management, Golden Rules, a Centralized Incident Reporting system and Mgmt Reviews). Show less
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Director Of Operations
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May 2006 - Dec 2008
Responsible for transforming the US Electronics Cylinder Operations into a world-class leader in the semi-conductor industry. Responsible for developing operations business strategies, budgeting, operations management/manufacturing, supply chain management, safety management, quality systems management, and lean initiatives. Manage 8 direct and 130 indirect reports across 7 facilities with an operating budget of $30 million.
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BOC Edwards
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Phoenix, Arizona Area
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General Manager
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May 2004 - May 2006
Responsible for the operations, distribution, supply chain and P&L for 3 facilities that produced electronic gases for the semi-conductor industry with a global supply chain. Responsible for the operations, distribution, supply chain and P&L for 3 facilities that produced electronic gases for the semi-conductor industry with a global supply chain.
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BOC Gases Americas
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United States
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Truck Transportation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Regional Operations Manager
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Dec 2002 - May 2004
Responsible for the manufacturing, distribution and supply chain activities for 13 locations in the SE and SW areas.
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Plant Manager
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Feb 2001 - Dec 2002
Responsible for the manufacturing and delivery of industrial, medical and specialty gases
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General Motors
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Operations, Maintenance and Quality Manager
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1997 - 2001
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Tower International
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Production Supervisor
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1996 - 1997
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US Army
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United States
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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Supply Chain Officer
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1992 - 1995
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US Army
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United States
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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Infantry Soldier
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1986 - 1989
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Education
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1989 - 1992
Texas A&M University
BS, Industrial Engineering -
2004 - 2006
University of Phoenix
MBA, MBA
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