Executives Available

Operations Leader:

> Ensured year-end average operations failure rate of less than 1% on a volume of > 500,000 

   transactions totaling $6.0BB in spend.

> Led CAPA continuous improvement program which eliminated 75% of cross-ERP transaction failures

   in the pipeline across 14 failure modes affecting Finance ledger bookings and on time vendor

   payments.

> Owned annual Sarbanes-Oxley regulatory review of high risk systems access for 48,000 users in 3 

   Oracle platforms, across 21 countries.

> Surpassed failure resolution targets by leading team of 10 issue resolution experts to a year end

   reduction in unbooked spend from > $10MM to less than $30K, for all 3 years in current role.

Senior Cost Estimator:

Senior Cost Estimator with a strong background of progressive experience in manufacturing.  Strengths include: Production Planning, Inventory Analysis, Purchasing, and Customer Service.  Proven experience with lean manufacturing and EASE programs in reducing manufacturing costs.

Manufacturing Management:

Manufactuing Management Professional with over 20 years of progressively responsible experience building and leading teams to support company objectives.  Areas of expertise include Distribution, Logistics, Customer Service, Warehouse Management, Inventory Control, Purchasing, Shipping and Receiving.

Senior Manufacturing Leader:

JIT/Lean Manufacturing

Budgeting/Forecasting

Cost Control

Manpower Planning

Cu Customer Relations
      Plant Start up/Layout
      Quality Systems
      Vendor Selections/Relations
      Management Training
      Managing Culture Change
      Conflict Resolution
      Continuous Improvement

Sales Management:

Sales Professional with over 20 years experience in sales and sales management.  Specific assignments include direct selling, creation of sales plans and marketing strategies, strategic planning, contract negotiation, sales training, assessment and hiring of direct sales staff and manufacturers' representatives.

e-mail Daniel Dedrick

General Manager: Management executive with 18 years in heavy vehicles, automotive and motorized recreational products, parts and accessories.  Background in general management, technology strategy and direction, new product design and launch, strategic relationships, intellectual property, sales, strategic planning, operations management, process improvement and acquisitions. e-mail Russell Dudan

Police Officer: To secure a position of employment in southeast Wisconsin congruent with my interests and qualifications. e-mail Jason Falkner

Senior Level Management:

Strategic Thinker - Create the vision and roadmap to achieve long term results

Change Agent - Ability to implement broad initiatives to succeed in business.

Project Manager - Drive for results required to meet business objectives.

Lean Perspective - Knowledge of the power of lean as a business model to compete.

Financial Liason - Maintain the connection between sales and operations.

Financial Planner - Prepare the financial representation of the business plan.

Financial Analyst - Provide meaningful financial information to decision makers.

Operations Management:

Results-driven leader with over 20 years of progressive experience in durable goods, consumer goods, and defense industries.  Proven business, engineering, and financial acumen applied to over 13 years of business P&L leadership.  Experienced in strategic planning, annual budgeting, product development, marketing, sales, service, accounting, lean applications, continuous improvement, start-ups, turn around, and business alliances.

Operations or Engineering Management:

Efficient, resourceful Manufacturing Engineer with expertise in automated equipment, process methods, and project management.  Proven track record of accomplishments in cost reduction, cell design, process improvements, and troubleshooting complex problems.  Conscientious, supportive team leader with strong analytical, organization, communication, follow through, and decision making abilities.

Supply Base Analyst or Supply Chain Manager:

Thirty (30) years of diversified sales, purchasing and production control in the stamping, marine, and motor cycle industry operations. Extensive background in total product cost management, lean manufacturing, and supply chain strategic management, new product planning production management and production control.

Business Development:

• Searched construction-project databases for projects where equipment might be used. Phoned engineers to verify equipment applicablity, to obtain job details, and to get trenchless methods "specd in" where possible. Obtained names of bidding contractors, low bidders, and winning bidders.
• Reviewed thousands of projects. Phone-investigated over 700 of them, and issued almost 300 to field sales as leads with project and contractor-contact detail.

• Assembled suspects numbering in thousands from Commercial Sources, Lost-Customer Archives, and other. Organized, investigated, and made phone contacts to find valid prospects in these raw lists.
• Issued valid prospects to field salespeople. Info issued often included competitive companies' offerings, amounts, and prices.
• Prospects issued per salesperson numbered from 42 to 138. Most new customers were found among these prospects.

• Assembled a customer database consisting of smaller accounts/prospects, and all accounts in 8 "open" states. Handled contacting, prospecting, sampling, quoting, follow-up, and closing in these.
• Pulled quoting and sampling info from the company order-handling system, and did phone follow-up on ones not promptly handled by field sales. Did cold-call prospecting for field sales.

• Created "from scratch" an account/prospect database of over 3,500 plant locations, with buying contacts in each. This database became a company-wide CRMS in Sept00.
• Identified accounts/prospects NOT actively pursued by Field Sales Engineers, and pursued these via telephone. Contacted Plant Engineers, Maintenance Managers, Buyers and others, for regular business AND for infrequent large projects rating Sales Engineer attention.
• Ran a call schedule that included 1,100-1,400 individuals, and generated 1-3 new quotes per day.
• Found projects that yielded these orders: $320k wet-wipe production system (SWS), $230k industrial water conditioning system (CTG), $145k chemical production module (PM), $450k special resin production equipment (CT), and many others.

Purchasing/Supply Chain Management:

Multi-faceted Supply Chain Leader accomplished at building the strategies, structures, staff skills, repeatable process discipline and organizational understanding/cooperation to maximize growth opportunities, cost savings and value-added services/deliverables. Superior business, financial and engineering acumen, multi-level risk analysis and negotiation skills to promote success in corporate reorganizations, outsourcing, change, technology, ERP, strategic relationships, supplier management and new product development projects. Excellent verbal/written communications, MBA and flexibility with a diverse range of people complement department teaming, cross-functional cooperation and executive trust.  

Manufacturing Management:

26 years in Manufacturing.  Of those years, 17 have been in some type management or salaried position, With each of the-three companies I have demonstrated the knowledge and ambition to improve within to a level of leadership working to earn the respect of my peers and officers.

General Manager:

Accomplished and results-orientated Senior Management Executive with 18 years of progressive, global experience in selling engineered products with technical value propositions, developing new products and markets, improving gross margins, and strategically positioning manufacturing companies for growth.  Strong general management and leadership skills complimented with technical aptitude, business acumen, and P/L accountability.

Key Competencies

Strategic Planning

International Business

Lean Manufacturing

Profit Improvement

Acquisitions/Integration

Creative Problem Resolution

Project Management

Customer Satisfaction

Business Development

Product Development/Launch

Change Management

Negotiations/Contracts

Prabhjot Kaur:

To obtain a full-time position in the field of electrical engineering enhancing my skills in RF design, wireless technology, digital signal processing and/or circuit design and analysis

Sales and Project Management:

Sales and project leadership

Technologically astute - Significant experience in sales to business professionals, including both products and services. Familiarity with Lean Enterprise, Six Sigma, and change management.

Proven strong interpersonal and organizational skills; repeatedly meeting and exceeding sales goals.  Demonstrated consistency, dependability, follow-through and ability to discover new business opportunities.

Mechanical Engineering Intern: Looking for a summer Mechanical Engineering Internship e-mail David Lunde

Vice President of Sales & Marketing:

Sales and Marketing Executive with extensive domestic and global experience in driving sales, market share and profitability of industrial  products through new business and product development, team building and sales and marketing management.  Particular strengths include market, customer and competitor analysis, strategy development and implementation, product planning and organizational development.  A proven track record in demonstrating conceptual, start up and execution capabilities in domestic as well as international assignments.

Human Resources or Financial Management:

Over 20-years of human resources and financial management experience in manufacturing. In-depth expertise and experience in negotiating contracts and fixed fee contracts with medical providers.  Background in strategic planning, budgeting, international business, compensation, recognition systems, benefits, recruitment, employee relations, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), Organizational Development (OD), and payroll.  Lean Six Sigma Green Belt trained.

e-mail Ron Nielsen

Human Resources Manager:

�         A goal-directed and people oriented management professional with a diversified history of significant accomplishments in operations and human resources management.

Human Resource Manager:

Decisive, results orientated manager offering expertise in building organizational cultures and managing process improvement through LEAN initiatives.  Project leader with a talent for building engaged and motivated teams that meet or exceed business objectives.  Track record of success and innovation, creating programs and processes that improve customer satisfaction and retention, expand productivity and enhance the enterprise success.

Train, Motivate and Lead Change                                

• Consensus, Teambuilding
• Root-Cause Problem Resolution                                
• Performance Management
• Process Analysis & Improvement                           
• Safety, Health & Wellness                                      
• Policy/Procedure Development                               
• Wage & Salary Administration
• Labor Relations/Negotiations                         

GENERAL MANAGEMENT & TECHNICAL/OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE:

Product creation and execution...

Leader of people, technology and lean operational initiatives...

Strategic "B to B" sales and marketing...Global cross-functional team leadership...

Balanced financial management...Innovation, profit oriented solutions...Coach and training style...

Insightful, results- oriented leader, qualified by in-depth experience in product development, engineering sourcing, and all facets of manufacturing operations including turn around.  Track record of structuring business for growth by coupling product innovation with manufacturing excellence to provide the customer, company and its employees a competitive advantage and a new culture.

Sales/Marketing Management:

Marketing, Sales and Product Management professional with more than twenty years experience supporting Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Sub-Assemblers within targeted vertical markets including electronics, medical, military/aerospace, industrial, electrical,  marine and data. Proven track record in marketing, sales and product management.

Operations Management:

Leadership - Planning - People - Action

Self-motivated leader with strong experience in improving manufacturing operations, maximizing productivity, improving customer satisfaction, improving quality, and developing effective teams resulting in increased profit and sales growth.  Proven record of accomplishments in lean manufacturing, design engineering, and purchasing to develop profitable and reliably manufactured products and services.  Demonstrates a strong business ethic and the energy to influence and build responsive teams focused on continuous improvement.

MULTI-FACETED EXECUTIVE WITH SALES & MARKETING EMPHASIS:

Multi-faceted Executive/Leader with a consistent record of supplying the vision, change dynamics, and operating efficiencies for increasing sales/profits, and revitalizing under-performing business units per the demands of industry leaders with multi-site/global requirements.  Versatile management success in strategic planning and hands-on leadership encompassing full P&L accountability, sales, marketing, product evelopment/management, corporate systems, and progressive customer initiatives. Priorities on communications, listening, staff development, and rewarding risk.  Achieves aggressive goals by innovation, challenging the status quo, continuous improvement, and mutual loyalty/respect at all levels, between departments and from key customers.

Quality Management:

QUALITY PROFESSIONAL with thirty years of progressively increasing responsibility in system design, continual improvement and cost reductions. Experiences include the implementation of Quality Management Systems that meet regulatory agency requirements. Have worked for organizations ranging in size from small family owned businesses to Fortune 100 companies. My strengths include:

ISO 9001

ISO 13485

TS 16949

Lean Manufacturing 

Manufacturing and/or Operations Executive:

Inventory Control Manager:

Over 15 years experience with long term success at In and Out bound freight scheduling, work force direction and maintaining accurate inventory levels.  Expertise includes: