DONALD E. ACHENBACH

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GREENVILLE, PA 16125

724-***-****

abl5ut@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

I am an experienced change agent who has maximized profitability and

improved efficiency in both large and small organizations. Employing a

team based approach, I specialize in streamlining operations, diagnosing

causes for and eliminating waste, and increasing value to products,

services and team members.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Supreme Manufacturing, Stoneboro, PA

Temporary Plant Manager 2009 to

Present

. Facilitated a 33% increase in productivity in less than 90 days

. Re-structured and updated numerous safety policies and procedures

. Provided day to day improvements to work place flow and manpower

planning

Leed's Promotional Products, Warren, OH 2007 to 2009

Plant Manager

. Doubled productivity in less than one year using tried and true

industrial engineering principles and techniques

. Reduced scrap measurement by 45% through use of teams and ISO type

techniques

. Acted as a change agent to turn around at risk operation and avoid a

Union petition drive

. Responsible for Production, HR, Maintenance, Warehouse/Shipping,

Quality and Safety

Thiel College, Greenville, PA

2003 to 2007

Vice President of Facilities, Planning, and Analysis

. Project leader for the design/construction of a $2 million Chapel

. Directed the design and construction of state of the art NCAA softball

and baseball complex-work included architectural design, schedule

development, budget preparation, and interface with State

environmental and financial agencies

. Oversaw renovation projects in Library, Science Labs, Dorms, Football

Stadium, Gym, and Fitness Center-developed budgets, scopes of work,

scheduling of assets, etc.

. Responsible for facilitating the development and implementation of new

Strategic Plan

WERNER CO, Greenville, PA 1984

to 2003

Director of Ladder Operations

. Directed $80M automotive fabrication and $300M ladder assembly effort

including production control, quality control, distribution,

industrial engineering, and face to face customer relations

. Member of successful ISO/QS 9000 quality registrations and re-

registration efforts

. Project lead for Lean Manufacturing/Constraint Theory initiative

netting $12M in savings

WERNER CO (continued)

Director of Keller Integration

. Acting COO (with P&L responsibility) during integration of #1

competitor

. Helped maintain Keller's $60M customer base working with customers,

marketing, engineering and sales personnel

. Led redesign of Keller's product line to fit existing Werner

production platforms-led multi functional team of marketing,

engineering, manufacturing, sales

. Streamlined Keller operations by successfully closing 2 manufacturing

plants while increasing Keller brand customer base by 4% and improved

gross margins by 15%

Corporate Manufacturing Manager

. Worked for VP Operations solving manufacturing issues at 7

manufacturing sites

. Manufacturing liaison to numerous New Product Development cross

functional teams with heavy emphasis on design, production, marketing,

and consumer research activities

. Established, maintained and reported out daily, weekly, monthly, and

annual performance metrics designed to meet business plans for

individual and multiple sites

. Performed Human Resources duties in multiple manufacturing sites

. Championed Continuous Improvement activities for multiple sites

resulting in design, recruitment, training, and measuring CI

initiatives

. Helped negotiate 2-5year labor contracts and served as corporate

trainer for numerous negotiation teams

OTHER POSITIONS-

PLYMOUTH TUBE, Salisbury, MD

Production Manager

GREENVILLE STEEL CAR CO, Greenville, PA

Various Industrial Engineering positions

EDUCATION

THIEL COLLEGE- Greenville, PA

BA Business Administration-graduated in 3 years

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