Manager Sales
Resume:
TIMOTHY K. LAHRS
Email: ********@*******.***
Douglas, GA 31533 Cell:
SUMMARY
Operations Executive/Manager with more than 20 years experience in
progressively challenging positions. Visionary leader with a solid
background in P&L accountability up to $60 million. Proven expertise in
Lean Manufacturing, strategic planning, customer satisfaction, Kaizen
techniques and manufacturing operations and cost control.
EXPERIENCE
Pace American 2004 - 2008
A $140mm manufacturer of enclosed cargo and racing trailers with 6
manufacturing facilities in the United States.
General Manager, Fitzgerald, GA (largest plant in company for dollars
shipped)
. Complete P&L responsibility for $42mm facility w/250 employees,
servicing the Southeastern United States.
. Responsible for all sales, production, service, quality, maintenance,
customer relations, human resources
. Completed the first Kaizen event in the Company
. Recovered over $1 million in stolen goods (with perpetrators being
convicted) in first 6 months as GM
Kidron 2003 - 2004
A leading designer and manufacturer of truck bodies and trailers that can
deliver optimum productivity in the distribution of refrigerated as well as
dry freight cargo.
General Manager, Tulare, California
. Start-up of 142,500 sq. foot facility manufacturing refrigerated and
dry freight truck bodies.
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. 1997 - 2002
A Fortune 500 corporation and the industry leader in the production of
recreational vehicles and manufactured housing. Fleetwood employs over
15,000 associates at 40+ manufacturing centers/plants located in 17
states and one Canadian province. Annual sales exceed $2.5 billion.
General Manager, Garrett, Indiana Manufactured Housing Facility (200
Employees)
. Increased number of Fleetwood Retailers from 79 to current 120
. Increased production levels from 2-3 floors/day to as high as 12
floors/day and quarterly
profits from less than $0 to $1.1 million (highest quarter).
. Improved Retailer Satisfaction (RSI) from 68% to 89% in 4-year period.
. Reduced controllable overheads from 1.6% to .04% of sales.
. Implemented Kaizen events which improved ergonomics, productivity and
safety, a reduction of 27 jobs producing the same number of floors in
12-month period.
. Maintained stable management team over 4+ years. Plant's history
included 12 General Managers and more than 70 managers in 14-year
period.
General Manager, Lexington, Mississippi
. Company decision to close manufacturing center. Offered new
assignment at Garrett.
Rowe Industries 1995 - 1997
Supplier of cruise missile parts for aerospace industry
General Manager, Toledo, Ohio Silicone Extrusion Wire Plant
. Full P& L responsibility for an $11 million facility employing 90 union
employees
(facility closed due to competition buy-out)
Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc. 1993 -
1995
A $300 million high volume manufacturer of electrical wiring harness for
the automotive industry with 8 plants and 2100 U.S. employees.
General Manager, Edmonton, KY Plant 1,000 Employees
. Responsible for production, quality, engineering, maintenance, customer
relations,
human resources and medical staff totaling 1,000 employees. While
increasing sales to
$59 million our facility reduced absenteeism to 1% and exceeded
profitability targets.
. Advised Kaizen team that came in first place among 47 vendors for
Honda competition.
. Increased assembly noritsu from 78% to 96%
Electro-Wire Products, Inc. 1992 -
1993
Electron-Wire was a $350 million manufacturer of electrical wiring
harnesses for the automotive and heavy equipment industry). Initially hired
as Troubleshooter for all six plants in the Truck and Industrial Products
Group.
Plant Manager-Truck & Industrial Products Group, Campbellsburg,
Kentucky
. Responsible for all plant manufacturing and business operations including
customer service, quality and shipping/receiving with annual sales of
$14 million with 400 employees.
. Managed ongoing relationship with all key customers including Ford Truck,
Mack Truck and Cummins Engine.
. Improved profitability and brought deliveries from backlog to
current/on-time through application of more effective manufacturing
processes.
. Started certification for ISO-9000.
Dill Products Corporation 1984 -
1992
Dill Products was a small manufacturer of wiring harnesses for the heavy-
duty truck industry; main customers included Kenworth, Peterbilt,
Freightliner, Mack, Volvo-White and Western Star Trucks
Plant Manager, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1989 - 1992
Transferred to Rock Hill for the specific assignment of increasing an
existing work force of 18 production workers to a total of 200
employees. Total responsibility for all phases of management,
purchasing, production, maintenance, quality control and personnel.
. Developed all plant manufacturing systems and procedures for a
remote, stand-alone facility. Aggressively sought and sold new
customers throughout Georgia and the Carolinas to increase sales.
Results: Increased sales; however, as a result of severe cash flows
the corporation filed for bankruptcy.
Plant Manager, David City, Nebraska, 1984 - 1989
. Responsible for multi-plant operations with a total employment of 200.
. Developed an exceptionally strong management team. Increased
production efficiency more than 40%. Expanded plant from 38 to 200
employees in four and a half years. Took gross sales from $365,000
to more than $7 million in four years.
. Charged in 1988 with total responsibility for construction,
financing, design, layout of additional 66,000 sq. ft. facility.
Start-to-finish construction was completed in 91 days.
. This plant improved from the worst in all measures to the most efficient
and
profitable of the company's six plants.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Vocational Industrial Education
University of Nebraska, Kearney, NE
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