Manufacturing Manager

Scott Stecher

**** ******* ****** *********, **** 52761

Phone: 563-***-**** Email: **********@*****.***

Management / Operations / Production

Highly motivated operations manager with excellent analytical, operational, organizational, and team-building skills.

Results-producing management career over the last 10 years, demonstrating improvements year after year in safety,

quality assurance, cost-reduction, and delivery improvement. Management philosophies are based on 5S theories,

cycle-time reductions, pull-production, and visual management. The following highlights my lean knowledge and skill

sets:

Quality assurance ISO 9001 Safety standards/compliance Project management

Lean-manufacturing principles Facilities maintenance Cost-control strategies

Process simplification Warehouse management systems Capacity management

Operations improvement Workflow improvement Member coaching/mentoring

Professional Experience

XPAC, Milan Illinois March 2012 – Present

Division Manager Woodshop (March 2012- Present)

• Created key performance measures for the division including productivity goals, scrap goals, completed order

goals, and labor hour analysis

• Managed labor needs and headcount taking the operation up to 85 employees from 50 and back down to 60

based on demand and output. Created a satellite woodshop to increase productivity and reduce transportation

costs within the company.

• Purchased equipment allowing the department to increase daily board foot from 30,000 bd ft per day up to

45,000 bd ft per day. Redeployed 7 people in the operation with the purchase of one saw.

• Lead operations meetings with supervisors, quality control, and other division managers

• Participate and comply with ISO 9001 standards in regards to flow and heat treat auditors

• Quote new packaging and supply packaging to internal and external customers daily

LeanCor LLC, Florence, Kentucky (Located in North Liberty, Iowa) May 2010 – March 2012

Operations Manager (May 2010 – March 2012)

Hired into LeanCor warehouse in North Liberty Iowa to manage warehouse activities including cross-docking

functions of inventory, sequencing parts, and perform assembly operations. Assigned to work with material planners at

our customer’s facility to change supplier deliveries to a kanban system. Participate in monthly reviews with

LeanCor’s VP of operations along with quarterly business reviews with LeanCor CEO’s and our customer’s

management staff.

Accomplishments and Responsibilities:

• Purchased over $600,000 worth of material handling equipment for our North Liberty, Iowa facility and a

new facility in Florence, Kentucky.

• Successfully changed North Liberty warehouse layout to accommodate 300 new parts, four new cells, and the

addition of 30 new positions in the first quarter of 2012.

• Participated in launching six new production lines in 2010. Started out with batch production and made the

move to one-piece flow or 1X1 production for our customer

• Warehouse manager

o Conduct daily PDCA meetings to track projects and identify daily issues

o Ensure 5S standards are maintained throughout the facility

o Creating a world-class facility using visual management and other lean tools

o Map out static homes for parts in the warehouse using PFEP data utilizing FIFO

practices

o Partner up with material planners from our customers on new parts coming into

the facility and obsolescence procedures for parts not being used

• Participate in the planning of new product launches and developing business cases to bring in additional

operations from our customers.

• Develop a rack maintenance program to assure sequencing racks do not pose quality issues with parts

transfers from the warehouse to the plant.

• Work with other management members to create policies and policy revisions as needed.

The HON Company, Muscatine, Iowa January 1995 – May 2010

Production Supervisor Vertical File, Desk, and Top (June 2008 – May 2010) Shipping/Receiving Supervisor (2006 –

2008) Vertical File Supervisor (2003 – 2006) Superflex Supervisor (2000 – 2003) Work Team Leader (1997 –

2000) Work Cell Operator (1995 – 1997)

Accomplishments and Responsibilities:

• Managed three production lines, consisting of 85 Members producing vertical files, desk tops, and

desks (a combined revenue over $80 million annually).

• Experience leading production lines in the Superflex, Storage and Vertical File businesses, averaging

45 members running products such as bookcases, overfiles, tub files, storage towers, file centers,

and storage cabinets.

• Experience leading the procurement (shop floor stores area) within Oak Steel. This area consisted

of 10 Members, supplying the plant with purchased parts from our supermarket area. Roughly 95%

of the plants purchased parts are kept in this area.

• Worked with outside vendors on a daily basis to assure prompt deliveries to satisfy our customer’s

demands.

• Significant Accomplishments within my Group Leader roles consist of:

o Desk Line’s revenue per member hour increased from $155.00 up to $186.00 in 2009

o Vertical File’s net efficiency increased from 78.1% to 106% in 2009

o Led the Parts Rack implementation team at Oak Steel using a procured parts program

creating barcoding, implementing scanners, and made changes to use on manufactured

parts within Oak Steel to track inventory throughout the plant while on the procurement

team

o Initial Vertical File Line experience saw the net efficiency rise from 67% up to 85% in

2008

o While in the Storage Cabinet and Superflex departments I assisted with the development of

the department layout in 2000 and 2001

Education and Training

I am currently working on my Masters of Business at Ashford University with an emphasis on project management.

Estimated completion date is May of 2013.

G.P.A.: 3.8/4.0

Bachelor of Science, Integrated Supply Chain & Operations Management, 2010

The University of Phoenix, Phoenix Arizona

G.P.A.: 3.5/4.00

Computer Skills:

Proficient in Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel, PPT, and Visio

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