Sales Supply Chain
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Ken Heitritter Resume
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Highlights of Experience
General Management, Strategic Planning, Capital & Projects Management, Team Builder, Mentoring,
Lean/5S, TPS, Kaizen, Zero Defects and 6 Sigma, Doing it right the first time is primary, Process
Knowledge Mechanical & Electrical, Cost reductions, Turnaround Leader, Change Agent, New Business
Startup, Funding & Economic Development, Facility Design & Construction, New Account Development,
P&L, ASME, Gear Production, Casting, Painting, Machining, Stamping, Comprehensive Industrial
Equipment knowledge, Product and System experience -- built to order and built to stock, high and low
volume, Supply Chain Management.
Accomplishments
Turned around a Company ($50.0 M) from financial default to repaying its debt in 180 days.
Positioned a Company to obtain a sale of its Manufacturing business to a Fortune 500 company.
Reshaped a 100 year-old company into an aggressive competitor, organic growth of 30% in 4 years
Reduced thru-put from 40 weeks to 4 weeks on a $35M manufacturing business in 5 years
Improved inventory turns from 3 to 10 in 18 months while improving OTD for a $7.5 M business.
Assessed and implemented 3 multi-user business systems hardware and software
Proposed and implemented two green field start ups. Capital budget of $10M. Created one piece flow in
both and established a 24 hr 7 day 4 shift system in one.
Saved an accumulated 30 million dollars per year at various companies in last 20 years.
Strong product & process knowledge of: Electric Motors and Gear Motors, Controls, Conveyors, Die
Casting, Molding, Metal Fabrication, ASME Fabrication, Private Label product production, Gear
Production, Injection Molding, Stamping, Machining.
Started a Manufacturing business from business plan & financing, through Product Design, Customer
attainment & Production. Grew business to $3.6 mil in 2nd year Sales @6% pretax; then sold it in 2005.
Strength of knowledge includes: finance, sales, marketing, operations, engineering and quality.
Literate with various business systems, including, but not limited to, 4th Shift, SAP, Oracle, Sage, Intuit,
Microsoft and Adobe.
Implemented: Lean/5S, TPS, Kaizen, Zero Defects and 6 sigma, Doing it right the first time is primary.
Champion of Lean-Six Sigma and Stake holder education
Hired and Mentored Key Managers whose current titles are:
VP Global Supply Chain of Emerson
Sr. Vice President of Klein Tools
Global Operations Director of Ingersoll-Rand
Education
Bachelor of Science Industrial Technology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
Roosevelt University and Chicago Circle -Business, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, ISO, and Legal
Facets of Business.
Attended many training programs; most notable: Phil Crosby Zero Defects, Dr. Edward Deming TQM,
Eli Goldratt - Theory of Constraints.
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Experience -- 20 plus years for both private and Fortune 100 companies.
Current - Independent Consultant.
Vessel Systems, Inc., Dubuque, IA
President/owner ($3.5 M in Sales)
Bodine Electric - Chicago, IL; promotions leading to General Manager ($70 M in Sales)
Emerson - St. Louis, MO; promotions leading to Unit Manager (Multi-national $24 B +)
Technical Advisor College of Engineering Iowa State University 5 years
Private & Public board experience
Contact Information
Ken E. Heitritter
10715 Eagle Ridge Court Peosta, IA 52068
Business Cell: 563/543-3000
E-Mail: **************@***.***
Web site: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/7/390/329
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