RON LORENTZEN, MBA

C.864-***-**** ac7x5r@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ronlorentzen

MANUFACTURING – OPERATIONS – ENGINEERING – CHANGE MANAGEMENT LEADER

Business-driven Manufacturing Operations, Engineering, and Change Management Executive, delivering outstanding results, managing and directing manufacturing operations to breakthrough levels of performance. A manufacturing leader with a track record of turning struggling operations around and transforming operations through the implementation of visionary process improvement initiatives which contributed to multi-million-dollar revenue growth and increased profitability. A proactive, collaborative leader across multiple operational disciplines, developing and executing the operational strategy – growing capacity, reducing costs, and eliminating waste. A take-charge professional who builds high performing teams and drives results through increased productivity resulting in growing bottom-line profitability and operational excellence throughout the organization.

Education & Certifications include a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Engineering (ME), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering, OneMBA Global Executive Certification, Leadership Development Certification, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, OSHA30 Safety Certification

SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Operations Management - Supply Chain Management - Lean Manufacturing - Continuous Process Improvement - Six Sigma - Product Development - Project Management - Process Improvement - New Product Launch - Facility Design / Construction Management - Inventory Management - Robotics - Vendor Relations - Cost Reduction - Policy Development - Scheduling - OSHA / Regulatory Compliance - High-Speed, Flexible Automation Systems - Agile Manufacturing - Value Stream Mapping

VP of Manufacturing-Engineering managing a $97 million annual operating plan and a $35 million capital budget.

Directed improvements to operations that proactively supported sales growth from $240 million to $550 million in while simultaneously improving SQDIP (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity metrics).

Change Management Leadership to rethink the supply chain strategy from a vendor focused strategy to an optimized end-to-end view of the entire supply chain. The resulting system focused on reducing inventory throughout the supply chain by leveraging ERP data, analytics, and networks to increase the visibility of demand throughout the supply chain. Consequently, reducing inventory requirements by $6 million.

Constructed a 310,000 square foot World-Class Manufacturing Facility specifically designed to meet the organizations needs for future growth with the subsequent 150,000 square foot expansion of the facility. These efforts included full lifecycle project management from concept, design, and construction as well as the required infrastructure and equipment. Subsequently, this facility has enabled growth of more than 200%.

Championed the use of cross-functional teams and a collaborative/concurrent engineering process that focused on streamlining the design development and launch process. This initiative reduced the time to market for new products by 50% and demonstrated a unique personal ability to manage business process changes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES CAREER HISTORY

THE RELIABLE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO., INC. Liberty, SC, (www.reliableautomatic.com )….1994 to 2018

(A $550 manufacturer (founded in 1918) of fire sprinklers and valves, and regarded as one of the world’s finest producers)

Vice President, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Operations, & Corporate Strategy (2012-2018)

Progressively developed and implemented best practice policies, procedures, and strategic plans to sustainably grow and improve corporate operations.

Analyzed and changed the existing operations to meet big-picture, strategic objectives, new business development goals, new product development milestones, and new product launch targets.

Nominated to the Strategic Planning Committee and the New Business Development Committee that successfully drove company efforts to achieve 200% revenue growth and improve EBITDA by +5%.

Developed and financial justified company’s five-year strategic and tactical plan for manufacturing.

Annually created capital expenditure budget with innovative projects that typically generated over $80 million in net present value for the company.

Chairman, Operational Excellence Committee: utilizing cross-functional teams to improve operations throughout the company – Collaboratively envisioned and lead numerous initiatives that improved operations in Safety, Shipping, Distribution, New Product Development, Manufacturing, Quality, Purchasing, and in the use of the ERP systems.

RON LORENTZEN, MBA

C.864-***-**** ac7x5r@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ronlorentzen

THE RELIABLE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO., INC.

Director of Manufacturing Engineering-Multi-Site Industrial Plant & Process Engineering (2001-2012)

Determined and monitored staffing requirements, cost of goods sold, capacity planning, and the gross profit expectations for each product based on S&OP forecasts for three facilities.

Developed and implemented policies, procedures, controls, and change initiatives to improve profitability and SQDIP key performance metrics.

Developed and executed a data-based, metrics-driven strategy to rationalize make vs. buy items which generated an annual labor and materials savings of $1.4 million.

Directed new employee training and the commissioning and startup of newly constructed South Carolina facility while simultaneously managing ongoing operations in 3 New York facilities.

Manager, Manufacturing Engineering-Multi-Site Project Management & Product Innovation (1998-2001)

Developed, justified, negotiated the purchase, and implementation of capital projects, continuous improvement projects, and new product launch for facility operations at three sites.

Trained, coached and mentored teams of technicians and engineers to provide required engineering and technical support for all facility operations.

Brainstormed and drove the implementation of innovative solutions for multiple sites including incorporating new solder process technology which increased throughput by 260%.

Modernized valve manufacturing operations by expanding the use of CNC machines, automation, best practices, and value engineering which vastly improved safety, quality, productivity and cost.

Manufacturing Engineer-Lean & Innovative Process Change Management (1995-1998)

Accountable for the operational performance and driving process improvements for the high-volume model F1 and low volume, high mix make-to-order, model F3 product lines, represented more than 55% of the company’s gross sales.

Employed Lean Manufacturing techniques which proved instrumental in generating a 20% productivity improvement, 50% floor space reduction, and eliminated excess handling, and WIP.

Transformed all production operations into Lean-Kaizen flow cells reducing WIP inventory from Days to ~33 minutes

Quality Assurance Supervisor-Multi-Site Quality and Regulatory Compliance (1994-1995)

Charged with leading the daily activities of the quality department that included ensuring the product quality for highly regulated products were compliant with regulations, engineering standards and specifications, ISO, and regulatory approval agencies worldwide such as UL, FM, CUL, LPCB, and CCC.

Directed Quality Assurance activities for 3 manufacturing facilities to determine the root cause problem-solving techniques to incorporate preventative measures to assure the quality for high liability fire protection products.

Collaborated with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and vendors to improve product quality characteristics by design.

EDUCATION CERTIFICATIONS

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Global Executive OneMBA Program

University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2018

Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering, Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York, 1998

Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York, 1992, Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society

Leadership Development Certification, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, 2018

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, Villanova University, 2012-2014

Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society

OSHA30 Safety Certification

Conversational Spanish

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