Bryan K. Welch

Valley, Alabama *****

ac8gg0@r.postjobfree.com

334-***-****

Manufacturing Professional

Implementing and sustaining 6S, Lean Manufacturing and Total Productive Maintenance.

Developing and executing Continuous Improvement Plans and Goals in every area of the business.

Sourcing - employing FIFO, Kanban, VMI, and negotiating supplier agreements.

Team Building, Training and Motivating Employees at all levels.

Total Quality Management and Root Cause Analysis

Manufacturing Experience

Welch Enterprises Auburn, AL 2018 – present

Project Manager

Commercial and Residential construction/maintenance.

Insulated Transport Products LaGrange, GA 2017 - 2018

Plant Manager

ITP is a manufacturer and supplier of products to the refrigerated trucking industry.

Safety, Quality, Productivity and Capital.

Increased productivity by over 20% in six months by implementing 6S and DMIAC problem solving processes as part of Lean Manufacturing Principles.

Simonds International Camden, AL 2015 – 2017

Plant Manager (relocated to Opelika, Al)

Simonds is a worldwide manufacture of metal saw blades specializing in the wood and metal industry.

Successfully directed a $1+ million-dollar expansion which doubled the plants capacity.

Led the plant into the profit mode by implementing continuous improvements throughout all the manufacturing methods and strategies.

Organized and led a machine spare parts Kaizen event which resulted in reducing machine down-time due to a lack of parts by 99%.

Conner Industries, Inc. Montgomery, AL 2014 – 2015

Plant Manager (Plant Closed)

Conner Industries, Inc. is a national wood products provider specializing in shipping crates and skids.

Led this start up operation for over a year until a corporate restructuring ended our successes.

(Conner offered me the plant manager job in Panama City, Fl., however I declined due to the

relocation of my family.)

Southern Sales and Associates Montgomery, AL 2011 – 2013

Sourcing Manager/Import Buyer/Outside Sales (A Division of ANZ Int.)

Import sourcing including vendor selection, purchase orders, delivery, monetary transactions and U.S. Customs compliance.

Successfully increased profits by totally overhauling the company supplier base.

ANZ International, LLC Selma, AL 2008 – 2011

Operations Manager – United States (Plant Closed)

ANZ International, based in India, was a top supplier of metal manufactured parts to agricultural OEM’s throughout the world.

Manufacturing Management – Welding and Assembly

Sourcing and Inventory Control

P and L’s, Sales and Customer Service

Southeast Pallet and Box Montgomery, AL 2003 – 2005

Operations Manager

Safety, Quality, Productivity and Capital.

Hands-on management of all departments, supervisors and 80+ employees.

Ran a sawmill consisting of multiple head KM’s, Baker horizontal band saws, and Robo chop precision trim machines.

Managed predominantly manual labor assembly with ten 3 person build groups and 6 dismantle saws, plus a semi-automated Viking Pallet Machine.

Webster Industries Montgomery, AL 1992 – 2003

Production Supervisor/Production and Material Planner

Webster is a plastics manufacturer producing garbage bags, zip locks and sandwich bags. The plant had over 750 employees working 24/7.

Planning and coordinating daily raw material availability for 25+ production lines.

Purchasing and Inventory control of multiple warehouse facilities & over 10,000 SKU’s.

Product scheduling of all production lines to meet customer demand.

Manager over multiple manufacturing departments.

Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs Montgomery, AL Regional Representative 1987 – 1992

Education

Bachelor of Science in Political Science

Auburn University at Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama

Graduated in 1994 with a 3.8 GPA in major

Extensive APICS Training

Business Finance Training

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