BRIAN D. KYRK

**W*** Bowes Rd, Elgin, IL *****

ac8z43@r.postjobfree.com • Phone 847-***-**** • Cellular 224-***-****

Operations Manager

Summary

Results driven Operations professional with 25 + years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience. An experienced driver of continuous improvement, focused on sustaining organizational change in the key areas of safety, quality and on time delivery. Demonstrated ability to develop and enhance a healthy team environment both with hourly and salaried associates to maximize profits and growth.

Experienced in Lean\Change management (Kaizen. Kanban, Value steam mapping, and 6S)

Excellent problem-solving skills (5 Why's, RCCM, PDCA)

Strong leader in safety and environmental compliance.

Experienced in ISO 9001 Certified facilities

Experience

Current Employer. 2018 to Current

Sales Engineer

Build brand recognition.

Promote Sales of CNC machines in Illinois and parts of Iowa.

Maintain sales satellite office & warehouse.

Ideal Industries 2015 to 2017

Value Stream Manager

Responsible for 63 front line associates in 9 different departments covering 7 distinct Value Streams. Manufacturing and assembling products for several industries including Electrical and Wire Processing, Tools, and Aerospace.

Responsible for daily production planning and manning in multiple departments in two production facilities.

Machining, Stamping, Assembly, Paint, Die Casting and more.

Oversaw an increase of On Time Delivery by 3% in the first year.

Led the Accident Investigation Team and drove each accident through a RCCA process to promote increased employee safety.

Developed Kanban’s in each production area to support customer responsiveness

Implemented daily and hourly production reporting to increase greater employee accountability.

CST industries, DeKalb IL 2004 to 2015

Plant Manager

Responsible for a production team of 87 union employees as well as 27 office employees. Manufacturing porcelain enamel bolted tanks sold to the global market place. Provided key strategies to achieve our goals in our stated KPI's of Safety, Quality, OTD and Customer Responsiveness.

Oversaw the implementation of lean manufacturing in the plant using 6S, RCCA or 5 whys to get to root cause and corrective actions of problems. Established kanban systems for improving production scheduling, increasing inventory turns and reducing operation inefficiencies. Lean Daily Management boards were at the cornerstone of getting employee involvement. Increased efficiencies in the plant with the use of flow lanes and Kaizen events.

The plant posted improved EBITDA and revenues for the past two years. Through the first 6 months of 2015, the company on performed on budget or exceeding budget for EBIDTA and revenues.

Received the "Presidential Award for Outstanding Performance" in June of 2015.

Analyzed expenditures, and other financial reports to develop plans, policies, and budgets for increasing profits and improving services.

Plant Superintendent @CST 2013 to 2014

Developed staffing plans, work schedules, budgets, and production project plans for existing and new product integrations. Evaluated, established goals, and set performance standards for manufacturing operations. Coordinated rapid and accurate responses to emergency situations. Coordinated daily in-house production to fulfill customer orders and forecasting requirements. Promoted safety awareness and a professional working environment. Prepared and presented reports and briefing to senior management team.

Implemented a flow system in the sheet fabrication area that allowed a 20% reduction of hours needed in the department while maintaining the current production levels.

Broke down silos between departments and began sharing resources to better impact areas of constraint.

Improved safety in the plant by working with others to record all near misses and develop a safety program to investigate the near misses.

Production Supervisor @ CST 2005 to 2013

Supervised the production staff of union employees in Fabrication and Dome areas. Managed safety, quality, schedules and on time delivery. Adding responsibilities in each area of the plant: Welding, machining, assembly, Glassing, and Paint

Brought into the facility to oversee the startup value stream manufacturing Geodesic Domes. Grew the dome business $100,000 of revenue for the first year to production and sale of domes to $10,000,000 per year within 3 years.

Stabilized relations between union members and Management

Member of the management Team that negotiated the first 5-year extension of the Labor Agreement.

Duplicraft Inc, Schaumburg Il 1984 to 2003

Project Manager/Operation Manager

As Operations Manager, primary responsibilities included production scheduling all of projects through the plant from engineering, programming and manufacturing operations. Responsible for ensuring that all projects were completed on time, on budget and meeting all quality standards required by our customers.

Project Manager for Duplcraft's largest customer was responsible with meeting with the customer once a week to ensure ongoing projects as well as upcoming projects were on target.

Reduced scrap rates to world class levels.

Improved productivity 23% by using multiple part setups and developing machining cells

Improved flow through the plant by re-arranging the plant floor to reduce part movement by 34%

Teamed with other members of the company to develop High Speed Machining capabilities. Added machine with 42,000 RPMs and 1000IPM cutting.

Education and Training

Harper College, Schaumburg Il

Degree-None

Class work for Management and Business Principles

TRAINING

OSHA 30 Training

Courses in Total Quality Management, Steven Covey Leadership

Certificate in High Speed Machining

Managing Change in the Organization

Skills

Management / Leadership / Manufacturing Operations / Safety Management

Continuous Quality Improvement

Value Stream Mapping / VRK / Kaizen / 5S / LDM Boards / Kanban

Workflow Optimization, On-time Delivery

Team Building / Productivity / Efficiencies

Labor Contract Negotiation

Honors

CFO/CEO Recognition Award CST Industries

For Excellence

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