Manager Six Sigma

Reginald T. Cannon 315-***-****

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Professional Profile

I am seeking an executive level position within an organization which aims

to utilize my executive leadership, change management, and knowledge of

Lean Six Sigma to grow, nurture and continuously decrease/eliminate

variation while increasing speed and efficiency contributing to improved

processes, quality and profits of the organization as a whole.

Over my working career, I have honed great effectiveness in the following

areas:

Lean Six Sigma Coaching and getting the most from

DMAIC employees

DFSS Knowledge of Labor Law

Change Management Customer relationship building and

Performance Measurement and Feedback maintenance

Morale Building

Multiple facility/Regional DOT Compliance

Management Inventory Management

Teaching Distribution Management

Supply/Logistics/Distribution RTY, QFD, SPC

Establishment of Expectation Team building

relative to common goals Fleet Management

Accountability to Standards Proper Hiring/Recruiting

Production

Teaching

Professional Experience

Coyne Textile Services, Syracuse, NY

Jan 2013-Present

Vice President of Operations

Responsible for 9 operating facilities and 14 branch service centers.

Production, Sales, Service, Customer Service, Administration and

compliance.

Cardinal Health, Syracuse, NY

Apr 2010-Jan 2013

Certified Black Belt, Operations Excellence

Create a structure for LSS and coach, train and run Lean Six Sigma Events

in order to improve results leading to financial gain for the organization

through betterment of the Voice of the customer, employee and the process.

Achievements: Provided for over $4,000,000 dollars in Type I and Type II

savings to the organization through Meticulous use of the DMAIC

methodology in a two year period.

April 2009-Apr 2010

Operations Manager

Plan and prioritize shipments of pharmaceuticals to customers in the

Northeast. Use of Lean Principles and Six Sigma to continuously improve

upon throughput, level loading work, reduction of waste and variation in

the process.

Responsibilities:

Oversee the Shipping Operations of a 200K+ Sq ft Distribution Center.

Lead and Coach the efforts of 180 Hourly Associates and 4 Salaried

Supervisors.

Shipping Approximately 60K lines of distribution per night (Approximately

19K containers shipped to over 1800 customer stops.

Ensure operations are executed within established Quality and Regulatory

parameters.

Support, suggest and Charter Continuous improvement efforts.

Warehousing, Distribution, Inventory Management and control

Allied Waste, Marietta, GA

May 2007-July-2008

General Manager

Achievements:

Took Division from 27% to 34% EBIT

Increased Morale of a faltering location

Responsibilities:

Oversee the Operation of 5 Business Units with weekly revenues of

approximately $2.5 Million

Develop, implement and maintain a positive market strategy designed to

position our services favorable in the marketplace.

Coach, Teach and Lead 15 direct reports into achieving agreed upon goals

within their own departments: (Ops, Sales, Maintenance, Clerical, Safety,

Post Collections, Materials Recycling, Controller, Purchasing and

Administration)

Maintained Positive relationships with community leaders and customers

throughout the service area.

DOT Compliance

Employ the use of Lean Six Sigma for process improvement.

Cintas, Cincinnati, OH

April 1997-May 2007

Production Supervisor through General Manager

Took on roles at 7 different locations throughout the U.S. wherever the

company deemed improvement was needed.

Achievements:

Instrumental on teams achieving the outstanding Achievement award 7 times

in ten years. Started as a Production Supervisor, Promoted to Plant

Manager, Service Manager, Sales Manager, and General Manager. Assignments

were in Houston TX, Beaumont TX, Detroit, MI, Montgomery, AL, Syracuse, NY

and West Palm Beach, FL.

Responsibilities:

P&L

Purchasing and Procurement

Productivity

Team Building, Hiring, Coaching, Training, Setting and measuring goals and

expectations

Trained and Certified as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Customer Relations

Service Management.

Route Driver Development

Service Agreement renewals and Negotiations

Shipping and Delivery

General Management of several Rental Uniform locations

Distribution Management support to over 135 Cintas locations

Scheduling/Rolled throughput Yield

Driver Qualification

United States Marine Corps, USA

July 1990-July 1997

Commissioned Officer Honorably Discharged as 0-3 Captain (Logistics and

Supply)

Achievements:

2 time Navy Marine Corps Achievement medal

Navy Commendation Medal

Several Certificates of Commendation

2 times recruiter of the year

Responsibilities:

Directly led Marines to achieve objectives in peacetime and wartime

Commanded several Units; Maintenance Company, Combat Service Support

Detachments, Procurement Teams, and contract management.

Managed several Supply accounts: Order Management, Delivery, Property

accounting, Backorder Management, Fiscal Accounting, Parts and End Item

ordering, Unit Fiscal and Accounting Officer.

Successfully performed Unit deployment support to include host nation

support agreements, Purchasing, Acquisition, and Contracting

"No findings" evaluation on the Marine Corps FSMAO Readiness inspection.

(Marine Corps' check and bal. on Policy, minimizing loss, Accurate

Property accounting, Supply and Warehousing, order management and

maintenance readiness)

Successful operation of recruiting district exceeding goals each year

Education

Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA

BS Applied Mathematics and Statistics July 1990

Other Training and Testing

PRAXIS Professional Assessment for Beginning Teachers

NYSTE New York State Teachers Exam

USMC Infantry Officer's Course and Supply Officer's Course

Managing within the Law

Meticulous Hiring

OSHA 10 Hour

Smith System

Weber Time Management

Advanced Leadership

Six Sigma Black Belt

MS Office Proficient (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access)

AS400

Negotiation (Dale Carnegie)

References

References are available upon request.

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