Management Marketing

Bernie Nagle

**** ***** ******* *****, ******* Falls, OH 44023

614-***-**** (mobile) 440-***-**** (home) *********@***.***

Scope of Experience:

Manufacturing & Operations Management, Process Improvement, Strategic

planning,

Change Management, team Facilitation, Leadership development,

communications expertise

2008 - Present: Director, Strategy & Process Improvement, Automation

Plastics Corp., Aurora, OH

o Serve as advisor and internal consultant to CEO and senior staff

in all management/leadership matters

o Lead strategic goal-setting and planning activities

o Lead and facilitate Process Improvement and Culture Change

initiatives

o Manage Quality and ERP departments; total of 28 direct and

indirect reports

o Create and deliver internal messaging and communications;

presentations, publications, etc.

Highlights

o Established KPIs and created weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual

reporting process

o Created and implemented Kaizen-type Process Improvement

activities and trained staff to do it

o Facilitated creation of Strategic Objectives and action plans

for achieving goals

o Implemented process, planning, and culture changes which have

resulted in 28% revenue growth and 5 points of net profitability

improvement since my arrival in late 2008

2000-2008 Small Business Owner, Columbus OH (15 employees)

o Managed all functions of the business: Operations, HR, Sales,

Marketing, Finance, New Business Development

o Grew top line from $430M to $1.3Mil. by implementing new

marketing strategies and managing pricing

o Improved overall productivity by creating a team oriented

culture with shared goals and objectives

1997-2000 Director, Global Process Improvement, Berg Electronics, St.

Louis, MO

o Led and facilitated international, cross-functional management

team to develop KPIs and Strategic Vision/Mission

o Developed and delivered company-wide communications and

messaging strategy to inform and educate employees on the

culture change process

o Established a Global Process Improvement initiative in 13

facilities in nine countries

o Left Berg when company was acquired

1995-1997 Principal Consultant - Supply Chain Strategy, PriceWaterhouse,

St. Louis, MO

o Developed and delivered Supply Chain & Vendor Management

strategy training for PW consultants

o Established a joint venture between PW and Industry Week

magazine, to create and publish the "IW Census of

Manufacturers", a national polling of manufacturing methods and

metrics

o Recruited to join PW client, Berg Electronics

1991-1995 VP Mfg., Pet Inc., St. Louis, MO - Old El Paso, Progresso, &

Pet Milk Brands

o Responsible for seven food processing plants; approx. 3500

employees; producing $1.2 bil. revenues

o Created and led improvement and culture change initiatives in

seven Pet Inc. Food plants, netting $40 mil savings

o Left when company was acquired in 1995

1990-1991 VP Operations, HomeBrands Division of ConAgra, St. Louis, MO

o Responsible for two plants with approx. 250 employees

o Led a turn-around to profitability in less than one year through

operational efficiencies and improved vendor selection and

contract management

o Left when company was sold by ConAgra soon after we turned it

profitable

1985-1990 Director of Manufacturing, Stokely USA, Oconomowoc, WI

o Direct responsibility for four food processing plants and

approximately 450 employees

o Negotiated and managed joint venture with Mexican partners and

counter-seasonal supply lines with Chilean vendors, for raw

produce supply and processing

o Recruited to join ConAgra in 1990; Stokely was in early stages

of financial collapse and eventual acquisition

Other accomplishments & Highlights

> Partnered with marketing to introduce Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice

and Squeezable Jelly, to national distribution

> Domestic and International plant construction & start-up

> Volunteered 18 months of pro-bono consulting to St. Patrick Center for

the homeless; Redesigned Value Proposition and led the change in

organizational culture

> Mentored and developed dozens of junior managers over the last three

decades

> Guest Lecturer at graduate business schools: Univ. of Maryland,

Webster Univ., Maryville Univ., and Gannon Univ.

> Honored as Distinguished Alumnus of Gannon University in 1999

> Have made numerous (8) week-long disaster-relief trips to aid victims

of Katrina, Joplin MO tornado, and Hurricane Sandy

> Co-Authored & published 1997 book, Leveraging People & Profit - The

Hard Work of Soft Management

> Published or quoted in Industry Week, Executive Edge, Wall Street

Journal, Investor's Business Daily

education & Continuous learning

. BS Science/Chemistry, Gannon University, Erie, PA

. Accelerated non-degree Graduate Management Program, Northeastern

University, Boston, MA

. Lean Six Sigma, Villanova University, 2007

. Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence, Case Western

Reserve Weatherhead School, 2013

. Numerous Seminars on Leadership, Facilitation, Creativity, Strategic

Thinking, Change Management, Lean Tools

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