Director of Operations

JEFFREY A. SAUER **** Winnebago Circle Hubertus, Wisconsin 53033

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General Operations Professional with years of progressively responsible business experience in corporate operations

including: Procurement, Transportation, Plant Management, Production, Inventory Control, Assembly, Printing, Pick &

Pack, Kitting and Distribution & Fulfillment.

JOB TARGET

Executive Management position in Operations

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• Managed day-to-day operations of plant, coordinating multiple department activities to include: Shipping &

Receiving, Pick & Pack, Production, Fleet Management, Inventory Control and Facility Management

• Scheduled daily production while planning for future needs and resources

• Managed facilities 24,000 to 150,000 sq. ft. with full time, part time and temporary staff totals of 25 to over 75

• Assessment of business operations, target improvement opportunities to successfully create a clear and concise

Improvement Plan to reach company goals

• Technology experience in: AS400, Apprise, J.D. Edwards, EIS, Roadnet, WinPak Security, Microsoft Office &

Viso

• Budget preparations, estimating, strategic planning, project management and P&L responsibilities

• Developed and implemented measuring system to document quality, efficiency, production and business

performance for development of incentive systems to reward and motivate team

• Key strengths include: Team building, Formal Quality Training, Strategic Planning, Scheduling, Project

Management, Process Improvement, Training, and Operational Planning

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Organized, planned and executed an Improvement Plan that reduced pick/pack errors by 45% in one year

• Created a Customer Service measuring system that successfully increased reliability of service, decreased errors

and shipping time to customer.

• Developed, implemented and executed an improved workflow efficiency layout resulting in a $120K annual

savings with an initial cost under $30K

• Researched, established and negotiated new Supplier Base for a $250K annual cost savings

• Chaired team that developed quality check card system to document all services to a customer and use as the key

measurement system to evaluate Customer Service

• Installed new conveyor system as addition to existing systems to achieve simultaneous truck loading and double

load-process capacity while managing a 13MM inventory shipping over 832,000 cases statewide annually.

WORK HISTORY

2003 2015 CAPITOL-HUSTING CO. Milwaukee, WI

Director of Operations

2000 2003 JDC LOGISTICS INC Franklin, WI

Logistics Planner

1998 2000 WARREN INDUSTRIES, INC Grandview DC Sturtevant, WI

General Manager

1997 1998 CAPITAL RETURNS, INC. (Contract Position) Milwaukee, WI

Director of Operations

1983 1997 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY (ASQ) Milwaukee, WI

Manager, Procurement and Facilities, Customer Service/Fulfillment/Warehouse

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE

B.F.A. with Honors\Six Year Teaching License

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