Lawrence J. Mentkowski

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Professional Summary

General Manager with 25 years of progressive domestic and international leadership experience that has significantly improved operational performance in the areas of Productivity, Quality, Service, and Safety for start-up and turn-around operations. Successful facilitator of multiple corporate change initiatives.

Industry Experience:

Aerospace, Military, Automotive, Optics, Scientific Instruments, Electronics/Computers, Machining, HVAC

Functional Expertise:

Operations, Sales, Manufacturing, Materials, Human Resources, Accounting, IT, Marketing

Improvement Tools:

Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Process Improvement

Selected Skills:

• Organizational Leadership • ISO Quality Systems • Compliance

• Strategic Planning/Budgeting • Production Optimization • Contract Negotiation

Professional Experience

K-TECHnologies, Inc., Buffalo, New York 2013 - 2015

General Manager

Directed sales, operations, purchasing, engineering, accounting, IT, human resources, and customer service for high-reliability contract electronics manufacturer for the aerospace, defense, commercial, industrial, and medical markets. Held full P&L responsibility. Through a staff of 8, oversaw 33 associates.

Negotiated a contract with Moog for 3 years worth $4 million for sensors utilized on the JSF program.

Negotiated a contract with Parker for 3 years worth $3.5 million for sensors utilized on the JSF program.

Implemented TINA compliance with both large contracts.

Managed company through a low volume period until financial stability and BBC achieved.

Developed strategic plan for CNC machining.

Developed and implemented lean/six sigma project using the team approach yielding a $20,000 savings.

Achieved quality at 99+%, ship performance at 97.5%, and cycle accuracy at 99%.

Negotiated a settlement for $26,000 in A/R bad debt avoiding litigation.

Awarded $200,000 in loan reductions for state funding by achieving headcount goals.

American Stainless Corporation, Buffalo, New York 2006-2013

Vice President & General Manager

Managed sales, operations, materials, planning, safety, purchasing, warehousing, and accounting and human resources for a distributor of metals in stainless, aluminum, and alloys for the aerospace, oil and gas, industrial, and medical markets. Held full P&L responsibility. Through a staff of 4, oversaw 50 associates.

Implemented metrics tracking to improve overall company performance.

Grew business from $20 million to $31 million.

Developed whale hunting for big customers and added Moog and others to produce additional $2-3 million in revenue.

Developed the blue ocean strategy to separate ourselves from the competition.

Achieved ISO 9001:2008 registration and improved quality to 99.83% as measured by credits.

Initiated a financial margin tracking system to detect and solve problems in the month end cut-off.

Implemented a backlog and bookings system for capacity planning.

Improved cash and inventory turns to 6 times and ship performance to the 90 percentile.

Managed the business through the economic downturn and kept it financially solvent and in the black.

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Professional Experience (continued)

PCB Now-Tech, Inc., Lackawanna, New York 2001 - 2006

Vice President of Operations & Materials

Directed operations, materials, planning, human resources, safety, purchasing, warehousing, and accounting for a manufacturer of machined components for the aerospace, military, commercial air, industrial, and medical markets. Through 12 direct reports managed an organization of 60 associates. Responsible for all DOL, EPA, OSHA, and government regulations.

Established six sigma quality and achieved PPM defect rate of 200. Trained green belts and a black belt.

Implemented lean manufacturing techniques achieving set up reductions of 60% in key work centers.

Implemented KANBAN and achieved 100% on time delivery to commercial air product line.

Designed and implemented cycle counting to improve inventory accuracy to 99% and eliminate shortages.

Implemented MRP and a supplier blanket ordering system to eliminate shortages.

Instituted a performance bonus system for key metrics resulting in improved quality and efficiency.

Created a culture of teamwork where all employees participate in continuous improvement.

ICE, Inc., Clarence, New York 2000

Vice President & General Manager Oversaw manufacturing, quality, engineering, R&D, facilities, maintenance, service, purchasing, materials, warehousing, and safety for a manufacturer of video and redemption games for the entertainment industry. Through 4 direct reports with supervised a team of 200.

Facilitated growth through operations planning from $24MM to $30MM in sales.

Implemented cycle counting to improve inventory accuracy and reduce shortages.

Designed and implemented a cost savings system through process improvements and negotiations yielding $100,000 in savings.

Initiated new production release/scheduling system to improve service levels.

Developed an R&D scheduling system to improve project timing.

Jiffy-Tite Company, Inc., Lancaster, New York 1992 - 1999

Vice President of Operations

Manager of Operations and Materials

Directed manufacturing, quality, IT, process engineering, facilities, maintenance, purchasing, materials, warehousing, machining and safety for a manufacturer of quick-connect fluid couplings for the automotive and plastic molding industries. Through 5 direct reports led an organization of 65 people.

Facilitated growth through operations planning from $2MM to $18MM in sales in seven years.

Managed construction of new manufacturing facility/headquarters and the associated IDA bond submission; building was completed on-time and under budget.

Created a culture of teamwork where all employees participate in TQM and continuous improvement.

Achieved ship performance of 99% on-time overall and 0-2 PPM quality defect rates.

Achieved QS 9000/ISO-9001 registration resulting in zero non-conformances in the initial assessment and zero non-conformances in five subsequent surveillance visits.

Leica, Inc., Buffalo, New York 1988 - 1992

Manager of Distribution

Education/Certification

State University of New York at Buffalo Graduate, The Crosby Quality College

Master of Business Administration Certified, CPIM - APICS

BS - Management/Business Administration

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