Operations Management Leader

Team development • Process innovation • Data analysis • Stakeholder management • Negotiating • Managing Conflict • Production supervision

Successful professional most recently MRO Buyer for Emerson Climate Technologies. Sourced and negotiated all plant level service and indirect material contracts, led and collaborated on numerous Lean manufacturing projects, bridge between operations and finance to meet productivity and efficiency goals. Graduate of Indiana University East with a BS in Business Administration and Butler University with a MBA. Study abroad experience in Argentina with the Catholic University of Argentina, June 2014.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Emerson Climate Technologies-Rushville, IN 2009-Present

MRO Buyer-Payroll Administrator-promotion

Responsibilities include plant payroll, financial reporting, purchasing of all MRO parts, negotiation of plant service contracts, manage daily tool crib operation including supervising attendant and maintaining inventory levels, assist plant controller with financial reporting including weekly close, reporting and data mining.

Negotiate and implemented several plant level contracts to lower overall expenses by $75,000

Led a cross departmental team to reduce expense of fork truck maintenance by $40,000

Collaborated with plant Lean Champion to develop and implement cell manufacturing process to increase assembly efficiency and reduce overall lead time to customer by 5 hours

Managed and implemented parts sourcing projects to reduce plant expense by $125,000

Led the creation and implementation of indirect parts tool crib resulting in better control of plant expense and cost reductions of $30,000

Developed process to reduce and control procurement card usage that reduced overall plant spending

Collaborated with operations and Lean Champion on Kaizen event to increase piston machining throughput by 5%

Manage indirect material inventory levels to meet plant efficiency and productivity goals

Process Control Administrator-promotion 2006 - 2009

Responsibilities included plant payroll, administer and control all plant documentation, and liaise between engineering, operations, and quality groups on Lean and quality improvement projects

Developed and implemented plant-wide recycling program to reduce waste to landfill by 42%

Collaborated with Juran quality improvement team to reduce compressor leaks by 10%

Assisted with developing plan and implementing small parts requalification kaizen event to reduce lead time and improve quality

Quality Control Associate 2002 - 2006

Responsibilities included performing quality checks on direct materials, collaborating with suppliers to decrease nonconforming materials, manage gauge tracking database, and supported document controls to meet ISO-9001 specifications.

Developed database tracking system for plant assets to reduce repair costs and asset turnover

Collaborated with Juran quality improvement teams to increase first-pass yield by 5%

Aided plant safety committee to reduce lost time injuries by 50%

EDUCATION:

Butler University, College of Business Indianapolis, Indiana

Masters in Business Administration (MBA): Leadership Concentration May -2015

Study Abroad-Argentina-June 2014

oLecture series partnered with the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)

oImmersed into the Argentine business culture by meeting with Arcor Inc., Ernst and Young, Inc., and the Central Bank of Argentina

Indiana University East, College of Business and Economics Richmond, Indiana

Bachelors of Science in Business Administration Aug - 2009

Delta Mu Delta International Honor Society in Business Administration

SPECIALIZED RELATED TRAINING:

Microsoft Office Suite

Emerson Lean Practitioner

Microsoft SharePoint

SAS Mainframe system

Kronos Workforce Timekeeper

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

Rush County Community Foundation-Investment Committee member

Rush County Fiber Optic board

Rush County Historical Society-Board of Directors (Vice-President)

Butler University MBA Association member

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