George W. (Bill) Ferguson

651-***-****

Reynoldsburg, OH 43068

acwn6e@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Profile

Skilled operations/production manager with Lean/TPM/CI success with additional expertise in project management and supply chain.

Process Improvement

Program Development

Strategic Planning

Cost Reduction

Operations Management

Site Selection

Process Flow

Lean manufacturing

Total Productive Maintenance

Continuous Improvement

Employee Relations

Performance Management

Budgeting

Team Leadership

Professional Accomplishments

Operations Management

Identified and corrected production process problems for Fortune 500 manufacturing organization. Saved $1000/week in time and reduced spoilage

Created competitor differentiation by thinking outside the box. Developed unique product by changing process flow saving $850/week

Identified quality issues by observing, analyzing and measuring account number quality. Recommendations resulted in raw material process change saved $2.5 thousand/week

Project Management

Managed project of printing tax forms for US military under significant time constraints. Including complete system rewrite during 2nd year

Lead team establishing corporate presence outside of United States. Resulted in opening new facility on schedule & budget and turning profit as scheduled

Exceeded customer (IRS) expectations by implementing 21 different monthly customer satisfaction surveys mailed on preset monthly schedule that had to be met

Cost Reduction/Savings

Analyzed Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) to identify savings ideas. Led consolidation effort to reduce staffing by 10% and inventory levels by 25%

Researched cellular and lean manufacturing/related maintenance. Lead to implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) saving over $800k in 2 years

Developed new data test process required by system change. Resulted in 50% increase in accuracy and 25% reduction in staff

Strategic Planning

Created and implemented corporate downsizing plan for Fortune 500 company. Reduced footprint from 62 to 21 plants saving millions of dollars

Determined inconsistent maintenance was cause of shortened life expectancy. Created/implemented equipment certification process that doubled life expectancy of corporate assets

Created strategic approach to deal with storm damaged facility. Resulted in seamless reconfiguration of plant with no customer service issues

Work History

Operations Manager

Collabera/PepsiCo, St. Paul, MN, 3/2015 to 7/2016

V-P Operational Support

Quality Park Envelopes, Minneapolis, MN, 11/2013 to 12/2014

Sr. Project Manager

Data Recognition Corporation, Maple Grove, MN, 6/2007 to 11/2013

Owner/President

Ferguson Learning Systems, Inc., White Bear lake, MN, 1/2005 to 6/2007

Education

BS in Business Administration

University of Phoenix

Corporate Training

Change Management/Mastering the Change Curve

Management Discussion Skills – Xerox

Compliance Hotline

Lean Manufacturing

Cellular Manufacturing

Business As Unusual

Counselor Relations – Wilson Learning

Executive Development Series - PDI

Contact this candidate