Manager Engineer

Timothy Veenbaas

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Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008 ****@***.*** Cell: 773-***-****

LEADERSHIP SUMMARY

Senior Executive with proven experience in global manufacturing serving several end-markets. Business leader driving operational excellence, sales growth, business process improvements and financial results; while exceeding customer expectations

Strategic Planning

Supply Chain Management

Integrity and Ethical Conduct

Project Management

SOP (Sales/Operations Planning)

Plant Closures/Turnarounds

Project Management

Lean Enterprise

Seeing the “grey”

Problem Solving

Account Management/Customers

Mentor/Coach

CAREER EXPERIENCE/RESULTS

SiPi-Chicago IL. 3/2015 to present

Private Company, refiner, recycler of precious metals and copper alloys.

Division Manager of Brass Operations

Reporting to the Sr. Vice President managed 24/7 Union Operation including Operations, Ship/Receive, Maintenance, Consignment, 3rd Party warehouse, Purchasing, using lean methodologies to drive profitable growth.

Project managed $1.3M new concept rotary dryer cell refining precious metals

Reduced Raw and Finished goods inventory by $5.3M

Restructured Brass Operations team

Implemented Daily Management metrics resulting in 20% labor efficiency and 100% On-time Delivery

STRATEGIC MATERIALS INC (SMI), Chicago IL. 6/2008 to 10/2015

A $220M glass recycling company

GM/Plant Manager

Reporting to the Regional Vice President, profit and loss responsibility for companies largest glass recycling plant in the Midwest/East Region

Implemented Lean principles of 5S, Strategy Deployment and Daily Metrics

Successfully project managed and executed $2.5 million Plant Capital and MRP upgrade

Managed turnaround of Plant from loss to 13% EBITA profit.

BODYCOTE USA Melrose Park IL. 2004 to 2008

Worlds largest ($1.3B) heat treating, hot isostatic pressing, materials testing and metallurgical coatings processor

General Manager

Reporting to the President, P & L, including Sales responsibility for the business. Lead 210 employees through lean

transformation.

Implemented Strategy Deployment and metrics systems for cost containment

Implemented Enterprise Resource Planning system Baan

Improved EBTIDA to 10% from losing money 2004 to 2008

Trend Technologies Elk Grove IL. 2001 to 2004

A $720M diversified manufacturing company based in Silicone Valley providing integrated plastic and metal mfg.

General Manager

Reporting to the Regional Senior VP, managed P&L with shipping/receiving, assembly, blow & injection molding, machining operations, prototyping, Stamping, mfg. engineering, quality, materials, outside warehouse HUBS, and HR, functions with a staff of eight direct reports and 720 employees

Increased sales through dramatic OTD to 98% and Zero defect Quality daily metric improvements

Closed one plant resulting in $6M variable and fixed cost reductions

Managed transition of US product manufacturing to low cost Mexico saving $3M.

Won “Most Improved Plant Award” out of 25 plants 2003

Awarded DELL Computer preferred supplier award status

Implemented Stamping Plant “Quick Change Over” concept increasing capacity 24%.

Reduced supply base by 53% and reduced raw material inventories by $3.8M

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NU-WAY INDUSTRIES INC-Integrated Metal Fab-Paint-Assembly, Des Plaines IL.

Vice President 1997 to 2001

Reporting to the President. Managed two sites, product and manufacturing engineering, shipping/receiving, assembly, machining, stamping, powder coat, operations, purchasing, quality, and production control functions with a staff of 25 salaried and 220 non union hourly employees.

Doubled sales from $24.5M to $60M by creating new business development group

Led implementation of Lean Mfg concepts to improve throughput 22% & reduce inventory $5.1M to $2.1M

Created and implemented financial reporting systems, internal control functions, planning, operations, and capital budgets, cash flow systems as company doubled in size.

Negotiated long-term supplier/customer agreements with strategic partners (major Telcoms and aerospace companies)

Developed Capital/Machinery Cell for Ink Jet printers for food & drug companies reducing OTD to 1 week

CONNELL LIMITED Partnership, Boston MA 1997 to 2001

VICE PRESIDENT OF OPS/GM

Reporting to the President of Mayville Metals P/L multi plt responsibilities for $80 million Integrated Metal Fab. Managed product and manufacturing engineering, shipping/receiving, assembly and machining operations, purchasing, quality, functions with a staff of seven salaried and 450 hourly union employees.

Improved On-time shipping performance from 79% to 95%

Reduced supply base 65% and reduced material costs $3.1 million dollars closing 1 outside warehouse

Led the implementation of lean manufacturing concepts to improve throughput 20%, reduced direct labor 15% and reduced total gross inventory 54% from $9,385,000 to $4,318,000

HERMAN MILLER –Office Furniture Group, Zeeland MI.

Director of Manufacturing 1991-1995

Reporting to the Vice President Operations; Profit and Loss responsibility for $20 million business. Managed Process, Quality, and Tooling Engineering, shipping/receiving, manufacturing, and production control functions for the Wood business unit with a staff of eight salaried and one hundred twenty hourly employees.

Improved operating income from $428,000 in 1996 to $863,007 in 1997

Improved inventory turns from in 1996 to 45 in 1997

Operations Manager 1988-1991

Reporting to the Director of Mfg. responsible for Prod Mill Group, 3 salaried and 55 skilled trades’ employees

BAXTER HEALTHCARE - - Parenteral-Surgical -Divisions, Round Lake/Deerfield/McGraw Park IL. 1982-1988

Engineering Manager, Development R&D Engineer, Continuous Improvement Mgr. Corporate Engineer

THE PILLSBURY COMPANY –GREEN GIANT COMPANY, MPLS MN. 1978 to 1982

Engineering Program Manager

Material Handling Engineer 9/81 to 6/82

Process Engineer 3/80 to 9/81

Staff II Engineer 5/79 to 3/80

Staff I Engineer 8/78 to 5/79

Industrial Engineer 6/78 to 8/78

EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING, Bradley University, Peoria IL. 1978

Cooperative Education Student – Republic Windows, Chicago IL. 1977

IDEAS CLUB AWARD Innovative Cost Savings over $150K Herman Miller

SCANLON CLUB AWARD Herman Miller, Zeeland MI.

ENGINEERING AWARD Pharmaseal Division Baxter Valencia CA.

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