BRET R. SIMON

*** * ****** * *** Tucson, AZ *****

502-***-**** acy1vi@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY: An enterprising and forward-thinking Manufacturing, Engineering and Operations Executive with multi-site profit and loss expertise and experience managing a budget as high as $900M. Experienced in Continuous Improvement of manufacturing processes, Improving Injection Molding process up to 900 Tons and New Product Introduction.

EXPERIENCE

4/15 – 12/16 VP of Operations, PSE Archery, Tucson, AZ

Manufacturer of High Performance Compound Bows, Crossbows, Plastic Accessories

●Set Strategic Vision to In-Source all Aluminum and Injection Molded parts to boost Manufacturing efficiency and reduce costs

●Led fastest New Production introduction of revolutionary cam system engineered and launched in Sep 2016 by taking material risks to accelerate time from design completion to product shipments to less than one month.

●$1.7M bottom line improvement despite continuing sales declines of more than 10% in 2016

●Reduced raw material WIP by $600k thru Visual Systems and Kanban Supermarkets.

●Managed International Supplier Partners by travelling to partner sites to evaluate production capacity and improve manufacturing efficiencies and quality

●Set new record for Safety with more than 183 days without a reportable incident

5/13 – 4/15 Factory Manager, Artcobell Inc., Temple, TX

Manufacturer of classroom furniture

●Established Lean Supermarkets and Kanbans in first six months to improve production output by 15% while reducing OSHA recordables in factory from 12 to 2 YOY.

●Began Quality Validation process and Volume Validation process for New Product introduction to improve quality of new products to our customers and conducted the first PFMEA in company history.

●Successfully modified Injection Molders to improve quality, cycle time, and allow factory to produce significant high volume new product line.

11-12 Vice President – Operations, Central Region, Thompson Industrial Services, Louisville, KY

Industrial cleaning service

●Managed operations of 5 Divisions for one of the largest Industrial Cleaning companies in the US.

●Reinvigorated an emphasis on Safety through the creation of a new Safety Audit system.

●Achieved largest revenue month in October, 2012 with zero OSHA recordables and zero Quality issues.

08 – 11 Plant Manager, PACCAR Inc, Louisville, KY

Tier 1 Manufacturer of truck parts

Managed 2 sites of manufacturing, assembly and distribution for a $900M Tier 1 plant that nearly tripled in revenue from 2009 to 2011 with 750 people, 13 production cells and new location

●2008, 2009 and 2010 received Chairman’s Cup for Safety Performance - OSHA rating of 1.63

●2010 booked record profits; initiated Lean Manufacturing in Louisville to free up one third of the manufacturing space to facilitate the largest new product introduction (DPF/SCR, DEF Tanks for 2010 emissions requirements) without the need for a temporary warehouse.

●2009 won 2 Chairman’s Six Sigma Awards 2009 for first time in Dynacraft history.

●2008 Louisville achieved the World Class Quality standard of 50 PPM for the first time in September

●2008 set a new record for On Time Shipment

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800 N Circle D Way Tucson, AZ 85748

502-***-**** acy1vi@r.postjobfree.com

07 – 08 Regional Branch Manager, GLAZER’S DISTRIBUTORS, Abilene, TX

Beverage Distributor

●Managed P&L, daily warehouse operations, and customer distribution for three west Texas branches in Abilene, Odessa, and San Angelo and $60,000,000 in annual revenue.

●Submitted capital expenditure budget, marketing budget, and execution of marketing plans.

●Oversaw inventory receiving, inter-company, and operations productivity.

●Drove succession and retention planning for markets. Saved over $100,000.

●Realigned and streamlined all three branches to improve customer service and company operations.

●Built customer relations to support sales initiatives in West Texas.

01 – 07 General Manager - G&K SERVICES, San Antonio, TX

Uniform Rental and Facility Services

●Held full profit and loss responsibility, including top-line and bottom-line performance for San Antonio production company and three branches in Austin, Corpus Christi, and Harlingen.

●Managed customer deliveries, plant production efficiencies, and sales performance.

●Planned capital expenditures for South-Central Texas; executed within production company profit plan.

●2004 Turned a financially struggling business into a profitable business within first year.

●2006 Achieved Gulf Coast region’s Plant of the Year in 2006.

●2006 oversaw largest profit improvement in region by increasing productivity and cutting costs.

00-01 Manufacturing Project Manager - APPLIED MATERIALS, Austin, TX

Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturer

Delivered most advanced New Atomic Layer Deposition system to Samsung ahead of schedule by leading and bringing together manufacturing, logistics and engineering groups from multiple locations

Worked one-on-one with customers to achieve on-time delivery performance of 95% for Physical Vapor Deposition Systems

Managed $60M of customer projects at any given time

97-00 Project Manager, Senior Engineer - NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING, Newport News, VA

United States Navy Shipbuilder

Designed and served as Project Manager for the first Aircraft Carrier Reverse Osmosis System to produce potable and reactor plant makeup water from project scope, schedule, and budget to prototype build.

Constructed the thermodynamic models for CVNX to select the power plant design based on Total Ownership Cost, weight, and space.

84-95 United States Navy

Reactor Plant Test Officer- USS Stennis (CVN-74)

First LT – USS Cushing (DD-985)

EDUCATION

U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, Annapolis, Maryland B.S., Economics, 1990

Naval Nuclear Power School - Qualified Nuclear Engineer, 1990-1991

Completed Lean Manufacturing Certified Program, University of Michigan, 2009

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