KENNETH LOWERY

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Tracy, CA 95376

SENIOR MANAGEMENT SUMMARY

Operations Sales & Marketing Manufacturing

Take-charge Turnaround Agent offering documented success managing in areas of operations, manufacturing, sales and marketing, projects and programs, and process improvements. Focused strategist with experiential knowledge necessary to oversee and direct multilevel, cross-functional initiatives through successful completion.

Expertise:

5S

P&L’s

Strategic Planning & Execution

Operations & Financial Risk Management

Crisis & Turnaround Agent

Budget Planning, Development & Control

Project Management

Contract Negotiations

Matrixed Team Management

Inter-organizational Communication

Lean Manufacturing

Government Security Clearance

Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Liaison

—Susan B. Anthony Award from the City of Santa Clara for environmental achievements—

—Selected Benchmarks—

Business Turnarounds: Recruited to turn around start-up facility lagging one year behind schedule and suffering from poor customer relations. Quickly gained employee buy-in and restored relationship with vital customer.

Cost-Saving Initiatives: Reduced cost of raw materials from 67% to 59.5% by leveraging consolidated purchasing processes.

Process Improvements: Reversed substandard delivery performance by utilizing Kizan activity and analyzing statistical data to modify production process and streamline activities for 100% on-time performance three years in a row.

Profit Transformations: Propelled operations from a stagnant 31% gross margin to 54% gross margin in six months.

Expansions: Established strategic overseas partnership to launch offshore manufacturing. Created regional sales teams and developed uniform presentations to drive sales activities for domestic growth.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Onto innovation 2019-2023

Senior Manager of Warehouse and Logistics

Directed 28 staff members and managed $3.5 Million budget.

Consistently achieved department financial goals

Developed teamwork concept to promote departmental interaction

Coordinated process reduction using Spaghetti Diagram methodology. Reduced material pull time from four hours to less than fifty minutes. This was achieved by consolidation of materials thus reducing operator movement

Provided material release scheduled based on master schedule demand.

Ensured that the Product Manufacturing Team achieves objectives for scheduling, provided performance metrics status to executive staff.

Pure Wafer 2015- 2019

Site Manager / GM

Directed 118 staff members and managed $35 Million budget.

Consistently achieved net profits and corporate financial goals

Corrected and maintained all environmental regulatory requirements

Developed teamwork concept to promote departmental interaction

Coordinated new product line implementation

Provides daily direction to the Product Manufacturing Team(s), and facilitates Quality and Manufacturing requirements to meet desired objectives.

Ensured that the Product Manufacturing Team achieves objectives for scheduling, engineering, quality, and cost control; provide performance status to executive staff.

Composite Engineering 2009—2015

Program Manager

Directed 30 staff members and managed $44 Million budget.

Recruited as the company was plagued by substandard delivery performance. Led aggressive initiative slashing production times by utilizing Kizan activity and analyzing statistical data that indicated process parameters could be reduced to modify production processes and streamline activities, reversing poor performance with 100% on-time performance four years in a row.

Entrusted as program liaison to DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency).

Negotiate and manage contracts and direct all scheduling, manufacturing and customer interface management.

Establishes and monitors program metrics.

Monitors program performance, formulates and takes corrective actions to mitigate deviations to the program plans

Hold government security clearance.

Cleanpart 2005—2009

Director of Operations / Sales and Marketing

Directed 120 staff members and managed $6 Million budget.

Directed manufacturing, engineering, materials, sales and facilities for two U.S. locations. Initially challenged with stagnant gross profits. Identified communication problems between sales and operations that led to inefficient purchasing and release practices. Bridged the distance between seemingly disparate goals of operations and sales and redesigned purchasing practices with volume buys and scheduled releases to boost gross profits from a stagnant 31% to 54%.

Key-participant and corporate influencer in company growth analysis to determine market plan.

Created regional sales teams and developed uniform presentations to drive sales activities for domestic growth.

Turned around start-up facility lagging one year behind schedule and suffering from poor customer relations. Quickly assessed the situation and developed a plan of action, gained employee buy-in for changes and as a team restored positive customer relations by producing product on-time without sacrificing quality.

ADA Manufacturing 2002-2005

Operations Manager

Directed 45 staff members and $9.5 Million budget.

Company was acquired in bankruptcy and suffering from sluggish sales. Key player in expanding and turning around company. Developed strategic relationship with offshore partner to implement overseas manufacturing.

Improved sales 200% by creating vertical manufacturing program.

Collaborated with Materials Department to implement ERP software and programs.

Established strategic overseas partnership to launch offshore manufacturing while developing vendor supply base.

Exsil 1990-2002

Site Manager / Operations

Directed 115 staff members and managed $34 Million budget.

Consistently achieved net profits which exceeded all domestic and international corporate facilities.

Established materials programs and MRP systems that became the standard at multiple facilities.

Developed and staffed manufacturing teams for process utilization.

EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS

Business Administration, DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA

Management Certification, Keye Center

APICS Certification

Safety Management Certification, Det Norske Veritas (DNV)

EVMS, 5S, Lean Manufacturing Certificates

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