Stephen Hayhurst, MBA

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Seasoned Professional with 15 years’ experience in Lean Business Process, Operational Excellence, and Enterprise Transformation. Experienced process management skillset focused on strategy, global standardization, program implementation, agile transformation, growth, and development. Led initiatives that enabled process changes and waste reduction through lean six sigma methodology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager – Start up

Mystic Innovations, Dublin, Ohio 3/2022-Present

Develop purchasing schedule for go to market components, reduced monthly budget by 15% for commodity buys

Coordinate with vendors for go to market strategies, DFM, tooling cost, scheduling, future cost savings

Manage go to market timelines for multiple projects that feed into company succession plan

Organize and plan out go to market budgets with a one, three, and five-year plan

Facilitate requirements and specifications documents to be 100% completed

Maintain vendor lifecycle process, increasing vendor efficiency by 75%

Implement various lean processes to increase team productivity by 25%

Continuous Improvement Project Manager

Vertiv Corp, Columbus, Ohio 3/2020-3/2022

Managed projects from initial workshop sessions to implementation of action items while meeting budget requirements

Improved debt ratio with distributors by 8% through proposed process changes with AR and current restraints

Created and lead improvement strategies for Sales OPS success, cut time waste by 50% for the claim of sales

Created training documents for new policy changes for internal and external sales, 15% reduction in rework

Updated platform processes for matching sales goals with actuals, decreased sales admin work by 25%

Developed and implemented SOX compliance strategies for global sales ops teams

Conducted virtual Kaizen projects with manufacturing plants and engineering

Lean Business Process Engineer - Consultant

Alliance Data, Columbus, Ohio 2/2019-2/2020

Created work Instruction documents from future state processes that fed the training/development of associates

Developed and implemented a process matrix aligning with the prioritization of company’s strategic goals

Analyzed compliance and regulatory requirements to meet guidelines, obtained goal of 100% compliant

Created functional processes allowing the business units to rinse and repeat for additional platforms

Accepted challenges focusing on improved delivery, IT Planning, execution, and service

Ran GAP analysis to ensure full acceptance of new processes leading to 95% efficiency

Created a strategy that aligns with the governance teams for internal and external audits

Acted as business consultant liaison, servicing eight fully functional business units

Engaged teams to focus on continuous improvement

Reduced rework waste by 20%

Global Project Lead for Lean Operations - Consultant

Vertiv CO, Columbus, Ohio 3/2018-2/2019

Led a team of 20+ Global Black belts allowing agile cross functional development for go live of CE implementation

Developed the auditing of global processes for the implementation of a new Customer Experience platform

Designed the Change Management Matrix for a global program requiring management of current SOP’s

Worked with client to define service level metrics; re-designed existing processes to optimize KPI’s

Executed global training program to new content managers throughout the organization

Completed 100% documentation needed for requirements and specifications documents

Organized teamwork flow sessions with 100% input from various business lines

Partnered with business leaders on small- and large-scale IT needs

Operations Manager

Amazon, Etna, Ohio 6/2016-3/2018

Deployed operational excellence programs through best practices, standards, and benchmarks per business segment

Developed employee project engagement strategies that coincide with company culture initiatives

Facilitated continuous education classes to prepare associates for growth development

Created status reports, cost estimates, and resource plans for daily and monthly goals

Reduced man hours by 8% through strategic cross training and associate placement

Lead lean project teams of us to 25 members from various departments

Managed operational teams of up to 250 associates

Supervised daily inbound supply chain operations

Purchasing/Supply Chain Manager

Sky Climber, Delaware, Ohio 6/2015-6/2016

Led training simplification by reducing duplication and clarification for a 42% improvement in task requirements

Oversaw, managed, and measured VMI plan execution and effectiveness, decreased product waste by 23%

Managed budgeting process and profit and loss records for performing business and financial analyses

Developed and maintained systems to support supply acquisitions and inventory control (EWM, TM)

Initiated analysis project to discover issues within workforce operations and remedy found issues

Implemented client life cycles for design, build, and procurement reducing man hours by 13%

Communicated program status, performance, milestones, successes, and opportunities

Managed and audited global supply chain channels from China and Europe

Provided analytics on transformation status for management consideration

Buyer/Lean Operations

Modular Assembly Innovations, Dublin, Ohio 11/2012-6/2015

Implemented change management strategies using strategic methods for better workflow reducing raw materials by 5%

Coordinated floor plan consolidation project allowing company floorspace growth by 12%

Facilitated continuous improvement group projects that include 5S, Kaizen, and Quick hits

Saved $450,000 by identifying inefficiencies in trailer retention charges from carriers

Implemented a Standard work strategy reducing the need for overtime pay by 8%

Audited supply chain flow for $700 million annually (EWM, TM)

Developed SOPs/ flowcharts for standardization processes

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Master of Business, Small Business Operations, Ashland University

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Operational Management, Ashland University

SAP (EWM, TM), Oracle, Microsoft, PeopleSoft, QAD

Business Process Management (BPM)

informational Mapping

Lean Six Sigma (Black Belt)

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