Operational Excellence, Lean Six Sigma, Strategic Planning, Consulting

George H. Schwenzfeger Jr.

516-***-**** • ********@*****.*** • 20 Arcadia Drive, Dix Hills, NY 11746 • www.linkedin.com/in/gschwenz EDUCATION

University of Cincinnati, Carl H. Lindner College of Business Cincinnati, Ohio Bachelor of Science, Industrial Management

Sinclair Community College Mason, Ohio

Associates Degree, Business Management

WORK EXPERIENCE

Consultant December 2023 – Current

Seargin US Holtsville, NY

● Merging Operational Excellence and SAP eWM to create a system of SAP Logistics Excellence o Create understanding of the "Why and How" of SAP eWM in the business unit from the top level management all the way to the shop floor

o Translating business unit requirements to IT and IT constraints back to the business unit o Strategic planning on how to elevate a business unit utilizing the unique features of SAP eWM (3-5 year) o Year-long executable PDCA plan development with system of ownership and follow-up o Standardized KPIs based on SAP eWM Transaction types - system traceability o SQCDP shopfloor boards tracking KPIs and driving solving problem on the shopfloor level o Advanced Inventory tracking and auditing using eWM Cycle Counting, Zero Stock Checks, Adhoc counting o Systemic Housekeeping reports, keeping system running correctly Process Improvement Manager August 2022 – December 2023 Air Techniques Melville, NY

● Developed and implemented operational culture change plan for entire company supply chain, resulting in a streamlined process from purchasing to shipping

o Business Scorecard KPIs implemented to review company health quarterly with Executive Management o SQCDP shopfloor Operational Excellence and Administrative Excellence KPIs o Management Daily Routines and stand-up flash lean meeting o Strategic Year Long Activity Marathon driven by a Quality First vision o Leadership training plan – gap analysis, resources, time-line o Company Culture Book Club Discussion

Operational Excellence Engineer January 2020 – March 2022 Festo Corp Mason, Ohio

● Developed and implemented strategic culture change training plan for shop floor leadership, resulting in a self-propelling problem solving and continuous improvement program: o Shopfloor Management boards (SQCDP, Planning, Hour by Hour, 8D/4D) o Leadership Standard work Routines

o Gemba Walks(Safety, 6S, Waste Hunt, CIP)

o Process Improvement, Lean Principles, Visual Management, Heijunka, Kanban o Results: Problems solved by shop floor directly +72%; Employee initiated improvements +53%

● Supported and Coached local leadership to meet HQ(Germany) Operational Excellence standards resulting in consistently improving assessments from HQ

● Worked with plant leadership to design unique OpEx solutions to satisfy local work requirements while still meeting HQ guidelines

● Analyzed and developed benchmark KPIs for office/remote based supply chain team, yielding transparent insights into current processes which resulted in reduction of inventory by 18% and improving lead times by 11% over 6 months.

● Created and facilitated Kaizen events (1 week, 2 days or 4-8 hours) yielding improvements creating +41.2% increase in capacity and savings over $1.2 million USD in labor and cost avoidance

● Drove weekly process improvement sessions with supervisors and managers on the shopfloor

● Facilitated plant strategy development sessions with top leadership delivering a year long top-level week-by-week plan which aligned the entire plant to it’s North Star and yearly goals Logistics Manager September 2015 – January 2020

Festo Corp Mason, Ohio

● Relocated and Implemented new logistics distribution center in Mason OH(ahead of schedule) through strategic planning and execution

● Developing training plans, KPIs, Processes and Work Instructions for new automated WMS.

● Developed a detailed analysis of inventory in old warehouse, created a strategic plan with a crossfunctional sales/operations/supply chain team of what materials would be moved and when. Also developed a timeline for when to swap incoming freight from NY location to OH location resulting in zero disruption of deliveries to customers.

● Achieved 99.8% on time delivery reliability YTD from go live date by planning and coordinating a ramp-up/ramp-down schedule of orders.

● Improved efficiencies to reduce headcount over time from 50 to 40 employees (temps and full time).

● Planned yearly budget and increased efficiencies to reduce cost year over year by 8% on average through yearly Continuous Improvement Projects

● Shipped to Domestic US, Canada Distribution Point, Mexico, South America, Europe, and Asia

● Developed several customer specific logistics solutions to help bring on board over $2 million in new accounts by working closely with Sales and the end customers

● Created personnel development plans which resulted in over 15% of department personnel being promoted or transitioned through coaching and weekly mentoring sessions

● Created and implemented Production Logistics department to achieve 98% on time Kanban and production order picking deliveries from the warehouse

● Monitor KPIs, manage reports and improve warehouse efficiencies.

● Regular reporting and interaction with upper management of operational status and KPI goal progress.

● Lean manufacturing, 6S, SQCDP, Visual factory implementation. Warehouse Supervisor August 2013 – August 2015

Festo Corp Hauppauge, New York - Mason, Ohio

● Responsible for supervising a team of 70 employees in New York(temps and full time)

● Coordinate with remote Warehouse Manager in NY to successfully relocate warehouse to Ohio

● Responsible for hiring and supervising a team of 50 employees(temps and full time) in Ohio

● Coordinate with experts in SAP/WMS from Germany to implement new automated warehouse

● Schedule and direct WMS physical process experts from Germany to train new employees

● Coordinate receiving, picking and packing work flow and assigning work.

● Coordinate work order flow and material flow with SAS & SMS production departments.

● Expedite order, manage reports and improve warehouse efficiencies.

● Key SAP user

SKILLS

● Technical: Proficient in MS Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Sharepoint, Teams, SAP ERP, SAP MM module, SAP EWM, PkMS WMS, Manhattan WMS, Python, C++/Java, Tulip SFMS, HTML/CSS, Mini-Tab

● Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Trained, Crestcom Bulletproof Manager Leadership Program, Sinclair Project Management

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