Plant Manager

BILL GWATHNEY

Germantown, OH 937-***-**** ********@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/billgwathney/

Lean Implementation Operations and Capacity Management Six Sigma Problem Solving

Experience and Qualifications Snapshot

Experienced Operations Executive with 25 years of progressive leadership experience. Demonstrates strategic problem-solving skills and serves as a visionary leader, possessing an innate ability to create growth capacity, implement best practices globally, improve quality/customer service, and develop operational excellence through employee engagement and continuous improvement in diverse environments.

Key Areas of Expertise

People Centric Leadership – Copy Exactly (Semi Industry) – New Product Development – Supply Chain/Distribution

Hoshin Kanri/Strategy Deployment – Sales Inventory/Ops Planning – Project Management – Strict Change Control

Growth Strategy – Financial and Strategic Modeling – Safety Driven Culture – Voice of the Customer, Process, Employee

ISO9001, 14001, AS9100, ITAR – Standardized Work – CNC Machining/Fabrication/Assy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS

NORCOLD CORPORATION 2020-2022

Norcold manufactures and sells specialty refrigerators to the RV and Marine industries.

Plant Manager, Sidney, OH

Multi-Site Plant Manager for medium duty appliance manufacturer consisting of 6 direct reports, 22 salaried indirect reports, and 400+ Hourly Associates. Accountable for $135MM in annual sales, with full P&L responsibility.

Reduced past due back log by 26% August - December 2020, 5,028 to 3,702 units

Increased daily output on 5 major product lines by 38% in 2021, 371 to 514 units / daily

Improved Productivity by 5% in 2021 over 2020

Reduced number of recordable injuries by 60% in 2021 over 2020

HOWDEN ROOTS 2016-2019

Howden Roots is a manufacturer of blower and compressor technologies serving chemical production, waste-water treatment, power generation and general industrial.

Director of Operations, Connersville, IN

Site Director for heavy industrial manufacturing operation consisting of 5 salaried direct reports, 30 salaried indirect reports and 140 hourly associates. Accountable for $120MM in annual sales with full P&L responsibility.

Insourced a $45MM product line within first 6 months of employment and improved Operating Profit (on newly insourced product line) from 31% to 36% in 2H 2018

Increased overall Operating Profit from 20% in 2017 to 25% Q1 2019

Decreased Factory OH rate by 5% from 2017 to 2018

Achieved a positive factory recovery of +$1.3MM in 2018 versus a negative recovery of -$1.1MM in 2017

Reduced scrap costs by 60% in 2018 ($105K/Month to $38K/month)

Improved OTD from 2016 to 2018 EOY respectively:

oNew Build 79% to 88%

oAfter Market Stable at 94%

oOverall, 86% to 91%

SILFEX CORPORATION (a division of Lam Research Corp) 2006-2016

Silfex is the world’s largest supplier of high purity custom silicon components and assemblies serving a broad base of high technology markets including the Semiconductor industry.

Director of Manufacturing, Eaton, OH, 2010-2016

Plant Manager, Eaton, OH, 2006-2010

Led high technology precision manufacturing facility in OH consisting of 8 salaried direct reports, 12 salaried indirect reports, multiple team leaders, and 270+ hourly associates on 3 shifts. Accountable for $100MM in annual sales with full P&L responsibility. High precision machining and grinding of hard brittle materials (Silicon, Quartz, Silicon Carbide).

Received AME Manufacturing Excellence Award in 2012

Transferred 100% of off-shore China production to OH plant in 11 months with zero impact to customer service or quality

Reduced 2014 production costs by $1.5MM

Developed workforce training program in OH and re-qualified all parts manufactured in China with end customers (under strict chance control rules)

Launched Lean Journey in 2007, improving inventory turns from 4 to 18, averaging 10.5% annual cost reduction for past 5 years and doubling output of OH plant

Decreased WIP inventory from 11,390 parts to 4,031 parts with consistent sales volume

Led turnaround of service levels and quality for Silfex from 2 months backorder with rating at the bottom third of suppliers for 2 major customers to >99.5% OTD for last 3 years

Rated as #1 overall and #1 quality supplier from top customer

RUSKIN COMPANY (formerly Lau Industries) 2001-2005

Ruskin Company is a manufacturer of air control solutions, including products such as fire dampers, smoke dampers, fire/smoke dampers, air control dampers, louvers, aluminum sunshades, air monitoring stations, etc.

Plant Manager, Clayton, OH, 2003-2005

Manufacturing Manager, Clayton, OH, 2001-2003

Directed 91-member manufacturing plant with 9 direct and 2 indirect reports. Accountable for $14MM in annual sales with full P&L responsibility.

Implemented Lean Manufacturing initiative resulting in a 30% reduction in inventory and a 10% reduction in labor content in 5 months

Instituted capacity analysis to shop floor scheduling

FLOWSERVE CORPORATION (formerly Duriron) 1990-2001

Flowserve Corporation is a multinational corporation and one of the largest suppliers of industrial and environmental machinery.

Manufacturing Manager, Dayton, OH

EDUCATION

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION and BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Wright State University, Dayton, OH

CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

CPIM (Certified Professional Inventory Management), #74968

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification 2012 (University of Villanova)

Lean Manufacturing Certification 2011 (University of Villanova)

Strategic Deployment Training 2010/2011 (AME)

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