Peter Bruns

www.linkedin.com/in/petebruns**/ 850-***-**** advfs2@r.postjobfree.com

MANAGEMENT PROFILE

History of strengthening compliance, improving processes, and elevating output with enhanced employee morale, superior quality, and customer satisfaction. Advocate for cross-functional collaboration, proactive planning, and idea generation from all team members to resolve systematic issues. Recognized by current and previous leadership to drive organizational change using lean management tools. MA & BS in logistics & management fields.

Team Building

Personnel Development

LEAN/Continuous Improvement

International Logistics

Materials Management

Project Management

Strategic Planning

Change Management

P&L Responsibility

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sika Automotive 2019 to present

Gastonia, NC

Global leader for the manufacturing of sound dampeners for automotive and home appliance markets.

Director of Planning and Materials, 2021 to present

Responsible for operations planning and materials management supporting $52M in sales.

●Aligned production, schedule & SAP; finished data scrub of 1200 PNs; saw 26.3% OEE increase over 8 months

●Created repack process to isolate production from reusable container shortages; daily output increased 28%

●Implemented cycle counts to reduce variation; trained inventory best practices, expedites down 83% first year

●Created production wheel; standardize demand with workcenter output; eliminated 1.7 changeovers/shift

Director of Production, 2019 to 2021

Responsible for 15 workcenters in Production resulting in $51M of annual sales.

●Stabilized mixing process to improve production output; reduced scrap by 93% w/improved inventory accuracy

●Launched $8M production line; executed staffing and training plan, increased daily production output by 17%

●Reallocated production labor waste into inaugural continuous improvement team; process repeatability focus

●Focused on safety; toolbox talks, safety walks and gear, signage and walkways, reportable incidents down 62%

MEKRA Lang North America 2015 to 2019

Ridgeway, SC

Director of Production, 2018 to 2019

Responsible for Assembly, Injection Molding, Maintenance, Manufacturing Engineering.

●Implemented shop floor walks to mentor Team Leads and Supervisors; verified 100% production totals w/SAP.

●Established work standards to enforce daily practices and training; quality escapes reduced by 139 PPM.

●Decreased assembly stoppages by aiming at supermarket stocks/maintenance; saved $60K/month in overtime.

Director of Production, cont.

●Created kanban pull system to drive sub-assembly operations; stabilized processes and inventory down $117K.

●Relocated 3 lines & 27 molds to Mexico plant to open production space for new $11M/year OEM business.

Injection Molding Manager, 2016 to 2018

Responsible for 14 injection molding machines and 56 employees in operations, maintenance, and supply chain.

●Focused strategy on safety and rebuilding support systems for process repeatability; successful installation of $400K water system and $350K dryer system projects; seamless SAP implementation into daily operations.

●Fixated on tool and press preventative maintenance programs; $68K/month savings and <0.2% scrap.

●Executed multiple kaizens/training for mold changeovers to reduce average time by 104 minutes for plant.

●Implemented onboarding program to introduce work standards and set compliance, turnover reduced 21%.

Supply Chain Analyst, 2015 to 2016

Responsible for plant scheduling, shipping and receiving; managed plant integration with ERP system.

●Aligned 450+ part numbers from 221 molds by focusing on customer lead times; inventory reduced $800K.

●Redesigned backflush process to reduce multiple inventory errors; avoided $145K/year in discrepancies.

●Transferred production scheduling from manual processes to QAD ERP system; eliminated 5 days safety stock.

United States Air Force 1991 to 2014

Transportation Program Manager, 2010 to 2014

Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea

Responsible for distribution support for $693M in equipment and managed inventory of 6K+ shipping containers across 11 sites with 100% accountability.

●Developed process for reutilization of ~$1M in inventory/2.5K outsized items across 5 sites using 3PL assets.

●Facilitated communication flow as SharePoint Administrator; evaluated top 5% of unit for three years.

Resource Manager, 2008 to 2010

Baltimore-Washington International Airport, MD

Executed ~$1M annual budget; responsible for 5.1K sq. ft. leased office space and $2.4M in equipment.

●Renegotiated lease with MD Airport Authority & U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; cut 873 sq. ft./$88K annually.

●Managed telecommunications replacement project worth $101K; bested DOD standards; zero work stoppage.

EDUCATION

MA, Transportation and Logistics Management with concentration in Reverse Logistics

American Public University; Charles Town, WV

BS, Management Studies

University of Maryland University College; Adelphi, MD

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