Mr. Kris Vorm CPIM MSSBB LSS

**** ******** **** **** ***** 77450

832-***-**** (cell) 281-***-**** (home) ciczy7@r.postjobfree.com

VP / Director / General Manager / Manufacturing /

I am an experienced and well trained leader seeking an executive level position in a medium-sized manufacturing company that wants to accomplish significant performance improvement process modernization and market share growth through the relentless pursuit of process improvement and competitive advantage. Utilizing hands-on direct management experience in P&L strategic planning production engineering quality supply chain and business process improvement I have successfully led organizations through major turn-around challenges workforce culture changes top-down process reengineering programs and other major and minor business transitions. I have a keen intuition for strategic planning and the training and skills required to implement it. I am at home in the Boardroom and the factory.

• 29+ years direct management experience: P&L ($20M) Production Quality Strategic Planning Product and Process Engineering Materials Inventory Work and Supply Chain Planning at the General Manager Director and Line-manager level.

• Special depth in strategic change planning (modeling analysis implementation) industrial & process engineering (Lean Value Stream Mapping floor planning continuous flow) supply chain optimization (outsourcing burst capacity planning) and end-to-end productivity improvement. (Continuous Process Improvement Metrics ERP/MRP Business Process Improvement) .

• Awarded two Malcolm Baldrige-based Greater Austin Quality awards. Also won 1st place award for Industry Week magazine s Top 10 Best Plants in the USA. Competition.

• Master Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and APICS CPIM certified and experienced.

• Demonstrated ability to recruit manage and motivate high performance work teams with a strong focus on People Process and Product excellence. Possess special training in organizational and individual personality dynamics and behavior.

• Worked in large medium start-up and small companies in the Semiconductor Computer electronics Shipbuilding Food Oil&Gas Industrial Machinery Job Shop and Defense industries.

Recent Key Accomplishments:

• With full company-level P&L responsibility gained market share and remained profitable throughout major global economic recession in 2008-2009 without layoffs via process improvement cost reductions.

• Introduced championed and then sustained modern business process policy and practice changes in HR Quality IT Engineering Production Sales ERP and Customer Service.

• Established strong relationships with key customers suppliers and outsource partners.

• Performed daily hands-on mentoring coaching and professional development for 10 staff-level leaders.

• Successfully concluded ISO 9001-2008 and OSHA Safety and HSE certification programs.

• Converted 1970 s-style tribal knowledge-based 100 member workforce culture into an empowered continuous improvement-based data and fact-driven customer experience-aware organization.

• Integrated inter and intra company ERP systems to support European Middle East and Pac-Rim expansion requirements.

• Converted the primary factory process from crisis-managed push system to fully-planned pull system using Lean.

• Initiated company-wide ISO Lean six sigma and CPIM training.

Relevant Experience History (past 20 years):

Pipeline Seal & Insulator Inc. and Texas Plasticote Inc. General Manager Houston TX 5/08-9/10

Products: High-end seal gasket pipeline accessory casing spacer and modular seal manufacturing

Facility: CNC machine shop waterjet cutters Metal fab shop Injection molding Transfer-compression molding assembly paint PVC and FBE coating line

KDV Consulting LLC Owner of Business Process Improvement Consulting Co. Houston TX 11/02-5/08

Oilfield Electric Marine (OEM) Large Electric Motor and Equipment Manufacture

LEWCO Oil Rig equipment manufacture: Top Drives Mud Pumps Draw Works Rotary Tables etc.

General Mills Large continuous flow food processing plant

Noble Energy Oil field wellhead production

Aker Kvaerner Ship Yard Inter-coastal tankers and freighters

Gardner Denver Large high pressure water jetting pump manufacturer

Northgate Computers Computer and Consumer Electronics

Input/Output Inc. Vice President Corporate Manufacturing and Supply Chain Houston TX 6/00 11/02

Seismic exploration electronic & mechanical equipment Automated printed circuit board assembly and test

Dell Computer LP Director World Wide Manufacturing and Logistics Engineering Austin TX 1/96-2/00

High volume electronic and computer assembly and test

ROSS Technology Inc Director of Manufacturing Production and Production Control Austin TX 7/89-11/95

Semiconductors computer chips printed circuit boards clean room testing

Awards and Publications:

Speaker National Lean Manufacturing Conference 2001

Speaker Industry Week Best of the Best Conference 2000

Winner Top Ten Plants in the US Industry Week 1999

Greater Austin Quality Award Runner-up 1997

Greater Austin Quality Award Winner 1998

President s Award of Excellence ROSS Technology 1996

Education:

University of Massachusetts Bachelor of Science

Major: Electrical Engineering with High Honors

Villanova Continuing Education

Major: Lean Six Sigma Sensei Certification

Master Six Sigma Black Belt Certification

Special Courses and Memberships:

General Manager Development Track - General Electric

APICS CPIM Certified Certified APICS CPIM Instructor Houston Chapter

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

New Product Introduction Phased Review Process Training (PrP)

Targeted and Directed Recruiting Training

Diversity and Organizational Behavior Training

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Program Management School - Dell

6 years Active Duty USN Viet Nam Veteran - special electronics program

Myers-Briggs MBTI Personality Type Indicator - Qualified Practitioner

Member of ASME ASQ SPED APICS

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