RONALD LOEBKER

**** *** ** **, ******, OH *****

937-***-****, 937-***-****

rhooym@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consultant, 2011

Loebker Contracting Ripley, Ohio

Independent machinery service contractor,

Plant management and continuous improvement consultant,

Continuous Improvement Director/Operation Manager, 2008-2010

Seal-Tite Hillsboro, Ohio

$30M manufacturer of residential and commercial HVAC duct and pipe

Led the logistics, receiving, safety, maintenance, product improvement, procurement and cost reduction departments of a 142K square foot facility with 119 hourly manufacturing employees and 6 direct reports

Accomplishments:

• Implemented order audits in the pre-shipping area which decreased billing and shipping errors by 100%

• Communicated directly with customers to re-design products to meet changing needs

• Using Lean Concepts; changed the manufacturing methods on families of parts to reduce cost

• Re-organized the outside vendor program by building on a Lean Kan Ban pull system

Materials/Operations Manager, 2006-2008

Littleford Day, Incorporated Florence, Kentucky

$12M manufacturer of industrial mixers, dryers and reactors

Led the material procurement, inventory control, production control, logistics, maintenance and safety departments of a 50 person manufacturing facility utilizing 5 direct reports in a 100K square foot facility

Accomplishments:

• Implemented manufacturing coordination meetings for Logistics, Purchasing, Inventory Control, Production Control and Manufacturing to remove communication barriers between the disciplines

• Using the Lean Critical Path Method (CPM) reduced equipment manufacturing time by 20%

• Reduced lead times and achieved 88% on time shipping for parts orders

Production Manager, 2004-2006

Emerson Power Transmission Maysville, Kentucky

$28M sheave manufacturer

Led the operations, production and loss prevention of a 115K square foot, 82 person sheave and pulley manufacturing facility with a staff of 6, including engineers, supervisors and schedulers

Accomplishments:

• Reduced shipping costs from $825.00 to $200.00 per week by renegotiating the shipping contract

• Eliminated and prosecuted an eight person theft ring, ending an estimated loss of $500K over 5 years

• Initiated the first “Lights out Manufacturing” utilizing robotic arms and automated machinery

• Reduced standard set up time from 8 hours to 30 minutes for the Fractional Horse Power Sheave line

• Reduced annual costs by 15% using Lean initiatives and 5-S programs

Productivity Specialist, 1999-2004

Littleford Day, Incorporated Florence, Kentucky

$18M manufacturer of industrial mixers, dryers and reactors

Worked directly for the Vice President of Manufacturing as production manager, provided oversight and direction for 8 shop supervisors and 4 operations personnel of a 100K square foot facility, focused on cost reductions and loss prevention while maintaining or increasing product quality and throughput

Accomplishments:

• Led a 6 month project to identify waste and reduce cost, which culminated in decreased manufacturing costs by $450K annually

• Redesigned the manufacturing areas to optimize floor space and increase efficiencies

• Located and developed international manufacturing facilities for Littleford equipment

• Supervised initial equipment manufacturing in Brazil and Hungary and one year later select models were produced at 1/3 of the cost of domestic production with an average savings of $25K per machine

Production Manager, 1997-1998

The Ripley Corporation Ripley, Ohio

$5M, 20K square foot, industrial oven and custom machine fabricator

Consultant, 1995-1997

Loebker Contracting Ripley, Ohio

Contract brazing machine manufacturing and sales

Manufacturing Engineer / Contract Brazing Manager / Sales, 1991-1995

Harris / Shinwa / Nikko International, Division of J.W. Harris Cincinnati, Ohio

$2M, 10K square foot automated brazing machine manufacturer supplying brazing machines to Tier 1 automobile manufacturers

• Trained in Japan to follow Japanese process and philosophy

EDUCATION / CREDENTIALS

Education

• BA Industrial Technology, Kent State University, Graduated 1990, Financed 100% of education

Management

• Six Sigma Green Belt Training, The International Society for Six Sigma and Process Management, LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio

• Lean Training, Emerson Electric, St. Louis Missouri

• Communicative Managers Training, Emerson Electric, St. Louis Missouri

Certifications

• Certified ASME Welder, Division I Section 8, TIG and MIG up to ” thick Carbon and SS, 2000-2004

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Developed and initial start up of International Manufacturing Vendors

• Brazil 2001- 2004

• Hungary 2002

• Mexico 2004

MILITARY SERVICE

Captain

US Army, Reserve

Captain, Civil Affairs, “A” Team, Assistant Team Leader, Civil Affairs Officers Advanced Course, Ft. Bragg North Carolina

• Mission - go into post battle territory and set up infrastructure and medical facilities to support the civilian population

• Top Secret Security Clearance

• Responsible for the training and deployment of an eight-man special operation team

Captain, Engineer Corp, Company Commander, Engineers Officers Advanced Course, Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri

• Mission - build roads, airfields and combat base infrastructure

• Responsible for a Combat Heavy Engineer Company to include 148 combat engineer soldiers and $8M of equipment and material.

First Lieutenant, Field Artillery, Executive Officer, Field Artillery Officers Advanced Course, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma

• Mission provide safe, accurate, timely artillery fire in support of the Corp mission,

• Top Secret Security Clearance

• Responsible for a 128 man, 6 gun, Eight-inch Self Propelled (nuclear capable) Howitzer Battery.

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