Manufacturing Manager

W.D. (Will) O'Dell, Sr

Post Office Box ***

State Road, NC 28676

Home 336-***-****

e-mail: *****@*****.***

EXPERIENCE

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Nautilus, Inc./Medfit Systems, Inc Independence, VA 2004-Present

Nautilus was the leading manufacturer of cardio and strength training equipment for the home and spa gyms with recognized brand names such as Nautilus, Stairmaster, Schwinn Bike, Treadclimber, and Bowflex. Nautilus Strength (Independence) manufactured approximately 20,000 units per year.

Implemented modern CNC equipment such as lasers, plasmas, and robotics generating savings in excess of $400,000 per year.

Developed capital and manufacturing plans to target additional savings in excess of $1,000,000 annually.

Reduced machine shop footprint by 50%.

Initiated capital projects to reduce overall gas consumption by 25%.

Reduced OSHA recordable rate (IIR) from 8.05 in 2005 to 1.67 in 2007.

Developed Kan-Ban plan to raise Inventory Turns from 11.7 to 35.4.

Created database program to monitor part availability (in lieu of MRP system) minimizing costs during production wind down.

Zone 1 Manager

Lowe's Home Improvement Alpharetta, GA 2003-2004

Lowe's is the second largest home improvement warehouse store in the United States. Zone 1 is an exceptionally volatile area within the Lowe's structure, in that the product flowing through the area is strictly seasonal in nature and requires keen business acumen to capitalize on trends.

Lead the Seasonal department to a greater than 10% increase in year over year sales.

Coached both subordinate department managers through completion of Management Training Program.

Continuous Improvement Manager

Revest, Inc. (Steelcase) Lithia Springs, GA 2000-2003

Revest manufactures office cubicle components utilizing such processes as spot welding, MIG welding, brake press bending, powder coat paint, and various assembly operations with typical operator cycle times between 20 and 100 seconds per unit.

Developed and implemented Lean Manufacturing Training Program.

Facilitated Kaizen events that generated net savings in excess of $2.5M.

Reduced direct labor costs 60% for startup manufacturing operation.

Achieved 97.9% Inventory Accuracy (up from 93%) while reducing warehouse floor space 20% and Inventory Transactions by 50%.

Elevated Inventory Turns from 13 to 25 for raw material and from 11.7 to 21.5 for total inventory.

Managed merger of Dallas inventory and reduced overall inventory 45%.

Developed database program that reduced major commodity inventory 60%.

Group Leader / Manufacturing Engineer

Hill-Rom/MED?S Norcross, GA 1999-2000

Hill-Rom/MED?S manufactured medical gas and electric equipment (manifolds,valve boxes, control panels,etc...) in a manual assembly setting with operator cycle times ranging from 15 seconds to 20 hours.

Responsible for floor level production management:

Reduced major product assembly time from 16 hours to 4 hours (-75%).

Eliminated transportation of product from assembly to packing by packing in cell.

Product Engineer / DBS Facilitator

Danaher Tool Group – JS Technology Alpharetta, GA 1994-1998

Danaher-JS Technology manufactures click type and dial type torque wrenches and screwdrivers utilizing such processes as spot welding, MIG welding, CNC milling and turning, mechanical press stamping, and various assembly operations with typical operator cycle times between 5 and 120 seconds per unit.

Improved highest volume assembly operation efficiency 80%.

Reduced floor space 50% in assembly areas.

Reduced marking-die exchange time 80%.

Improved inventory turns 45% in 1998.

EDUCATION

B.S. Mechanical Engineering Technology

Magna Cum Laude

Southern College of Technology Marietta, Georgia 1993

B.S. Applied Physics

Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 1990

OTHER

Leadership Development Program

Center for Creative Leadership Greensboro, NC 8/2001

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