DELOITTE, Arlington, Virginia

Strategy & Operations Specialist Senior (2010 - present)
Deloitte Consulting

Finance Transformation - Cost Management

Supply Chain Management - Sales & Operations Planning

Lean Six Sigma - Process Improvement

STRASSER & ASSOCIATES, Dayton, Ohio

Management Consultant (2009 - 2010)
Strategic Cost Management & Business Analytics

ALI INDUSTRIES, INC., Fairborn, Ohio - $40 Million, 180 Employees, 2,000+ sku

Director of Operations (2006 - 2009)
 

Reported to the President/CEO; directed three plant managers and responsible for 120 employees in the areas from manufacturing components, finished goods production to shipping/distribution, as well as the internal package printing operation.
 

Led the operations team to new concepts, and introduced frontline responsibility and accountability. Created operations scorecard for performance management and reporting.
 

Major responsibilities include:

• Planning and directing of value chain activities, equipment and manufacturing cell layout, workflow, scheduling, inventory optimization and work force allocation.
• Operational improvements through the application of lean manufacturing principles such as 5S, Kanban, Flow, and Visual Management.
• Product cost estimating/pricing and customer profitability analysis/strategy.
   

Selected Successes:

• Performance and capacity management:

Р   Balancing of an assembly line increased daily throughput by 80% from 500 to 900 units.

Р   Improved job sequencing increased productivity by 25%

Р   → $10 million additional sales capacity without additional labor.

• Management reporting and decision making:

Р   95% reduction of items with inadequate inventory levels.

Р   90% reduction of backorders (caused by operational process steps).

• Forecast improvement initiative:

Р   Achieved 99.8% service level through better value chain coordination.

Р   Seasonal volume trends anticipated and supply chain master planned accordingly.

• Identified raw material supplier's lagging responses to supply chain needs and trends.

Р   Negotiated increased consignment inventory levels.

Р   Instituted periodic forecast reviews with supplier.

SPECTRUM GROUP MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, Vandalia, Ohio

Senior Consultant (2001 - 2006)
 

Worked with clients in a broad range of industries (commercial, non-profit, DoD, manufacturing, health care, services, etc.), delivering significant benefit to their business effectiveness and decision making capabilities through the application of advanced management tools, such as System Dynamics, Activity-Based Costing, and Value Stream Costing as well as training of management and staff:

• Subject matter expertise provided to BearingPoint and Calibre to support the creation of cost models to determine fee-for-service and RDT&E costs for NAVAIR Test Ranges (China Lake, Pax, Echo Range), Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), and TARDEC in Detroit
   
• Directed and led the implementation of an activity-based cost system at the Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services (CBC/CTS) in Dayton, Ohio, reporting ABC/M results to executive management. Presented result implications and suggestions, and trained staff to enable CBC/CTS to self-sufficiently continue to utilize their ABC/M system and information.
  The implementation was well received and even presented at the Annual National Blood Bank Conference. Successes were again presented at the conference in 2005.
  Going into 2009 the ABC/M cost system is still in use, supplying CBC/CTS with valuable information for decision-making, strategic pricing and increased Medicare reimbursements.
  → Strategic pricing based on the project achieved over $1 million in profit increases.
   
• Directed the automation of ABC/M efforts for Alpine Electronics.
  Trained staff to deliver monthly ABC/M reports.
   
• Provided project guidance, reporting and software training for plastic injection molding subsidiary of Myers Industries (NYSE:MYE).
   

ANDERSEN CONSULTING GMBH (now ACCENTURE), Frankfurt, Germany

Summer Associate / Intern (2000)

• Performed fleet management analysis at RWE AG (energy/utilities).
• Analyzed business requirements and recommended fleet management software.

DAA - DEUTSCHE ANGESTELLTEN-AKADEMIE, Augsburg, Germany

Instructor (1998 - 1999)

• Worked as a teacher/instructor in this German educational institute.
• Taught courses in MS Word, Business English, and Accounting.
• Authored course materials.

SIEMENS NIXDORF INFORMATIONSSYSTEME AG, Augsburg, Germany

Co-op - Order Management Department (1996 - 1998)

• Developed and serviced Visual Basic applications for Excel.
• Cash award for improvements.

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