Assigned role to lead enterprise wide operational excellence projects. My experience and performance results were ideally suited to lead these projects. • Sustainability project to utilize end of life tires to create raw materials for new tire production by investing in a start up pyrolysis operation. Worked with product development and manufacturing engineers to approve project for use and presented to executive management for approval. • Operational Excellence project to reduce manufacturing complexity throughout the supply chain by developing a method to quantify the cost of complexity in our manufacturing plants and then optimize our supply chain to capture savings from reduced complexity.

Provide leadership to production team members, select and develop individuals, identify training needs, counsel and motivate subordinates, ensure fair and equitable administration of company policies and practices, and maintain a positive work environment. Promote safety awareness, initiate and monitor safety programs, ensure and model safe work environment. Facilitate the investigation and countermeasure of safety problems, report results, and develop plans for improvement. Participate in and support proactive safety culture. Monitor and control quality in area. Develop and implement quality control systems to ensure production team members are following standards. Develop and implement plans for continuous improvement. Coordinate the investigation and analysis of problems, develop countermeasures, monitor department results, and promote 5S activities. Establish plan and control points for meeting production requirements, communicate objectives to subordinate team members, interact and coordinate activities with supply departments, engineering and maintenance, technical support, and customer departments, direct resources from within and outside the department to improve and correct deficiencies, initiate countermeasures, and report and monitor results. Direct and control all area activities consistent with the company policy, budget, waste, scrap and rework objectives. Monitor and analyze area performance, countermeasure adverse trends or problem areas for expected results, obtain and deploy resources as necessary, and establish effective cost reduction program.

• Developed plan for the 340 million Aiken Passenger plant expansion. • Planned, directed, controlled, and organized all production control, industrial engineering, raw material receiving, raw material ordering, finished goods warehouse and shipping operations. • Results Share pay incentive system administrator, Advanced Benchmarking coordination, strategic planning and daily operations meeting facilitator.

• Responsible for the development, improvement and maintenance of the VOR (Virgin Out Ratio) activities for the Aiken plant. • This position continuously searches for methods to reduce scrap, rework, SK inventory and TUO Grinds with the support from ATC. PED and Plant QA, Technical Service, Engineering and Production departments.

• Provided Leadership and direction for the production control department. Maintain scheduling system based on daily inventory and daily consumption to minimize material delays and maximize production efficiency. • Determined raw material requirements as needed to maintain inventories at appropriate levels. Developed production and delivery schedules to maintain compliance with established inventory levels. • Developed alternate plans for material supply during periods of extended production interruption. Set department budgets and track performance against the budget.

• Provided I.E. support to Mixing, Receiving, Final inspection and Warehouse departments. • Conducted analyses concerning refinement and control of manufacturing systems and procedures. • Evaluated all requests for additional or replacement employees. Conducted courses for plant production departments in industrial engineering techniques. • Successfully completed a realignment and lighting relocation project of the warehouse to improve Safety, Quality and non operational time. • Project manager of several equipment relocation projects.

• Start up operation of a new tire manufacturing facility. Developed working standards and standard operating procedures for all set-up tasks in final inspection department. • Trained all set-up MT’s in final inspection. Led a crew of thirty-five machine technicians responsible for inspecting and testing. • Handled corrective actions and countermeasures on customer returns and complaints by original equipment customers. • Also developed the selection criteria, training program and work schedule for the first Quality Verifiers.