Andrew F. Anson

Responsible for project and operational management of new plant start-up

• Develop and manage site annual and capital budgets based on forecasted sales and resource requirements
• Managing a cross functional team, achieved key project deliverables; develop and qualify a new production line, validating production processes required for business growth
• Developed and implemented operations procedures for site quality management system ensuring compliance with industry standards

Directed end-to-end site operations, including EHS, planning, production, maintenance and logistics operations for FDA and ISO certified manufacturing facilities

• Delivered positive results in key safety, service, quality and cost metrics through focus on 100% employee engagement
• Drove improvement of key service metric to greater than 97% and reduced defect rate by 20+%
• Lead year over year safety improvements, resulting in reductions in TRIR and corporate safety audit scores
• Led operations team as part of cross functional group to deliver new product to market for key customer resulting in $1 million in revenue; including manufacturing and supply chain process development and product qualification

Lean culture transformation leader in ISO 13485 certified distribution facility

• Responsible for training and coaching team members on the use of continuous improvement principles
• Directed inter facility value stream mapping events used to develop continuous improvement strategy for Healthcare Surgical Division
• Reduced receiving process cycle time by 50% resulting in $150K annual savings from labor and carrier demurrage
• Lead the development of process standard work for material movement and picking process which resulted in a 94% reduction in picking errors, and improved process cycle time by 30%

Responsible for driving operational performance and inventory accuracy in high volume, 200K sq ft distribution and manufacturing facility

• Demonstrated leadership and problem-solving skills in fast paced environment through daily interaction with manufacturing, quality control and production planning
• Earned Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification – lead projects focused on cycle time and waste reduction
• Facilitator for Peer Review employee conflict resolution program

Responsible for product and process flow, and logistics operations for 150K sq. ft. warehousing and job shop production facility. Project management involving customer relations, process planning, issue resolution, and quality assurance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional project team, successfully interacting with customers to plan and execute project
• Implemented systems and procedural changes key to improving logistics efficiencies by more than 100%

Managed project team partnering with clients to develop and implement Lean Six Sigma strategies for cost and process time reductions based on detailed, data-driven analysis of operations processes

• Reduced manufacturing cycle time and WIP by 50+% through development and implementation of short-interval scheduling system
• Reduced labor costs by 33% by implementing work cell restructuring and standard work processes