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Charles Rohrer

Brownsville,USA

Summary

To obtain a long-term opportunity in a good company that is not project based and where I can contribute to the benefit of the company as well as support my family.

A results-driven and accomplished bilingual operations manager, with a lot of experience and skills. Specializes in organic company growth, change management and start ups through the use of Lean and efficiency improvement.

Overview

40
40
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Retail Operations and Customer Service

Beat the Heat / Charlieco
Brownsville, Texas
01.2018 - Current
  • Opened 3 retail stores and a manufacturing operation for high performance clothing and accessories that are certified solar protection and performance
  • Derived sales funnels to increase business 400% in 10 months
  • Business has grown 10 times in 8 months of retail presence
  • Created/Built manufacturing processes for products MADE IN THE USA that compete against China and India
  • Deal with large and small commercial customers such as Wal-Mart Management, restaurants, and other businesses

Customer Service Representative

Maximus
Brownsville, Texas
11.2023 - 02.2024
  • THIS WAS A TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT
  • Was assign to answer customer calls at a call center and resolve issues with their healthcare plans

Consultant Supply Chain and Purchasing

Avantus Air
Los Angeles, California
01.2022 - 12.2022
  • THIS IS A PROJECT ASSIGNMENT through KornFerry/Patina
  • Was assign to evaluate inventory control and purchasing procedures and make recommendations in order to reduce raw material inventory and WIP

Director of Manufacturing

Cantex
Fort Worth, Texas
07.2021 - 02.2022
  • THIS IS A PROJECT ASSIGNMENT
  • Change Management Leader of a 5 plant operation for injection molding and extrusion of electrical conduit and components
  • Sales last year closed at $700 million and are projected to grow to $1 billion this year
  • Business is growing strongly creating a significant challenge in recruitment
  • Utilized flexible shift assignment to fill open positions
  • Used GMP to establish standard procedures that improved quality and production
  • Significant improvement in Safety with major reduction of incidents from over 50 incidents per year to 3
  • Utilized GMP and optimum scheduling to increase output 25%
  • Utilized Lean and GMP to reduce scrap from 8% to 2.5% in 3 months
  • Utilized robotics to improve certain production operations from 2000 pieces per day to 34,000 pieces per day and reduces scrap from 40% to 1%
  • Leading a cultural change by using old-fashioned team work and value recognition

Vice President Operations

Starplast
Houston, Texas
02.2020 - 04.2021
  • THIS IS A PROJECT ASSIGNMENT
  • Change Management Leader of a injection molding operation and 2 distribution centers focused on supplying big box retailers with product for house wares, food storage and other plastic products
  • Business has grown 30% year over year and 200% over monthly
  • Utilized good manufacturing practices to organize the manufacturing operation to improve OEE from 45% to 85%
  • Utilized modern warehousing principles to improve order loading, storage and inventory control
  • Hired key personnel to achieve cultural change

General Manager

SENNECA HOLDINGS, INC
Brownsville, Texas
03.2017 - 11.2018
  • Change Management Leader for manufacturer of doors for harsh environments
  • Held P&L, Oversaw safety, quality, operations, tooling, production engineering, machining, distribution warehouse and maintenance
  • Develop and manage process for continuous improvement
  • Manage approximately 80 associates
  • Used Operational Excellence to: Turn around plant from losing money to making 22% net profit while growing sales from $300K per month to $1,500K per month
  • Reduce Lead Time from 18 weeks to 10 weeks
  • Increase product velocity at least 200%
  • Improve first pass quality from 50% to 99%

Operations Manager

IMPROVED PIPING PRODUCTS, INC
San Antonio, Texas
11.2014 - 10.2016
  • Change Management Leader for $3 million a month company that made plastic injection-molding, extrusion molding, ribbon molding and machining of thick walled HDPE flange adapters for fluid transfer piping systems
  • Oversee safety, quality, operations, tooling, production engineering, machining, distribution warehouse and maintenance
  • Develop and responsible for capital improvement budgets and annual growth strategies
  • Manage approximately 150 associates
  • Used Operational Excellence to: Derive an Operations strategy
  • Reduce back order from 9 months to on-time delivery in less than 6 months
  • Increase product velocity at least 400%
  • Improve first pass quality from 40% to 97% in 6 months
  • Consolidated 2 plants
  • Organized the Parts Service Center to improve delivery with less personnel

Operations Manager, Quality Manager

THERMA-TRU CORPORATION
Matamoros, Mexico
10.2004 - 04.2014
  • Hold P&L responsibility for $14 million a month company that made plastic injection-molding and assembly of components for residential entry door systems
  • Oversaw safety, operations tooling, production engineering, machining, and maintenance
  • Develop and responsible for capital improvement budgets and annual growth strategies
  • Managed approximately 300 to 900 operators, maintenance and engineering associates
  • Used Lean Manufacturing tools to: Reduce head count 50%
  • Decrease operating expense about $500,000 per year
  • Cut non-value-added functions by 50%
  • Reduce footprint of lines to 60% of original
  • Improve product velocity by 40%
  • Used Lean and value-based safety to cut safety incidents in half for each of two years running and achieved a period of zero accidents for 15 consecutive months
  • Customers included Lowes, Home Depot, and Menards

General Manager

CANASTOTA N/C CORPORATION
Canastota, New York
01.2001 - 12.2004
  • Improved delivery from 34% on-time to 85% in four months
  • Enhanced quality of machining from daily rejections to zero rejections in six months
  • Maintained sales during recession by improving customer relations to increase penetration and market share from 30% to 70% with existing accounts

Director of Operations and General Manager, Mexico

HUTCHINSON PRODUCTS CORPORATION
Alton, Illinois
01.1997 - 12.2000
  • Executed start-up within 90% of budget
  • Held P&L responsibility for new plant, with growth of $3,000,000 annually
  • Improved profit 6% in first year
  • Reduced quality defects to less than 0.1% through improved training and customer service
  • Introduced ERP and MRP systems to reduce overhead by 10% in one year
  • Changed scheduling of production to improve delivery from 60% on-time to 98% in six months

Director of Manufacturing

DATAPAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
St. Peters, Missouri
01.1994 - 12.1997
  • Held P&L responsibility for label manufacturing operation
  • Implemented improvements that increased production 400%, reduced waste from 25% to 1.7%, and increased productivity from 5% to 70% over three years
  • Designed nine products that increased sales 25% in one year
  • Designed two products for which the company sought patents

Manager of Technology, Market Development Manager, Sales Manager

VESUVIUS
Champaign, Illinois
01.1991 - 12.1994
  • Opened and developed Latin America market
  • Increased regional sales from zero to $7,000,000 in two years

Project Engineer, Structural Loads and Dynamics Engineer, Technical Assistant

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY
St. Louis, Missouri
01.1985 - 12.1991
  • Managed $24,000,000 in equipment used to repair aircraft
  • Conducted dynamics analysis of aircraft structures

Education

M.B.A. - International Business

INDIANA WESLYAN UNIVERSITY
Marion, Indiana

M.S. - Manufacturing Engineering

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
St. Louis, Missouri

B.S. - Mechanical Engineering

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
St. Louis, Missouri

Skills

  • Organizational Change Management
  • Logical Reasoning
  • Strategic Problem Resolution
  • Resolution Facilitation
  • Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Optimization
  • Lean
  • Quality metrics and improvement
  • Manufacturing and machining processes
  • Product Distribution and Logistics
  • Warehouse operations and efficiency
  • Data mining, tracking and trending
  • MRP/ERP and WMS
  • Communication composed listening skills
  • Team Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Strengthening Client Engagement
  • Strategic Operations Planning
  • Risk analysis and mitigation

Certification

  • Lean Manufacturing Champion Certificate, BOYCES
  • OSHA 30 Certificate

Languages

Fluent in English and Spanish

Dominantskills

  • Change Management
  • Technical superiority
  • Personnel/Staff management and motivation
  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Efficiency metrics and improvement/OEE
  • Lean
  • Quality metrics and improvement
  • Manufacturing and machining processes
  • Automation and Robotics
  • Product Distribution and Logistics
  • Warehouse operations and efficiency
  • Data mining, tracking and trending
  • MRP/ERP and WMS
  • Communication composed listening skills, presentation skills and negotiation skills
  • Team Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Tracking and communicating budget information
  • Design processes
  • Building and improving customer relationships
  • Control costs and revenue generation
  • Operations Strategy
  • Product Development from womb to tomb
  • Risk analysis and mitigation

Languages

English
Professional
Spanish
Professional

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Customer Service Representative

Maximus
11.2023 - 02.2024

Consultant Supply Chain and Purchasing

Avantus Air
01.2022 - 12.2022

Director of Manufacturing

Cantex
07.2021 - 02.2022

Vice President Operations

Starplast
02.2020 - 04.2021

Retail Operations and Customer Service

Beat the Heat / Charlieco
01.2018 - Current

General Manager

SENNECA HOLDINGS, INC
03.2017 - 11.2018

Operations Manager

IMPROVED PIPING PRODUCTS, INC
11.2014 - 10.2016

Operations Manager, Quality Manager

THERMA-TRU CORPORATION
10.2004 - 04.2014

General Manager

CANASTOTA N/C CORPORATION
01.2001 - 12.2004

Director of Operations and General Manager, Mexico

HUTCHINSON PRODUCTS CORPORATION
01.1997 - 12.2000

Director of Manufacturing

DATAPAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
01.1994 - 12.1997

Manager of Technology, Market Development Manager, Sales Manager

VESUVIUS
01.1991 - 12.1994

Project Engineer, Structural Loads and Dynamics Engineer, Technical Assistant

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY
01.1985 - 12.1991

M.B.A. - International Business

INDIANA WESLYAN UNIVERSITY

M.S. - Manufacturing Engineering

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

B.S. - Mechanical Engineering

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

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