Kelley H. Couch
Aiken
Summary
Accomplished Plant Manager and Vice President of Operations offering solid 25-year history monitoring operations and costs and exceeding financial and performance goals. Polished in implementing best practices, providing day-to-day leadership and spearheading growth strategies and practices. Expertise in Manufacturing Operations, Safety, Continuous Improvement, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Planning and Quality
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Operations Manager, Arresters and Cable Accessories
Hubbell
06.2023 - 10.2024
- Manage the Operations of two of the three Business Units in the Aiken Facility producing $25M in sales monthly
- Drive world class safety performance with results better than industry average
- Optimize efficiency and achieve business objectives
- Lead team of direct reports including engineering, supervisors, and continuous improvement and over175 hourly associates to meet safety, quality and productivity expectations
- Driving culture change within an established team to achieve desired business growth
Plant Manager, Flooring
SWISS KRONO
06.2022 - 06.2023
- Manage4 departments in the Flooring Plant including maintenance, engineering, continuous improvement, and supervisors to improve operational performance
- Participate in annual strategic planning, capital allocation, and project prioritization
- Developed a safety sub-committee process for plant
- Oversight for establishment of a quality and continuous improvement culture
Senior Production Manager
MILLIKEN & COMPANY
01.2022 - 06.2022
- Lead team of70 hourly associates to meet safety, quality and productivity expectations
- Manage all support operators, technicians and maintenance associates
- Driving culture change within an established team
- Responsible for scheduling, staffing, hiring of associates
- Implement process improvements for weave room department
Vice President of Operations
AGY HOLDING CORP
01.2008 - 07.2021
- Led Operations team of over65 salaried employees and600 hourly employees to produce the highest quality fiberglass product for application in the Aerospace, Electronics, Consumer and Construction industries
- Drove world class safety performance and exceeding industry averages
- Participated in annual strategic planning, capital allocation, and project prioritization and managed yearly operating budgets of over $120,000,000
- Managed P&L driving profitability to over20%
- Drove continuous improvement efforts throughout the Operations organization to meet or exceed that budget
- Determined staffing requirements and managed the hiring and training processes including hourly and salaried associates – identifying, onboarding and mentoring
- Led the Health, Environmental, Safety and Security aspects of the organization, including DHEC, OSHA and EPA regulations
- Responsible party for onsite Wastewater Treatment plant
- Oversight of the Supply chain function, including purchasing, planning, and logistics
- Managed delivery and quality of incoming raw materials
- Oversight of the Maintenance, Project Engineering, Grounds and Utilities organization
- Developed and managed capital budget and projects on time and under budget; facilitated capacity expansion projects to support business growth and operational improvements to drive cost savings
- Achieved and sustained plant record performance levels
Process Improvement Engineering Leader
MILLIKEN & COMPANY
05.1999 - 01.2008
- Led over20 engineers as direct management reports and28 senior quality facilitators
- Responsible for growth and development of process engineers and production managers including meeting yearly objectives
- Drove improvement in all plant key measures to reduce cost per unit and improve variance performance
- Drove successful new product launches through the manufacturing processes
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Erskine College
Due West, South Carolina05.1999
Skills
- Oversight of Safety Processes
- Driving Culture change
- Operations oversight
- Performance monitoring and evaluation
- Full P&L responsibility
- Staff development – identifying, onboarding, and mentoring
- Supply Chain
- Process Optimization/Improvements
- Forecasting / Long range planning
- Capital improvement planning
- Financial controls implementation
- Quality Systems
- Lean Manufacturing Principles
- Purchasing and planning
- Continuous Improvement Implementation
- Warehouse and Logistics
- Forecasting
- Employee coaching
- KPI tracking
- Change management
- Business leadership
- Budget development
Timeline
Senior Operations Manager, Arresters and Cable Accessories
Hubbell
06.2023 - 10.2024
Plant Manager, Flooring
SWISS KRONO
06.2022 - 06.2023
Senior Production Manager
MILLIKEN & COMPANY
01.2022 - 06.2022
Vice President of Operations
AGY HOLDING CORP
01.2008 - 07.2021
Process Improvement Engineering Leader
MILLIKEN & COMPANY
05.1999 - 01.2008
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Erskine College
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