Kenneth Daly
General Manager Operations
Hudsonville,MI
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
General Manager
Heath Outdoor Products
Coopersville, MI
01.2019 - Current
- Manage $10,000,000 in company assets, and inventory.
- Plan annual purchasing, expense, and labor budgets.
- Plan, coordinate, and direct all company operations.
- Works closely with sales to meet budgetary sales goals.
- Enforce company policies, and maintain a safe work environment.
- Maintain licensing and operating permits.
- Plan, coordinate and implement capital improvements.
Buyer / Planner
Heath Outdoor Products
Coopersville, MI
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Develop and maintain vendor relationships.
- Source, negotiate, and select vendors to meet the company’s specifications, and requirements.
- Review and analyze inventory levels, and generate purchase orders.
- Monitor inventory levels to ensure adequate inventory levels are maintained.
- Maintain all purchasing related records.
- Plan and maintain all production schedules.
Production Manager
Heath Outdoor Products
Coopersville, MI
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Manage $1,500,000 in company assets.
- Research and develop capital improvements for Suet manufacturing operations, providing valuable recommendations to senior management.
- Project Management.
- Process Development.
- Track production downtime and set goals to achieve specified reductions and optimize production output.
- Improved overall suet department productivity by 50% by initiating and implementing standardized machine operating procedures, reducing downtime, making necessary repairs, and maintaining critical equipment.
- Oversee all quality assurance tasks, ensuring consistent production results.
- Supervise, and manage suet production, warehousing and storage areas as well as hourly employees on all three shifts, resulting in consistent fulfillment of daily production, and operational smoothness.
Converting Operations Manager
FINEEYE COLOR SOLUTIONS
Grand Rapids, MI
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Manage $500,000 in company assets as well as raw materials and finished goods inventory.
- Research and develop capital improvements for converting operation, providing valuable recommendations to upper level decision makers.
- Track production waste and set goals to achieve specified reductions and optimize production output.
- Oversee all quality assurance tasks, ensuring consistent product and reducing complaints related to poor quality production of merchandise.
- Supervise warehousing and storage areas as well as hourly employees, resulting in consistent fulfillment of daily production and operational smoothness.
Converting Crew Chief
FINEEYE COLOR SOLUTIONS
Grand Rapids, MI
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Facilitated successful development of contract manufacturing initiatives which resulted in tripling production output, more than doubling gross sales, and hiring additional hourly labor.
- Improved production workflows, resulting in 50% productivity increase and achieving 97% reduction in production waste.
- Collaborated with teams to review and facilitate continuous improvement ideas for implementation.
Production Supervisor - Consumer Division
HAVILAND ENTERPRISES INC
Grand Rapids, MI
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Managed 2 production facilities on 2 shifts, taking responsibility for $3 million in company assets as well as payroll and attendance tracking for 20 to 60 employees at any given time.
- Assisted in development of a production scheduling process that reduced down time by 10%.
- Mentored and developed production leaders for 2 consumer, and industrial chemical powder packaging areas containing 7 production lines, 1 consumer, and industrial chemical liquid packaging area containing 3 production lines, and 1 liquid manufacturing area with a combined storage capacity of 40,000 gallons, and manufacturing capacity of 4,000 gallons.
- Key contributor to new facility planning, relocation, and equipment upgrades.
- Implemented LEAN and 5S work practices, improving efficiency in all managed areas.
Manufacturing Production Supervisor – Industrial Division
HAVILAND ENTERPRISES INC
Grand Rapids, MI
01.2006 - 01.2010
- Maintained 99% customer satisfaction and assisted in development of a production scheduling process.
- Key contributor to development of New Corporate Industrial Liquid Chemical Contract Manufacturing objectives.
- Developed Kanban warehousing system working directly with customers to achieve successful, just in time manufacturing process.
- Managed $1.5 million in assets.
- Received the DuPont Responsible Shipper of the year award in 2007, and 2008.
Summary
Encouraging manager and analytical problem-solver with talents for team building, leading and motivating, as well as excellent customer relations aptitude and relationship-building skills. Proficient in using independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Dedicated to applying training, monitoring and morale-building abilities to enhance employee engagement and boost performance.
Skills
- Vendor relationships
- Quality management
- Team leadership
- Customer relations
- Budget forecasts
- Customer experiences
- Sound judgment
- Effective leader
- Profit and loss accountability
- Regulatory affairs
- Project scope
- Account management
- New business development
- Risk management
- Safety protocol
- Human resources management
- Interpersonal skills
- Financial administration
- Staff development
- Budget allocation
- Multi-unit operation management
- Analytical skills
- Outsourcing
- Staff training
- Consistently meet goals
- Workflow planning
- Relationship building
- Strategy
- Inventory control
- Profit generation
- PC competent
- Budget analysis
- Employee development
- Budgeting and cost control strategies
- Leadership
- Team oversight
- Data review
- Cost reductions
- Organizational restructure and change
- Profit and loss
- Budget administration
- Recruitment
- Risk mitigation
- Operations Start-up
- Staff supervision
- Organizational development
- Operations management
- Budgeting and cost control
- Performance analysis
- Succession planning
- Communication skills
- Problem resolution
- Motivation
- Performance evaluations
- Business administration
- Product costing
- Efficient multi-tasker
- Customer relationship management
- Schedule management
- Client relations
- Process redesign
- Employee scheduling
- Goal setting
- Negotiation skills
- Safety assurance
- Supply chain management
- Trend analysis
- Team building
- Facility management
- Project planning
- Product development
- Departmental operations management
- P&L management
- Team player
- Cross-functional team management
- Supervision and training
- Change implementation
Timeline
General Manager
Heath Outdoor Products
01.2019 - Current
Buyer / Planner
Heath Outdoor Products
01.2018 - 01.2019
Production Manager
Heath Outdoor Products
01.2015 - 01.2018
Converting Operations Manager
FINEEYE COLOR SOLUTIONS
01.2014 - 01.2015
Converting Crew Chief
FINEEYE COLOR SOLUTIONS
01.2013 - 01.2014
Production Supervisor - Consumer Division
HAVILAND ENTERPRISES INC
01.2010 - 01.2012
Manufacturing Production Supervisor – Industrial Division
HAVILAND ENTERPRISES INC
01.2006 - 01.2010