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Kenneth Woller

Traverse City,Michigan

Summary

Proactive manager experienced in managing a variety of teams including sales, estimating, purchasing, engineering, and production. Successful in creating effective communication between project managers, engineers, production, and the management team.

Overview

42
42
years of professional experience

Work History

Armed Guard/Messenger/Driver

Federal Armored Truck
Traverse City, Michigan
05.2023 - Employed
  • Safely navigate between stops while guarding substantial quantities of of liabilities.

Customer Engagement Representative

SKF
Norton Shores, MI
10.2019 - 06.2022
  • As a Customer Engagement Representative I was responsible to calculate total costs for service, delivery, and production to provide customer with an accurate quote as well as process orders and support outside sales representitives.
  • Areas of focus: US military and OEM government accounts, military exports to Israel, Japan, and Italy.
  • Aerospace and Robotics
  • Followed-up with customer after sale to identify and resolve service, account or technical issues to maintain customer satisfaction.
  • Cultivated and strengthened customer relationships to drive revenue growth.

Plant Manager BU 136 ST Commercial

Patrick Industries
Syracuse, IN
10.2017 - 08.2018

Establish and adjust work procedures to meet production schedules.
Coordinate and develop new product design in collaboration with engineering staff. Manage production schedules, production quality and on time delivery. Insure that production rates are met. Maintain proper inventory for current and future projects. Maintain SOX compliance. Update and maintain ERP system.

Commercial Division Manager

Lakeside Surfaces Inc.
Norton Shores, MI
01.2015 - 12.2016


Supervised production schedules, production quality and on time delivery. Defined manufacturing performance standards and reviewed the performance outcomes to set future targets. Identified staffing and capital needs, collected relevant data and wrote justifications for established needs. Coordinated and developed new product design in collaboration with engineering staff. Implemented root cause and corrective actions to remove production constraints and improve product quality. Reviewed production orders, schedules, delivery dates and inventory levels to determine product availability. Implemented electronic architectural/engineered estimating. Created business plans for outside sales for future growth. Created yearly sales projections and budgets.

Vice President

Cameo Countertops Inc.
Walker, MI
01.2007 - 01.2015


Assessed and trained personnel for promotion to cross-functional operations. Maintained and enforced a safe and clean working environment at all times. Coordinated preventative maintenance on existing and new production equipment, including routine calibration. Established and adjusted work procedures to meet production schedules. Supervised production schedules, production quality and on time delivery. Defined manufacturing performance standards and reviewed the performance outcomes to set future targets. Identified staffing and capital needs, collected relevant data and wrote justifications for established needs. Implemented root cause and corrective actions to remove production constraints and improve product quality. Enforced a culture of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement while providing operational leadership. Trained, developed, and counseled employees to develop a high performing team. Completed key projects on time, on budget and with a high level of accuracy. Created strategies to develop and expand existing customer sales. Adjusted estimating parameters to increase profitability and increase sales.

Plant Manager

Lakeside Solid Surface Inc.
Norton Shores, MI
06.1992 - 01.2007

Managed all areas of manufacturing, safety, inventory control and process implementation. Eliminated materials waste and unnecessary labor hours to reduce costs. Monitored manufacturing variances to achieve quality improvement while resolving product process and equipment problems. Oversaw employees and related programs to maximize team productivity and facility output. Created and oversaw viable strategies for continuous improvement

Driver/Manager

United Parcel Service
Muskegon, MI
09.1980 - 04.1992

Education

Associate of Science - Industrial Engineering

Muskegon Community College
1979

Skills

  • 5 S experience
  • Six Sigma experience
  • Lean manufacturing principles
  • Complex problem solving
  • Team building and development
  • Training programs
  • Cost control improvements
  • Production planning
  • Schedule management
  • Microsoft Office
  • Adobe Pro
  • Bluebeam
  • Moraware ERP
  • QuickBooks
  • Peachtree
  • MRP and ERP systems
  • Inventory control
  • Regulatory compliance

Accomplishments

Trained and mentored over 150 employees including sales professionals and managers. Led Lakeside Surfaces Inc. commercial division from $990,000.00 to $5,325,000.00 in 1.5 years exceeding sales projections by 128%.

Timeline

Armed Guard/Messenger/Driver

Federal Armored Truck
05.2023 - Employed

Customer Engagement Representative

SKF
10.2019 - 06.2022

Plant Manager BU 136 ST Commercial

Patrick Industries
10.2017 - 08.2018

Commercial Division Manager

Lakeside Surfaces Inc.
01.2015 - 12.2016

Vice President

Cameo Countertops Inc.
01.2007 - 01.2015

Plant Manager

Lakeside Solid Surface Inc.
06.1992 - 01.2007

Driver/Manager

United Parcel Service
09.1980 - 04.1992

Associate of Science - Industrial Engineering

Muskegon Community College
Kenneth Woller