Sherilyn Hunt
Coon Rapids,MN
Summary
Professional Summary Driven manager with high initiative who is focused on increasing production, minimizing equipment downtime and costs and maximizing overall plant efficiency. Proven effective in rallying teams to improve productivity, moral and achieving corporate goals. Proven effective in mentoring and developing Managers, Supervisors and Operations staff. Demonstrated ability to meet critical customer deadlines through effective communication and goal setting of the team. Resourceful plant management leader with expertise in cost controls, lean manufacturing principles and employee training.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Plant Manager
NVent
2022.03 - Current
- Lead a 2 site team consisting of 6 Operations Managers, 700+ production associates, $750M annual sales while focusing on Safety , Quality, Delivery, Cost and Cash balance
- Transformed Onboarding process; resulting in reduced employee turnover within first 30 days by 15%
- Successfully mentor employees in various stages in career to meet career and corporate goals
- Key contributor for critical communication with customer ensuring key message is understood
- Responsible for analysis and management of the budget; oversight to P&L
- Revamped shift structure resulting in increased retention which minimized over time costs by 34%
- Leader of annual site transformation projects – lead cross functional teams through strategic development and execution resulting in savings from projects of over $1.7 M annually through quality improvement, productivity and process changes
- Lead and manage the collaboration of functional departments: quality, engineering, program management, sourcing, planning, etc.
- For site strategic initiatives
- Implemented monthly round table meetings with shop floor operations to gain insight to issues and implemented a corrective action response
- Created successful ramp plan for OEM customer which met their end of year revenue targets without adversely affecting key cost targets for the company.
- Optimized processes to maximize efficiency.
- Managed direction and planning for plant with focus on optimization of daily functions, exceeding customer expectations and achieving KPIs.
Operations Manager
nVent
2018.09 - 2022.03
- Led and managed team of 8 salaried Supervisors for 4 different value streams in a 24/5 operation
- Direct responsible individual of finances of 4 key value streams with over $347M annual sales
- Expanded New Production line from 5000 square feet to 12000 square feet without impact to customer deliveries
- Coordinate numerous resources to manufacture/test/inspect NPI products leading to improved quality and reduction of customer SCARs by 30%
- Active participation in cross functional teams- participation with design, quality and engineering
- Proven success in developing leaders within teams
- Sponsored lean projects including MMIF, CCF among many other transformational projects
- Initiated a cross functional Defect Reduction Team for Departments resulting in 23% FPY improvement over one year.
Account Manager
TDK/HTI
2017.08 - 2018.09
- Acting as liaison between plant and end customer
Value Stream Manager
Cummins
2017.05 - 2017.07
- Managed one VS for all SQDCC metrics
Inside Sales/Customer Service Manager
TTM Technologies
2014.01 - 2017.04
- Led a staff of 10 salaried customer service/inside sales representatives
- Integrated the customer service representatives with the pre-production work center for better understanding of what types of issues can arise with their product
- Partnered with finance and accounting with credits and return issues along with maintaining accurate pricing and costs
- Established a good working relationship with the Outside Sales Reps, Program and Account
- Managers along with internal Engineering, Quality and Manufacturing Customers and
- External Customers to coordinate, manage, mediate, and negotiate any item or activity such as price, delivery, quality, and responsiveness, that directly affects the customer's decision to continue to do business with TTM Technologies
- Effective in assisting in the resolution of customer issues and able to ensure efficient job transfers between plants when needed
- Developed good working relationships with Tier 2 accounts, maintained and increased revenue for those accounts by 20% within the past 12 months
Production Manager
TTM Technologies
2003.11 - 2013.12
Production Supervisor
Honeywell
1997.11 - 2003.11
Education
BA - Business Administration
Lakeland University
Skills
- Skills &
- Abilities
- Team Leadership and Development - Organized
- Production minded - Planning
- Lean Manufacturing trained and certified - Innovative
- Customer Service Oriented
- Employee Training
- Cost Control
Timeline
Plant Manager
NVent
2022.03 - Current
Operations Manager
nVent
2018.09 - 2022.03
Account Manager
TDK/HTI
2017.08 - 2018.09
Value Stream Manager
Cummins
2017.05 - 2017.07
Inside Sales/Customer Service Manager
TTM Technologies
2014.01 - 2017.04
Production Manager
TTM Technologies
2003.11 - 2013.12
Production Supervisor
Honeywell
1997.11 - 2003.11
BA - Business Administration
Lakeland University