Plant Manager at Unarco Industries LLC (2020-12 – Present)
Lead a workforce of 50-80+ employees with 21 direct reports with P&L responsibility of $25M in revenue. Responsible for human resources on site, project management, continuous improvement, KPI metrics, unit budget, production scheduling, quality, facility, and maintenance, on hand inventory, physical inventory, purchasing, logistics, and safety.
- Developed a focused team to streamline refurb process to increase shift production output safely, utilizing less labor and maintaining quality, increasing contribution margin from 33% to 48%
- Restructured and motivated safety committee, employee led, to spread safety awareness, knowledge, and workforce training, utilizing incentives. As a result, OSHA recordables decreased from 3 to 1, sustaining at 1 for 4 years
- Developed JSAs for each position to ensure PPE and job process was up to date, lowering lost time accidents
- Increased employee survey results with team leaders by focusing on improving low points, increasing results year over year and from 93% to 97% in 2025
- Worked with managers and supervisors to ensure consistent application and accountability of policies and procedures, improving employment practices
- Worked with new staffing agency partners to reduce markup rate, increase onboarding and safety training to reduce accidents and turnover
- Worked with HR director (in OK) to increase base payrates for welders and general laborers to match rates in location, increasing retention for temporary and full-time employees by over 40%
- Increased full time headcount from 30% to 75% from temporary labor in 3 years, also increasing retention
- Plan and hold employee appreciation events yearly
- Assist with sales team with production analysis/needs to build for possible customers
- Evaluate BOMs to ensure finances and inventory are transparent and accurate
- Responsible for recruiting, interviewing, and the full cycle hiring process for all full-time employees
- Hold weekly production meetings for all leads and supervisors
- Attend virtual KPI meetings each morning
- Plan annual training for all employees based on roles and needs
- Coach and develop managers
- Develop annual goals and objectives that are challenging but attainable for salaried direct reports
Buyer/Inventory Manager at Unarco Industries, LLC (2017-08 – 2020-12)
Partnered with supplier base, leveraged categories, conducted bids, negotiated, and executed contracts. Managed inventory levels and developed resource savings initiatives.
- Partnered with supplier base, leveraged categories, conducted bids, negotiated, and executed contracts to deliver over $1M (4.2%) in savings on $24M in 2019 spend with over $2.2M delivering in 2019, as a team between two locations
- Developed resource savings by working with vendors to change packaging and freight loading, saving over $500k annually for two locations
- Developed and launched US vendor relationships after tariffs were imposed
- Lowered on hand inventory levels by changing high volume inventory parts to a consignment program, also supporting just in time shipping
- Created a new floor layout for parts and components to streamline with production per department, utilizing kaizen and 5S, increasing on time shipments by driving inventory visibility
- Organized a digital filing system for all Purchase orders and receiving files to remove waste, lowering cost of supplies, increasing transparency for finance department, increasing transactional accuracy
Account Manager/Recruiter at GCB Staffing (2012-05 – 2017-08)
Responsible for 3 businesses located in Danville, VA with an office onsite at two locations. Managed staffing, onboarding, safety, payroll and recruiting.
- Responsible for 3 businesses located in Danville, VA with an office onsite at two locations
- Increased staffing count from 10 to over 60 heads within year one at one location in 2016, competing with another agency in house
- Responsible for all onboarding paperwork, safety, payroll and recruiting
