Transcript of Kevin L. Herkner Professional Biography
- 1. Experience with financial turn around and change management
strategiesCreates & executes financial and operational budgets
with long term strategies SOP and SIOP experienceManagement of
complex policy deployments Balanced scorecard driver
- 2. Trained in Lean manufacturing principlesChampions Lean
adoption and conversion Process improvement implementation
Significant waste reductionTime, material, & labor cost
reductions SME member
- 3. Multi-site product, process, & policy integration
strategy experience Multi-national corporate carve out strategies
Shared service agreements & integration Best practice
implementation methodologies Global MRP / ERP roll out &
adoption
- 4. Seasoned veteran of sales & marketingCreation &
execution of complex global sales, marketing, and strategy plans
Directs corporate product mergers Implements CRM initiatives
Customer centric philosophy
- 5. Transformational & visionary leader Integrity of the
highest standardsDedication to company, employees, & customers
Assertiveness without aggressiveness
- 6. Highest ethical standards Unflinching moral values Annual
ethics trainingLifetime student of ethicism Sarbanes-Oxley
compliant
- 7. Best fit hiring practices & methodologies Future leader
potential and developmentEmotional intelligence through
connectivity Success through team effort Leadership by example
- 8. Implementation of material vendor qualifications Executes
low cost country initiatives Sourcing vs. in-house cost
improvements Utility tax & contract negotiation reductions
Router / BoM improvements Optimizes asset utilization
- 9. Introduction of DuPont Stop & Safe Start programs Drives
OSHA complianceImplementation of monthly & quarterly safety
recognition rewards for employees Achievement of long term safety
records without Lost Time Injuries
- 10. Drives ISO 9001 2008 certification Implementation of First
Pass Yield processes Cost of quality < 1% of
revenueImplementation of ASME welding standardizations Significant
reduction of scrap rates
- 11. Successfully drives dramatic inventory reductions Optimizes
supply chain management Implementation of JIT principles
Introduction of cycle counting processes POS principles
- 12. Global supply chain management experienceMulti-national
vendor contract negotiationsDistribution strategies from supply
source to customer Channel partner optimization Inter-company
transactions
- 13. Creates & manages large capex budgets Eliminates
supplemental requestsCompletes complex projects on time through the
use of MS Project. Completes projects at or under budget
- 14. Directs environmental program for manufacturing
facilitiesMaintain air/ water quality standards to meet EPA
requirementsCreates & implements disaster preparedness
plans
- 15. I am proud to have hired Kevin for the Emco Wheaton USA,
Inc. Director of Operations position. He has demonstratedthroughout
his career with Emco Wheaton that he possesses the necessary
business knowledge and skills to manage a manufacturing business.
Additionally, he implemented the proper tools and metrics to bring
this business under control.He employed Lean manufacturing
principles to drive out waste, improve performance, reduce
inventory, and drive dramatic bottom line performance. Lean
principles were not adopted prior to Kevins employment and he
successfully deployed cultural changes to achieve full Lean
adoption throughout thecompany. All of this occurred in a declining
economy when cost reduction performance was paramount to success. I
would recommend Kevin for any upper level management position where
clear direction, process improvement, and operational excellence
are necessary.Winfried KaiserV.P. & General Manager
(Former)Emco Wheaton Strategic Business Unit Leader
- 16. Thank you for your time & consideration I look forward
to helping you improve the performance of your company