Ken Heitritter Resume
- 1. Ken Heitritter Resume Page 1 of 2 Highlights of Experience General Management, Strategic Planning, Capital & Projects Management, Team Builder, Mentoring, Lean/5S, TPS, Kaizen, Zero Defects and 6 Sigma, Doing it right the first time is primary, Process Knowledge Mechanical & Electrical, Cost reductions, Turnaround Leader, Change Agent, New Business Startup, Funding & Economic Development, Facility Design & Construction, New Account Development, P&L, ASME, Gear Production, Casting, Painting, Machining, Stamping, Comprehensive Industrial Equipment knowledge, Product and System experience -- built to order and built to stock, high and low volume, Supply Chain Management. Accomplishments Turned around a Company ($50.0 M) from financial default to repaying its debt in 180 days. Positioned a Company to obtain a sale of its Manufacturing business to a Fortune 500 company. Reshaped a 100 year-old company into an aggressive competitor, organic growth of 30% in 4 years Reduced thru-put from 40 weeks to 4 weeks on a $35M manufacturing business in 5 years Improved inventory turns from 3 to 10 in 18 months while improving OTD for a $7.5 M business. Assessed and implemented 3 multi-user business systems hardware and software Proposed and implemented two green field start ups. Capital budget of $10M. Created one piece flow in both and established a 24 hr 7 day 4 shift system in one. Saved an accumulated 30 million dollars per year at various companies in last 20 years. Strong product & process knowledge of: Electric Motors and Gear Motors, Controls, Conveyors, Die Casting, Molding, Metal Fabrication, ASME Fabrication, Private Label product production, Gear Production, Injection Molding, Stamping, Machining. Started a Manufacturing business from business plan & financing, through Product Design, Customer attainment & Production. Grew business to $3.6 mil in 2nd year Sales @6% pretax; then sold it in 2005. Strength of knowledge includes: finance, sales, marketing, operations, engineering and quality. Literate with various business systems, including, but not limited to, 4th Shift, SAP, Oracle, Sage, Intuit, Microsoft and Adobe. Implemented: Lean/5S, TPS, Kaizen, Zero Defects and 6 sigma, Doing it right the first time is primary. Champion of Lean-Six Sigma and Stake holder education Hired and Mentored Key Managers whose current titles are: VP Global Supply Chain of Emerson Sr. Vice President of Klein Tools Global Operations Director of Ingersoll-Rand Education Bachelor of Science Industrial Technology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. Roosevelt University and Chicago Circle -Business, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, ISO, and Legal Facets of Business. Attended many training programs; most notable: Phil Crosby Zero Defects, Dr. Edward Deming TQM, Eli Goldratt - Theory of Constraints. Page 2 of 2
- 2. Experience -- 20 plus years for both private and Fortune 100 companies. Current - Independent Consultant. Vessel Systems, Inc., Dubuque, IA President/owner ($3.5 M in Sales) Bodine Electric - Chicago, IL; promotions leading to General Manager ($70 M in Sales) Emerson - St. Louis, MO; promotions leading to Unit Manager (Multi-national $24 B +) Technical AdvisorCollege of EngineeringIowa State University5 years Private & Public board experience Contact Information Ken E. Heitritter 10715 Eagle Ridge Court Peosta, IA 52068 Business Cell: 563/543-3000 E-Mail: keneheitritter@msn.com Web site: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/7/390/329