Chris Bowman
Cookeville
Summary
Results-oriented management professional with 25 years of leadership experience. Demonstrated success in streamlining operations, improving EBITDA, and implementing inventory control systems to enhance productivity and reduce waste.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations Manager
Jackson Kayak
Sparta
03.2024 - Current
- Streamlined processes to enhance productivity and reduce waste in manufacturing.
- Managed daily operations to optimize workflow in production facility.
- Coordinated logistics for product distribution to meet customer demands effectively.
- Oversaw inventory management and procurement to maintain adequate supply levels.
- Scheduled employee shifts and conducted training to improve staff capabilities.
Owner
Vandiver's Body Shop
Bloomington Springs
09.2019 - Current
- Developed marketing strategies to attract new customers and retain existing ones.
- Managed daily operations of the body shop to ensure efficiency and quality.
- Scheduled appointments and managed workflow to ensure timely vehicle repairs, improving turnaround time.
- Implemented inventory control procedures for parts and supplies management, ensuring optimal stock levels.
- Coordinated customer service efforts to effectively address inquiries and resolve issues, enhancing customer satisfaction.
Operations Manager
Sims-Lohman
Smyrna
10.2022 - 03.2024
- Managed daily operations to optimize workflow in production facility.
- Implemented safety protocols to maintain a safe working environment for staff.
- Oversaw inventory management and procurement for materials and supplies.
- Streamlined processes to improve productivity and minimize waste in manufacturing.
- Managed scheduling, training and inventory control.
- Ensured compliance with safety regulations and maintained a safe work environment for all personnel.
- Collaborated with management team on strategic planning initiatives to align organizational goals.
Corporate Operations Manager
Parkway Products
07.2018 - 09.2019
- Managed operations for five plants across twelve locations.
- Handled all financial aspects for five plants.
- Transformed Mexico plant from last to third in EBITDA by end of 2018
- Restructured plant operations during seven-month assignment in Saltillo, Mexico
- Review monthly P&L statements with each Plant Managers
- Trained and retained new plant managers.
- Facilitated twenty-six Kaizen events to improve standard work, process speed, and employee movement
- Kaizens included standard work, speed of process, employment movement
- Operated injection molding and thermoset machinery.
Consulting Contractor
Dr. Schneider
07.2017 - 07.2018
- Executed product launches, coordinating with multiple departments to ensure successful implementation.
- Reduced spare parts inventory from $400k to $130k through strategic management.
- Implemented continuous improvement initiatives to enhance processes.
- Implemented preventative maintenance.
- Scrap reduced savings in a year $35,000
- Manufactured air conditioning vents for automotive applications.
- Injection molding and assembly operations for VW, Jaguar, and Mercedes Injection Molding, Assembly, Paint Line and Maintenance
Plant Manager
Daiei America
11.2012 - 07.2017
- Automotive Interior Plastics
- Improved EBITDA from $624k in 5 months to $3.3M in the first year
- Implemented Kanban system with JIT inventory, cutting inventory from 7 days to 3 days.
- Increased profits by developing and managing program folders for each machine, reducing changeover time.
- Managed profit and loss statements to ensure financial accuracy.
- Managed team of 230 employees
- Ran Kaizens and visual stream mapping
- Overseen Production, Quality, and Maintenance, Logistics
- Established startup procedures for injection molding operations to streamline production.
Plant Manager
Total Quality Instrumentation
Cookeville
10.2007 - 11.2012
- Managed a team of 552 employees during key projects.
- Initiated startup operations for new manufacturing facility.
- Implemented quality control systems, establishing first-process inspection to minimize finished goods rejections.
- Developed JIT purchasing and inventory control processes, enhancing raw material management and labeling efficiency.
- Scheduled daily production and incorporated changes to optimize costs.
- Processes included injection molding, tool shop and assembly operations
- Project Management - controlled new product launch with six engineers with budgets constraints for new models.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Tennessee Technological University Cookeville
Cookeville, TNSkills
- Startup operations
- Lean manufacturing leadership
- Manufacturing process optimization
- Six Sigma champion
- Six Sigma implementation
- Total quality management
- Kaizen event facilitation
- Kaizen system implementation
- Margin improvement
- Cost control strategies
- EBITDA improvement
- Working capital management
- P&L management
- Client management
- Supply chain optimization
- Production planning
- Production management
- Electronics manufacturing expertise
- Injection molding operations
- Assembly line management
- Packaging Operations
- Warehousing Operations
- Multi-site manufacturing leadership
- Automation implementation
- Visual systems utilization
- Corrective action implementation
- Cost of goods sold review
- Performance metrics development
- Project management expertise
- Project management tools
- Lean methodologies
- 5S methodology
- SAP and ERP systems
- Design for manufacturability
- Product development
- Product innovation
- Continuous improvement leadership
- Operational turnaround
- Complex problem solving
- Process troubleshooting
- Maintenance optimization
- Operations sequencing
- Manufacturing expertise
- Lean practices
- Quality management
- Quality assurance
- Quality problem elimination
- Capital expenditure improvement
- Startup experience
- Production management
- Leadership pipeline
Personal Information
Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Timeline
Operations Manager
Jackson Kayak
03.2024 - Current
Operations Manager
Sims-Lohman
10.2022 - 03.2024
Owner
Vandiver's Body Shop
09.2019 - Current
Corporate Operations Manager
Parkway Products
07.2018 - 09.2019
Consulting Contractor
Dr. Schneider
07.2017 - 07.2018
Plant Manager
Daiei America
11.2012 - 07.2017
Plant Manager
Total Quality Instrumentation
10.2007 - 11.2012
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Tennessee Technological University Cookeville