Manager Supply Chain

Joseph Kieltyka

Email: abo4y4@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ******* **** **.

City: Knoxville

State: TN

Zip: 37909

Country: USA

Phone: 865-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: 80

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Joseph J. Kieltyka

1623 Emerson Park Dr.

Knoxville, TN 37922

(865) 250 - 5524 (m)

Summary: Results oriented leader with proven success in various lean, supply chain, manufacturing, and commodity improvement roles. Substantiated leader with a passion for implementing lean manufacturing, building teams, empowering people, and instilling a results now culture. Team oriented leader with a strong dedication to the elimination of waste and commitment of excellence.

Experience: Alcoa Inc. Alcoa, TN

2009-12 Roll Shop Manager

Accountable for 24-7 operations of grinding and maintenance for the TN Hot and Cold Mills rolls by meeting tolerances of .001 quality specifications and shapes.

- Implemented Daily MGMT with visual controls to optimize self-directed work groups

- Developed 5-year strategic roll and bearing procurement program

- Designed roll-purchasing model adopted by Alcoa, Inc.

- $1.5M realized through budget reductions on flat volume

- $1.4M saved through TPM program of large bore bearing refurbishment program with 28% reduction in work roll assets

- Created TPM program which enabled production to perform routine maintenance

- 9 achievement awards for ergonomics, 5S, material handling, and cost reduction

2008-09 Can Reclamation/ARC Manager

Responsibilities for 24/7 operations, with a direct staff of 5 with 92 production and maintenance personnel, for Alcoas only North American recycling center and ARC which qualifies all incoming metal units purchased by outside suppliers.

- Directed $24M capital and capacity expansion

- 22% increase in capacity through worker standardized work during two year period

- 70% reduction in risk achieved through development and execution of vehicle pedestrian segregation Kaizen

2006-08 Hot Rolling Superintendent

Managed and maintained 24/7 operation continuous 5 Stand Mill, 2 Reversing Mills, 26 Preheat Furnaces and an Ingot Scalper. Responsible for 8 salary, 88 production personnel, quality, cost and on time delivery of 1.2 billion pounds of D & I Aluminum.

- Created value stream mapping resulting in 18% increase in throughput

- 40% reduction in downtime by deployment of TPM

- $14M annual budget

- Awarded Top Throughput records for total production in 2007-2008

2004-06 Preheat Area/Equipment Manager

Accountable for the reliability of 26 Preheat Furnaces and the Ingot Scalper; including the management of area production, maintenance, and engineers.

- Managed 14M in capital projects

- 20% increase in capacity through the practice of Daily Management

- 50% reduction in delivery delays through implementation of standardized work and product pacing practices

- Established plant benchmark for 5S

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2000-04 Lean Manufacturing Internal Consultant

Coached, led, and supported Alcoa Team Members to apply Alcoa Business System (ABS) principles to achieve Rolled Product Divisions (RPD) goals. Accomplishments included:

- $3.5M savings through development and implementation of CCM cooling project

- $2.5M savings freeing up 44M pounds capacity through the development of a Roll Change Kaizen

- Received 2002 Lean Implementation Award

- Identified potential for $20.4M in savings over a 3-yr period through strategic analysis

- 45% reduction of cycle time through leading Slitter Kaizen

1999-00 Lean Distribution Implementer San Antonio, TX

Supply Chain Management role that provided Pull from Ford Motor Company to AFL sites in Mexico to supply electrical distribution systems.

- Established signals from Ford to pull inventory out of distribution centers

- Decreased inventory in distribution centers from 28 days to 15 days

- 42% reduction of work in process inventory

1997-99 Lean Manufacturing Implementer Nashville, TN

Coached and led team members in the implementation of Lean Manufacturing, Lean Production Planning and outside customer sales interface.

- 32% ($650K) reduction in inventory by implementing internal and external Pull System

- Awarded Alcoa Continuous Improvement Award in 1999

1995-97 Production Supervisor

Supervised PVC extrusion lines with 3 direct reports including 24 production and maintenance personnel.

- 45% die change over reduction

1993-95 Calsonic Yorozu Corporation Morrison, TN

Kaizen Engineer

Trained and directed assembly team members to apply continuous improvement to cycle time, cell layout, and material handling.

- Completed Lean Management Training Program

- Lead TPM Trainer " Trained Technicians TPM

- Led Kaizen events to stream line work cell layout

Education: Martin University: Seattle, WA

2004-05 One year Masters Study of Organization Leadership

Middle Tennessee State University: Murfreesboro, TN

1989-93 BS Business Management

Supplemental Education/Experience:

Alcoa University (ABS) Strategic Planning

Alcoa Certified Internal Auditor TPM

Kaizen " Continuous Improvement 5S

References: Available Upon Request

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