Tim O'Brien

Manufacturing; Construction Industry. Redlands CA • Lead a team to manage all material in a fast paced manufacturing environment • Champion Lean manufacturing elements for continual process improvement, JIT, 5S, Andon towers, Kanban, 2 bin systems, Heijunka leveling tactics, 2 second lean kaizen events, visual control boards, and established standard work cells. • Drastically increased inventory turns while improving service levels and eliminating stock outs. • Established a cycle counting system to improve process control and inventory accuracy. • Entrepreneurially manage vendor relationships and procurement to satisfy production demand. Employ leveling tactics to smooth flow for 20 hours / 2 shifts per day production. Oversea receipt process and manage open orders daily. • Manage budgets, controlling freight and tax. • Control perpetual inventory average and standard costs.

Multinational Design, Marketing, and Distribution. Redlands, CA www.fiveten.com. • Provide leadership for Five Ten’s global business. Responsibility included planning, monitoring, and management of sales, marketing, operations, and finance. • Established performance metrics to measure actuals against plan. • Implemented elements to foster a culture of accountability and communication. • Managed resources through budget process and review that brought maximum impact to business goals. • Recruiting, training, coaching, and preparing an operational team for rapid growth. • Lead, mentor, and train a team of three accounting professionals • Directed budget/forecast process. • Attracted Private equity and strategic buyers; The company chose to be acquired by adidas AG.

• Developed short and long term strategy, marketing plans, new products, advertising campaigns, and sales promotion programs to achieve corporate profit, volume, and share objectives. • Directed the activities of designers, manufacturer agents, and factory contracts.

• Planned long range capacity for state-side factory. • Scheduled daily production plans to support sales and target inventory levels. • Created and managed buy plans. • Formulated and implemented production leveling tactics resulting in cost savings and improved inventory performance