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Division Engineer (Continuous Improvement Consultant)

Strategic operations leader with proven success in cross-functional leadership and data-driven problem solving.  Multiple leadership positions in various business facets, including business ownership experience, provide well-rounded enterprise-level lens to business decisions. Twelve years of professional experience, with nine years of progressive operations leadership experience.

Drive and facilitate process improvement initiatives across the Herff Jones Fine Paper Division. Our plants in Indianapolis, Indiana and Iola, Kansas provide premium printed products to thousands of high schools and universities across the United States.

Served as Plant Manager, strategically directing operations of the Herff Jones Education Division. We served as the largest manufacturer of globes in the world, serving retail markets in nearly 30 countries around the world. We also served as the premier provider of supplemental Social Studies products and curriculum in the United States and Canada.

- Accountable for operational performance with P&L responsibility
- Led team of 75, including 8 direct reports, to successfully fulfill supply chain, manufacturing, distribution, and customer service responsibilities.
- Initiated and directed efforts resulting in cost reductions totaling $1.7MM (22%) from FY12 to FY13, including better aligning machinery with workflows, positioning materials closer to their related processes, and better utilizing cubic storage space in our manufacturing workspace.
- Implemented changes that positioned the operations to build 12,000 more units (16% increase) with 32% fewer personnel hours during Summer peak

Plant Manager

Owner / Operator of Flawless Painting franchises of Alpharetta, Duluth, Lawrenceville, Norcross & Roswell. Flawless Painting has been providing exceptional service and custom paint jobs for the residential and light commercial markets in the Greater Atlanta Area since 2000.

- Entrepreneur and General Manager, directing marketing, sales, operations, and finance functions.
- Coordinated activities of up to 10 teams concurrently to meet customers’ quality and timeframe expectations.
- Achieved 55% conversion rate of estimates to closed sales in first fiscal year (versus industry average of 30%) through strategic networking and effective sales skills.

Franchise Owner/Operator

Selected to serve as part of 3-person team to plan and implement efforts to facilitate improved performance management across 80-member management team.

2010 Manager, Accounts Receivable
- Led 14-person team including 2 supervisors in activities to responsibly manage and collect upon company's receivables in the Southeast Region.
- Managed reorganization of department workflow and redesign of collection processes, resulting in 10% productivity improvement and 5% increase in debt satisfaction on our first collection attempt. 

2008 - 2010, Manager Freight Receiving
- Led 25-person team including 3 supervisors in activities involved in receiving and checking into inventory 60,000+ items across two buildings and 400M square feet of warehouse space.
- Managed project to create and coach uniform processes across key staff roles resulting in 16% improvement in department productivity and 30% improvement in key quality metric.

2007 - 2008, Sales Team Leader
- Supervised 14-person team to ma

Manager

Served with The Home Depot's Corporate Finance team, supporting the company's internet and catalog brands through Home Depot Direct.

- Managed integration project of vendor payment terms with recently acquired Home Decorator’s Collection, targeting synergy opportunities of $400M cost reduction through improved vendor terms.
- Developed profitability forecasting model through collaboration with key parties to inform strategic business decisions for The Home Depot’s catalog brands.

Emerging Leadership Program

Served as Sales Representative of scholastic recognition products (class rings, caps and gowns, graduation announcements) representing Herff Jones Inc. in the Greater Cincinnati market. 

- Managed marketing, sales and distribution of product to 45+ accounts.
- Achieved Century Club and Talon Club national sales leadership awards in first and second years, respectively, through targeted sales strategy.

Sales Representative

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Ben Slaughter: Division Engineer (Continuous Improvement Consultant) in Carmel, IN

Ben Slaughter

Herff Jones

Herff Jones

Flawless Painting

McMaster-Carr

The Home Depot

Graduate Services Inc.

Boston College - Wallace E. Carroll Graduate School of Management

Emory University - Goizueta Business School

The University of Glasgow