Aaron Skidmore

About Aaron Skidmore

VOC Experience CX Evangelist Lean Champion Continuous Improvement FocusCombine a depth and breadth of experience and knowledge in operations and customer experience management, to drive success from an internal and an external perspective. Commended in recent review from Mettler-Toledo as being the \"driver behind our success\" and \"earning the respect, trust, and admiration of leaders\" supervisor had not seen in his 25-year career.Proven to take an idea and move it from concept to reality, not only through recent customer experience and quality management roles, but also throughout 15+ years in operations, manufacturing, facilities, and engineering management roles. Led award-winning product development and operations projects and served as co-inventor with 3 published patents.Persuading Aaron to join the marketing organization as Customer Experience and Quality Manager is the best decision I have made…Aaron\'s zeal in taking on our Customer Experience program has been instrumental in driving our cultural change toward CX…equally important is his understanding of Lean operations and willingness to lead our Lean journey through his influence across the organization- Excerpt from Mettler-Toledo performance review

Experience

1. Director of Manufacturing Ohio

   Kalmbach Feeds Inc.

   Nov 2019 — Present · Upper Sandusky, OH, US

   Director of Manufacturing for Kalmbach Feeds Ohio plants. Production of livestock feeds for bulk and retail customers.

Education

• The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Emphasis: Operations & Logistics Management / Minor Emphasis: International Marketing

  1996 — 1998

• The Ohio State University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Welding Engineering; Emphasis: Weld Design / Minor Emphasis: Metallurgy

  1989 — 1994

Skills

• Testing
• New Business Development
• Quality System
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Manufacturing Operations
• Pricing
• P&L Management
• Integration
• Process Simulation
• Key Account Management
• Lean Manufacturing
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Spc
• Quality Assurance
• Supply Management
• Project Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Automation
• Business Process Improvement
• Supply Chain
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Sap
• Change Management
• Operations Management
• Engineering
• Engineering Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Kaizen
• R&D
• Sales Management
• Systems Engineering
• Product Management
• Product Marketing
• 5s
• Operational Excellence
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Manufacturing