Brian Payne

About Brian Payne

Manufacturing Executive / General Manager with full P&L in large single and multi-site manufacturing operations. Strong leadership skills, extensive lean strategy & tactical execution expertise, exceptional change agent.Industry experience in Medical Device, Food, Automotive, Industrial Filtration, Plastics, Rubber, Chemicals, Coatings and Furniture.

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer

   Design Foundry - Hickory

   Sep 2021 — Present · Hickory, NC, US

   Enhancing Lives in Our Community, Building People, Making FurnitureThe foundation of everything we do is to enhance the lives of those in our community, and we do that by helping create a home.

Education

• University of South Carolina Upstate

  BS Degree, Management Science

  1981 — 1984

• Golden Gate University

  MBA, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

  1988 — 1990

Skills

• Strategy
• Manufacturing
• Iso Standards
• Continuous Improvement
• Quality Management
• Spc
• Operations Management
• Iso
• Business Process Improvement
• Fda
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Leadership
• Root Cause Analysis
• Manufacturing Operations
• Mrp
• Medical Devices
• Capa
• Plastics
• Change Management
• Supply Chain
• Start-Ups
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Six Sigma
• Iso 13485
• Kanban
• Industrial Engineering
• 5s
• Lean Manufacturing
• Kaizen
• Fmea
• Quality System
• Integration
• Supply Chain Management
• Automotive
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement