David Kutz

About David Kutz

Dynamic strategic thinker who exhibits exceptional leadership skills with notable successes, including implementing Lean manufacturing philosophies. Created and implemented strategic goals directly linked to financial performance. Promoted growth of the organization and created a culture for individual employee development.Lean Manufacturing (Toyota Production System) – Implemented Lean principles including pull/flow systems, 5-S, SMED, VSM and root-cause analysis, across multiple parts of the organization including manufacturing, supply chain and customer service, resulting in 75% reduction in production lead-times, increasing on-time delivery to over 99%• Inventory Reduction – Reduced inventory by 65% using 2 bin systems, Kanban and creating unique vendor partnerships.• Logistics Optimization – Lead team to improve logistics planning and optimization to increase pounds shipped on internal fleet by 50% and reduced reliance on common carriers. Reduced annual operating expense by $2.8M• Minimizing Costs – Implemented Lean principles which reduced annual warehouse and manufacturing costs by over $2.4M through reductions in waste, better utilization of equipment and materials, and strategic deployment of organization resources. • Project Management – Lead cross functional team from multiple sites around the US to develop and deploy a system to efficiently track and trace returnable assets shipped to our customers, enabling better utilization and generation of an additional $1.8M in revenue.Specialties: Lean Manufacturing, Strategic Planning, Lead teams across multiple sites and regions, Cross functional project management, Multifunctional areas of responsibility, Cross functional team building

Experience

1. Vice President Operations, Brenntag Great Lakes, Brenntag Northeast

   Brenntag

   Mar 2026 — Present · US

Education

• London Business School

  Executive Leadership Program

• Penn State University

  BS, Chemical Engineering

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Kaizen Facilitation
• Continuous Improvement
• Kaizen
• Smed
• Lean Manufacturing
• Supply Chain Operations
• Kanban
• Plant Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Jit
• Strategic Planning
• Team Building
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• 5s
• Tpm
• Tqm
• Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Operations
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Productivity Improvement
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Toyota Production System
• Value Stream