Gina Riley

Kits and Inventory, Operations Manager @Hach

Romeoville, IL, US

Responsible for the Kits manufacturing department and increasing Output/Hours Worked by 2.5x in 3 years Responsible for the DC Inventory department that executed 2 passing physical inventories and has sustained 98.2% cycle count accuracy YTD, which is a 1.6% improvement from PY Mentor Kits and Inventory managers and associates through VES fundamentals, and creating opportunities for them to develop or enhance their VES and leadership skills Facilitated, led or participated in 14 kaizen events using VES fundamental tools such as Value Stream Mapping, Daily Management, 5S, Standard Work, Transactional Process Improvement, and 3Po Participated in a Veralto kaizen on People Leadership. Led the breakout group that developed a maturity assessment, which will drive our culture of continuous learning and strengthen the connection of leadership expectations with VES fundamentalso Facilitated a SW kaizen that reduced storage space on make-to-order finished goods by 93%, reduced cycle time from wip completion to putaway by 60%, and reduced the swim lanes to a single department in 2025o Facilitated a Slotting TPI kaizen that created a strategy for how, when and where inventory is slotted to maximize our DC Flow Zone in 2025o Led a CEO SW kaizen that reduced our Kit planning cycle times by 91% and picking transportation wastes by 69%, which enabled us to sustain 95% stocking availability on our make-to-stock products in 2024o Led a VSM kaizen that enabled new planning processes, which reduced customer backlog orders from $7M to $1.4M in 5 months in 2023 Project Manager for the site’s BOT funnel that automates processes and reduces or eliminates the need for human operators Developed new revisions of the site’s e-bowler, cross-training matrix and the associate performance panel that simplified and standardized KPI and performance tracking

University of South Carolina-Columbia

Bachelor of Science (BS)