Joseph Browning

About Joseph Browning

Senior Operations Leader: Customer/Employee Centric | Impact and Inclusion Ambassador | Safety/Quality/Profitability No Compromise Philosophy | Cross-cultural and Discipline Team Building | Critical KPI Identification/Development | Lean Manufacturing | 6 Sigma | Management Systems Development | IT Solution Identification and Implementation | Government Federal and State Regulatory Compliance | Organizational Standards Conformance | Multi-site Oversight | Multi-country Project ManagementExpert in combining financial and business planning with tactical execution to optimize long-term gains in safety performance, revenues, and profitability. Breadth of experience in quality and manufacturing operations including lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, root cause and corrective action preventative action analysis, teaming concepts, total preventative maintenance, setup reduction and standard work. Leadership philosophy promotes employee participation in creative problem solving to contribute to organizational success. Career Highlights:Change Agent- Transformed a struggling business unit, using Industrial Engineering, Lean Six Sigma principles, and point of production accountability metrics that turned a $7.5 million loss to an $18.7 million profit in 6 months. Quality and Customer Champion- Instituted a Statistical Process Control Quality Control program that reduced in house weld quality issues from a 25% failure rate to less than 1% failure rate- Led multi-site corporation through ISO 9001:2015 certification- Stood up corporate level on time delivery (OTD), warranty, and rework KPIs, resulting in double digit percentage improvements- Led a cross-functional team to accomplish a 38% increase in throughput for a fleeting and topside repair hub in Cairo, IL in order to improve and meet customer vessel tonnage capacity needs. Team Builder and Coach- Collaborated with Executives to stand up a new business requiring the development of management systems for all business functions and the hiring of the entire management team, including the need to develop personnel in various managerial skills which did not exist in the available talent pool- Stood up a centralized corporate group in order to standardize business processes across multiple facilities requiring personal/professional development of staff to transition administrative and front line operations personnel to fulfill management and Sr. technical roles.

Experience

1. Sr Director Gsc Global Industrial

   Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

   Oct 2024 — Present

Education

• Liberty University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management

  2015 — 2016

• Indiana University Southeast

  Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Business Administration, Management and Operations

  2000 — 2005

Skills

• Business Strategy
• 5s
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certified (George Group)
• Supply Chain
• Manufacturing
• Logistics
• Effective Supervision Level 1-3 Trained (American Management Association)
• Certified Welding Inspector (American Welding Society)
• Labor Relations Trained (Federal Mediation Conciliation Services)
• Quality Management
• Authorized Osha Maritime Trainer (Osha/Texas a&M/Teex)
• Jit Trained (American Management Association)
• Understanding Subchapter M Tsms Requirements Trained (Abs)
• Smed Certified (Kaizen Institute of America)
• Certified Level 2 Ndt/Ut Inspector (Kraut Kramer)
• Kaizen
• Lean Ergonomics Trained (Niosh)
• Tpm Certified (Kaizen Institute of America)
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• 5s Certified (Kaizen Institute of America)
• Budgets
• Lean Manufacturing Concepts and Implementation Trained (Jeff Liker W/Uom)
• Effective Management Level 1-2 Trained (American Management Association)
• Leadership
• Kaizen Certified (Kaizen Institute of America)
• Production Control and Scheduling Trained (American Management Association)
• Six Sigma
• Lean Manufacturing
• Mci Certified (Crosby and Associates)
• Labor Relations
• Effective Tsms Implementation and Auditing Trained (Abs)
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Bpi Certified (Crosby and Associates)
• Team Building
• Management
• Effective Negotiations Trained (Federal Mediation Conciliation Services)
• Human Resources
• Continuous Improvement