Joshua Ruder

About Joshua Ruder

I am an experienced senior leader with 15+ years of experience in IE, supply chain and manufacturing operations. I love learning and applying new and innovative ideas into business results. Another passion is helping others realize their goals, improvement their performance & deliver outstanding results.CAREER OVERVIEW: LEADING PEOPLE: Lead and develop strong and cohesive teams toward meeting or exceeding organizational goals by creating strategic visions for team & personal growth that delivers to mission critical objectives & drives operational excellence. DIVERSITY: Fostering an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve results that impact our community and company. RESULTS DRIVEN: Proven leader with demonstrated abilities to build high trust partnerships, resolve complex problems, develop high performance teams, and optimize systems and processes. PROBLEM SOLVING: Consistently delivers exceptional results by building a culture that sets clear objectives, communicates expectations, and utilizes data-driven performance metrics. BUILDING COALITIONS: Effectively communicates and partners with all corporate and customer stakeholders to meet objectives. BUSINESS ACUMEN: Extensive experience in strategically managing resources, capacity, assets and budgets with fiscal responsibility and accuracy. HIGHLIGHTS: Chaired Lehi Factory Strategic Planning Core Team & Business Planning Committee which delivered Utah\'s largest capital investment the LFAB $11B expansion announced in 2023 Served as Sponsor for Lehi factory ABLE ERG 20••••22 Served as Sponsor for Lehi factory Women\'s ERG 2023+ Mentored many leaders who have grown into Director and Senior Manager positions at the Lehi factory and with other companiesWHAT COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID.He brings insight, experience and well articulated thoughts & plans to every meeting.Joshua inspired me to challenge myself and recognized my achievements along the way.

Experience

1. Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering Branch Manager

   Texas Instruments

   Apr 2023 — Present · Lehi, UT, US

   OVERVIEW OF ASSIGNMENT: Responsible for Manufacturing, Capacity Planning and Inventory Management functions at the TI\'s Lehi factory (LFAB). This includes delivery of factory output commits and capital planning. Leads team of 130+ to deliver operational excellence through exemplary decision making, driving strategic direction, connecting manufacturing to business objectives, & building organizational talent.

Education

• Montana State University-Bozeman

  MS

  2003 — 2006

• University of Arizona

  BS

  1998 — 2003

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Engineering
• Jmp
• Analysis
• Lean Manufacturing
• Manufacturing
• Supply Chain Management
• Engineering Management
• Cycle Time Reduction
• Industrial Engineering
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Semiconductors
• Leadership
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Project Management
• Capacity Planning
• Continuous Improvement
• Business Process Improvement
• Semiconductor Industry
• Spc