Scott Knuppe
Facility Manager at Caterpillar Inc.
- Role
- Facility Manager at Caterpillar Inc.
- Location
- Rapid City, SD, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Scott Knuppe
Strong operational and international business and technical experience in the U.S. and China.Operations-oriented, metric-driven leader successful at developing people, improving financial performance and transforming safety, quality and velocity through strategic and tactical initiatives. Broad experience in lean transformation, direct material cost reduction, facility start-up, S & OP planning/execution and capital deployment.Experience leading various size operations teams ranging from 50+ to 1,200+ employees. Strong focus on producing world class results in the areas of safety, quality, velocity, and cost.
Experience
Facility Manager
Jun 2015 — Present
Caterpillar Black Hills Engineering Design Center Manager responsible for 95+ employees providing engineering design, analysis, and virtual support services to customers worldwide.
Education
Indiana Wesleyan University
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General
1995 — 1997
South Dakota Mines
Bachelor of Science (BS), Metallurgical Engineering
1987 — 1992
Skills
- Lean Transformation
- Safety Management Systems
- Asia Pacific
- Lean Operations
- Quality Management
- Lean Tools
- Project Management
- Process Engineering
- Expatriate Management
- Assembly Processes
- Supplier Evaluation
- Supplier Sourcing
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Metal Fabrication
- Facility Expansion
- Lean Management
- Maintenance Management
- Supplier Quality
- Machining
- Project Planning
- Leadership Development
- Supplier Development
- China Manufacturing
- Team Leadership
- Lean Manufacturing
- Quality System
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