Thomas Gould

President @Benchmark Dental Laboratory,inc

Established a process-oriented manufacturing enterprise based on customer service and quality production. 20 plus years grooming and training cross functional teams in a manufacturing enterprise. Utilized proven coaching/leadership strategies to develop teams.Wrote a sustainable training program for our medical manufacturing business. We were awarded a training grant by the state to train/cross train our employees. This included a train the trainer component resulting in managers developing a knowledge of TQM they could push down to direct reports. Instituted and ran daily scrum meeting in production organization.Experience managing all assets for profit. People, inventory, facilities and, financial assets as well as vendor relationships/costs.Process oriented. Systems thinker.Understand impact of the 5 forces.Strong delegation skills.Manage people using situation leadership principles.Appreciate and understand the impact L&D/OD have on the bottom line.Able to engage team members to act and align with strategy in support of enterprise goals. Can develop a dashboard to closely monitor progress towards financial goals. Can engage leadership to create strategic plan and align resources to reach goal. Able to adjust plan as necessary.Capable of managing assets, human, inventory, real estate, financial.Understand the how the whole system of the business process impacts the P&L. Can pivot utilization of assets to impact fixed/variable costs to benefit profits as market conditions necessitate.