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Andrew J. Philley
4401 62nd
ST NW phillster73@gmail.com
Gig Harbor, WA 98335 (253) 203-4943
SUMMARY
I am a diversified professional with progressive experience in multifaceted disciplines. I consider my
strengths to be operations, product management and my background in finance. My leadership
abilities to develop solid relationships across multiple functional areas and organizational levels have
been well proven over numerous years and in varied circumstances. When faced with the challenge
of completing a task when no apparent avenue for success exists, I am energized to find a way to
accomplish successful completion.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Operations Management ▪ Strategic Planning ▪ Leadership Development ▪ Financial Analysis ▪
Program Development & Implementation ▪ Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) ▪ ERP
Implementation ▪ Lean Systems
EXPERIENCE
2011 - Present VP of Operations, Watson Furniture – Poulsbo, WA
 Responsible for all operations and inside sales, including production,materials management,process
engineering,quality, safety, order entry, space planning,quoting and environmental. Annual budgetof
$40 million,100.000 sq.ft. facility with 100+ employees
 Grew annual throughputfrom 25 million in 2009 to 40+ million in 2014
 Recognized by Boeing with gold level supplier Award 2012,2014
 Nominated for supplier ofthe year by Boeing in 2014
 Developed flexible labor policy that allowed for month to month sales volume fluctuation of+/- 30%
2009 - 2011 Co-Plant Manager, Watson Furniture – Poulsbo, WA
 Responsible for all production related activities in the factory
 Project manager for Frontier E.R.P. implementation
 Traveled to China to implementnew sourcing strategy
 Recognized by Boeing in 2011 with performance excellence award,firsttime a furniture supplier has
been recognized in this way
2008- 2009 Production Manager, Watson Furniture – Poulsbo, WA
 Facilitated the purchase ofMagna Furniture in Lynwood, WA
 Facilitated the shutdown ofMagna manufacturing in Lynwood,relocated all machines and manufacturing
to Poulsbo
 Improved productivity through introduction of O.E.E.
2005 - 2008 IT Manager, Watson Furniture – Poulsbo, WA
 Eliminated manual order entryby teaming with an outside developer and internal users to develop a link
between AUTO CAD and the E.R.P. system
 Re-implementVisual Manufacturing E.R.P. system
 Responsible for all hardware and software packages,supporting over 50 end users
2004 – 2005 Production Control Manager, Watson Furniture – Poulsbo, WA
 Responsible for all materials and schedules for 88,000 square feet manufacturing facility
 Transitioned shop floor work instructions from a static paper system to a real time shop floor
communication system based on labor reporting
Early career: Additional history includes Master Scheduler atWatson Furniture (2000-2004) and Hansen
Machine (1997-2000) in Auburn, WA
EDUCATION
Lean Systems Certification, University of Kentucky - 2008
B.S. Business Operations,DeVry Institute, Irving, Texas - 1997